The Yoast Video SEO WordPress plugin is a must-have for anyone looking to ensure their videos rank prominently in Google Videos search results. If you want your videos to be easily discovered by search engines like Google, the Video SEO Plugin is designed to cater to this specific need. It simplifies the process of optimizing videos for search engine visibility, ensuring that they appear prominently in search results.
An illustrative example showcases the effectiveness of the plugin, with a search for [Yoast] on Google Videos yielding a result from yoast.com. The plugin makes the entire process incredibly straightforward – users need to embed the video, add meta descriptions and compelling titles, and choose appropriate tags and categories. By streamlining these essential steps, the Yoast Video SEO plugin empowers users to enhance the visibility of their videos, making them easily accessible to a wider audience.
Core Features of Yoast Video SEO Plugin
- Dedicated plugin for optimizing videos for search engine visibility
- Ensures videos appear prominently in Google Videos search results
- Simplifies the process of video optimization for search engines like Google
- Streamlines the embedding of videos for easy integration
- Allows users to add meta descriptions and compelling titles to videos
- Facilitates the selection of appropriate tags and categories
- An illustrative example showcases the plugin’s effectiveness in yielding favorable search results
- Easy and user-friendly, requiring minimal effort for maximum impact
- A valuable tool for content creators and website owners looking to maximize the discoverability of their video content.
What’s New (Changelog) in Yoast Video SEO v14.8
August 8, 2023
Enhancements
- Adds CLI command to index videos: wp yoast video index.
Bugfixes
- Fixes a bug where a warning would be thrown on pages embedding a video which had been visited more than 30 days ago.
- Fixes a bug where Wistia videos would not be displayed correctly in a responsive way via the FitVids setting and a console error about jQuery would be thrown.
Other
- Drops compatibility with PHP 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1.
- Sets the minimum required Yoast SEO version to 20.13.
- Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.1.
- Sets the tested up to WordPress version to 6.3.