WordPress is not just a blogging platform these days. It's a complete Content Management System (CMS) that will allow users to build pretty much any type of website imaginable using various plugins and themes.

One of the big problems with WordPress, however, is its serious lack of native SEO. It has only basic SEO functionality, and the rest must be taken care of manually.

There are myriad plugins available for WordPress SEO, but none of them will handle 100% of the optimization for your site. They also work differently and have different functions, so choosing the right one can be tricky.

In this guide, you're going to learn about the basics of setting up your WordPress for optimal search engine optimization, and how you can make sure your blog or site is set up with the basic foundation of proper SEO. We'll take a look at popular plugins, methods you can use to optimize your site, tools you can use, and more.

So let's begin.