Yes, all WPSSO add-ons are for the WPSSO Core plugin – this is not an uncommon feature (WooCommerce being a good example). The use of add-ons is designed to provide features that some users may need, but not all users. ??
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WPSSO Core Plugin Required
WPSSO Schema JSON-LD Markup (aka WPSSO JSON) is an add-on for the WPSSO Core plugin.
WPSSO Core and its add-ons make sure your content looks best on social sites and in search results, no matter how webpages are shared, re-shared, messaged, posted, embedded, or crawled.
Why would activating the WPSSO Core plugin with its WPSSO JSON add-on be any more difficult than activating a single plugin with the features of both? The downside to a single combined plugin like this would be that JSON features would be forced onto the 66% of WPSSO Core users that do not use the JSON features.
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