How to Set Up the miniOrange SEO Plus Plugin on WordPress Sites?

Overview

The miniOrange SEO Plus Plugin for WordPress is a one-of-a-kind SEO solution designed to improve your website’s ranking and visibility on Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs).
This solution is developed to fit your needs, such as page one ranking, growth in organic traffic, a better Quality Score, and more. This SEO plugin for WordPress provides features ranging from on-page and technical SEO analysis to llms.txt, making it an ideal choice for those looking to gain traction in the AI overviews section and Google AI mode.
We’ve made it easy for you to set up the miniOrange SEO Plus Plugin on WordPress. Just follow the steps explained below.

Pre-Requisites: Download and Installation

Get the WordPress SEO plugin by directly downloading and installing it from your WordPress platform, and simply activate the plugin.

Configuration Steps

Follow the steps below to configure the miniOrange SEO plugin for optimal performance.

Step 1: Conduct Site Audit

After activating the SEO plugin in WordPress, you’ll be directed to a ‘Dashboard’, which is also the ‘Site Audit’ page.

Follow the steps below to conduct your WordPress site audit.

• You’ll be redirected to the ‘Site Audit’ page after activating the SEO plugin for website.
• Click on ‘Scan’ to perform an audit.


• You’ll get an SEO Score, where critical issues, warnings, and good checks are highlighted.

Step 2: On-Page SEO Analysis

This feature analyzes checkers (on-page elements) and gives you an overall score. You need to optimize these elements to improve the page/post performance.

Improve the checkers according to the recommendations given below:

• Meta Title : Adjust the meta title or title tag length between 50 to 60 characters.
• Meta Description : Keep the description length between 150 to 160 characters.
• Slug:Make sure that the slug or the URL ranges between 50 to 60 characters.
• Keywords & Keyword Density : You must add one primary keyword and at least three to four secondary keywords to your site. Keep the keyword density between 1% to 2%.
• Internal and External Links : Add 2-5 internal links per page, and 1-3 external links per page.
• H1 Tag : This is the main heading of the page, so add only one per page.
• Image Alt Text : Maintain the character limit between 100 to 125.

Step 3: Sitemap URL Manager

Manage Sitemaps by following the steps below:

• Open Sitemap Settings and go to the Plugin Dashboard > Sitemap Settings.
• Enable XML Sitemap and click on ‘View Preview’ to see your sitemap URL.
• Configure provider settings for posts and taxonomies (simply toggle on/off to include or exclude them).
• Click on the ‘Save Changes’ button.


• Go to advanced settings to exclude posts and pages from your sitemap.

Step 4: robots.txt Editor

Use this feature to edit your robots.txt file and control how search engines crawl your website. It provides instructions to search engine crawlers on which parts of your website should be crawled or blocked from indexing, helping to control and optimize your site’s visibility for better SEO performance.

Step 5: Webmaster Tools

Webmaster Tools offers a comprehensive suite of features to optimize WordPress websites. It generates a piece of code that needs to be added to your website, proving that you’ve access and ownership of the site. Your property is verified and stays the same as long as the code is present. This tool can be used for Google, Bing, Yandex, and Pinterest.

The Webmaster Tool verification process for Google is as follows (can vary for others):

• Click on the Google Search Console (GSC) Tool.

• The Google Search Console offers a domain property and a URL property. Choose URL Property as it is the simplest. Enter your website’s URL in the URL prefix field, and click on the ‘Continue’ button.

• Google shows ways to verify your website ownership and also recommends their preferred method.
• Use the HTML Tag method and click on the dropdown next to the ‘HTML Tag’ option to see the details.

• Click on the ‘Save Changes’ button to update the settings and apply the code.

• The page will refresh, and you’ll see a confirmation message at the top.

Step 6: Find Broken Links

The Broken Links Checker feature helps you identify broken or non-working links on your WordPress website. These links are pages that don’t exist or showcase ‘404 Not Found’ errors

These links harm your website’s SEO performance and negatively affect the user experience, so they’re removed.

Steps to Find Broken Links:

• Open the Broken Links Checker feature and click on the ‘Check for broken links’ button, and start a scan to detect broken links.
• Once the scan is complete, a downloadable report will be displayed listing all the broken links found on your website. This helps you to fix them and improve your site’s SEO health.

Step 7: Redirect URL

The Redirect URL feature lets you easily manage URL redirections on your website. This is especially useful when you delete or move a page to a new URL. Without redirection, users who visit the old page will see a '404 Not Found' error.

Setting Up Redirects:

• Enable 301 (Permanent) or 302 (Temporary) redirect URL.
• Click on ‘Add Redirect’ to save changes.
• These redirections will appear in the 'Existing Redirects' table.

Step 8: Breadcrumbs

Add breadcrumbs to your site by following the steps below:

• Set a separator character for your breadcrumb items. You can choose one from the different characters available in this list, or you can type your own separator character in the last field.
• Add the breadcrumbs with the help of either the shortcode or the PHP code.

Add Breadcrumbs with PHP or Shortcode:

• To WordPress Dashboard → Tools → Theme File Editor (for a Block Theme).
• You will see the theme files on the right side. Select your editor as shown below.
• You have to paste this code

   <?php if(function_exists("moseo_breadcrumbs")) moseo_breadcrumbs(); ?>

• Next, you should add the above code to the appropriate location in your theme’s template file to display the breadcrumbs.
• Once you have made the changes, click on the 'Update File' button to save your changes.

• You can also add the breadcrumb anywhere you want with the help of a shortcode . Just copy and paste this shortcode [moseo_breadcrumb] to the text editor of any post/page.

Step 9: Schema Markup

Apply the schema by following the steps below:

• Select a schema from the dropdown list (blogs, pages, FAQs, etc.).
• Fill in the required information and generate the schema based on it.

Step 10: No Index

• Simply toggle ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ to either enable or disable the index of webpages.

Conclusion

By following this guide, you’ve successfully installed, activated, and set up the SEO plugin in WordPress, and you’re ready to start your journey towards optimizing your site for better results on the search engines.