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Remove Yoast SEO Comments

Removes the Yoast SEO advertisement HTML comments from your front-end source code.

By Mitch·SEO·Free
3.8(16 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 7 years ago
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As of April 2026, Remove Yoast SEO Comments is a WordPress seo plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 3.8/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 151K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 1.2.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 32% this week. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….

3.8/516 reviews
10K+active installs
151K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

A light-weight plugin which will remove the advertisement HTML comments coming from the Yoast SEO plugin, such as:

<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin -->

This is a must-have plugin if you have Yoast SEO installed.

Note:

This plugin requires Yoast SEO.

Like this plugin?

If you like this plugin, make sure to rate it 5 stars or donate a small amount to fully support the development.

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

3.816 reviews
5 ★
11
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
5

Recent Reviews

No Longer Works
by Dan Miller Coding·1 year ago

Sadly, the plugin is no longer maintained and no longer works. Please reply to my review once this is fixed.

Thank you!

Doesn’t work anymore!
by batweazle·5 years ago

It’s a pitty…please refresh if possible! Many thx!

  • This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by batweazle.
Now longer working :(
by isdoo·5 years ago

Sadly this plugin is no longer working.

Doesn’t work
by FAKTOR 1 – Werbeagentur·5 years ago

I installed the latest version of wordpress yoast seo premium and all other plugins. but there is no removal. (Even not, if i deactivate dispensable plugins.)

Good
by ontario777·5 years ago

Good enough not to place extra shit on my web as commpents from 3rd party plugins.

Download Trends

Today: 14Yesterday: 16This week: 78Period total: 2K

Compatibility

WordPress1.2.0+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v3.1
98.9%
Other
1.1%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

3.1

  • All future Yoast SEO versions will be supported, even when Yoast SEO removes the functions we rely on.
  • Minor bug fixes.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

MitchMitch
Plugin Info
Version
3.1
Last Updated
Sep 25, 2018
WP Requires
1.2.0+
Tested Up To
4.9.29
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10K+
Downloads
151K+
Added
Jul 29, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

seoyoastyoast seoremove htmlremove comments

Developer

M
Mitch
12 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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