Ryan Howard

Pavlo Samsonov

<p>The plugin helps you prepare your content for the age of AI-powered search. Get detailed audits of your pages and posts with actionable recommendations to improve how AI systems like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overview understand and cite your content.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Comprehensive Auditing</strong> – Analyze pages across 14 different factors grouped into 4 categories</li>
<li><strong>AI Readiness Score</strong> – See how well your content is optimized for AI extraction</li>
<li><strong>Actionable Recommendations</strong> – Get specific suggestions to improve each factor</li>
<li><strong>Site-Wide Checks</strong> – Verify your robots.txt and llms.txt files are AI-friendly</li>
<li><strong>Audit History</strong> – Track your progress over time with stored audit results</li>
<li><strong>Privacy-Focused</strong> – All analysis runs locally with no external API calls</li>
</ul>
<h4>Audit Categories</h4>
<p><strong>AI Readiness (40 points)</strong><br />
* Answer Capsules – Check for question-based headings with concise answers<br />
* Statistics – Identify data points and numbers in your content<br />
* Quotes – Find expert quotes with proper attribution</p>
<p><strong>Content Structure (25 points)</strong><br />
* Heading Hierarchy – Verify proper H1-H6 structure<br />
* Lists & Tables – Check for structured content elements<br />
* Content Length – Ensure optimal word count for AI extraction<br />
* Content Freshness – Monitor how recently content was updated</p>
<p><strong>Technical (20 points)</strong><br />
* Schema Detection – Find JSON-LD structured data on your pages</p>
<p><strong>Metadata (15 points)</strong><br />
* Title Tag – Verify optimal title length<br />
* Meta Description – Check description presence and length<br />
* Schema Types – Identify relevant schema.org types<br />
* Language Declaration – Verify lang attribute<br />
* Open Graph – Check social sharing metadata<br />
* Mobile-Friendly – Verify viewport configuration</p>
<h4>Site-Wide Checks</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Robots.txt</strong> – Detect if AI crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, or PerplexityBot are blocked</li>
<li><strong>LLMs.txt</strong> – Check for proper llms.txt file structure</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>The plugin runs entirely on your WordPress site:<br />
* No external API calls<br />
* No data sent to third parties<br />
* No tracking or analytics<br />
* No account required</p>


SearchOptimizer.ai – AI Search Optimizer

Audit WordPress pages for AI citation readiness and get actionable recommendations to improve visibility in AI search results.

aeocontent

<p>When someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, or Google AI Overview a question your website can answer, do they cite you or someone else? Most websites never show up in AI-generated answers because their pages are not structured for extraction, trust, and citation.</p>
<p>AEO Content AI Studio helps WordPress teams understand what AI engines see, what they ignore, and what to fix first. The scoring methodology is built on published research into how large language models select sources, not on SEO heuristics or opinions.</p>
<p>It connects your site to <a href="https://www.aeocontent.ai" rel="nofollow ugc">aeocontent.ai</a> for site audits, AI Visibility tracking, prioritized rewrite opportunities, and WordPress publishing.</p>
<h4>Know Your Score</h4>
<p>The plugin audits your entire site against 48 criteria developed from research into how large language models choose which sources to cite. Every page gets a score from 0 to 100 and a letter grade (A through F) so you know exactly where you stand.</p>
<p>The audit looks at what actually matters for AI citation: whether your content says something original, whether it can be cleanly extracted as an answer, whether it carries enough entities and data to be trustworthy, and whether it is structured in a way AI engines can parse. Content that just restates what ten other sites say gets penalized. Content with original insights, named frameworks, and clear answer patterns gets rewarded.</p>
<h4>See Who Is Getting Cited Instead of You</h4>
<p>The AI Visibility stage monitors your most important queries across five engines every day. You see exactly which prompts return your pages, which ones cite a competitor, and how your visibility changes over time. No more guessing whether your optimization work is paying off.</p>
<h4>Fix What Matters First</h4>
<p>The audit does not just tell you what is wrong. It ranks every opportunity by impact so you know which pages to fix first. Rewrite candidates show the weakest pillar for each page. Opportunities show the highest-leverage fixes across your site. You focus your time where it moves the needle the most.</p>
<h4>Publish Optimized Content</h4>
<p>The platform can read your existing posts, optimize them for AI citation readiness, and publish the updated content back to WordPress. Categories, tags, featured images, and FAQ schema are handled automatically.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>One-click Google sign-in to create your account and connect your site</li>
<li>48-criteria site audit with per-page scoring and letter grades</li>
<li>AI Visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews</li>
<li>Daily visibility monitoring with citation tracking and competitor comparison</li>
<li>Rewrite candidates ranked by priority with weakest-pillar breakdown</li>
<li>Opportunity list with impact scores and fix guidance</li>
<li>Full page inventory with AEO Rank, word count, and inbound links</li>
<li>Run site audits from WordPress admin with real-time progress</li>
<li>Content publishing with AI optimization back to WordPress</li>
<li>Zero frontend footprint. Nothing added to your public pages</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install the plugin and click <strong>Continue with Google</strong></li>
<li>Your account and site connection are created in one click</li>
<li>The platform crawls your site and scores every page against the full criteria set</li>
<li>Review your audit, fix the highest-impact issues, and track visibility improvements</li>
<li>Optimized content can be published back to WordPress directly from the platform</li>
</ol>
<h4>Onboarding</h4>
<p>Start from <strong>AEO Content</strong> in your WordPress admin sidebar:</p>
<ol>
<li>Click <strong>Continue with Google</strong> to sign in or create an account</li>
<li>The popup closes automatically and your site is connected</li>
<li>Or use <strong>Create Account Manually</strong> / <strong>I Already Have an Account</strong> for email-based setup</li>
</ol>
<p>You can also start from AEO Content AI Studio, enter your site URL, and finish the connection from WordPress admin.</p>
<h4>External Service</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to the AEO Content platform at <code>aeocontent.ai</code> for the following purposes:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Registration</strong> (on initial setup): When you connect your site from WordPress admin, the plugin sends your site URL to <code>https://www.aeocontent.ai/api/v1/plugin/register</code> to register the connection. No content or personal data is transmitted.</li>
<li><strong>Heartbeat</strong> (periodic): The plugin sends your site URL, plugin version, WordPress version, PHP version, and enabled features to <code>https://www.aeocontent.ai/api/v1/plugin/heartbeat</code>. This keeps the platform in sync and delivers any pending updates. No personal data or site content is transmitted.</li>
<li><strong>Audit Report</strong> (on demand): When you view the Audit Report page, the plugin fetches your site’s audit data from <code>https://www.aeocontent.ai/api/v1/audits/{site-slug}</code>. This returns scoring data and recommendations generated by the platform. Audit results are cached locally for 1 hour.</li>
<li><strong>AI Visibility</strong> (on demand): When you open the AI Visibility stage, the plugin fetches your site’s visibility snapshot from <code>https://www.aeocontent.ai/api/v1/visibility/{site-slug}?include=timeline</code>. This returns citations, engine coverage, competitors, alerts, and score trend history. The plugin prefers this dedicated visibility report over stale audit-embedded visibility data.</li>
</ul>
<p>All communication uses HTTPS and authenticated platform credentials. The platform’s <a href="https://www.aeocontent.ai/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a> and <a href="https://www.aeocontent.ai/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> apply to data processed on the platform side.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the external service at aeocontent.ai. See the “External Service” section in the Description for full details on what data is transmitted and when.</p>
<p>The plugin stores the IP address of incoming API requests in the activity log for security and diagnostic purposes. Log entries are automatically deleted after 90 days. No cookies are set, no users are tracked, and no analytics are collected on the frontend.</p>
<p>Local logging remains available for secure platform-to-plugin diagnostics, but user-facing operational logs are no longer rendered inside the WordPress admin UI.</p>


AEO Content AI Studio

Track AI citations, audit your site for answer-engine readiness, and publish optimized drafts back to WordPress.

SearchOptimizer.ai – AI Search Optimizer vs AEO Content AI Studio