How to Track Your WordPress Plugin's WordPress.org SEO Rankings
Your keyword position on WordPress.org is worth checking on the same schedule as the rest of your growth tracking - here's what to log and how often.
Wordpress-org-optimizationHow WordPress.org Plugin Rankings Work
A match on keywords gets a plugin into the results. A separate set of factors decides where it lands inside them - here's what's actually known about each one.
Wordpress-org-optimizationHow to Improve Your WordPress Plugin's WordPress.org Search Visibility
Search visibility on WordPress.org moves on four levers - three of them have nothing to do with keywords at all.
Wordpress-org-optimizationHow to Check Your WordPress Plugin Readme Before Publishing
Three things worth checking before a readme goes live: how it actually renders, whether your keywords are placed where the algorithm reads them, and whether the tag field is doing anything at all.
Wordpress-org-optimizationHow to Write a WordPress Plugin Readme That Looks Good on WordPress.org
A readme.txt file that reads fine in a text editor can still render badly on WordPress.org - here's what the platform actually expects from the file's structure.
Wordpress-org-optimizationHow to Optimize Your WordPress Plugin for WordPress.org
A nine-section guide to optimizing a WordPress plugin for WordPress.org - title, description, readme, keywords, screenshots, ratings, release activity, search visibility, and adoption - with the checker and tracking tools introduced where each one actually applies.
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