Site Kit by Google vs Yoast SEO: WooCommerce
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| Feature | Site Kit by Google v1.190.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details | Yoast SEO: WooCommerce v16.9 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Site Kit by Google | Yoast SEO: WooCommerce |
| Pros | Single dashboard for Google services; Search Console, Analytics 4 and PageSpeed Insights in wp-admin; Free and maintained by Google | Adds Product schema and product social tags; Puts product images into the XML sitemap; Works with Yoast SEO's existing settings screens |
| Cons | Needs a Google account and access to each connected service; Telemetry is off until the user opts in; Several modules add scripts and requests to Google services on the site | Needs both Yoast SEO and WooCommerce active; Only covers SEO output, not product content or layout; Pinterest and Slack data are limited to what the templates expose |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | — | Yes |
| XML sitemaps | — | Yes |
| Redirects | — | No |
| Local SEO | — | No |
| WooCommerce | — | Yes |
| AI content | — | No |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Analytics 4 reports and setup, Search Console data in the dashboard, PageSpeed Insights results, AdSense module, Tag Manager setup, Site verification with Google, Email reports to site users, Google consent mode support | Product schema for WooCommerce products, Open Graph tags for products, Twitter card tags for products, Pinterest product availability data, Product images in the XML sitemap, Enhanced Slack link previews for products |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | Google AdSense, Google Ads | — |
| Analytics | Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager | — |
| Social | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Yoast SEO |
| Other | Google Search Console | Slack |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| External services | mandrillapp.com, api.telegram.org, maker.ifttt.com, api.sendgrid.com, www.googleapis.com, www.gstatic.com, cloud.google.com, iamcredentials.googleapis.com, iamcredentials.universe, cloudresourcemanager.universe, sitekit-static.withgoogle.com, storage.googleapis.com, sitekit.withgoogle.com, site-kit-dev.appspot.com, site-kit-local.appspot.com, wordpress.org, newsite.com | — |
| Blocks | 3 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |