Want to check if your WordPress posts are ranking for the right keywords? Most beginners manually check the ranking of their articles by typing keywords into Google. This will not give you an accurate idea of how your articles rank for the target keyword. In this article, we’ll show you how to easily check if your WordPress blog posts are ranking for the right keywords.
Checking WordPress Post Ranking for Correct Keywords
Why check keyword rankings for your WordPress posts?
Following our comprehensive WordPress SEO guide will teach you how to optimize every post on your website for specific keywords. This will help you get more traffic to your website.
Most newbies just search Google to see if their posts show up for those keywords. Even then, they usually only check the first page or, at best, the second page.
The problem is that sometimes your article is well below the first two pages, or in the worst case, not even before the keyword you are looking for.
If you rely on checking your keyword rank checker manually, you’re missing out on useful information that you can use to improve your SEO rankings and drive more traffic.
That said, let’s take a look at how to properly monitor keyword rankings for your WordPress blog posts.
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SEMRush
SEMRush is one of the best keyword research and SEO tools on the market. It is a complete SEO suite with all the useful tools you need.
It comes with a powerful organic search tool that can show keyword rankings for any domain name. You don’t need to enter individual article URLs. It will automatically fetch results for all URLs from that domain name.
SEMRush Organic Keyword Analysis
Just enter the domain name you want to search and SEMRush will get a ton of information. Then click on the Organic Search tab to see a full list of all the keywords your website is ranking for.
You can sort results by position, URL, traffic and more. You can also export the results to a CSV file and search them offline with your favorite spreadsheet program.
You can also track specific keywords with SEMRush, and they track those keywords on your dashboard so you can instantly see their performance.
SEMRush can do the same for any domain name, meaning you can enter your competitor’s domain name and see what keywords they are ranking for. You can also see their paid search traffic, paid keywords, and other useful information you can use to outrank them.
Google Search Console
Google Search Console (formerly Webmasters Tools) is a set of tools provided by Google to help webmasters improve their website for search. Check out our guide on how to add your website to Google Search Console.
You can see how your website is performing in search results, impressions, click-through rate, position, and more. It also allows you to submit an XML sitemap which helps Google crawl your website smarter.
To view your keyword positions, click on the performance report, then click on the average position score.
Find your keyword positions in Google Search Console
Search Console will now load your reports with the average position column. Then you need to scroll down a bit to see the full list of keywords your site is ranking for.
Positions of keywords in search results
Next to each keyword, you’ll see the number of clicks, impressions, and position in search results.
You can sort the results by clicks, impressions, and position columns. By sorting by position, you can see your top-ranking keywords. As you scroll down, you can see which keywords are showing your site deeper in search results.
You can also export and access this data with your favorite spreadsheet software.
Ahrefs
Ahrefs is another popular SEO tool among professional marketers. It comes with an easy to use interface and tries to make the information understandable.
