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Open the editor’s SEO panel to review the article’s search details. The panel provides a checklist and preview to help you improve the draft before it reaches your site.

What the checklist checks

It considers the main keyword in the title and introduction, meta description length, image alt text, featured image, sentence length and slug. Keyword counts show occurrences in the article text. The score reflects these checks. It does not measure factual accuracy, predict rankings or guarantee traffic. Review the article itself even when the score is high.

Editable fields

  • SEO title: The search title; it can differ from the article’s visible title. The counter uses 60 characters as a guide.
  • Meta description: A short explanation of the article. The counter uses 160 characters. Editing it also supplies the article’s excerpt.
  • Slug: The short path for the WordPress post. Use a clear, stable phrase; the editor normalizes spaces and punctuation to hyphens.
The On Google preview helps you inspect how the title, path and description fit together. The real search display can differ.

Use the checklist constructively

Mention the main keyword where it fits naturally. Use Write the missing alt text to prepare suggestions for empty image descriptions, then review them. Choose a featured image and keep long sentences readable without removing necessary detail. Check Saved before leaving. Sending an article transfers its supported SEO details, but your WordPress setup may require a manual check. See WordPress warnings.