WordPress and SEO: How to make sure people find your WordPress site | WordPress for beginners

This video about WordPress and SEO is part of the free online WordPress for beginners training. Learn more about creating and maintaining a WordPress website in our free online course at https://yoa.st/3xp. This course includes reading materials and quizzes. ► About this video Creating an awesome WordPress site is only the first step, you want people to actually find your site too! And for this, you need to work on your SEO. In this video, we take a look at what SEO actually is and why you should work on it. Then, we'll discuss what WordPress does out of the box to help rank your site high in the search results. 👍Did you enjoy this video? Don’t forget to click the like button! #WordPress #WordPessSEO #WordPressTutorial #BlockEditor #gutenberg #Yoast #YoastSEOacademy #WordPressForBeginners ► Items discussed in this video 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:00:46 - What is SEO? 0:01:32 - WordPress: SEO friendly? 0:02:03 - What does WordPress do for SEO? 0:02:14 - 1. WordPress supports pretty permalinks 0:02:23 - 2. WordPress supports the title tag 0:02:36 - 3. WordPress deals with duplicate content 0:03:20 - 4. WordPress redirects for title changes 0:03:40 - 5. Site Health dashboard 0:03:49 - WordPress still needs help ► What should you watch next? Do you want to know more about how the Yoast SEO plugin can help you with your WordPress SEO? Check out this video: https://youtu.be/BsqrvURULx0 And do you know what you should do yourself for your site's SEO? Watch this video: https://youtu.be/LfDXDy1y2PM Or watch one of our videos about: ‣ How to organize your WordPress site: https://youtu.be/_t8D2VolJDI ‣ Common mistakes in WordPress: https://youtu.be/nBEEd9yzy0s ► About the WordPress for beginners training Whether you want to create your own personal blog, an online store, or a business website – with WordPress, creating your own website is easy as pie. If you know what you’re doing, of course. In this free online WordPress for beginners course, we’ll guide you through