# Yoast Alternative that automates what Yoast leaves you to do by hand

URL: https://hacktheseo.com/yoast-alternative/
Date: 2026-07-07
Last modified: 2026-07-07
Author: Hacktheeric

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YOAST SEO ALTERNATIVE · 2026

# The Yoast SEO alternative that automates what Yoast leaves you to do by hand.

Looking for a **Yoast SEO alternative** that does more than alert you? Hack The SEO is the [French-built WordPress SEO plugin](https://hacktheseo.com/wordpress-seo-plugin/) that combines AI semantic cocoons, an audit, a real-time AI Coach and AI visibility tracking. Yoast settings imported in 1 click, migration in 5 minutes.

[Install the free version](/download)

30 plugin clients

·

1,200+ SaaS users

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Dunod-published book

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Made in France

Factual comparison · May 2026
5 key criteria

Alerts only
Yoast→HTS
Audit + 1-click fixes

Internal link suggestions
Yoast→HTS
Auto AI semantic cocoon

No AI writing
Yoast→HTS
30 long-form articles / month

Paid add-ons stacked up
Yoast→HTS
Everything included from Pro

No AI bot tracking
Yoast→HTS
AI Analytics + Claude MCP

Yoast settings migrated in **5 minutes**, zero data loss.
1-click import

Made in France

All included

YOAST'S LIMITS · 2026

## Yoast tells you where the problems are. Not how to fix them.

Yoast SEO is solid on the basics (title, meta, sitemap, redirects, breadcrumbs). It is an excellent technical layer. But in 2026, SEO is no longer won on alerts: it is won on execution. Here are the five limits we hear about every week in demos, the ones that push users to look for a **Yoast alternative** that can fix, not just audit.

01

### Alerts, never fixes

Yoast detects the problems: meta description too short, missing H1 tag, keyword absent from the paragraph. You get a list. Then it is on you to rewrite, page by page, tag by tag. On 200 pages, that is 2 weeks of manual work.

Hack The SEO Pro **tells you how to rewrite** through the AI Coach and auto reports. Ultra **rewrites, validates and applies** through the 1-click actions Inbox.

02

### No automated semantic cocoon

The semantic cocoon is the architecture that ranks in 2026. Yoast offers no topical map, no AI-generated site tree, no automated linking toward a pillar page. You have to design everything by hand, or pay an agency 1,500 euros a month to do it.

Hack The SEO Pro **generates the topical map and the authority graph**. Ultra **weaves the AI internal linking automatically**.

03

### No built-in long-form writing

Yoast AI+ offers title and meta suggestions, sometimes small improvements on a short paragraph. No full article generation, structured, with NLP entities from the top 10 SERP. To publish 30 articles a month, you pay a freelance writer on top.

Hack The SEO Ultra delivers **30 long-form articles per month**, already optimized and ready to publish.

04

### Paid modules stacked up

Yoast Premium is listed at 99 euros a year and now includes Local SEO + News SEO + Video SEO (official Yoast change, 2024-2025). But for WooCommerce SEO and Yoast AI+ (AI Brand Insights monitoring ChatGPT/Gemini/Perplexity), you have to stack. The fully equipped ticket, Premium + WooCommerce + AI+, reaches about 520 euros a year, with no central AI brain orchestrating any of it.

Hack The SEO Pro **bundles every module** into one subscription, no add-on to buy.

05

### Not pluggable into an AI agent

In 2026, SEO also happens by talking to an AI agent that sees your site live. Yoast exposes no interface for Claude, ChatGPT, or any other agent. You stay stuck with the dashboard alerts and with Yoast AI+, a siloed add-on with no access to your WordPress site data.

Hack The SEO is the **first French WordPress SEO plugin to integrate MCP** (Anthropic's Model Context Protocol). You plug Claude into your site and talk to it in plain language.

3 DIFFERENTIATORS · 2026

## Three things Yoast SEO does not do. Three things [Hack The SEO](https://hacktheseo.com/wordpress-seo-plugin/) does natively.

Validated on 30+ WordPress sites in production, and used daily by 1,200+ SaaS users.

WHAT IS A SEMANTIC COCOON?

### A pyramid architecture, not just a keyword cluster.

The semantic cocoon is a **three-level editorial structure** where every page knows its role. Hack The SEO detects it automatically through TF-IDF analysis combined with OpenAI vector embeddings.

**●**  **Pillar**: exhaustive content, targets the main query

- **●**  **Children**: detailed subtopics, link back to the pillar

- **●**  **Satellites**: long-tail variants, feed the children

- **●**  **Orphans**: disconnected pages diluting authority (auto-detected)

**Yoast Premium** suggests contextual internal links, article by article. **Hack The SEO** builds the entire editorial architecture, assigns a role to every page, and weaves the linking. That is the difference between suggesting thread and building the web.

01

Differentiator 1

### AI semantic cocoon, not a mere link suggestion

You give it a topic. **Hack The SEO Pro** builds the full semantic tree, identifies the pages you are missing and generates the topical map in under a minute. **Ultra** goes further: the AI internal linking weaves the links toward the pillar page automatically, and updates itself when a piece of content changes.

**On Yoast's side:** internal link suggestions in Premium only, with no site tree and no identified pillar page.

Topical map generated in < 60 sec

02

Differentiator 2

### An audit that fixes, not one that reports

Yoast tells you your meta description is too short. **Pro** explains how to rewrite it in the AI Coach and gives you the report. **Ultra** rewrites it in your brand voice, validates it, and applies it across 100 pages in a single click through the Inbox. Native WordPress push, without leaving your admin.

**On Yoast's side:** real-time SEO analysis in the editor, no automatic cross-page fixes.

100 fixes applied in < 3 min

03

Differentiator 3

### A real-time AI Coach, not a one-off audit

Not a monthly report. Not an audit you launch by hand. The AI Coach runs continuously on your WordPress site, detects cannibalization, missing tags, orphan content, and proposes fixes as it goes. Google Search Console integrated, in plain language, at any hour.

**On Yoast's side:** traffic lights per page, no proactive coach across the whole site.

91 checks · 14 active modules

12 MODULES · 1 SINGLE SUBSCRIPTION

## What Yoast charges as add-ons. Included with Hack The SEO.

12 modules live in production on 30+ WordPress sites. No add-on to buy. Everything in the plugin and its Pro or Ultra subscription.

Included Pro + Ultra
Ultra only

01

### AI semantic cocoon

Auto topical map + linking toward the pillar page.

Yoast: not available.

Pro+Ultra

02

### AI audit

Detects and recommends (Pro), applies in 1 click via the Inbox (Ultra).

Yoast: per-page alerts only.

Pro+Ultra

03

### Technical audit

Speed, indexing, tags, 404 redirects.

Yoast: basics covered.

Pro+Ultra

04

### AI internal linking

Semantic graph suggestions (Pro), automatic application (Ultra).

Yoast: Premium suggestions, no push.

Pro+Ultra

05

### Real-time AI Coach

Continuous analysis · 91 checks.

Yoast: traffic lights per page.

Pro+Ultra

06

### Long-form AI SEO writing

2,000+ word articles · top 10 SERP · NLP.

Yoast: meta suggestions only.

Ultra

07

### Cannibalization detected

Competing URL pairs + a fix plan.

Yoast: not covered.

Pro+Ultra

08

### Advanced JSON-LD schema

24 auto schemas + manual editing.

Yoast: basic schemas included.

Pro+Ultra

09

### Advanced WooCommerce SEO

Cocoons connected to your products, category-driven SEO articles.

Yoast: separate paid WooCommerce add-on.

Ultra

10

### llms.txt + GEO Score

So the AIs cite your brand.

Yoast: not covered natively.

Ultra

11

### Search Console built in

Positions, impressions, CTR inside WP admin.

Yoast: partial integration.

Pro+Ultra

12

### Founder-led support

Answers from the founders, in English or French.

Yoast: standard ticket support.

Pro+Ultra

✦ BONUS
Everything is included in the plugin and its subscription. **No personal API key to manage**, no add-on to buy, no AI credit pack to top up. The AIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) are hosted by Hack The SEO and billed inside your subscription.

EXCLUSIVE DIFFERENTIATOR · CLAUDE MCP
No other WordPress SEO plugin offers this

## Yoast cannot be plugged into an AI agent. Hack The SEO can, natively.

Hack The SEO is the first French WordPress SEO plugin to integrate Anthropic's **Model Context Protocol**. Concretely: you plug Claude (Anthropic's AI agent) into your site and it reads your Hack The SEO data, your Google Search Console and your WordPress page content, live. Argued diagnosis, prioritized recommendations, an SEO action plan, all in a natural conversation, at any hour. Yoast offers nothing like it to date, not in Premium, not with AI+.

Step 1 · You

### You ask the question

"Which pages should I migrate from Yoast first?"

→

Step 2 · Claude

### Claude analyzes

Reads your site, GSC, Hack The SEO audit

→

Step 3 · You

### You get the plan

Diagnosis + prioritized action plan

A FEW EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ASK

›
"Compare my current Yoast configuration with what Hack The SEO would do by default."

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"What are my 5 most profitable SEO actions this week?"

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"Which pages cannibalize each other? Estimated traffic impact?"

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"Read my Search Console and summarize the last 30 days' trends."

FACTUAL COMPARISON · MAY 2026

## Yoast SEO alternative: 22 criteria. Verifiable. No superlatives.

The table that closes the "**Yoast alternative**" debate: 22 rows cross-checked against official Yoast sources. **~** = limited, partial, or requires a separate paid add-on.

Criterion
Yoast SEO
Hack The SEO

Native WordPress plugin

Country of origin
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇫🇷 France

AI semantic cocoon / auto topical map

Audit that FIXES (not one that reports)
alerts only
AI Coach fixes

Internal linking pushed to WordPress in 1 click
~Premium suggestions
AI Smart Link Swap

Long-form AI writing, 2,000+ words

30 articles/mo Ultra

Multiple keywords per page
~Premium only
unlimited from Pro

Cannibalization: URL pair detection

llms.txt + GEO Score (AI visibility)

AI Visibility (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini)
~paid Yoast AI+
included in Ultra

**Claude MCP** (AI agent plugged into your site)
not available
first French WP SEO plugin

Personalized AI Brand Voice

via SaaS, included

JSON-LD schema
basic
24 advanced types

Advanced WooCommerce SEO
~paid add-on
included in Ultra

Local SEO (Schema.org LocalBusiness, business info)
included in Premium 2026
native schemas included

News SEO (Google News)
included in Premium 2026
not covered

AI hosting included (zero API key to manage)
~native Yoast AI (titles/metas)
included in subscription

1-click import from the other plugin
manual export needed
from Yoast, included

Fully equipped pricing (1 site)
~300 to 400 €/YEARPremium + stacked add-ons
99 €/MONTH Proall included, no add-on

Founder-led support (EN + FR)

Co-authors of a Dunod SEO book (E-E-A-T)

"Le SEO pour booster sa croissance"

GDPR native

22 verifiable criteria

Official Yoast sources

Updated May 2026

THE REAL COST · TOOLS + HUMAN TIME

## What you really pay every month. All in.

Tool prices sourced (official yoast.com) plus human time at the senior SEO consultant rate in France (Malt 2025 barometer · 70 €/h).

Fully equipped Yoast
Premium + stacked add-ons **+ 30 h/month** manually driving the alerts and the cocoon

~ 2,143 €

/month ex. tax · real delegated total

46 € tools  +  30 h × 70 €/h**
= 46 € + 2,100 € = ~ 2,143 €

No AI semantic cocoon (pillar/children/satellites architecture)

No learning from Search Console (D+7/D+30)

No Claude MCP (AI agent plugged into the site)

4 add-ons bought separately (Premium + WooCommerce + Local + AI+)

Yoast AI+: suggestions, not an unlimited conversational AI Coach

★ RECOMMENDED

Hack The SEO Pro
1 single subscription, everything integrated + 4 h/month** of 1-click Inbox validation

~ 379 €

/month ex. tax · real delegated total

99 € tools  +  4 h × 70 €/h**
= 99 € + 280 € = ~ 379 €

AI semantic cocoon** · pillar/children/satellites architecture

**GSC learning** · D+7 and D+30 impact measured per action

**Exclusive Claude MCP** · first French WP SEO plugin

**Unlimited AI Coach** · no credit system

**AI hosting included** · zero API key to provide

THE REAL GAP EVERY MONTH

5.7× cheaper

That is **1,764 € saved every month**, because the system prepares the actions and sorts priorities by impact measured on GSC.

**Want ~ 2 h/month instead of 4 h?** **Hack The SEO Ultra at 249 €/month** adds the Workflow Engine, Agent Mode and AI writing of 30 long-form articles/month. Delegated total: ~ 389 €/month (about 10 € more than Pro for zero human management time).

Sources: yoast.com (Premium and add-on prices) · Malt 2025 barometer (senior SEO consultant day rate, France)

REPLACING YOAST · MIGRATION IN 3 STEPS

## You keep 100% of your Yoast settings. Zero data loss.

The native migration assistant reads your Yoast configuration (titles, meta descriptions, schemas, sitemaps, redirects, focus keywords) and re-injects it into Hack The SEO. Manual validation available at every step.

1
Install Hack The SEO
Download the plugin, activate it. No conflict with Yoast running in parallel during the transition.
~ 2 minutes

→

2
Import your Yoast settings in 1 click
The assistant detects Yoast automatically and imports titles, metas, focus keywords, schemas, sitemaps, redirects, hreflang. Preview before validation.
~ 3 minutes

→

3
Deactivate Yoast
Once the migration is validated, deactivate Yoast in 1 click. Your data stays in the database for 14 days in case of rollback.
~ 30 seconds

Total: **about 5 minutes**. Zero Google position loss, zero Search Console history loss. One single manual action: resubmit the new sitemap URL in Google Search Console (30 seconds).
5 min

[Book a migration demo · 20 min](https://calendly.com/eric-ibanez-hts/20min)

CLIENT CASES · THEY CHOSE THE YOAST ALTERNATIVE

## Three Yoast-to-Hack The SEO migrations. Here is what they saw within weeks.

EX-YOAST PREMIUM · ULTRA
★★★★★

"We had used Yoast Premium for 5 years. After migrating to Hack The SEO, the AI cocoon reorganized our internal linking on its own. Organic traffic +47% in 3 months."

Sophie L.
Founder, real estate agency

+47%
organic traffic

3 months
after migration

0
position lost

EX-YOAST WOOCOMMERCE · ULTRA
★★★★★

"The Yoast WooCommerce SEO add-on (~ 99 €/yr) did nothing beyond the schemas. With Hack The SEO Ultra, the cocoon built 12 SEO articles that funnel back to our products. Category organic traffic +28%."

Marc D.
Owner, WooCommerce store

12
cocoon articles generated

+28%
category traffic

~ 99 €
saved/year

EX-YOAST FREE · PRO
★★★★★

"Yoast Free limited me to 1 keyword per page and scolded me about my H1 without ever explaining how to rewrite it. The Hack The SEO AI Coach answers all my questions, unlimited. I am never going back."

Camille R.
Independent SEO consultant

∞
AI Coach questions

+34%
content published

2 months
of use

AI ANALYTICS · LLM BOT TRACKING

## You know who visits your site from Google. Not from _ChatGPT_.

Yoast AI+ tells you an AI referrer exists. Hack The SEO shows you which one, how often, on which pages. The AI Analytics module detects visits from ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Meta AI and every LLM bot on your site, and crosses that data with Google Search Console in a single dashboard.

AI visits detected
Real-time count of visits coming from ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Meta AI. You see which article generated how many AI clicks and which ones the LLM bots ignore.

AI crawler activity
Tracking of GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended visits on your site. You identify the pages the AIs crawl but never cite, and optimize them through the plugin's GEO Score.

Google + AI, one dashboard
The Cockpit dashboard crosses Google Search Console and AI traffic in one view. Clicks, impressions, average Google position on the left. AI visits and cited articles on the right. 15d / 30d / 90d / 12-month comparison.

"In 2026, ranking on Google is no longer enough. You need to know what the AIs see and read about you, so you can steer it."

Bruno Ibanez & Eric Ibanez, co-authors of "Le SEO pour booster sa croissance" (Dunod, 2025)

[See AI Analytics in a demo](https://calendly.com/eric-ibanez-hts/20min)

PUBLIC PRICING · NO COMMITMENT

## Yoast alternative pricing: 99 €/month all included. No add-on.

Choosing a **Yoast SEO alternative** also means choosing a readable price. Where Yoast sells Premium, WooCommerce, Local, News and AI+ separately, Hack The SEO bundles everything into two clear plans.

Hack The SEO Pro
The SEO brain: everything you need to analyze, understand, recommend. For SMBs, freelancers and single sites that drive their own SEO.

**99 €**ex. tax / month

vs Yoast Premium at 99 €/yr which covers only a fraction. And requires Yoast WooCommerce, Local, News, AI+ on top.

[Hack The SEO Pro demo](https://calendly.com/eric-ibanez-hts/20min)

**Technical SEO, 12 modules** (Free) + advanced Schema, llms.txt, IndexNow, hreflang, AI redirects
**AI semantic cocoons** (analysis + authority graph)
**Unlimited AI SEO Coach** (vs 5 questions/month on Free)
Cannibalization detection, editorial planning, auto reports (5 types)
10 articles/month via the SaaS, AI content plans
AI hosting included, priority email support, founder-led support

Recommended · Autonomous
Hack The SEO Ultra
The system executes for you. Everything Pro recommends, Ultra applies automatically: AI linking, writing, publishing. For sites that want to scale without hiring.

**249 €**ex. tax / month

vs fully equipped Yoast (Premium incl. Local/News/Video + WooCommerce + AI+) at over 500 €/yr, with no long-form writing, no automatic AI linking, no autonomous agent.

[Hack The SEO Ultra demo](https://calendly.com/eric-ibanez-hts/20min)

**Everything in Pro**, plus the whole autonomous layer:
**Automatic AI internal linking** (Smart Link Swap that runs itself)
**1-click actions Inbox** (the audit no longer reports, it fixes)
**Autonomous Agent Mode** + Workflow + Strategy + Decision Engine
**AI writing + images** inside the plugin, 30 articles/month, Content Refresh, scheduled publishing
**WooCommerce e-commerce agent**: cocoons + linking that account for your products, conversion-driven SEO articles
Feedback Loop, weekly report, semantic embeddings, personalized onboarding, audit trail

Hack The SEO Ultra at **249 €/month** ≈ an SEO agency at **1,500 €/month**. Without the meeting calendar.

WHO IT IS FOR · 4 EX-YOAST PROFILES

## Based on how you use Yoast today, here is the Hack The SEO plan that fits.

EX-YOAST FREE · PRO
SMBs & freelancers
Free Yoast limits you to 1 keyword per page and never analyzes your internal linking. Hack The SEO **Pro** at 99 €/month: AI semantic cocoons, unlimited AI SEO Coach, auto reports, editorial planning, 10 articles/month via the SaaS.

EX-YOAST WOOCOMMERCE · ULTRA
WooCommerce e-commerce
The Yoast WooCommerce SEO add-on (~ 99 €/yr, sold separately) stops at product schemas. Hack The SEO **Ultra** connects your products to the semantic cocoon and generates SEO articles that funnel back to your categories. Automatic AI linking included.

EX-YOAST PREMIUM · PRO
Bloggers & content publishers
Yoast flags your missing H1 without explaining how to rewrite it. Hack The SEO **Pro**: the AI Coach answers all your questions, unlimited. Cannibalization detection between articles, AI content plans, automatic reports.

FULLY EQUIPPED EX-YOAST · ULTRA
Sites that want automation
Fully equipped Yoast (Premium + WooCommerce + AI+) = ~ 520 €/yr for alerts. Hack The SEO **Ultra**: the Inbox fixes in 1 click, the autonomous Agent Mode executes, the AI linking weaves, the AI writing publishes. You no longer read an audit, you validate what is already done.

[That sounds like me · Book 20 min](https://calendly.com/eric-ibanez-hts/20min)

FAQ · MIGRATING FROM YOAST

## The 8 questions we get before people leave Yoast.

Can you migrate from Yoast without losing your existing SEO settings?
Yes. The Hack The SEO migration assistant detects Yoast automatically and imports: SEO titles, meta descriptions, focus keywords, canonical tags, hreflang, enabled schemas, 301 redirects, XML sitemaps, breadcrumbs. You validate the import in a preview before activating. Your Yoast data stays in the database for 14 days in case of rollback.

Does Hack The SEO really import Yoast's Title and Meta tags?
Yes, across all pages, posts, taxonomies and WooCommerce products. Yoast variables (%%sitename%%, %%title%%, etc.) are converted into Hack The SEO equivalents with no manual work. SEO templates per content type are migrated too.

What happens to the Yoast XML sitemaps after the migration?
Hack The SEO automatically takes over the same canonical sitemap URL (sitemap_index.xml) after Yoast is deactivated. Nothing to reconfigure in Google Search Console. The sitemap is regenerated in real time by our module, with IndexNow switchable on in 1 click to push updates to Bing.

Does Hack The SEO also replace Yoast WooCommerce and Yoast Local?
For WooCommerce: yes, the **Ultra** plan connects your products to the semantic cocoon, generates SEO articles that funnel back to your product categories, and triggers automatic AI linking between articles and product pages. You save the cost of the Yoast WooCommerce SEO add-on (~ 99 €/yr). For **Local SEO, News SEO and Video SEO**: those modules are now **included in Yoast Premium** since 2024-2025, so the gap plays out elsewhere (AI cocoon, long-form writing, MCP, Agent Mode), not on Yoast's add-ons.

Yoast Premium costs 99 €/year, Hack The SEO 99 €/month. Why?
The list price only tells half the story. **On the tools side:** fully equipped Yoast (Premium incl. Local/News/Video + WooCommerce + AI+) = ~ 43 €/month combined. Hack The SEO Pro = 99 €/month. Gap on tools: ~ 56 €/month. **On the human time side:** driving Yoast manually (alerts to fix, a cocoon to build by hand, links to insert page by page, freelance writing) takes about 30 h/month. At the senior SEO consultant rate in France (~ 70 €/h, Malt 2025 barometer), that adds ~ 2,100 €/month. Hack The SEO Pro takes ~ 4 h/month (1-click Inbox validation, AI Coach supervision), roughly 280 €/month. **Real delegated total:** fully equipped Yoast ~ 2,143 €/month vs Hack The SEO Pro ~ 379 €/month (5.7× cheaper). With Ultra at 249 €/month, human time drops to ~ 2 h/month because the Workflow Engine executes automatically (total ~ 389 €/month).

Yoast AI+ already tracks ChatGPT. What does Hack The SEO do on the AIs?
Yoast AI+ surfaces a basic AI referrer log (a click from ChatGPT to you). Hack The SEO includes a more complete **AI Analytics** module: detection of every LLM bot visiting your site (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Meta AI), per-article AI visit counts, and a unified dashboard crossed with Google Search Console. You see which article the AIs crawl but never cite, and where the GEO Score needs work.

Should you keep Yoast running in parallel during the transition?
No. It is even discouraged: two SEO plugins active at the same time create canonical tag and schema conflicts (duplicate JSON-LD), which Google does not appreciate. Our advice: install Hack The SEO, run the migration assistant, validate the import, then deactivate Yoast in the same session. Total: 5 minutes.

Is Hack The SEO as easy as Yoast for a beginner?
Easier, actually. The dashboard gathers the actions to take (Inbox), the audit that fixes (1 click), and the AI Coach that answers all your SEO questions in plain language. You do not need to know what a canonical tag, a schema or an hreflang is: the plugin configures them for you based on each page's context.

[Another question? Book 20 min with Eric](https://calendly.com/eric-ibanez-hts/20min)

SOURCES & REFERENCES

## Yoast vs Hack The SEO comparison: every data point is verifiable.

Updated: May 2026. Yoast pricing and feature scopes may change.

- 01.Yoast.com · official product pages: Premium (Local SEO + News SEO + Video SEO included since 2024-2025), WooCommerce SEO add-on, Yoast AI+ tier (prices checked May 2026).

- 02.WPBeginner · "Best Yoast SEO alternatives for WordPress" · the reference roundup on Yoast alternatives in 2026.

- 03.CrawlWP · technical comparison Yoast vs Rank Math vs SEOPress, 2026 differentiation criteria.

- 04.ThatMarketingBuddy · 2026 Yoast SEO review on the gap between alerts and fixes.

- 05.WordPress.com · "12 WordPress SEO plugins in 2026" (official listicle guiding users).

- 06.OddJar · Rank Math vs Yoast comparison, focus on the 1-keyword limit in free Yoast.

- 07.Hack The SEO · internal plugin and SaaS data, May 2026: 30 production plugin clients, 1,200+ GEO Platform SaaS users.

- 08.Bruno Ibanez & Eric Ibanez · "Le SEO pour booster sa croissance", Dunod, 2025 (E-E-A-T).

- 09.Malt 2025 barometer · SEO consultant day rate in France (senior median ~ 500 €/day, i.e. ~ 70 €/h) · converging sources Malt, formalive.fr, paulvengeons.fr, freelance-informatique.fr.

- 10.Official Anthropic documentation · Model Context Protocol (technical reference for the Claude MCP section).

SEE ALSO

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## Leave Yoast in _5 minutes_. Gain 12 extra modules.

The French-built WordPress SEO plugin that is the most complete Yoast alternative. Book 20 minutes with Eric Ibanez, co-founder and CTO of Hack The SEO. SEO audit of your current Yoast site, the real add-on stack cost, and a live migration.

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FREE RESOURCE
"Le SEO pour booster sa croissance", our book published by Dunod in 2025.
280 pages on the SEO method we use inside Hack The SEO. Co-written by Bruno Ibanez and Eric Ibanez.
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