Downloading and activating the BeyondSEO plugin
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With the BeyondSEO WordPress plugin from rankingCoach, you can optimise your WordPress project for search engines. Users of IONOS Managed WordPress plans can use it free of charge starting September 2025. This article tells you how to activate and use BeyondSEO.
Note
IONOS recommends using only one SEO plugin at a time. Deactivate all other SEO plugins, such as YOAST or Rank Math, when using BeyondSEO.
What is BeyondSEO?
BeyondSEO helps to improve the visibility and ranking of your website in search engines. BeyondSEO analyses and improves various factors of your website such as keywords, content, links, and technical aspects to make it more attractive to search engine algorithms. The free version offers you the following options, among others:
- Competition monitoring of up to 3 competitors
- SEO score and wizard for each subpage
- Analysis and step-by-step instructions for increasing findability
Download and install BeyondSEO
Download BeyondSEO at the following address: https://wordpress.rankingcoach.com/update/archives/beyond-seo.zip
- Log in to WordPress. The Help Centre article "Logging in to WordPress Administration" explains how.
- In the WordPress menu on the left-hand side, click on Plugins > Add Plugin > Upload Plugin.
- Select the previously downloaded file "beyond-seo.zip". This file does not need to be unzipped for installation in WordPress.
- Click on Install Now. The plugin is installed.
- In the WordPress menu on the left-hand side, click on Plugins > Installed Plugins.
- Activate BeyondSEO. The plugin is added as a menu item in your WordPress administration.
Enter activation key
You are in the WordPress administration:
- Click on the BeyondSEO entry in the WordPress menu on the left-hand side.
- Enter the license key from the email in the corresponding field.
- Click on Activate to complete the process.
If you have not received the email with the license key, first check the spam folder of your email program. If the email is still missing, please contact IONOS Customer Support.