SEO for your WordPress site.
Without the headache.
Mantis SEO handles everything your site needs to rank; titles, descriptions, sitemaps, social sharing... and without a bunch of bloated features.
Join the beta. Lock in 50% off the launch price. No credit card needed.
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Sound familiar?
Your SEO plugin has
become part of the problem.
You installed it to help your site rank. But somewhere along the way it started slowing things down, cluttering your screen, and asking for money on every page.
Your dashboard feels sluggish
Pages that used to load instantly now feel slow. Editing a post, opening settings, saving changes, everything has a lag you can't explain.
Upgrade banners everywhere
Pop-ups, banners, and “go premium” nudges on screens that have nothing to do with SEO. You came to write a post, not be sold to.
Settings you'll never touch
Readability scores, content analysis, internal link suggestions and a growing pile of features you didn't ask for, all running in the background.
Update anxiety
Every major update brings new features you didn't want, new settings to review, and a new round of “what broke this time?” on your client sites.
There's a smarter
way to do SEO.
Mantis SEO gives you everything your site actually needs to rank well and nothing that gets in the way of running it.
What you get
Every feature you need.
Set up in minutes.
No complicated setup. No settings you need a degree to understand. Mantis SEO covers the essentials; cleanly, quietly, and without upsell noise in your admin.
Titles & descriptions
Control how your pages appear in Google
Set a title and description for every page and post. Use smart templates so you don't have to do it one by one.
Social sharing cards
Look great when shared on Facebook & X
Control the image, title, and description that appear when someone shares your page. First impressions matter.
Sitemap
Help Google find all your pages
Automatically generates a sitemap so search engines can discover and index your content quickly.
Redirects
Fix broken links without breaking a sweat
Moved a page? Changed a URL? Set up a redirect in seconds so visitors and Google always land in the right place.
Migrate from Yoast
Switch without starting over
One click brings all your existing Yoast settings across. Your rankings, titles, and redirects all come with you.
Structured data
Stand out in search results
Automatically adds the technical markup that helps Google understand your content and display rich results.
How it feels
Fast, clean, and
out of your way.
Your dashboard stays fast
Mantis SEO is engineered to use as little of your server's resources as possible. The difference is something you feel every time you log in.
No noise, no clutter
No banners asking you to upgrade. No readability scores judging your writing. Just the settings you actually use, where you expect them.
Updates that don't break things
Mantis SEO stays lean by design. Updates fix bugs and improve stability, they don't add unwanted features or change how things work.
If you ever leave, it's clean
Delete Mantis SEO and it removes everything it ever added to your database. No leftover tables, no orphaned data, no trace.
Memory used on post editor
Dashboard ads & upgrade prompts
Mantis SEO uses 17 MB less memory than Yoast on the same site. Less memory means a faster, snappier WordPress admin for you and your clients.
Who it's for
Built for anyone running
a WordPress site.
Whether you manage one site or fifty, Mantis SEO gives you a clean, fast foundation that just works.
Small business owners
You want to rank on Google, not manage software
Mantis SEO handles the technical side automatically. Set it up once and forget it — your site gets the SEO foundation it needs without you having to think about it.
Bloggers & content creators
You came here to write, not to fight your plugin
No readability grading. No green light to chase. Just a clean post editor where the SEO settings are there when you need them and invisible when you don't.
WordPress developers & agencies
The plugin you'll actually want on client sites
Fast, clean, no upsell popups embarrassing you in front of clients. Mantis SEO is the SEO baseline you can install and trust across every project.
WooCommerce store owners
Every product page, optimized automatically
Mantis SEO works across all your post types including products. Sitemaps, titles, and structured data — all handled, so you can focus on selling.
Limited beta access
Get 50% off
at launch.
Join the beta today and lock in half off the launch price before we go public. No credit card, no commitment — just early access and a deal that doesn't expire.
Beta testers lock in half price on the v1 license. When Mantis SEO launches publicly this deal closes.
We're keeping the beta small so we can actually act on feedback. Once spots fill, the list closes.
For the curious
The numbers behind
the speed.
Not a marketing claim — a real measurement. Tested on the same WordPress site with only the SEO plugin swapped.
| What we measured | Mantis SEO | Yoast SEO | No plugin | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page generation time | 0.72s | 0.81s | 0.75s | 10.7% faster |
| Memory used | 104 MB | 121.5 MB | 103.1 MB | −17.5 MB |
| Database queries | 253 | 264 | 252 | −11 queries |
| Memory added above baseline | +0.9 MB | +18.4 MB | — | 20× less overhead |
Same WordPress environment, same post, same active plugins, only the SEO plugin changed. Read the full methodology →
Questions
Things people ask
before signing up.
Will switching from Yoast affect my Google rankings?
No. Mantis SEO migrates all your existing titles, descriptions, and redirects from Yoast in one click. Google sees the same information — you just run leaner software underneath.
What does the 50% discount actually mean?
When Mantis SEO launches publicly with a paid license, beta testers get a 50% discount for the first year.
Is it hard to set up?
Not at all. Install the plugin, run through five settings tabs, and you're done. If you're migrating from Yoast, the importer handles everything automatically in about 30 seconds.
What if I decide it's not for me?
Delete the plugin and it removes everything it added — tables, settings, metadata, all of it. Nothing left behind. During beta there is no paid license to cancel.
Does it work with WooCommerce?
Yes. Mantis SEO works with any post type including WooCommerce products. Your product pages, categories, and tags all get full SEO and sitemap support.
Who built this?
Mantis SEO is built by a WordPress developer with 15 years of experience. It exists because the existing options were all too bloated. One focused developer, one focused plugin.