How do Maximize WordPress with 2 SEO Plugins
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I have 2 WordPress SEO Plugins, Yoast and All-in-One SEO. I have tried like heck to make them work together, but every time I crawl my site here, I get multiple error messages. My question is, how can I tweak the title settings to avoid having multiple meta desctiptions, titles etc.
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Hi Marcus.
I agree with the previous answers. Just stick to one plugin. Besides, WP plugins use up server resources so try to keep only the really necessary. Personally I use Yoast's and works well. Make sure you have the latest version (0.4.2) since the previous one gave TONS of errors when trying (failing) to generate the sitemap xml.
Yoast's plugin is particularly good since everything is integrated, so the sitemap is coherent with the canonicals and the noindex etc etc. Otherwise, you'll have one plugin dictating, say, one canonical for a page and the other plugin a different thing (hypothetically, at least) which is obviously not good.
Good luck
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Hi Marcus,
I have switched all of my websites to Yoast Wordpress SEO exclusively, and would highly suggest not using both SEO plugins at the same time. I chatted with Joost at length via Skype about a similar situation, and I can assure you it is against your best interest to try and use both.
While I am a fan of AIOSEO, I have found the Yoast plugin does everything and more and love it.
They are not meant to work together so your time would be wasted attempting to do so. Just make sure you are maximizing each plugin. I would recommend working with Yoast.
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Why do you need both plugins? I would pick the one I like and then deactivate the other.
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2 antivirus softwares cannot work on a single machine. Say u have Norton and FSecure. fSecure wil show Norton as a threat and Norton wil show fSecure as threat.
Similarly, when u have 2 SEO plugins activated on the same WP installation, each will try to override the other plugin's setting and thus causing the errors you are currently seeing. I have been using "All-in-one-SEO" and I have been very satisfied so far. Never found a need of another one. Just try deactivating the Yoast, and your errors should disappear.
Hope this helps.
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