Top 10 Reasons Why WordPress is the Best for Google SEO

For friends who want to build their own website, Naiba always recommends using WordPress to install the site. On one hand, because WP is easy to operate and has abundant resources; on the other hand, building a website with WordPress is SEO-friendly and can help us withGoogle SEO optimization ranking。 WordPress was released in 2003 and has now been updated to version 5.3. Over 30% of websites globally are built with WordPress. The reason WordPress is so popular, besides its good ecosystem (rich resources for themes, plugins, and related tutorials/documentation), is also because it is the most suitable CMS for SEO.Why is WordPress suitable for SEO? Mainly for the following 10 reasons.

1. Supports the creation of pseudo-static links

One aspect of search engine optimization is creating URL pseudo-static. Compared to dynamic web pages, static pages are more SEO-friendly. WordPress's Permalink feature perfectly meets this requirement. When writing a post, you can easily set a fixed URL for each article.This support for custom post URLs allows you to insert relevant keywords into the article URL, which has a positive effect for English websites.

2. Easy modification of post metadata

Metadata, which refers to the webpage's title and description (and keywords originally, though Google no longer recommends manually filling in keywords), so for TDK, you only need to fill in TD yourself.The webpage's title and description are crucial factors for your article's ranking in Google search results. WordPress has many SEO plugins that can help you complete this task. Naiba usesRank Math.

3. WordPress has professional SEO plugins

As mentioned above, modifying TD information is only one part of SEO. Some professional SEO plugins on WP can help us accomplish more SEO functions. Popular SEO plugins for WordPress include:

• Yoast SEO
• All in One SEO Pack
• Rank Math
• The SEO Framework

There are also plugins specifically for generatingxml sitemapsfor websites, though the advanced SEO plugins mentioned above now include this feature.

4. WordPress has SEO-friendly themes

WordPress themes are very abundant and of high quality. Excellent theme authors consider SEO needs when writing theme code. Some custom website programs for corporate websites often have non-standard code in the interface and lack essential SEO tags, so they will definitely be at a disadvantage in SEO optimization compared to others.

5. Image optimization is very simple with WordPress

Images are also a relatively important part of an article, as they can increase readability and improve user dwell time. However, search engines do not know your image content by default, so you need to manually fill inalt tagsto inform the search engine about the image content. With WordPress, you can manually enter the alt tag when uploading an image.Besides the ALT tag, image size is also important. Images that are too large will slow down website loading speed. With WordPress, you can install image compression plugins or use plugins to convert images to the smaller, higher-quality webp format.

6. WordPress sites load relatively fast

For most beginners, they think WordPress loads slowly, but if you know how toOptimize WordPress, then WordPress can also be very fast. If your WP loads slowly, you can refer toThe Simplest Method to Improve WordPress Website Speed and Performancethis article to speed it up. Besides the webpage itself, the database is also an aspect that affects website loading speed. WordPress has dedicated database optimization and caching plugins, and WP also has excellent caching plugins that can generate static HTML cache pages for posts, making user visits faster than directly accessing PHP pages. It's important to know that Google has clearly stated that website speed affects search engine rankings.

7. WordPress is optimized for mobile users

Whether domestically or internationally, mobile traffic has already surpassed PC traffic, so whether a website is mobile-friendly is also crucial for SEO. Most WordPress themes are responsive layouts, which can automatically adjust the arrangement based on browser size without affecting mobile reading. Additionally, there are plugins that support the Google AMP protocol, which can display content faster for mobile users.

8. WordPress integrates well with social media

Domestic users may not feel it (because domestically, walled gardens have already started), but friends running foreign trade websites definitely know. On WordPress, you can easily install social sharing plugins and also display your social platform content on the website. Social media can also indirectly affect your website's SEO information.

9. WordPress has excellent extensibility

WordPress has very high extensibility; you can integrate many third-party applications to enhance your website's functionality, such as Google Analytics, G Suite, ConvertKit, etc.

10. WordPress provides a good user experience

Whether for website owners or visitors, WordPress can provide a great user experience. Website owners can easily achieve website functionality with the help of rich themes and plugins. Users can enjoy beautiful themes and compatibility to read website posts, without the website failing to load due to using a phone or computer. Doing SEO is essentially about user experience; besides content needing to meet user needs, the website program must also provide a good user experience to achieve good search engine rankings. If you still don't believe that WordPress is SEO-friendly, you can search Google for professional SEO blogs and agencies to see how many are built with WordPress. Interested but don't know how to install WordPress? Click here to view the completeWP installation tutorialnow.