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WordPress SEO for WordPress Content Comes First Using Widgets to Help with SEO

Tom Nunn
Tom Nunn
16,333 Points
Posted by Tom Nunn
Tom Nunn
16,333 Points

Widgetized Front Page and SEO?

A number of Themes use Widget Areas to create a Front Page layout, such as the Genesis Themes by StudioPress.

Would this have an impact on SEO?

One of the negatives I have seen is if you are using an SEO Plugin such as Yoast, you don't quite have the same control over the Front Page compared to other Pages and Posts.

1 Answer

Kevin Dockman
Kevin Dockman
2,071 Points
Kevin Dockman
Kevin Dockman
2,071 Points

If a theme uses Your latest posts as the front page, whereby your homepage content can only be controlled through widgets and not a WordPress Page, then the Yoast SEO plugin provides control of a custom title and meta description within the plugin's settings.

From the Dashboard, head to SEO > Titles & Metas, then click on the Homepage tab. There, you'll find the two fields required to customize the SEO metadata on your widget-based homepage.

See screenshot: https://leadtoconversion.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2016-02-27-at-10.32.46.jpg