Technical SEO Audit for WordPress Websites
Find out whether technical issues could be affecting your website’s visibility in search engines. Our Technical SEO Audit reviews key areas of your website and provides a written report with prioritised findings and recommendations
Understand Your Website's Technical SEO
Search engines need to find and understand your website’s pages before they can consider them for search results. Technical problems may affect crawling, indexing and other aspects of your website’s search visibility.
A Technical SEO Audit reviews important aspects of your website that may affect how search engines crawl, index and understand your pages. This includes areas such as indexing, sitemaps, broken links, redirects, duplicate content, structured data and other technical S
This service covers the review and reporting process. Fixing identified issues is not included in the audit. Any further work can be discussed and quoted separately.
This Technical SEO Audit Service is offered in partnership with FLOSSNet.
Why Choose Our Technical SEO Audit
- We will review technical SEO issues relevant to your WordPress website.
- We will identify technical barriers that may prevent search engines from finding and crawling your pages.
- We will explain our technical findings in clear, straightforward language—without unnecessary jargon.
- We will help you build a stronger technical foundation for your WordPress website, supporting better rankings.
Key Areas Covered in Our Technical SEO Audit
Crawling and Indexing
We will confirm search engines can access your important pages and that those pages are eligible to appear in search results.
XML Sitemaps
We will confirm search engines can find your pages and know which areas they may crawl.
Internal Linking
We will review how your pages connect, so search engines and visitors can reach your most important content easily.
Broken Links
We will find links that lead to missing pages and redirects that slow down or confuse visitors and search engines.
Canonical URLs
We will identify duplicate or near-duplicate URLs and confirm search engines are pointed to the preferred version.
Archives Pages
We will review how WordPress handles archive pages, pagination and parameter-based URLs, so search engines do not waste time on low-value variations.
Site Security Basics
We will confirm your site uses HTTPS correctly and is not showing basic trust or security warnings.
Mobile Usability
We will confirm your key pages work well on mobile and show the same important content as on desktop.
Structured Data
We will review the schema markup that helps search engines understand your content and may make pages eligible for enhanced search appearances.
Page Speed Check
We will measure how your site performs using Google PageSpeed Insights, with scores for mobile and desktop.
Site Search Tracking
We will confirm you can see what visitors search for on your website, helping reveal what content they are looking for but cannot find.
Blacklist & Safe Browsing
We will cCheck whether your site has been flagged as unsafe and review basic protection against attacks and data loss. .
What You Will Receive
Technical SEO Audit Report
A written report covering the areas reviewed, including crawling, indexing, sitemaps, site structure, links, redirects, HTTPS, mobile usability, structured data and page speed.
Prioritised Issue List
A written report covering the areas reviewed, including crawling, indexing, sitemaps, site structure, links, redirects, HTTPS, mobile usability, structured data and page speed.
Page Speed Scores
Google PageSpeed Insights scores out of 100 for mobile and desktop, based on the tests carried out. Also, the areas for improvement.
Google Search Console Setup
If your site is not yet in Google Search Console, we will add and verify it. Indexing data may take several days to appear, so some findings may be delayed.
Important Notes
- This service covers the technical review and reporting. Fixing the issues identified is not included in the audit.
- Some items may not be reviewable, depending on your WordPress setup. We will explain where this applies and suggest an alternative where possible. The scope may be adjusted to suit your website.
- Some findings may take longer to confirm if additional Google Search Console data is required.
Technical SEO Audit Cost
R1500.00 once-off
The cost covers a website of approximately 20 pages. Larger or more complex websites may require a separate quote.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The cost covers a comprehensive technical review and a written report for a website of approximately 20 pages. This includes checking crawling and indexing, XML sitemaps, internal linking, broken links, canonical URLs, structured data, page speed, mobile usability, and more. The report will detail our findings and provide a prioritised list of issues.
No, the service covers the review and reporting process only. Fixing the identified issues is not included in the audit fee. However, we can discuss any further work required and provide a separate quotation for those fixes.
You will receive a written Technical SEO Audit Report covering all the areas we reviewed. This includes a prioritised issue list so you know what to tackle first, Google PageSpeed Insights scores for both mobile and desktop, and, if needed, we will set up and verify your site in Google Search Console.
That's not a problem. As part of the service, we will add and verify your site in Google Search Console if it isn't already set up. Please note that it may take several days for indexing data to appear, which could slightly delay some of our findings.
Would you like more information or a Technical SEO Audit for your website?
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