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AI is reading your content. But is it recommending your site?
Every day, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, and Claude scrape WordPress sites to answer user questions. They use your content to build their answers — but without AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), they cite your competitor instead of you.
Strong Google SEO doesn’t fix this. A #1 ranking means nothing to AI citation. A competitor with weaker SEO can beat you in AI search if their structured data, FAQ schema, and authority signals are better configured than yours. Your content feeds the AI. Someone else gets the customer.
Amplest Autopilot adds the AEO layer that makes AI cite you — without touching your Yoast SEO, Rank Math, or All in One SEO configuration.
It works alongside your existing SEO setup. Never overwrites. Never conflicts. The plugin detects which SEO plugin you’re running and integrates through its official hooks — so you keep one clean <code><meta name="description"></code> and no duplicate structured data.
This plugin is the on-site engine of <a href="https://amplest.cloud" rel="nofollow ugc">Amplest</a> — an AI search optimization platform. Install it and your WordPress site connects to Amplest’s cloud intelligence: continuous LLM citation monitoring, AI-powered diagnosis, and automated fixes pushed directly to your site. The plugin handles the on-site layer; Amplest handles the strategy.
<h4>What works on your site from day one (free, no account needed)</h4>
Activate the plugin and your site immediately gets the AEO foundation that makes AI citation possible — no license key, no account, no configuration required.
<ul>
<li>Structured Data (JSON-LD) — Automatically generates and injects Organization, WebSite, Article, FAQPage, and BreadcrumbList schemas into <code><head></code>. Works alongside Yoast, Rank Math, and All in One SEO without duplicate tags.</li>
<li>Auto FAQ Detection — Scans post content for question-pattern headings (English and Japanese) and converts them into FAQPage schema automatically. No manual markup needed.</li>
<li>AEO Metabox — Add an AI summary, target keywords, and custom Q&A in the post editor to guide how AI reads and cites your content.</li>
<li>llms.txt — Dynamically serves <code>/llms.txt</code> per the llmstxt.org standard — an always-current map of your key content for AI crawlers.</li>
<li>AI Score Widget — See your AI visibility score directly in the WordPress dashboard.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What the Amplest Cloud Service adds (optional SaaS integration)</h4>
Connect a paid plan at <a href="https://amplest.cloud" rel="nofollow ugc">amplest.cloud</a> to unlock the cloud platform layer:
<ul>
<li>LLM Citation Monitoring — Your site is tested across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, and Claude to track whether and how they cite you.</li>
<li>AI-Powered Diagnosis — Amplest scans your site, identifies what’s limiting your AI visibility, and generates a prioritized improvement list.</li>
<li>Automated Fix Application — Approved improvements are pushed to your site through the plugin’s REST API — structured data, meta tags, and AEO fields updated without touching your theme or post content.</li>
<li>Snapshot & Rollback — Every applied fix is snapshotted before it runs. Roll back any change at any time from the Amplest dashboard.</li>
<li>Monthly / Weekly Reports — Track your AI visibility score over time with detailed diagnosis and improvement history.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Plans</h4>
Free — No account needed. Structured data injection, AEO metabox, llms.txt, and AI Score widget activate immediately after installing the plugin.
Planner ($35/mo) — Monthly LLM scan, improvement suggestions, and email reports. Connects your site to the Amplest diagnosis engine.
Operator ($110/mo) — Weekly automatic LLM citation scan, full issue list, on-demand manual scan requests, and human-approved automatic fix application. For site owners who want control with less manual work.
Autopilot ($220/mo) — Fully automated optimization with no approval required. Built for agencies and businesses running multiple sites.
<a href="https://amplest.cloud/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">See full plan details →</a>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin functions as a fully standalone tool for local schema generation, llms.txt, and the AEO metabox — no external service is required for these features.
Optionally, the plugin integrates with the Amplest cloud platform to provide AI-powered diagnostics, improvement suggestions, and automated fix delivery. When this integration is active, the plugin communicates with Amplest as described below.
<ul>
<li>Service: Amplest (https://amplest.cloud)</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://amplest.cloud/legal/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://amplest.cloud/legal/privacy</li>
</ul>
<h4>Plugin → Amplest (outbound calls)</h4>
<ul>
<li>License activation / deactivation — When you click “Activate License” or “Deactivate License”, your license key and site domain are sent to <code>https://amplest.cloud/api/wp-plugin/activate</code> or <code>.../deactivate</code>. Data sent: license key, site domain.</li>
<li>Daily license verification — Once per day via WP-Cron, the plugin sends your license key and site domain to <code>https://amplest.cloud/api/wp-plugin/verify</code> to confirm subscription status. Data sent: license key, site domain.</li>
<li>AI Score retrieval — When you click “Refresh Score”, your site domain is sent to <code>https://amplest.cloud/api/wp-plugin/score</code> to fetch your current AI visibility score. Data sent: license key, site domain.</li>
<li>Scan request — When you click “Request Scan” (Operator / Autopilot plans only), your site domain is sent to <code>https://amplest.cloud/api/wp-plugin/scan</code> to trigger an LLM citation scan. Data sent: license key, site domain.</li>
<li>Pending action poll (1.5.0+) — Every 15 minutes via WP-Cron, the plugin polls <code>https://amplest.cloud/api/wp/pending-actions</code> for improvement actions approved on your Amplest dashboard, applies them locally to post meta, and reports the result to <code>https://amplest.cloud/api/wp/confirm-action</code>. Data sent: license key; data received: action id, action type, target page URL, after content. No content from your site is transmitted outbound.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Amplest → Plugin (inbound webhook)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Article drafts (1.4.0+) — When you approve a generated article in the Amplest dashboard, the Amplest service calls <code>/wp-json/amplest/v1/posts/draft</code> and passes the title, body HTML, meta description, tags, and FAQ. The plugin creates a new post with <code>post_status='draft'</code> — the post is never published automatically; you review and publish it from your WordPress admin. Meta description is synced to Yoast / Rank Math / All in One SEO meta keys when one of these plugins is detected.</li>
<li>Rollback — When you click rollback on the Amplest dashboard, the Amplest service calls <code>/wp-json/amplest/v1/rollback</code> to restore a previously saved snapshot. All operations are local (post meta read/write only).</li>
</ul>
These inbound endpoints authenticate via the <code>X-Amplest-License-Key</code> header using your installed license key. (Prior to 1.5.0, automated improvement delivery also used inbound <code>/apply-fix</code> — this is removed in 1.5.0 in favor of the pull-based model described above.)
No personal user data is collected or transmitted. Only your site domain and license key are used for outbound calls.

Amplest Autopilot — AEO & AI Search Optimization for WordPress

AI reads your content, then recommends your competitor. Amplest adds AEO on top of your SEO — without breaking Yoast or Rank Math — so AI cites you.

Clifford Williams

HiveEO is an Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) toolkit for WordPress. It helps you get your business, products, and services cited and recommended by AI assistants including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google Gemini, and Claude.
Add <code>[hiveeo]</code> to any WordPress page. The full tool renders immediately — no complex setup required.
Free features (WP.org):
<ul>
<li>AEO Checklist — Setup, Entity, and Presence categories</li>
<li>Organisation, Product, and FAQ schema builder — copy/paste ready</li>
<li>Schema auto-inject into site <code><head></code> — no copy/paste needed</li>
<li>Unlimited products with FAQs</li>
<li>AI comment generator — unlimited (Gemini BYOK)</li>
<li>AI thread creator — unlimited (Gemini BYOK)</li>
<li>AI Visibility Tracker — probe ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini (BYOK)</li>
<li>Infrastructure panel — llms.txt editor, AI bot allowlist, crawler log, entity strength score</li>
<li>Action Guide — Module 1 (4 lessons)</li>
<li>Settings — business entity, social profiles, Gemini / OpenAI / Perplexity API keys</li>
<li>Dashboard — progress metrics</li>
</ul>
Additional features available at haiv3.com/hiveeo:
<ul>
<li>Brand Defence comment mode</li>
<li>Reverse Discovery — find who AI cites in your space</li>
<li>URL scraper and AI product description generator</li>
<li>Sitemap batch importer</li>
<li>Full AEO checklist — all 13 categories including per-engine strategies</li>
<li>Action Guide — all 18 lessons (Modules 2–4)</li>
<li>Agency white-label and multi-client dashboard</li>
</ul>
Bring Your Own API Key (BYOK)
HiveEO uses your own API keys (Gemini, OpenAI, Perplexity). Keys are stored in your WordPress database. AI generation requests are routed through the haiv3.com relay service (see External Services below) which fetches the prompt template and returns it to your server — your API key is then used on your server to call the AI provider directly.
Get a free Gemini key at <a href="https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey" rel="nofollow ugc">aistudio.google.com</a> — no billing required.
Privacy
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the following external services:
1. Google Gemini API (generativelanguage.googleapis.com) 
Used to generate community comments, seed threads, AI product descriptions, and visibility probe responses. Requests are made only when you click a generate button — never automatically. Your Gemini API key is sent directly from your WordPress server to Google. Data sent includes your prompt text (business context, product details, thread content). See Google’s <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a>.
2. OpenAI API (api.openai.com) 
Used optionally in the Visibility Tracker to probe ChatGPT responses. Only used if you add an OpenAI API key in Settings. See OpenAI’s <a href="https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a>.
3. Perplexity API (api.perplexity.ai) 
Used optionally in the Visibility Tracker to probe Perplexity responses. Only used if you add a Perplexity API key in Settings. See Perplexity’s <a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a>.
4. Reddit API (reddit.com) 
Used in the Threads tab to fetch live trending threads from relevant subreddits. Requests are made only when you click “Refresh live threads” — never automatically. No personal data is sent. Data received includes public post titles, scores, and URLs. See Reddit’s <a href="https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://www.reddit.com/policies/user-agreement" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a>.
5. Hacker News API (hacker-news.firebaseio.com) 
Used in the Threads tab to fetch live trending Hacker News stories. Requests are made only when you click “Refresh live threads” — never automatically. No personal data is sent. Data received includes public story titles, scores, and URLs. See Y Combinator’s <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/legal" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a> and <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/legal#privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a>.
<h3>Local Data Storage</h3>
AI Bot Visit Log 
The plugin optionally logs visits from known AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc.) to your site. This data is stored entirely within your own WordPress database — no data is sent to any external service. Each log entry stores: the bot name, the URL visited, the timestamp, and a 12-character hash of the visitor IP address (derived using your site’s WordPress salt — the original IP is never stored). This log is used only to display AI crawler activity in the Infrastructure panel.
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
This plugin bundles the following open-source libraries locally (no CDN):
<ul>
<li>Alpine.js v3.15.12 — MIT License. Source: https://github.com/alpinejs/alpine</li>
<li>Tailwind CSS v3.4.19 — MIT License. Source: https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss</li>
<li>Tabler Icons v2.47.0 — MIT License. Source: https://github.com/tabler/tabler-icons</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
HiveEO is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

HiveEO — AI Search Visibility Suite

Get your business cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude. Schema auto-inject, AEO checklist, comment generator, and AI visibility tracking.

Amplest Autopilot — AEO & AI Search Optimization for WordPress vs HiveEO — AI Search Visibility Suite