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Yoast Test Helper
Instant relief for anyone stuck in a Yoast migration nightmare.
HealthyGrowing
91/100
It solves specific Yoast SEO errors. This small utility is highly effective for developers.
Active installs
~65,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
4.9★
12 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+92%
Growing fast
102 → 195 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +92% in the last year
102/day a year ago→195/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayYoast Test Helper is a well-regarded utility plugin praised for quickly resolving common Yoast SEO migration and upgrade issues, though some users feel its most useful features should be built into the core Yoast plugin itself.
What people like
- +The 'Reset Indexables & Migrations' button reliably fixes broken canonical URLs after site migrations or domain changes×4
- +Resolves the 'wp_yoast_indexable already exists' database error caused by Yoast upgrades or site cloning×3
- +Fixes stuck data optimization and breadcrumb URL issues with minimal effort×2
- +Simple, one-click operation with no data loss reported×2
Common complaints
- −WP-CLI support is absent, making it impossible to automate resets in scripts
- −Multiple users feel the core Yoast SEO plugin should handle these fixes natively, making this helper unnecessary×3
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.91★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 12 total
Latest reviews · 12 analyzed
- 2024-07-08★★★★★Resolve problem with Canonical URLsnpittet
- 2023-08-24★★★★★Worked like a charm!cXD4931
- 2022-11-22★★★★★The the data optimization tool got stuck – Fixedpretobrazza
- 2022-05-26★★★★★Fixed breadcrumbs URLs after migrationerniecom
- 2021-04-19★★★★★Fixed yoast breadcrumb issuehawbsl
- 2021-01-12★★★★★A test reviewbrilpoetsdoekje1-shot
- 2020-07-30★★★★★Fixed breadcrumbs linksPiotr Zalog
- 2020-07-09★★★★★fixed an issuehifi2007
- 2020-06-09★★★★★This plugin helped fix the ‘wp_yoast_indexable' already exists issuebramchi
- 2020-06-06★★★★★Fixed my canonical using old site addresswebcoast
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
193
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
585
Prior 7-day baseline
538
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,863
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,386
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-67.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
4.00
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.92 → 4.91★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered