SEOPress vs WP Meta SEO (2026): which should you pick?

Pick SEOPress if

• Fits if you run a WordPress site and want schema and redirects for $49 a year
• Works for agencies wanting one unlimited-site licence at $149 a year

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free, as schema, redirects, local SEO and the site audit are all PRO
• Watch out: rank and backlink tracking need SEOPress Insights, a separate plugin at $99 a year per site
• Pricey if you lean on AI metadata, as credits are a separate plan from $19 a month
• Watch out: prices exclude tax, refunds last 14 days, and a cancelled PRO keeps working without updates
• Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress, as there's no standalone app

Pick WP Meta SEO if

• Fits if you need meta titles and descriptions filled in across hundreds of posts
• Works for sites with big image libraries missing alt text

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to try it first, as the free edition closed in June 2026 and there's no trial
• Watch out: $49 covers one year of updates and support, and the page gives no renewal price
• Watch out: refunds are only for problems support can't fix, not a change of mind or a missing feature
• Skip it if you need schema beyond local business markup, as no other type is on record
• Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress, as it runs nowhere else

SEOPress

• It runs only inside WordPress; there is no standalone app.
• Rank and backlink tracking need SEOPress Insights, a separate plugin at $99 a year per site.
• AI credit plans are a separate monthly subscription, from $19 a month for 400,000 credits (about 250 meta titles, by SEOPress's estimate).
• Prices exclude tax; refunds are offered for 14 days, and a cancelled PRO keeps working without updates or support.

WP Meta SEO

• Runs only inside WordPress. The free WordPress.org edition was closed on June 17, 2026, and the changelog says it was merged into Pro.
• The $49 covers one year of updates and support; the pricing section does not give a renewal price.
• Refunds within 30 days are given only when support cannot fix a problem, not for a change of mind or a missing feature.
• A $199 JoomUnited bundle of every WordPress plugin is sold beside it.

SEOPress

Titles, meta and sitemaps

Sets titles, meta descriptions, canonicals and robots tags globally or per page, and builds XML, HTML, image and author sitemaps on the free edition.

Content analysis

Checks each post against any number of target keywords in the editor, including in Elementor, Divi, Oxygen and other page builders, on the free edition.

Schema and local SEO

PRO adds automatic and manual schema with conditions, breadcrumbs, local business data, Google News and video sitemaps, and WooCommerce product identifiers.

Redirects and links

PRO manages 301, 302, 307, 410 and 451 redirects with regex, logs 404s, prompts when a URL changes, suggests internal links and finds broken links.

AI metadata

PRO can use OpenAI, DeepSeek, Gemini, Claude or Mistral to write SEO titles, descriptions and image alt text.

Rankings and backlinks

The Insights plugin checks Google rankings daily in 51 locations, shows who holds first place, tracks backlinks and exports to CSV, PDF or Excel.

WP Meta SEO

Bulk meta editor

Lists every post, page and custom post type so meta titles and descriptions can be edited in one place, with a checker for duplicates.

Image SEO

Edits image file names, alt text, titles, captions and descriptions in bulk, and swaps images shrunk in HTML for files at the size shown.

404 and redirect manager

Crawls content for broken links, counts 404 hits per URL, adds redirects in one click or by rule, and can email a report of new errors.

XML and HTML sitemaps

Builds sitemaps from menus, posts, pages and custom post types, submits them to Google Search Console and checks their links.

Google Search Console and Analytics

Suggests keywords from Search Console data while a page is being edited, and shows Google Analytics stats inside WordPress.

Page builders and imports

Works in Gutenberg, Elementor and Divi, and can import existing meta from Yoast SEO and All in One SEO.

SEOPress

• SEOPress Free$0

  Core on-page settings, sitemaps, social tags, image SEO, IndexNow and content analysis with unlimited target keywords.

• SEOPress PRO, 1 site$49

  per year for 1 site, ex VAT, renews at the same price

  Site audit, schema, local and WooCommerce SEO, redirects and 404 monitoring, Search Console data, AI metadata and white label.

• SEOPress PRO, 5 sites$59

  per year for 5 sites, ex VAT, renews at the same price

  The same PRO features on up to 5 sites.

• SEOPress PRO, unlimited$149

  per year for unlimited sites, ex VAT, renews at the same price

  The same PRO features on any number of sites.

• SEOPress Insights$99

  per year for 1 site, ex VAT

  A separate plugin for daily Google rank tracking in 51 locations, competitor positions, a backlink tracker and emailed reports.

WP Meta SEO

• Pro Addon$49

  one-time, with 1 year of updates and support, unlimited sites

  Every feature on any number of domains and multisite networks, with a year of updates and support and no recurring payment.

SEOPress

No public discounts listed.

WP Meta SEO

• Other savings

  WordPress Bundle of every JoomUnited plugin

  JoomUnited's bundle includes WP Meta SEO and its other WordPress plugins for unlimited sites with a year of support and updates, listed at $199 instead of $421.