James Luberda

<p>(if you are not familiar with Zipf’s law, you may wish to look at the screenshots first, as they provide a visual context for the following)</p>
<p>Zipfstats is built around Zipf’s law, which states that given some corpus (in this case, a post/page) of natural language, the frequency of any word is inversely proportional to its rank in the frequency table. In a perfect Zipfian distribution, this would mean that the most frequent word in the corpus will occur twice as often as the second most frequent word, three times as often as the third most frequent word and so on. Any given real world corpus, if large enough, will tend to approximate a Zipfian distribution (this also works for cities as ranked by population, though that observation is less useful in this context).</p>
<p>The Zipfstats widget analyzes and reports word frequency by rank of a given single post or page (aka the corpus). The widget shows a small graph that plots the actual frequency-rank distribution of the content against a perfect Zipfian distribution, thus illustrating the degree to which the content follows Zipf’s law. It also provides for a table of the top-ranked words.</p>
<p>Zipfstats only analyzes the core content of a given post/page. It does not incorporate comments into its calculations. By default, it removes shortcode-generated content from its analysis, though you may optionally enable it. Filters, other than do_shortcode() (in the aforementioned case), are not affected in terms of the analysis. Actual output of the original content is unchanged, regardless of the options selected.</p>
<p>Options</p>
<ul>
<li>Show Only to Admin Users (default = on): only admin-level users see Zipfstats output. If unchecked, all users, logged or non-logged, will see it.</li>
<li>Strip Shortcode Content from Analysis (default = on): skips processing of and removes all shortcodes from the content of the post or page prior to analysis. Actual content remains unaffected.</li>
<li>Include Graph (default = on): Display a log-log plot of word frequency data against a perfect Zipf distribution</li>
<li>Include Word Frequencies (default = on): in addition to the Zipf plot, this option includes a table of the top n words in rank order as well as the frequency of their occurrences in raw terms. A clickable header allows the user to toggle between showing/hiding the wordlist.</li>
<li>Expand Word Frequency Table by Default (default = on): if expand is selected, the wordlist (if also selected) will be displayed on initial page load. Unchecked, the user will have to toggle its display manually via a clickable header.  </li>
<li>Number of Words to Show (default = 10, max 25): this determines the number of words to appear in the “top n” wordlist table, if the latter is enabled. This option does not affect any calculations.</li>
</ul>
<p>Some things to note:</p>
<ul>
<li>No site data is modified or stored. Widget results are generated on the fly. Zipfstats does not directly initiate any database activity, but merely uses the the $post object to analyze content, and the WordPress widgets API to store a handful of options.</li>
<li>Post/page content will be displayed as normal. If the widget is added to a sidebar, it will appear where placed, again, without any change to existing post/page content.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Future Enhancements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add site-wide/category-wide/author-wide analyses</li>
<li>Add to admin post/page edit</li>
<li>Add recommendations to better approximate a Zipfian distribution</li>
</ul>


Zipfstats

Zipfstats provides a widget plotting the frequency each word appears in a post/page and its rank (most frequent->least) against a Zipf distribution …

Freemius

Kijana Omollo

<p>CranSEO is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to enhance your content’s visibility and performance for Large Language Models (LLMs). It provides real-time analysis and actionable suggestions to optimize your posts, pages, and WooCommerce products ensuring they are conversational, relevant, and well-structured. With both free and premium features, CranSEO caters to bloggers, marketers, store-owners and developers aiming to improve their content’s discoverability in AI-driven search environments.</p>
<p>CranSEO integrates seamlessly with both the Classic Editor and Gutenberg, offering a user-friendly interface for real-time content analysis, keyword management, and summary optimization.</p>
<h3>Free Features</h3>
<p><strong>Product SEO Analysis</strong><br />
Comprehensive SEO checklist for WooCommerce products</p>
<p><strong>AI Content Generation</strong><br />
You are given 3 free trial AI generations for product descriptions, titles, and meta descriptions</p>
<p><strong>Basic XML Sitemap</strong><br />
Automatically generated product sitemap for search engines</p>
<p><strong>SEO Recommendations</strong><br />
Actionable insights to improve your product pages</p>
<p><strong>User-Friendly Interface</strong><br />
Simple integration into WooCommerce product editor</p>
<h3>Premium Features</h3>
<p><strong>Unlimited AI Generations:</strong> No limits on AI content creation</p>
<h3>WooCommerce Optimization</h3>
<p>CranSEO includes a dedicated optimization engine for WooCommerce products, helping store owners create product pages that are not only search-friendly but also highly visible to LLMs and AI-driven search engines.</p>
<p><strong>How It Works: Step-by-Step</strong><br />
<em>Click “Analyze Product”</em><br />
With one click, CranSEO scans the product’s title, description, and short product description for SEO and LLM optimization factors.</p>
<p><em>Get Real-Time Scoring & Suggestions</em><br />
The plugin then displays:<br />
1. A comprehensive SEO score for the product<br />
2. Suggestions to improve keyword placement<br />
3. Warnings for missing or weak elements<br />
4. Tips to make the content more conversational and structured</p>
<p><strong>Optimization Targets</strong><br />
<em>Short Product Description</em><br />
Ensures this snippet is compelling and keyword-rich — ideal for appearing in quick previews or featured listings.</p>
<p><em>Long Description</em><br />
Analyzes for content depth, structure, and relevance to LLM queries (e.g., FAQs, benefits, comparisons).</p>
<p><strong>Built-in Product SEO Scoring</strong><br />
Each WooCommerce product is scored based on:<br />
1. Keyword relevance and density<br />
2. Conversational tone and clarity<br />
3. Content structure (headings, bullets, etc.)<br />
4. Link usage and metadata completeness<br />
5. LLM compatibility (Is the content likely to be cited or used by AI?)</p>
<p><strong>Why it matters</strong><br />
Most WooCommerce SEO plugins focus on meta tags — CranSEO goes further by optimizing the actual product content for visibility in LLM-powered platforms like ChatGPT, Google’s AI Overviews, and voice search.</p>
<h3>XML Sitemaps</h3>
<p>CranSEO automatically generates a complete and compliant XML sitemap to help search engines easily discover and index all your important content — including pages, posts, products, categories, and custom taxonomies.</p>
<p><strong>What It Includes</strong><br />
The sitemap dynamically includes:<br />
1. Pages – All published static pages<br />
2. Posts – Blog articles and other post types<br />
3. WooCommerce Products – Product pages with SEO relevance<br />
4. Categories & Tags – Blog and product categories/tags<br />
5. Custom Taxonomies – Including WooCommerce product attributes or any CPT taxonomy</p>
<p><strong>Search Engine Ready</strong><br />
Once generated, users can submit the sitemap directly to major search engines (like Google and Bing) via:<br />
1. Google Search Console<br />
2. Bing Webmaster Tools<br />
3. Manual submission or plugin integrations</p>
<p>The sitemap is located at:<br />
yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml</p>
<p><strong>Automatic Updates</strong><br />
CranSEO ensures your sitemap:<br />
1. Updates automatically when new content is published<br />
2. Removes deleted content from the index<br />
3. It has timestamps to show when you update the content</p>
<p><strong>Why Sitempas Matter</strong><br />
<em>Search engines rely on sitemaps to:</em><br />
1. Discover your content faster<br />
2. Understand your site structure<br />
3. Prioritize what to crawl and index<br />
4. And in the AI era, structured sitemaps help LLMs and bots find and contextualize your content better — especially when paired with CranSEO’s content optimization.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h3>Accessing CranSEO</h3>
<p>After activation, a “CranSEO” menu appears in the WordPress admin sidebar with submenus for Dashboard, Settings, Support, XML Sitemap and Manage License.</p>
<p><strong>Premium Features</strong><br />
* Purchase a license from cranseo.com/pricing.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>You will receive the license key from freemius</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Enter your license key in the “Manage License” page to unlock premium features.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>CranSEO connects to an external service provided by CranSEO (https://freemius.com) to activate premium features and retrieve API keys. This service is used only when users activate a premium license or request an API key for premium functionality.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Service Purpose</strong>: The service validates license keys to unlock premium features (e.g., LLM Visibility, Voice Search Optimizer) and provides API keys for enhanced content optimization.</li>
<li><strong>Data Sent</strong>: When activating a license or retrieving an API key, the plugin sends the following data:
<ul>
<li>License key (a unique key purchased from cranseo.com).</li>
<li>Fingerprint (a unique identifier for your WordPress installation).</li>
<li>API key or shared secret (used for authentication with the service).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>When Data is Sent</strong>: Data is sent only when a user submits a license key in the “Manage License” page or requests an API key in the plugin settings.</li>
<li><strong>Service Provider</strong>: CranSEO, accessible at https://freemius.com.</li>
<li><strong>Terms of Service</strong>: https://cranseo.com/privacy-policy/</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy</strong>: https://cranseo.com/privacy-policy/</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.0.4</h3>
<ul>
<li>The error that was preventing sitemap generation has been fixed. </li>
<li>More information is needed before dividing the sitemaps</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.0.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Multi-sitemap architecture with individual sitemaps for each content type</li>
<li>Main sitemap index that automatically references all content sitemaps</li>
<li>Taxonomy support for categories, tags, and custom taxonomies</li>
<li>Eliminated file system dependency and permission issues</li>
<li>Automatic Content-Type: application/xml headers</li>
<li>On-demand generation for always-fresh content</li>
<li>Reduced server load with efficient database queries</li>
</ul>
<h3>2.0.2</h3>
<p>Updated the handling of user licenses.<br />
Introduced one-time payment as opposed to subscription model</p>
<h3>2.0.1</h3>
<p>We have improved the documentation to specifically guide on how to interact with CranSEO for WooCommerce</p>
<h3>1.0.8</h3>
<ul>
<li>Users can now generate product descriptions automatically using AI.</li>
<li>The tool integrates seamlessly with an API to interact with OpenAI</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.0.7</h3>
<ul>
<li>Scaled down CranSEO to focus on WooCommerce products optimization for search engines and AI</li>
<li>Integrated Freemius for activating premium</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.0.6</h3>
<ul>
<li>Improved the “Features” checker in the product description editor to check for both ordered and unordered list items. This broadens the scope under<br />
assessment.</li>
<li>Enahnced the “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” checker in the product description to widen the scope to include<br />
other titles like FAQs/Frequently Asked Questions and both ordered and unordered listicles.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.0.5</h3>
<ul>
<li>Tested with WordPress 6.8.2</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.0.4</h3>
<ul>
<li>Introduced LLM optimization for WooCommerce products by modifying the product title, product description and the short description</li>
<li>Introduced the XML sitemap generation</li>
<li>Replaced the generic dashicon on the admin menu with properly branded Inclusion</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.0.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Updated the Documentation link in the Support page </li>
<li>Removed error logs within the code for security</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>Updated Contributors list in readme to include valid WordPress.org username (chiqi).</li>
<li>Added External Services section to readme, documenting the use of https://cranseo.com for premium feature activation and API key retrieval, including data sent, purpose, and links to terms of service and privacy policy.</li>
<li>Fixed domain consistency in API calls to ensure all use https://cranseo.com.</li>
<li>Ensured sslverify is set to true for all API calls in premium activation for improved security.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.0.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixed AJAX nonce verification for improved security.</li>
<li>Improved Gutenberg compatibility for post ID detection.</li>
<li>Added related keywords field to analysis results.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.0.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Initial release with free and premium features.</li>
<li>Real-time content analysis for Classic Editor and Gutenberg.</li>
<li>API key and license management for premium functionality.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Testing</h3>
<p>Test locally using a WordPress environment with debugging enabled (WP_DEBUG set to true).<br />
Ensure compatibility with WordPress versions 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+.</p>


CranSEO

Optimize your product pages for search engines and AI language models, generate high-quality content with AI, and manage XML sitemaps efficiently

Zipfstats vs CranSEO