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ToolGPAOctober 2026

WPSSO Core

The Insider’s Guide

WordPress plugin for Schema markup and social sharing meta tags

WPSSO Core, as pictured on wpsso.com

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among SEO plugins and apps, read from WPSSO Core’s own pages.

Made by JS Morisset · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com

3.0GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  3. 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  4. 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  5. 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  6. 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  7. 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from WPSSO Core’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on WPSSO Core’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

3.0

GPA, above 67 of the 78 other SEO plugins and apps we grade

WPSSO Core is a WordPress plugin that adds Schema.org JSON-LD markup and social meta tags such as Open Graph, X Cards and Pinterest Rich Pins, so pages read well in search results and when links are shared. It covers more than 500 Schema types, rebuilds WooCommerce product markup, and has free add-ons for merchant feeds, FAQ pages, breadcrumbs and sitemaps. The Premium edition is sold as a lifetime license per site.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about WPSSO Core, taken from its own pages and our grades.

  1. 1

    Best for schema and share tags on top of an SEO plugin

    WPSSO Core adds schema markup for 500+ types and social share tags to WordPress, with per-variation WooCommerce product markup and free add-ons for feeds and sitemaps.

  2. 2

    What it costs

    Paid plans start at $49 one-time for a lifetime license on 1 site.

  3. 3

    There is a free plan

    The Standard edition on WordPress.org is free: Schema JSON-LD, social meta tags, WooCommerce product markup and the free add-ons.

  4. 4

    It runs on Web

    Web.

  5. 5

    Schema JSON-LD markup

    Writes structured data for more than 500 Schema types and subtypes, aimed at clearing the field errors Google's Rich Results test reports.

  6. 6

    Social meta tags

    Open Graph for Facebook, X Cards, Pinterest Rich Pins and oEmbed for LinkedIn and Discord, with image sizes cropped for each site.

  7. 7

    WooCommerce product markup

    Replaces WooCommerce's single-offer markup with every variation as its own offer, adding GTIN, MPN, brand, shipping time and return policy fields.

  8. 8

    A 3.0 GPA, above 67 of 78

    That is against the other SEO plugins and apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  9. 9

    Your call

    You could make the core of WPSSO Core for yourself: schema markup.

WPSSO Core at a glance

Pricing
Free plan, from $49 one-time for a lifetime license on 1 site
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
None stated
Runs on
Web
Made by
JS Morisset
Category
SEO Plugins & Apps
Our grade
3.0 GPA, very good

The report card

Best for schema and share tags on top of an SEO plugin

WPSSO Core adds schema markup for 500+ types and social share tags to WordPress, with per-variation WooCommerce product markup and free add-ons for feeds and sitemaps. It has no redirects or content checks, and Premium is licensed per site address, so a staging site needs its own licence beyond one free dev subdomain.

ToolGPA report cardWPSSO CoreGraded Oct 23, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyAPremium is $49 once for one site, with updates and support for the life of that site. That's less than a year of this category's middle price. Bigger licences fall to $17 a site at 25 sites.
Free plan and trialAThe Standard edition on WordPress.org has no caps: schema markup, social tags, WooCommerce product markup and free add-ons for feeds, FAQ pages, breadcrumbs and sitemaps. Premium adds data from YouTube, review apps and link shorteners.
FeaturesCSchema for 500+ types, Open Graph, X Cards and Pinterest tags, every WooCommerce variation as its own offer, and add-ons for merchant feeds and sitemaps. It does markup fully, but that's a smaller job: no redirects or content checks on record.
Ease of useCNo rating on record. It needs WordPress 6.0 and PHP 7.4.33 or newer, and the extras come as separate add-ons to install and set up.
Platforms and integrationsBWeb only, inside WordPress. It works with WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, Rank Math, WPML, Polylang and Elementor, builds Google Merchant and Meta feeds, and Premium pulls data from YouTube and Judge.me.
Grade point averageVery good, out of 4.03.0

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who WPSSO Core is for

  • Fits if you run WooCommerce and want each product variation in your markup
  • Works for sites adding schema on top of an SEO plugin they already use

Who it is not for

  • Too light for your whole SEO setup, as there are no redirects or content checks
  • Watch out: Premium is licensed per site address, so a staging site needs its own licence beyond one free dev subdomain
  • Tight if you stay free, as YouTube, Vimeo, review-app and short-link data need Premium
  • Watch out: licences can't be transferred, and the refund window is 30 days
  • Skip it if your site isn't on WordPress 6.0 or newer, as it runs nowhere else

Good to know

Good for

  • WooCommerce shops that want fuller product markup for Google
  • Sites whose links are often shared on social networks and in messaging apps
  • Adding Schema markup on top of an SEO plugin already in place

Worth knowing

  • Runs only inside WordPress; it needs WordPress 6.0 and PHP 7.4.33 or newer.
  • Premium is licensed per WordPress site address, so a staging site needs its own license; one dev. subdomain per license is free.
  • Data from YouTube, Vimeo, review services and URL shorteners, and development-version updates, need Premium.
  • Licenses cannot be transferred; the license page states a 30-day refund policy.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$49 one-time

To start. There is a free plan too

WPSSO Core has a free plan. Paid plans start at $49 one-time for a lifetime license on 1 site.

That's less than a year of this category's middle price.
From our grade for value for money

  • Standard

    $0

    The free edition hosted on WordPress.org, with Schema markup, social meta tags and the add-ons.

  • Premium, 1 site

    $49

    one-time, lifetime license for 1 site

    Premium features, updates and support for the life of the registered site, plus data from services such as YouTube and Bitly.

  • Premium, 2 sites

    $80

    one-time, lifetime license for 2 sites

    $40 a site; the vendor suggests it for one production and one staging site.

  • Premium, 5 sites

    $135

    one-time, lifetime license for 5 sites

    $27 a site. A 3-site license is also sold, at $99.

  • Premium, 10 sites

    $220

    one-time, lifetime license for 10 sites

    $22 a site. A 15-site license is also sold, at $285.

  • Premium, 25 sites

    $425

    one-time, lifetime license for 25 sites

    $17 a site, the lowest per-site rate on the license page.

The free plan

The Standard edition on WordPress.org is free: Schema JSON-LD, social meta tags, WooCommerce product markup and the free add-ons.

Read from wpsso.com on Oct 23, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • Lifetime license

    Premium is a one-time lifetime license

    WPSSO sells Premium for a single payment that covers features, updates and support for the life of each registered site, with no yearly renewal.

    Stated on wpsso.com

  • Other savings

    Free development-site license with each purchase

    Each Premium license also covers dev. on the same domain under the same Authentication ID, so a developer can build a site before moving it to production.

    Stated on wpsso.com

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

1

Place it runs: Web

WordPress plugin for Schema markup and social sharing meta tags. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: open source, schema markup.

It does markup fully, but that's a smaller job: no redirects or content checks on record.
From our grade for features
Schema JSON-LD markup
Writes structured data for more than 500 Schema types and subtypes, aimed at clearing the field errors Google's Rich Results test reports.
Social meta tags
Open Graph for Facebook, X Cards, Pinterest Rich Pins and oEmbed for LinkedIn and Discord, with image sizes cropped for each site.
WooCommerce product markup
Replaces WooCommerce's single-offer markup with every variation as its own offer, adding GTIN, MPN, brand, shipping time and return policy fields.
Free add-ons
Separate add-ons build Google Merchant and Meta catalog feeds, FAQ pages, breadcrumbs, ratings and reviews, sitemaps and REST API output.
Works beside other SEO plugins
Can run with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, The SEO Framework or WP Meta SEO to add to the structured data they output.
Service data in Premium
Premium pulls video details from YouTube, Vimeo and Wistia, review data from Judge.me and Stamped.io, and short links from Bitly or TinyURL.

Where it runs

  • Web

What it works with

  • WooCommerce
  • Yoast SEO
  • Rank Math
  • WPML
  • Polylang
  • Elementor
  • YouTube
  • Judge.me

WPSSO Core is made by JS Morisset.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

67/78

Other SEO plugins and apps it is graded above

WPSSO Core's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 67 of the 78 other SEO plugins and apps we grade, and level with 8.

It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 63 of 78) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 79 SEO plugins and apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. WPSSO Core’s own letter is outlined.

  • AValue for moneyAbove 53 of 78
  • AFree plan and trialAbove 63 of 78
  • CFeaturesAbove 9 of 78
  • CEase of useAbove 0 of 78
  • BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 31 of 78

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Your call

You could make the core of WPSSO Core for yourself: schema markup.

What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. At $49, paid once, it costs less than the weekend it would take to replace, which is the argument for keeping it. WPSSO Core is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.

What you could make

  • Schema markup: an app builder makes this well.
  • It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.

What you could not

  • It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
  • It plugs into other products, WooCommerce, Yoast SEO and Rank Math among them.

What this rests on. WPSSO Core’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 05 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

Schema Pro, Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP, Yoast SEO, Rank Math and All in One SEO (AIOSEO)

The 5 tools WPSSO Core is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

  • 1.8GPA

    Schema Pro

    From $79/yr

    WordPress plugin for adding schema markup across a site by rules.

    • WPSSO Core has a free plan. Schema Pro does not.
    • WPSSO Core is open source, according to its own site.
    • Schema Pro can be bought with a one-time purchase.
    WPSSO Core and Schema Pro compared in full
  • 2.6GPA

    Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP

    Free plan · from $99/yr

    WordPress schema plugin with 35+ types and AMP support.

    • Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP can be bought with a one-time purchase.
    WPSSO Core and Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP compared in full
  • 2.6GPA

    Yoast SEO

    Free plan · from $118.80/yr

    WordPress SEO plugin with content analysis, schema and sitemaps.

    • WPSSO Core is open source, according to its own site.
    • Yoast SEO also covers AI search visibility, content optimization and internal linking.
    WPSSO Core and Yoast SEO compared in full
  • 3.0GPA

    Rank Math

    Free plan · from €8.99/mo

    WordPress SEO plugin for meta tags, schema, sitemaps and rank tracking.

    • WPSSO Core is open source, according to its own site.
    • WPSSO Core also covers schema markup.
    • Rank Math also covers reports and rank tracking.
    WPSSO Core and Rank Math compared in full
  • 2.8GPA

    All in One SEO (AIOSEO)

    Free plan · from $99/yr

    WordPress SEO plugin with schema, redirects, link suggestions and AI.

    • WPSSO Core is open source, according to its own site.
    • All in One SEO (AIOSEO) also covers rank tracking, site audit, content optimization and internal linking.
    WPSSO Core and All in One SEO (AIOSEO) compared in full

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

12

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is WPSSO Core free?

WPSSO Core has a free plan. The Standard edition on WordPress.org is free: Schema JSON-LD, social meta tags, WooCommerce product markup and the free add-ons.

How much does WPSSO Core cost?

WPSSO Core lists 6 plans. Standard: $0.

What platforms does WPSSO Core work on?

WPSSO Core is available on Web.

Does WPSSO Core offer any discounts?

WPSSO Core publicly lists the following: Premium is a one-time lifetime license; Free development-site license with each purchase.

Does WPSSO Core have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. WPSSO Core is listed for Web.

Does WPSSO Core have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. WPSSO Core is listed for Web.

Is WPSSO Core open source?

Yes. WPSSO Core is open source, according to its own site.

What does WPSSO Core integrate with?

WPSSO Core's listing names WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, Rank Math, WPML, Polylang, Elementor, YouTube and Judge.me.

Who makes WPSSO Core?

WPSSO Core is made by JS Morisset.

What are the alternatives to WPSSO Core?

The closest alternatives to WPSSO Core in our directory are Schema Pro, Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP, Yoast SEO, Rank Math and All in One SEO (AIOSEO).

How does WPSSO Core compare with other SEO plugins and apps?

WPSSO Core's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 67 of the 78 other SEO plugins and apps we grade, and level with 8.

Could I make my own version of WPSSO Core?

You could make the core of WPSSO Core for yourself: schema markup. What you would give up is listed below.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from WPSSO Core’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 23, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from WPSSO's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by JS Morisset. Prices change, so check wpsso.com before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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