rationalwp

<p>Rational SEO provides 100% of the technical SEO requirements for modern sites with 0% of the database bloat, UI clutter, or performance drag.</p>
<h4>Philosophy</h4>
<p>Rational SEO rigorously rejects features that do not directly influence search engines or social crawlers:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>No Content Scoring</strong> – No traffic lights, readability checks, or keyword density counters</li>
<li><strong>No Dashboard</strong> – No “SEO Overview” widget or React-powered admin home</li>
<li><strong>No Analytics</strong> – No ranking tracking or Google Search Console API integrations</li>
<li><strong>No Frontend Assets</strong> – Zero CSS or JS files loaded on the frontend</li>
<li><strong>No 404 Logging</strong> – Never writes 404 hits to the database</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<p><strong>Meta Tags</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Custom title tags with configurable separator</li>
<li>Meta descriptions (manual or auto-generated from excerpt/content)</li>
<li>Robots meta (index/noindex control)</li>
<li>Canonical URLs</li>
<li>Google and Bing verification meta tags</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Social Media</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Open Graph tags (og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url, og:type, og:locale, og:site_name)</li>
<li>Twitter Cards (summary or summary_large_image)</li>
<li>Per-post social image override</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Structured Data</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>JSON-LD schema output using @graph format</li>
<li>Organization or Person schema (configurable)</li>
<li>WebSite schema with publisher linking</li>
<li>WebPage schema</li>
<li>Article schema on posts/pages with author, dates, and images</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>XML Sitemaps</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Sitemap index at /sitemap.xml</li>
<li>Per-post-type sitemaps with pagination</li>
<li>Transient caching with stale-while-revalidate</li>
<li>Content freshness filtering (exclude old content)</li>
<li>Post type exclusions</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Editor Integration</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Meta box on all public post types</li>
<li>Custom SEO title and description fields</li>
<li>Focus keyword field with real-time presence indicators (title, description, first paragraph, URL slug)</li>
<li>Noindex toggle per post</li>
<li>Canonical URL override</li>
<li>Social image override</li>
<li>Taxonomy term SEO fields (title, description, noindex, canonical)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Post Type Archives</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Custom SEO title and description for each post type archive</li>
<li>Configure via Settings > Rational SEO > Archives tab</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>AI Assistant (optional)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>AI-powered focus keyword suggestions</li>
<li>AI-generated SEO titles and meta descriptions</li>
<li>One-click “Suggest All” for keyword, title, and description together</li>
<li>Uses OpenAI GPT-4o-mini (requires your own API key)</li>
<li>Data sent only when you click — never in the background</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the following external services:</p>
<h4>RationalWP Plugin Directory</h4>
<p>This plugin fetches a list of available RationalWP plugins from <a href="https://rationalwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">rationalwp.com</a> to display in the WordPress admin menu. Only the menu file version number is sent as a cache-busting query parameter. No user data is transmitted. The response is cached locally for 24 hours.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service URL: <a href="https://rationalwp.com/plugins.json" rel="nofollow ugc">https://rationalwp.com/plugins.json</a></li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://rationalwp.com/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://rationalwp.com/terms/</a></li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://rationalwp.com/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://rationalwp.com/privacy/</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>OpenAI API (optional)</h4>
<p>This plugin provides optional AI-powered SEO suggestions using the <a href="https://openai.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">OpenAI API</a>. When a site administrator configures an OpenAI API key in Settings > Rational SEO > General, users can click “Suggest” or “Generate” buttons in the post editor to receive AI-generated focus keywords, SEO titles, and meta descriptions.</p>
<p>Data is only sent when a user explicitly clicks an AI suggestion button. The data sent includes the post title and up to 2000 characters of post content (stripped of HTML), along with the user’s own API key for authentication. No data is sent automatically or in the background.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service URL: <a href="https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions" rel="nofollow ugc">https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions</a></li>
<li>Terms of Use: <a href="https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/</a></li>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Hooks for developers</h3>
<p>RationalSEO exposes a complete set of filters and actions so themes and plugins can customize or extend output without forking the plugin. All hooks were introduced in version 1.0.6.</p>
<h4>Short-circuit filters</h4>
<p><strong>Return non-null to short-circuit default resolution; return null to fall through to internal logic.</strong></p>
<p>These filters let you override the data that RationalSEO resolves internally. Return a non-null value to bypass the built-in logic entirely, or return null to let RationalSEO proceed as normal.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>rationalseo_og_image_data</code> — Return a (partial) image data array; missing keys are filled with safe defaults. Signature: <code>($pre, $context)</code>.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_meta_description</code> — Return a string to override the meta description. An empty string <code>''</code> means “explicitly no description” and suppresses the tag. Signature: <code>($pre, $context)</code>.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_post_seo_meta</code> — Return an array of post SEO meta to override the database lookup. Signature: <code>($pre, $post_id)</code>.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_term_seo_meta</code> — Return an array of term SEO meta to override the database lookup. Signature: <code>($pre, $term_id)</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Per-value filters</h4>
<p>These filters run on the resolved value just before it is output. All use the signature <code>($value, $context)</code>.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>rationalseo_document_title</code> — string. The <code><title></code> tag value before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_canonical_url</code> — string. The <code>rel=canonical</code> URL before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_robots</code> — array. The robots directives array (joined with <code>,</code> for output).</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_og_locale</code> — string. <code>og:locale</code> value before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_og_type</code> — string. <code>og:type</code> value (e.g. <code>website</code> / <code>article</code>) before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_og_title</code> — string. <code>og:title</code> value before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_og_description</code> — string. <code>og:description</code> value before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_og_url</code> — string. <code>og:url</code> value before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_og_site_name</code> — string. <code>og:site_name</code> value before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_twitter_card_type</code> — string. <code>twitter:card</code> value before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_twitter_title</code> — string. <code>twitter:title</code> value before output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_twitter_description</code> — string. <code>twitter:description</code> value before output.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Skip filters</h4>
<p>Return a truthy value to suppress an entire output block. Signature: <code>($skip, $context)</code>.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>rationalseo_skip_meta_description</code> — Skip the meta description tag entirely.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_skip_canonical</code> — Skip the canonical link tag entirely.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_skip_open_graph</code> — Skip all Open Graph tags entirely.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_skip_twitter_cards</code> — Skip all Twitter Card tags entirely.</li>
</ul>
<p>Example — disable Open Graph on the entire site:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'rationalseo_skip_open_graph', '__return_true' );
</code></pre>
<h4>Action injection points</h4>
<p>These actions fire immediately before and after each social meta block is emitted. They fire only when the block is not skipped via the corresponding skip filter. Signature: <code>do_action( '...', $context )</code>.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>rationalseo_before_open_graph</code> — Fires before the Open Graph tags are output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_after_open_graph</code> — Fires after the Open Graph tags are output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_before_twitter_cards</code> — Fires before the Twitter Card tags are output.</li>
<li><code>rationalseo_after_twitter_cards</code> — Fires after the Twitter Card tags are output.</li>
</ul>
<p>Example — append a custom og:* tag after the standard Open Graph block:</p>
<pre><code>add_action( 'rationalseo_after_open_graph', function( $ctx ) {
    // Append extra og:* tags here.
    echo "<meta property=\"og:custom\" content=\"value\" />\n";
} );
</code></pre>
<h4>The $context array</h4>
<p>All per-value filters, skip filters, and action hooks receive a <code>$context</code> array as their last argument. It is built by the internal <code>build_context()</code> method and always contains the following keys:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>mode</code> — string. One of: <code>front_page</code>, <code>home</code>, <code>singular</code>, <code>archive_term</code>, <code>archive_post_type</code>, <code>archive_author</code>, <code>archive_date</code>, <code>search</code>, <code>404</code>, <code>fallback</code>.</li>
<li><code>queried_object</code> — mixed. Result of <code>get_queried_object()</code> at resolution time. May be <code>WP_Post</code>, <code>WP_Term</code>, <code>WP_Post_Type</code>, <code>WP_User</code>, or <code>null</code>.</li>
<li><code>post_id</code> — int. Queried post ID when on a singular view; <code>0</code> otherwise.</li>
<li><code>term_id</code> — int. Queried term ID when on a taxonomy archive; <code>0</code> otherwise.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Worked example</h4>
<p>Override <code>og:type</code> to <code>event</code> for a custom post type, leaving all other post types unchanged:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'rationalseo_og_type', function( $type, $context ) {
    if ( 'singular' === $context['mode'] && 'tribe_events' === get_post_type( $context['post_id'] ) ) {
        return 'event';
    }
    return $type;
}, 10, 2 );
</code></pre>
<p>(<code>tribe_events</code> is illustrative — works for any CPT slug.)</p>


RationalSEO

Technical SEO essentials with zero bloat. No dashboards, analytics, content scoring, or frontend assets.

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<p>Pirajki SEO is a comprehensive, professionally engineered WordPress SEO plugin that handles every aspect of on-page and technical SEO automatically, out of the box — with intelligent defaults based on best practices.</p>
<h4>Core SEO Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Complete Meta Tag Control</strong> — Custom titles, descriptions, robots directives per post/page/term</li>
<li><strong>Schema.org JSON-LD</strong> — 20+ schema types auto-detected (Article, WebPage, Organization, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage, Product, Event, Recipe, HowTo, LocalBusiness, and more)</li>
<li><strong>XML Sitemaps</strong> — Auto-generated with image support, per-content-type sitemaps, auto-ping Google & Bing</li>
<li><strong>Open Graph & Twitter Cards</strong> — Full social preview control per post with media picker</li>
<li><strong>Canonical URLs</strong> — Automatic canonical tags, duplicate prevention</li>
<li><strong>Redirect Manager</strong> — 301/302/307/308 redirects with hit tracking, 404 log with one-click redirect creation</li>
<li><strong>Breadcrumbs</strong> — Schema-enhanced breadcrumbs via shortcode or action hook</li>
<li><strong>Robots.txt</strong> — Dynamic robots.txt with AI crawler blocking option</li>
<li><strong>Clean WordPress Head</strong> — Remove emoji scripts, RSD, WLW, generator tag, oEmbed, shortlinks</li>
</ul>
<h4>Performance Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>HTML Minification</strong> — Strip whitespace and comments from HTML output</li>
<li><strong>Defer JavaScript</strong> — Non-blocking JS loading (jQuery excluded)</li>
<li><strong>Lazy Load Images & iFrames</strong> — Native loading=”lazy” with decoding=”async”</li>
<li><strong>LCP Preload</strong> — Auto-preload featured images as fetchpriority=”high”</li>
<li><strong>Critical CSS</strong> — Inline above-the-fold CSS in <code><head></code></li>
<li><strong>Browser Cache Headers</strong> — Cache-Control, Vary, security headers</li>
<li><strong>Security Headers</strong> — X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy</li>
<li><strong>Remove Query Strings</strong> — Strip ?ver= from asset URLs</li>
<li><strong>Image Quality Control</strong> — JPEG/WebP compression quality setting</li>
<li><strong>Width/Height Attributes</strong> — Auto-add missing image dimensions to prevent CLS</li>
</ul>
<h4>SEO Analysis</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Live SERP Preview</strong> — Real-time Google search result preview in post editor</li>
<li><strong>Content Analyzer</strong> — Keyword density, readability (Flesch-Kincaid), title/description length, heading structure, internal links, image alt text</li>
<li><strong>Per-Post SEO Score</strong> — Visual score indicator in post list table</li>
<li><strong>Focus Keyword Tracking</strong> — Keyword analysis across title, description, content</li>
</ul>
<h4>Admin Dashboard</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Centralized Dashboard</strong> — Feature status overview, quick actions, statistics</li>
<li><strong>8 Settings Pages</strong> — On-Page, Technical, Social, Schema, Performance, Redirects, Tools, Advanced</li>
<li><strong>Yoast SEO Import</strong> — Migrate titles, descriptions, focus keywords from Yoast in one click</li>
<li><strong>Settings Export</strong> — Export/import configuration as JSON</li>
<li><strong>REST API</strong> — Full REST API for settings and analysis</li>
<li><strong>Per-Term SEO</strong> — Custom titles and descriptions for categories, tags, custom taxonomies</li>
</ul>
<h4>What Makes Pirajki SEO Different</h4>
<p>Unlike other SEO plugins, Pirajki SEO ships with <strong>best-practice defaults enabled out of the box</strong> — install and it immediately starts improving your SEO without any configuration required. Every feature is engineered for performance with minimal overhead.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin optionally connects to two external services for sitemap indexing. These calls are only made when you enable the sitemap ping feature in Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Technical.</p>
<p><strong>Google Search Console Ping</strong><br />
When a post is published or updated, this plugin may send a request to:<br />
    https://www.google.com/ping?sitemap=<br />
This notifies Google of your updated sitemap. No personal user data is sent — only your sitemap URL.<br />
* Google Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms<br />
* Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>
<p><strong>Bing Webmaster Tools Ping</strong><br />
When a post is published or updated, this plugin may send a request to:<br />
    https://www.bing.com/ping?sitemap=<br />
This notifies Bing of your updated sitemap. No personal user data is sent — only your sitemap URL.<br />
* Bing Terms of Service: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=246338<br />
* Bing Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement</p>
<p>Both pings are optional and can be disabled in Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Technical <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Sitemap.</p>


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