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Local SEO for WordPress — 29+ Business Types

SEO Forge ships a complete Local SEO solution built into the core plugin — no separate add-on, no upgrade required. Configure your business type, address, hours, and social profiles in one place, and SEO Forge automatically outputs LocalBusiness JSON-LD schema on every page of your site. Plus an AI Auto-Fill feature that generates your full business profile from just a name and address.


Why Local SEO needs schema

Local SEO is different from general SEO. When someone searches “dentist near me” or “pizza delivery Chicago,” Google doesn’t just rank pages — it prioritizes businesses with complete, verified local data. That data comes from two sources: Google Business Profile (formerly Google My Business) and schema.org LocalBusiness markup on your website.

Your website’s schema is the signal that:

  • Confirms your business name, address, and phone number (NAP consistency)
  • Tells Google what type of business you are (Restaurant, Dentist, PlumbingService, etc.)
  • Lists your opening hours, including holiday exceptions
  • Provides geo coordinates for map rendering
  • Links to your social profiles
  • Enables rich SERP features for local queries

SEO Forge outputs all of this automatically from a structured form — no coding, no JSON editing.


29+ supported business types

Generic LocalBusiness schema is fine, but Google rewards specific subtypes more. SEO Forge supports:

Food and drink

  • Restaurant
  • FastFoodRestaurant
  • BarOrPub
  • CafeOrCoffeeShop
  • Bakery
  • IceCreamShop
  • Winery
  • Brewery
  • Distillery

Health and medical

  • MedicalClinic
  • Dentist
  • Physician
  • Hospital
  • Pharmacy
  • OpticalStore

Professional services

  • LegalService
  • AccountingService
  • FinancialService
  • InsuranceAgency
  • RealEstateAgent
  • ProfessionalService

Trades

  • PlumbingService
  • HVACBusiness
  • ElectricalService
  • RoofingContractor
  • LandscapingBusiness
  • Locksmith
  • MovingCompany

Automotive

  • AutoRepair
  • AutoDealer
  • AutoBodyShop

Lodging and hospitality

  • Hotel
  • BedAndBreakfast
  • Hostel
  • Resort

Fitness and beauty

  • HealthClub
  • HairSalon
  • BeautySalon
  • DaySpa

Retail

  • Store
  • GroceryStore
  • ClothingStore
  • ShoeStore
  • BookStore
  • FurnitureStore
  • HomeGoodsStore
  • JewelryStore
  • ElectronicsStore
  • PetStore

Education

  • School
  • ChildCare
  • CollegeOrUniversity

Entertainment

  • MovieTheater
  • NightClub
  • AmusementPark

Generic

  • Organization (for online-only businesses that don’t have a physical location)
  • LocalBusiness (fallback for types not listed above)

Each business type maps to the most specific schema.org subtype that Google recognizes for rich SERP treatment.


Complete business profile fields

Basic info

  • Business name
  • Alternate name
  • Description
  • Business type (from the 29+ list)
  • Logo URL (used in search results)

Contact

  • Primary phone
  • Secondary phone (optional)
  • Email
  • Website URL

Physical address

  • Street address
  • City
  • State / region
  • Postal code
  • Country
  • Geo coordinates (latitude, longitude) with map picker

Opening hours

  • Regular hours (per day of week)
  • Special hours (holidays, seasonal)
  • Closed on specific dates
  • 24-hour operation toggle

Services and specialties

  • Main services offered (list)
  • Price range ($, $$, $$$, $$$$)
  • Currencies accepted
  • Payment methods accepted (Visa, MasterCard, Cash, etc.)

Social profiles

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter / X
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • TikTok
  • Pinterest
  • Yelp
  • TripAdvisor

Visual

  • Featured image
  • Logo
  • Photo gallery

AI Auto-Fill

Don’t want to fill in 25 fields by hand? Click AI Auto-Fill. Provide just:

  • Business name
  • City
  • Country

The AI generates the rest of the profile based on publicly-available information about your business, including:

  • Likely business type (by name pattern)
  • Description
  • Suggested services
  • Suggested opening hours (based on business type norms)
  • Placeholder social profile URLs you can verify
  • Price range estimate

Everything is editable. The AI gives you a 90%-complete starting point, and you fine-tune the remaining 10%.


Multi-location support

For businesses with multiple physical locations (franchises, chains, multi-branch operations), SEO Forge supports multi-location setups:

  • Each location is a separate LocalBusiness schema
  • Each location can have its own page on your site
  • Each page outputs location-specific schema
  • A parent Organization schema links all locations

Configure up to 50 locations per site (Agency plan).


Geo coordinates map picker

The latitude/longitude fields use an interactive map picker. Click on the map, drop a pin, and the exact coordinates are filled in. No need to look up coordinates in a separate tool.

For AI Auto-Fill, the coordinates are pulled from your address automatically via a geocoding service.


Where schema gets output

LocalBusiness JSON-LD is output on:

  • The homepage (for single-location businesses)
  • A dedicated “Contact” or “Location” page (for multi-location setups)
  • Every page of the site (site-wide) — toggleable

The output is in wp_head as standard JSON-LD. Google’s crawler picks it up immediately.


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