Is it possible to add metadata to a Wordpress site without a Plugin?

[Lora Elyse Photography]

Hello,

I am a complete beginner in SEO and I have downloaded SEO Quake to diagnose the different sections on my site to see how search engine friendly they are. Turns out not at all friendly and I need to add metadata.
I can't install a plugin without a friend who hosts my website, and he's taking a while to get back to me about the plugin - so is there a way to add metadata without installing a plugin? There is also a section on SEO Quake about headers H1, H2... all the way to H6. Most of those only have 1/2 underneath and it's mainly is the H2/H3 sections. How do I add more header tags with my keywords?
Please helllllpppp I need to get my website boosted so that people can see my work and commission me!
Thanks you Jake and Harunar for your answers, I really appreciate it. I think the hosting platform is restricted because i am unable to log in myself. He has to 'sort it out' for me basically... I'll wait for him to get back to me!

Thank you again!

[Jake]

You probably need that plugin, by the way the original te All-In-One SEO plugin is known to be a processor hog, some hosts forbid it's use, there are more modern SEO plugins that add similar meta data fiends for you to fill in.

These automated optimization ranking tools probably don't accurately know the actual effect on search raking these changes make, actual content enhancements may be a bigger aspect.

It's been a while, but I thought you could install plugins from within Wordpress, providing your not on a restricted host that may be using the multi user version.

[Harunar]

You have to use or install a plugin like Yoast Or All in one seo.

[John Ashtone]

Meta data is not what it was.

I shall point you in the direction of some, websites.

I take it you can access your site through Wordpress.org (goodness me, I sounded as if I know what I am talking about lol)

On the menu look for Pages then open ~All pages~ below each Page entry there will be Edit,

Click on that for the page you want.

There will be a screen which is the Editor, (I find it best to open another tab with my website on it open on the page I want)

If you look at the Editor there are two tabs, visual & text.

First click on visual, this should show your site more or less WYSIWYG, then click back to text.

This will have some HTML (not all of it is shown and in fact that is better especially from your point of view) if your headline is in large print on your website (why I have another tab with mine on) it should have <H1>In front and at the end.</H1>

If the headline is just the same size as the rest then do this, and press ~Update~ Which is an orange button to the right of your editing page.

This takes a few seconds then look at your actual webpage and refresh the page the arrow with a circle top left of browser, if in Chrome or right click and refresh in Internet explorer. The heading should now be in large print.

H2 is smaller <h2>and so on.</H2>

Also at the bottom of the editor page you will find ~Excerpt~ this is where you can put in what you want google to show people in the search results for your website, this helps google find you.

Always remember to update and update as often as you wish.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/an...4397?hl=en

http://www.2createawebsite.com/traffic/s...affic.html

Lisa Irby is your friend, her site is spot on because it is frequently updated (I came across a top rated website, that was about 4 years out of date?) and worth checking her site for tips, and to bend your webmasters ear ha ha.

If you put in the following into google search cache:http://www.yourwebsite.com, replace ~yourwebsite~ with your webs name and ~.com~ with your extension if different like .co.uk, it will tell you when Google last searched your website, do a different search for each page.

http://www.wordtracker.com/academy/googl...r-crawling

Good luck.

[Tauseef Azhar]

Hello Laura..

Well, I have never tried wordpress without any pluging. It makes website handling easy.

Here is what you are looking for...

http://www.kodelibrary.com/development-p...wordpress/

http://auditwp.com/wordpress-seo-without-a-plugin/