Lightweight SEO

Lightweight SEO plugin for WordPress - minimal footprint, maximum impact.

Website: lwplugins.com GitHub: github.com/lwplugins/lw-seo

Features

Meta Tags & Titles

• Custom Titles - Per-post/page title override with template variables
• Meta Descriptions - Auto-generated from excerpt or content
• Title Separator - Customizable separator character
• Canonical URLs - Prevent duplicate content issues
• Robots Control - noindex/nofollow per post

Social Media

• Open Graph - Facebook, LinkedIn sharing optimization
• Twitter Cards - Summary and large image cards
• Default Social Image - Fallback when post has no featured image
• Custom OG Images - Per-post social images

XML Sitemap

• Auto-generated - Posts, pages, categories, tags
• Search Engine Ping - Automatic sitemap submission
• Configurable - Enable/disable per content type
• Available at yoursite.com/sitemap.xml

Schema.org / JSON-LD

• WebSite Schema - Site-wide structured data
• Article Schema - Blog posts with author info
• Organization/Person - Knowledge graph support
• Breadcrumb Schema - Navigation markup

Breadcrumbs

• Shortcode - [lw_breadcrumbs]
• PHP Function - lw_seo_breadcrumbs()
• Microdata - Built-in structured data

AI & Crawlers

• robots.txt - Auto sitemap reference
• llms.txt - AI crawler information file (llmstxt.org)
• AI Crawler Control - Block/allow individual crawlers:
  • GPTBot (OpenAI)
  • ChatGPT-User
  • Claude-Web (Anthropic)
  • Google-Extended
  • Bytespider (ByteDance)
  • CCBot (Common Crawl)
  • PerplexityBot
  • Cohere-AI

WooCommerce Integration

• Auto-Detection - Automatically enables when WooCommerce is active
• Product OpenGraph - Price, currency, availability, brand, condition
• Product Schema - Full Schema.org Product markup with offers
• Reviews Schema - Product reviews and aggregate ratings
• Product Sitemap - Include products and product categories
• Custom Settings - Dedicated WooCommerce SEO settings tab

Local SEO

• LocalBusiness Schema - 100+ business types supported
• Business Address - Street, city, state, zip, country
• Contact Info - Phone, email with schema markup
• Opening Hours - Per-day hours with OpeningHoursSpecification
• Geo Coordinates - Latitude/longitude for location
• Shortcodes - [lw_address], [lw_phone], [lw_email], [lw_hours], [lw_map]

Cleanup

• Remove shortlinks
• Remove RSD links
• Remove WLW manifest

Admin Interface

• Unified LW Plugins menu
• Modern tabbed settings interface
• WordPress media library integration

Installation

Via Composer (recommended)

composer require lwplugins/lw-seo

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release
2. Upload to /wp-content/plugins/lw-seo/
3. Activate in WordPress admin
4. Go to LW Plugins → SEO

Template Variables

Use these in title templates:

Variable	Description
%%sitename%%	Site name
%%sitedesc%%	Site tagline
%%title%%	Post/page title
%%sep%%	Separator character
%%excerpt%%	Post excerpt
%%author%%	Author name
%%category%%	Primary category
%%term_title%%	Taxonomy term name
%%currentdate%%	Current date
%%searchphrase%%	Search query

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• WordPress 6.0+

Conflict Detection

LW SEO automatically disables its output when detecting:

• Yoast SEO
• Rank Math
• All in One SEO

Development

# Install dependencies
composer install

# Run code sniffer
composer phpcs

# Fix coding standards
composer phpcbf

# Run tests
composer test

License

GPL-2.0-or-later

Sponsor

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