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AFCA Basic SEO

A light alternative to Yoast SEO. Meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, canonical and native WordPress sitemap control.

by André Amorim · github.com/andrefcamorim/afca-basic-seo · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/andrefcamorim/afca-basic-seo/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Readme

AFCA Basic SEO

Contributors: afca Tags: seo, meta tags, open graph, twitter card, sitemap Requires at least: 5.7 Tested up to: 6.6 Requires PHP: 7.4 Stable tag: 1.2.0 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

A lightweight alternative to Yoast SEO. Just the essentials, no bloat.

Description

AFCA Basic SEO is a minimalist plugin focused on the essentials of SEO for WordPress:

  • Meta title, description, and keywords — per post, page, CPT, and taxonomy term
  • Open Graph & Twitter Cards — OG title, description, image per content (automatic fallback to featured image → default OG)
  • Customizable canonical URL
  • Robots control — noindex / nofollow per content and per term
  • Native WordPress sitemap — choose which post types, taxonomies, and whether you want authors in the wp-sitemap.xml
  • Automatic exclusion of content marked as noindex from the sitemap
  • Breadcrumbs via shortcode [afca_breadcrumbs] — with customizable separator and schema.org microdata (BreadcrumbList)
  • Real-time character counter in the editor

No dashboards, redirects, or a thousand and one features that 99% of sites don’t use.

Installation

  1. Upload the afca-basic-seo folder to /wp-content/plugins/
  2. Activate under Plugins
  3. Go to AFCA SEO in the side menu to configure
  4. Edit posts/terms to set specific meta tags

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it work with Custom Post Types?

Yes. All public CPTs automatically get the meta box and appear as an option in the sitemap.

Does it work with custom taxonomies?

Yes — all public taxonomies.

Is it compatible with Yoast?

Disable Yoast first. Both will compete for the same meta tags.

Changelog

1.2.0

  • New: JSON-LD structured data output (WebSite, Person/Organization, and BreadcrumbList) in the page head.
  • New: "Schema" settings tab — entity type, name, image/logo, sameAs profile URLs, and an optional SearchAction.
  • Filter: afca_seo_schema_graph to modify the schema graph before output.
  • Fix: plugin update slug now matches the installed plugin basename so updates apply correctly.

1.1.0

  • New: shortcode [afca_breadcrumbs] with schema.org microdata (BreadcrumbList).
  • New: breadcrumb separator setting in the “General” tab.
  • Supports attributes in the shortcode: separator, home_label, show_home, show_current.
  • Filters: afca_seo_breadcrumb_items and afca_seo_breadcrumbs_html.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.

Read the full README on GitHub →