Poorly Documented

That there is absolutely no documentation, not even a guide, to help with using this plugin, it gets 1 star. Basically it’s useless. Sure there are some fields that take just a bit of common sense to fill in, but really? This plugin alone is supposed to make more of a difference on a Website than almost all others – it gets your Website seen! Yet the dev decided on a money grab, forcing you to pay almost $300 for a video!

I’m using the Premium version, which is licensed, so I just wanted to warn anyone using the free version and considering upgrading – don’t.

The Yoast Website is a mess, shockingly. Whoever they paid robbed them, because the layout is all over the place. My biggest concern is, there is NO documentation. Once you install any version of this plugin, you’re basically on your own.

Just one example of the blind data entry forced on users – version 3 has tabs in the Snippet Editor / Keyword / Analysis section. Who knows what new benefits adding another tab creates, because there are no instructions!

The Snippet Editor lost the word count feature, replaced with a dynamic color change when you run out of space. Kind of stupid in my opinion and really adds no value to the Snippet Editor – you don’t find out you ran out of space until all the text turns red.

Another part of the Snippet editor that is a mess – when clicking the edit button (a small pencil) for the title you lose what was there – it turns blank – so you start typing. If you mess up or decide to go back to what you had, it’s gone.

Also, when you update to version 3+ you lose the suggestion drop down for your keywords! Yoast claims this functionality was removed due to Google shutting down the autocomplete API. Well, I went back to version 2+ and it works!

Anyways, use at your own risk, or at your Website’s risk.