Can A Squarespace Content Editor Do SEO?

March 31, 2024

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A Squarespace Content Editor (now called “Website Editor”) can’t do SEO to the full extent. However, they can perform some basic on-page SEO changes like placing target keywords in website copy and optimizing images. Squarespace Content Editors still lack access to critical SEO settings in Squarespace like title tags, meta descriptions, and other important features.

What Squarespace Permission Level for SEO Consultants?

An SEO consultant will need Administrator permissions to perform SEO work on your Squarespace website. This is the only permissions level in Squarespace that allows access to all the SEO settings.

Let’s take a look at what SEO tasks can be performed by each permission level:

squarespace permission levels for seo

As you can see in this infographic, only the Administrator permission level has full access to all SEO settings in Squarespace. If you are hiring an SEO professional to work on your Squarespace website you will need to give them this access level.

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