WordPress SEO that actually moves rankings

RankMath Pro is our default for 80% of WordPress sites — fastest, cleanest schema support, best free tier, and the Pro tier is better value than Yoast Premium. Yoast is still excellent and has the deepest ecosystem. SEOPress is a strong choice for privacy-conscious or EU clients. AIOSEO suits sites already deep in its workflow. SureRank is great for WooCommerce-heavy builds. Squirrly shines on AI-assisted content optimisation. The plugin is not the strategy — we pick per project and migrate cleanly if switching makes sense.

Both. On-page alone rarely ranks competitive terms — you need authority (off-page) to compete. Our standard SEO engagement includes technical + on-page + content + off-page link building. Some clients start with technical-only (1-time audit & fix) and layer content / off-page later. We don't offer 'on-page only' long-term retainers because they don't actually move rankings past a point.

One-time technical audit & fix: ₹49,999–99,999 ($599–1,199) depending on site size. Monthly SEO retainer (technical + on-page + content + off-page): ₹59,999–1,99,999/month ($720–2,399) depending on scope, content volume, and off-page intensity. Quoted per site after the initial audit — no generic packages.

No, and anyone who does is either lying or doing something that'll get you penalised. We guarantee our work (the full audit + fix list is documented), we guarantee effort (monthly reports show exactly what was done), and we have a strong track record (500+ sites, case studies available). But Google's algorithm isn't under anyone's control — results depend on niche competitiveness, starting position, and how committed the client is to content production.

AI-assisted content is fine if it's genuinely useful, factually accurate, and edited by a human with subject-matter knowledge. Pure AI content — prompt in, publish out, no human review — underperforms in 2026 because Google's 'Helpful Content' system flags it. We use AI for research, outlines, and first drafts; humans (senior writers, subject experts) shape the final piece. This is the approach that actually works.

There's no magic number. What matters is: quality (DR 30+ is the minimum we'll chase), relevance (links from sites in your niche carry 10× the weight of generic ones), velocity (10 quality links a month beats 100 one-off links), and anchor-text distribution (mostly branded / naked URL, some keyword, varied enough to look natural). We aim for 8–15 high-quality links per month on a standard program.

Yes. Local SEO is particularly important for service businesses in Indian metros — Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune. We handle Google Business Profile optimisation, local citations across JustDial / Sulekha / IndiaMART / local directories, NAP (Name, Address, Phone) consistency across the web, geo-targeted schema, and review-generation workflows. International local SEO (US cities, UK towns) also covered.

Yes, this is one of our most common SEO migrations. RankMath has a built-in importer that handles the bulk, but the real work is: verifying every meta title and description carried across intact, rebuilding schema that was set manually in Yoast, preserving canonical settings, and validating in Search Console that nothing regressed. We usually complete the switch in 2–3 days with zero ranking movement.

WordPress has more SEO control than almost any other platform — full schema customisation, unlimited plugin options, theme-level performance tuning, .htaccess redirect control, sitemap generation at the engine level. That flexibility is also the trap: more ways to configure something wrong. On Shopify or Wix you're stuck with platform limits; on WordPress you have everything available — which is why WordPress with expert SEO consistently outranks the same brand on a hosted platform. It's why WordPress powers 43% of the web.