AEO Engine for WordPress Plugin Directory

AEO Engine is a complete optimization plugin for WordPress that covers SEO, AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization). It generates structured data, meta tags, and AI-readable files to maximize your visibility across traditional search engines and AI-powered platforms like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Claude.

What Makes AEO Engine Different? Unlike traditional SEO plugins, AEO Engine is built from the ground up to optimize your content for the AI era. It combines classic structured data with cutting-edge features like LLMs.txt generation and GEO optimizations.

Key Features

9 Schema Types (JSON-LD): Organization, BlogPosting, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage, HowTo, WebSite + SearchAction, LocalBusiness, VideoObject, Product

Auto-Detection: Automatically detects FAQ pairs, HowTo steps, and YouTube/Vimeo videos in your content

LLMs.txt Generation: Creates /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt files following the llmstxt.org standard for AI crawlers

Open Graph + Twitter Cards: Complete social media meta tags with conflict detection

GEO Optimizations: SpeakableSpecification, quality indicators, and entity optimization

Per-Post Controls: Meta box to disable/force schemas on individual posts

Conflict Detection: Automatically detects Yoast, RankMath, AIOSEO, and other SEO plugins

WooCommerce Ready: Enhanced Product schema with offers, ratings, and brand support

Lightweight: No external dependencies, no custom database tables, minimal overhead

Developer Friendly: Hooks and filters for every schema type

Schema Types Included

Organization – Identifies your company/brand on the homepage

BlogPosting / Article – Structured metadata for your articles and posts

BreadcrumbList – Navigation breadcrumbs in search results

FAQPage – Auto-detected FAQ pairs from heading + paragraph content

HowTo – Auto-detected step-by-step instructions from ordered lists

WebSite + SearchAction – Sitelinks search box on your homepage

LocalBusiness – Complete business listing with address, hours, phone, and GPS coordinates

VideoObject – Auto-detected YouTube and Vimeo embeds

Product – WooCommerce products with price, availability, and ratings

LLMs.txt for AI Engines AEO Engine generates standard-compliant /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt files that help AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) better understand and cite your content. Features include:

Automatic generation based on your published content

Configurable post types, ordering, and item limits

Per-post exclusion from LLMs.txt

1-hour smart caching with automatic invalidation

GEO Optimizations

SpeakableSpecification – Marks content as suitable for voice assistants and AI

Quality Indicators – Adds isAccessibleForFree and isPartOf to article schemas

Entity Optimization – Enhanced Organization schema with @id, foundingDate, and numberOfEmployees

Meta Tags

Open Graph: og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url, og:type, og:site_name, article:published_time

Twitter Cards: twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description, twitter:image, twitter:site

Smart Conflict Detection: Automatically skips output if Yoast, RankMath, or similar plugins are active

Force Override: Option to output meta tags even when other plugins are detected

Why Do You Need AEO Engine?

Better visibility in AI-powered search results and answer engines

Improved content understanding by search engines and AI models

Rich snippets and enhanced search result presentation

Future-proof optimization for the AI era

Quick setup with automatic site data detection

Use Cases

Blogs: Optimize articles with BlogPosting, FAQ, and HowTo schemas

Local Businesses: Full LocalBusiness schema with hours, address, and map coordinates

E-commerce: WooCommerce Product schema with price and availability

Corporate Sites: Organization schema with entity optimization

Documentation Sites: LLMs.txt for better AI comprehension

Video Content: Automatic VideoObject schema for embedded videos

Validation Tools

Google Rich Results Test

Schema.org Validator

Facebook Sharing Debugger

Twitter Card Validator

Direct site preview

Compatibility

Works with any well-coded WordPress theme

Compatible with WPML and Polylang

Works alongside Yoast SEO, RankMath, AIOSEO (with conflict detection)

WooCommerce integration for Product schema

Translation-ready (includes .pot file)

Developer Documentation Available Filters Schema Filters:

aeo_engine_organization_schema - Modify the Organization schema aeo_engine_blogposting_schema - Modify the BlogPosting schema aeo_engine_breadcrumb_schema - Modify the Breadcrumb schema aeo_engine_faqpage_schema - Modify the FAQPage schema aeo_engine_howto_schema - Modify the HowTo schema aeo_engine_website_schema - Modify the WebSite schema aeo_engine_localbusiness_schema - Modify the LocalBusiness schema aeo_engine_videoobject_schema - Modify the VideoObject schema aeo_engine_product_schema - Modify the Product schema

Other Filters:

aeo_engine_registered_schemas - Add/remove registered schema classes aeo_engine_post_schema_type - Change schema type by post type aeo_engine_get_option - Modify any plugin option

Example: Modify a Schema add_filter('aeo_engine_blogposting_schema', function($schema, $post) { $schema['aggregateRating'] = [ '@type' => 'AggregateRating', 'ratingValue' => '4.5', 'reviewCount' => '100' ]; return $schema; }, 10, 2);

Example: Register a Custom Schema add_filter('aeo_engine_registered_schemas', function($schemas) { require_once 'class-my-custom-schema.php'; $schemas[] = new My_Custom_Schema(); return $schemas; });

Example: Change Schema Type by Post Type add_filter('aeo_engine_post_schema_type', function($type, $post_type, $post) { if ($post_type === 'recipe') { return 'Recipe'; } return $type; }, 10, 3);

Get Plugin Options $org_name = AEO_Engine::get_option('aeo_engine_org_name', 'Default Name');

Privacy Policy AEO Engine does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data from users or site visitors. All configuration is stored locally in your WordPress database. The LLMs.txt files are generated from your already-public content.

Support For support, documentation, and updates:

Documentation: https://wordpress.org/plugins/alquingadev-aeo-schema/

Support: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/alquingadev-aeo-schema/

GitHub: https://github.com/alquingadev/aeo-engine

Report Bugs: https://github.com/alquingadev/aeo-engine/issues

Credits Developed by PMV Agency for the WordPress community.

Built following Schema.org, Google Structured Data, and llmstxt.org best practices.