Kask SEO

A lightweight WordPress SEO plugin for per-page meta titles, descriptions, and noindex control — plus a sitewide redirects manager and CPT archive meta. No account required, no upsells, no bloat.

Built by Kask Creativity LLC.

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Features

• Per-page meta title & description — overrides on every public post type via a meta box in the editor
• Per-page noindex — outputs noindex, follow on any singular post or page
• Automatic CPT support — meta box appears on all public post types with zero configuration; new CPTs are picked up automatically
• CPT archive meta — set title, description, and noindex for post type archive pages (e.g. /resources/)
• Redirects manager — add, edit, and delete 301/302 redirects from a simple admin table; cached for performance
• Character counters — live feedback in the meta box (amber at 50/140, red past 60/160)

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Installation

1. Upload the kask-seo folder to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate the plugin via Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. On first activation the redirects database table is created automatically

wp-content/
  plugins/
    kask-seo/
      kask-seo.php   ← the whole plugin is this single file

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Usage

Per-page meta (posts, pages, CPTs)

Open any post, page, or CPT item in the editor. An SEO meta box appears in the editor (above the publish panel by default).

Field	Notes
Meta Title	Overrides the <title> tag. Leave blank to use the WordPress default.
Meta Description	Outputs a <meta name="description"> tag. Leave blank to omit.
Noindex this page	Outputs <meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow">.

Character counters update live. Recommended lengths are 60 characters for titles and 160 for descriptions.

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Archive meta (CPT archive pages)

Go to Kask SEO → Archive Meta.

Each public post type that has has_archive => true is listed here. Set a custom title, description, and/or noindex toggle per archive. Leave fields blank to fall back to WordPress defaults.

If no CPT archives exist on a given site, the page will say so rather than showing an empty form.

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Redirects

Go to Kask SEO → Redirects.

Adding a redirect:

Field	Notes
Source Path	Relative path only — e.g. /old-page/. Trailing slash and lowercase normalisation are applied automatically.
Destination	Full URL for external redirects (https://example.com/new-page/), or a relative path for internal ones.
Type	301 Permanent (default, use for most redirects) or 302 Temporary.

Redirects are loaded from a transient cache (1-day TTL) so there is only one database query per day rather than one per pageload. The cache is automatically cleared whenever a redirect is added, edited, or deleted.

The redirect processor skips admin, AJAX, and REST requests so it will not interfere with WordPress internals.

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Compatibility

• WordPress: 6.0+
• PHP: 8.0+
• Multisite: Not tested; use on individual sites only
• Other SEO plugins: Do not run alongside Rank Math, Yoast, The SEO Framework, or similar — output will conflict

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Does this handle everything an SEO plugin needs?

This plugin covers the essentials for most small business and nonprofit sites:

Feature	Included
Per-page title & description	✅
Noindex per page	✅
CPT archive meta	✅
Sitewide redirects (301/302)	✅
XML sitemap	❌
Schema / structured data	❌
Open Graph / social meta	❌
Canonical tags	❌
Breadcrumbs	❌

If you need a sitemap, the built-in WordPress sitemap (/wp-sitemap.xml, enabled by default since WP 5.5) is a reasonable lightweight option. For Open Graph and schema, consider adding those selectively rather than pulling in a full SEO suite.

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Changelog

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Per-page meta box on all public post types
• CPT archive meta admin page
• Redirects manager with transient caching
• Live character counters in the meta box

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License

GPL-2.0-or-later — see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html