1. Install the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin – it makes easy to optimize your content for the search engines – you can add proper SEO titles and descriptions. The advanced user can implement XML sitemaps, canonical URLs, breadcrumbs and more.
2. Customize your permalink structure – in WordPress, you can make your URLs short, “pretty” and easy to remember by changing the permalink structure. Make it easy for you by using a shortened version of your post title.
3. Submit a sitemap to Google– this helps search engines understand your website better and helps get your pages included in the search engines.
4. Add ALT tags to images – help Google understand your images by including descriptive text in your image ALT tags.
5. Make your site faster – use a caching plugin – WP Fastest Cache or W3 Total Cache – and optimize your images by going to tiny PNG.
6. Start blogging – keep your site fresh and updated with relevant and useful content. Search engines like updated websites.