Troon Technologies

Answer Engine Optimizer (AEO) is the ultimate WordPress plugin for optimizing your content to appear in AI-generated answers from platforms like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other AI search engines.
While traditional SEO focuses on ranking in search results, AEO ensures your content is selected and featured directly in AI-generated answers—the future of how users discover information.
<h4>Core Features</h4>
Real-Time AEO Scoring 
* Unified AEO score (0-100) with detailed component breakdown 
* Yoast SEO-style scoring interface with color-coded indicators 
* Real-time updates as you edit content in Gutenberg 
* Instant feedback on content quality and optimization
Smart Summary Management 
* Manual summary editor with character counter (optimal: 300-500 chars) 
* Auto-generated summaries from content blocks 
* AI-powered summary suggestions via OpenAI integration 
* Summary type indicator (Manual/Auto)
Structured Data & Schema 
* Automatic JSON-LD schema generation 
* Article schema with AEO summary integration 
* FAQ schema for question/answer content 
* Service schema for local businesses 
* Proper schema markup for AI crawler understanding
Content Analysis & Guidance 
* Content Structuring recommendations 
* FAQ items detection and optimization 
* Service metadata validation (for service post type) 
* Real-time improvement tips with severity levels 
* AI Crawler Visibility checks
Comprehensive Dashboard 
* Content audit report with PDF export 
* Post-type filtering and score-based filtering 
* Statistics cards (Excellent, Needs Improvement, Poor) 
* Average score tracking 
* Content coverage by post type
REST API & Extensibility 
* REST API endpoints for programmatic access 
* <code>/wp-json/aeo/v1/analyze/{post_id}</code> – Unified analysis 
* <code>/wp-json/aeo/v1/score/{post_id}</code> – Score only 
* <code>/wp-json/aeo/v1/tips/{post_id}</code> – Improvement tips 
* <code>/wp-json/aeo/v1/visibility/{post_id}</code> – Visibility checks 
* Rate limiting and caching built-in 
* Subscription-ready filter hooks
Performance Optimized 
* Debounced real-time updates (1.5s delay) 
* 5-second server-side caching 
* 2-second client-side caching 
* Optimized for large content (5000+ words) 
* Graceful fallback for Classic Editor
<h4>Why Answer Engine Optimization?</h4>
Traditional SEO focuses on ranking in search results. AEO ensures your content is selected by AI systems to generate direct answers to user queries. As AI-powered search becomes mainstream, AEO is essential for content visibility.
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Content marketers optimizing for AI discovery</li>
<li>SEO professionals expanding into AEO</li>
<li>Business owners wanting AI visibility</li>
<li>Bloggers and publishers</li>
<li>Local businesses with service offerings</li>
<li>E-commerce sites with product content</li>
<li>News and publishing platforms</li>
</ul>
<h3>Additional Information</h3>
<h4>Plugin Support</h4>
For support, documentation, and updates, visit: 
* Website: https://troontechnologies.com 
* Documentation: https://troontechnologies.com/aeo-docs 
* Support Forum: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/aeo-ranking/
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>✅ WordPress 6.0+</li>
<li>✅ PHP 7.4+</li>
<li>✅ Gutenberg Block Editor</li>
<li>✅ Classic Editor</li>
<li>✅ Multisite compatible</li>
<li>✅ Compatible with major SEO plugins</li>
</ul>
<h4>Performance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Real-time updates with 1.5s debounce</li>
<li>5-second server-side caching</li>
<li>2-second client-side caching</li>
<li>Optimized for content up to 10,000+ words</li>
<li>Minimal database queries</li>
</ul>
<h4>Security</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nonce verification on all AJAX requests</li>
<li>Capability checks (manage_options for settings)</li>
<li>Edit post capability for content analysis</li>
<li>Sanitized and escaped output</li>
<li>No external data storage</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third Party Services</h3>
This plugin may connect to external third-party services to provide AI-powered features. All connections are optional and require explicit user configuration and consent.
<h4>OpenAI API Integration</h4>
Service: OpenAI API (https://api.openai.com/) 
Purpose: Generate AI-powered content summaries and suggestions 
Data Sent: Post title, post content, and user-provided prompts 
When Data is Sent: Only when you manually click “Get AI Suggestions” or “Generate Summary” buttons in the post editor 
User Consent Required: Yes – requires manual API key configuration in plugin settings 
Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy 
Terms of Service: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
<h4>Important Privacy Information</h4>
<ul>
<li>No Automatic Data Transmission: The plugin does not send any data to external services automatically</li>
<li>Manual Action Required: All API calls require explicit user action (clicking a button)</li>
<li>API Key Required: You must manually configure an OpenAI API key in Settings before any external connections are made</li>
<li>No Data Storage: This plugin does not store any data on external servers</li>
<li>Local Processing: All content analysis, scoring, and schema generation happens locally on your WordPress server</li>
<li>Optional Feature: AI-powered features are completely optional – the plugin works fully without external API connections</li>
</ul>
<h4>Data Handling</h4>
When you use AI-powered features: 
1. You click “Get AI Suggestions” or similar button 
2. The plugin sends your post title and content to OpenAI API 
3. OpenAI processes the request and returns suggestions 
4. The suggestions are displayed in your WordPress admin 
5. No data is permanently stored by OpenAI (subject to their data retention policies)
<h4>User Control</h4>
<ul>
<li>You control when data is sent (manual button clicks only)</li>
<li>You can use the plugin without configuring any external APIs</li>
<li>You can remove your API key at any time to disable external connections</li>
<li>All AI features clearly indicate when they will connect to external services</li>
</ul>
<h4>Additional Information</h4>
For questions about how OpenAI handles your data, please review: 
* OpenAI Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy 
* OpenAI API Data Usage: https://openai.com/policies/api-data-usage-policies
<h3>Trademark Notice</h3>
ChatGPT is a trademark of OpenAI. Perplexity is a trademark of Perplexity AI, Inc. Google AI is a trademark of Google LLC. OpenAI is a trademark of OpenAI.
This plugin is an independent tool designed to help optimize content for AI-powered search and answer engines. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by OpenAI, Perplexity AI, Google, or any other mentioned companies.
All product names, logos, brands, and trademarks mentioned in this plugin are the property of their respective owners. Use of these names does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by the trademark holders.
<h4>Roadmap</h4>
<ul>
<li>Phase 2: Advanced REST API with subscription gating</li>
<li>Phase 3: Web Worker support for large content</li>
<li>Advanced AI features with custom prompts</li>
<li>Bulk optimization tools</li>
<li>Integration with popular page builders</li>
</ul>
<h3>Banner & Icons</h3>
Plugin Banner (1544×500 px): 
– <code>/assets/images/banner-772x250.png</code> (Small banner) 
– <code>/assets/images/banner-1544x500.png</code> (Large banner) 
Clean, professional design featuring the Answer Engine Optimizer branding with AI-themed elements. Blue and purple gradient background with modern typography.
Plugin Icon (256×256 px): 
– <code>/assets/images/icon-128x128.png</code> (Small icon) 
– <code>/assets/images/icon-256x256.png</code> (Large icon) 
Minimalist icon representing AI optimization with a search/magnifying glass combined with AI elements. Professional, clean design suitable for WordPress.org repository.
Color Scheme: 
* Primary: #2271b1 (WordPress Blue) 
* Accent: #96C6EA to #B597F6 (Gradient) 
* Success: #00a32a (Green) 
* Warning: #dba617 (Orange) 
* Error: #d63638 (Red)

Answer Engine Optimizer (AEO)

Optimize content for AI answer engines. Real-time AEO scoring, summaries, structured data, and visibility checks for ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity.

Brad Patshkowski

Show up when ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI answer your customers’ questions.
Your content can rank on the first page of Google and still be completely invisible to AI assistants. CiteWP measures exactly why — and shows you what to fix.
It’s the only WordPress plugin with a public, rubric-based AI citation score. Every signal, every weight, fully documented at citewp.com/cite-score. No black box. No API key required. Scores run locally on your server, free forever.
Works alongside Yoast SEO, Rank Math, SEOPress, and AIOSEO — your SEO plugin gets you ranked; CiteWP gets you cited.
<h4>The Cite Score</h4>
Most AI SEO tools give you a number. CiteWP shows you the number, explains every point, and tells you exactly what to fix.
The Cite Score measures 17 weighted signals across three categories:
<ul>
<li>Structure — heading hierarchy, answer-first formatting, passage length, semantic HTML</li>
<li>Citability — statistics density, named entities, FAQ content, self-contained passages</li>
<li>Authority — schema markup, author signals, internal linking, content depth</li>
</ul>
Every signal is documented at citewp.com/cite-score with research citations for every weight. Unlike competitor “AI scores,” there is no black box — SEO professionals can audit, explain, and defend every recommendation to their clients.
<h4>What’s Included — Free, Forever</h4>
✅ Cite Score — a transparent 100-point AI citation readiness score across 17 documented signals (Structure, Citability, Authority). See the score, the per-signal breakdown, and your top 3 highest-impact fixes — right in the editor and on the dashboard. Every weight is public at citewp.com/cite-score. No black box.
✅ 86 AI crawlers tracked — log visits from GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, DeepSeek, and 80+ other verified AI bots across 19 vendors. See what they fetch, which pages get attention, and which published pages no AI bot has ever touched. Filter by bot, filter by date, export to CSV. Most plugins track a handful — CiteWP tracks 86.
✅ AI Blind Spots — instantly surface published content that AI crawlers have never visited, so you know exactly where your coverage gaps are.
✅ Cite Score Over Time — watch your site-wide and per-post citation readiness trend across your chosen window. Confirm your fixes are actually moving the number.
✅ llms.txt generation — auto-generate /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt from your most important content, with cornerstone prioritization. Respects Yoast, Rank Math, SEOPress, and AIOSEO settings automatically, and updates as you publish.
✅ Cite Score in every editor — Gutenberg sidebar plus a universal meta box that brings the score, category breakdown, recommendations, and bot activity to Classic Editor, Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, and Bricks. Check your score without leaving the page.
✅ Schema suggestions + scoring — one-click Article and FAQPage JSON-LD, injected cleanly into the page head (never pasted into your content). Scoring also credits authority-entity schema — Product, Organization, Person, SoftwareApplication, LocalBusiness — so service, product, and landing pages aren’t penalized for not being blog posts. FAQ detection works with Kadence, Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Spectra, and HTML5 accordions.
✅ AI recommendations, ranked by points — the dashboard surfaces your highest-impact fixes, grouped by signal and post type, ranked by recoverable Cite Score points. No guessing what to work on next.
✅ Post list column + dashboard widget — a sortable Cite Score column in All Posts and All Pages, plus an at-a-glance widget for your site-wide average, top crawled pages, and AI bot activity.
Everything above is free, forever — no API key, no external account, no per-analysis cost.
<h4>Why no API key?</h4>
Other AI SEO plugins require you to connect an OpenAI or Anthropic API key just to see your score — meaning every analysis costs you money and sends your content to an external server.
CiteWP scores your content locally on your own WordPress server. No API key. No per-analysis cost. No data leaving your site. The full feature set is free, forever.
<h4>Who this is for</h4>
✅ Bloggers and content publishers — your audience is already asking AI for recommendations. Be the source they cite.
✅ SEO professionals and agencies — measure AI citation readiness across client sites with a transparent, auditable rubric you can explain and defend.
✅ Founders and small-business owners — if you own your WordPress site and want to show up in AI search, this is where you start.
✅ SaaS companies and documentation sites — AI engines cite authoritative reference content. Measure whether yours qualifies.
<h4>White-hat by design</h4>
Some AI SEO plugins work by serving a different, “optimized” version of your page to AI crawlers — a technique that’s functionally cloaking and carries real risk under Google’s spam policies.
CiteWP takes the opposite approach: measure your actual content, find the gaps, fix them. Your real page gets better for AI and humans alike. No separate version for bots. No CDN dependency. No cloaking risk.
<h4>Built by CiteWP</h4>
CiteWP is a dedicated AI search optimization tool built specifically for WordPress. Visit citewp.com for documentation, the full scoring rubric, and blog posts on Generative Engine Optimization (GEO).

CiteWP AI Search Optimizer – Get Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity & Claude

SEO gets you ranked. CiteWP gets you cited. 17-signal AI citation score, AI crawler tracking, and llms.txt — free, no API key required.

Answer Engine Optimizer (AEO) vs CiteWP AI Search Optimizer – Get Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity & Claude