Comparison
GO BEST SEO and Yoast SEO: not either-or
Yoast SEO is a WordPress plugin you work with inside the editor. GO BEST SEO is a service that checks your site from the outside on a schedule and fixes what you allow. A site can use both.
The short answer
Keep Yoast SEO if you use it. GO BEST SEO doesn’t replace it and doesn’t change its settings. We add what a plugin inside the editor doesn’t do on its own: a scan on a schedule, fixes you can undo, a report every Monday, post suggestions and, on Pro and Extra, backlink monitoring.
If you don’t use Yoast, GO BEST SEO still works. Its automatic fixes then cover page titles and image alt text.
Yoast SEO and GO BEST SEO at a glance
| Compared item | Yoast SEO | GO BEST SEO |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | A plugin inside your WordPress | A service outside your site, with no plugin |
| When it works | While you edit a page, and through its site settings | On your plan’s schedule: every two days, or every day on Extra |
| Page titles | An SEO title field you can fill in for each page | Rewrites weak page titles once you allow it |
| Meta descriptions | A description field you can fill in for each page | Writes into Yoast’s field where the REST API allows it |
| Analysis while you write | Yes | No |
| XML sitemap and structured data settings | Yes | No |
- Yoast SEO’s features can change from version to version; Yoast’s own site lists what it offers today.
How they work together
- Titles: we update the page’s own title in WordPress, which many themes also show at the top of the page. By default Yoast builds the title tag from the page title; if you typed your own SEO title for a page in Yoast, Yoast uses that one in search results instead.
- Meta descriptions: we write a description into Yoast’s own description field only when that field can be written through the WordPress REST API. A standard Yoast install doesn’t allow that; then the pages that need a description appear in your findings, and you write it in the Yoast box under the editor.
- Alt text: we write it to the image in your Media Library, which Yoast doesn’t manage.
- No overlap: we install nothing and don’t touch Yoast’s settings, sitemap or structured data.
Yoast and Yoast SEO are trademarks of Yoast BV. GO BEST SEO is not affiliated with Yoast.
Questions about GO BEST SEO and Yoast SEO
Do I need Yoast SEO to use GO BEST SEO?
No. Scans, findings, title and alt text fixes, posts, backlinks and the Monday report work without it. Automatic meta description fixes need Yoast SEO with a description field that can be written through the WordPress REST API.
Will GO BEST SEO conflict with Yoast?
No. We don’t install a plugin and don’t change Yoast’s settings, sitemap or structured data. Every change we make is listed with its before and after, and can be undone.
Should I uninstall Yoast if I use GO BEST SEO?
No. Yoast works inside the editor and controls site-wide settings; GO BEST SEO checks your site from the outside on a schedule. They do different jobs.
Do you work with other SEO plugins?
Today automatic description fixes support Yoast SEO only. Scans, findings, title and alt text fixes don’t depend on which SEO plugin you use.
Read next
Title tags and meta descriptions
How to write them, and where to change them in WordPress.
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Every check our scan runs on your pages.
SEO software vs an SEO agency
What each one does well, and what to ask before you choose.
Add a schedule to your SEO
Keep Yoast for your editor, and let GO BEST SEO scan, fix and report on a schedule.