SEOWebChecker SEO Audit — Obsidian Plugin

An advanced on-page SEO and readability auditing plugin for Obsidian, powered by SEOWebChecker.

Audit your Markdown notes, blog drafts, digital garden entries, documentation, and static site content (Hugo, Jekyll, Astro, Next.js) in real-time as you write.

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Key Features

• 🎯 Real-Time SEO Health Score:

  • Live 0–100 health score with academic grades (A+ through F) updating seamlessly as you type.
  • Granular breakdown of Passes, Warnings, and Critical recommendations.

• 📝 YAML Frontmatter Optimization:

  • Validates title / seo_title length (30–65 characters).
  • Validates description / meta_description snippet length (120–165 characters).
  • Inspects canonical URL, slug kebab-case formatting, and keyword tags.

• 📐 Heading Hierarchy & Document Structure:

  • Ensures a single primary H1 heading (#).
  • Detects skipped heading tiers (e.g. H1 jumping to H3 without H2).
  • Displays full heading distribution counts across your article.

• 📖 Readability & Content Metrics:

  • Calculates Flesch Reading Ease score and equivalent grade levels.
  • Word count tracking against custom minimum and comprehensive targets.
  • Estimates reading time and speaking time.

• 🔑 Focus Keyword Tracking:

  • Specify your target term in frontmatter (focus_keyword: "...").
  • Analyzes presence in SEO Title, H1, introduction paragraph, and subheadings.
  • Calculates keyword density percentage (recommends 1.0%–2.5%, warns if keyword stuffing > 3.0%).

• 🖼️ Media & Link Diagnostics:

  • Scans Markdown images (![alt](url)) and flags missing or empty alt text.
  • Distinguishes internal wiki-links ([[note]]) from external hyperlinks.
  • Detects generic, uninformative anchor text (e.g., "click here", "read more").

• 🌐 Live Web Page Auditor:

  • Direct integration to test published live URLs using Obsidian's secure requestUrl API.
  • Evaluates HTTP response status, title, meta description, mobile viewport configuration, canonical links, and server latency.

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Installation

Method 1: Obsidian Community Plugins Directory

1. Open Obsidian Settings > Community plugins.
2. Turn off Restricted mode.
3. Click Browse and search for SEOWebChecker SEO Audit.
4. Click Install, then Enable.

Method 2: Manual Installation

1. Download manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css from the latest release.
2. Inside your Obsidian vault, navigate to .obsidian/plugins/.
3. Create a new directory named seowebchecker-seo-audit.
4. Copy manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css into that directory.
5. In Obsidian, go to Settings > Community plugins and enable SEOWebChecker SEO Audit.

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Usage

1. Open the SEO Audit Sidebar

• Click the Gauge icon in the left ribbon, OR
• Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+P / Cmd+P) and run: SEOWebChecker: Open SEO Audit Sidebar

2. Insert SEO Frontmatter Template

• In any Markdown note, run: SEOWebChecker: Insert SEO Frontmatter Template
• This inserts a clean, SEO-optimized YAML frontmatter header:

  ---
  title: "Your Comprehensive Article Title"
  description: "A compelling 120-165 character summary describing the core value of this article."
  canonical: "https://example.com/blog/article-slug"
  focus_keyword: "primary target term"
  slug: "article-slug"
  ---
  

3. Review Diagnostics

• Use the sidebar tabs (Overview, Headings, Readability, Live URL) to review actionable recommendations and resolve warnings before publishing your post.

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Official Links

• Platform: https://seowebchecker.com/
• Repository: https://github.com/jaiganesh6999/seowebchecker-seoaudit-sdk
• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/jaiganesh6999/seowebchecker-seoaudit-sdk/issues

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License

MIT License. Copyright (c) 2026 SEOWebChecker.