RankBotAI – AI SEO Optimizer for RankMath & Yoast vs VigIA – AI Visibility, Analytics & Control

RankBotAI writes the SEO you never get around to writing. Rank Math and Yoast tell you what is missing. RankBotAI fills it in — meta titles, meta descriptions and focus keywords, generated by AI in your content’s own language and written straight back into the SEO plugin you already use. Point it at 5 posts or 5,000 products, walk away, and come back to a site with complete, non-duplicate SEO data. Every change is backed up first, so a single click puts everything back. What you get in the first 10 minutes Connect your site (free account, free monthly credits — no credit card). Open Bulk Optimization, filter to “posts with no focus keyword”. Press start. Background processing does the rest — roughly 700 items/hour. Check the History log. Don’t like something? Restore that one item, that one content type, or the whole site. Why site owners switch to it It scales the part that does not scale. A WooCommerce catalog with 3,000 products is a month of freelancer work. Here it is an afternoon of background cron. It never leaves you stuck. Snapshots are taken before every change, and Restore works per item, per content type, or site-wide. It respects your SEO plugin. Values are written into Rank Math / Yoast / AIOSEO fields — no lock-in, no shadow database, nothing breaks if you deactivate RankBotAI. It writes in your language. The AI detects the source language of each post or product and answers in it — Ukrainian content stays Ukrainian. It does not hallucinate your catalog. Strict anti-hallucination rules: no invented prices, no competitor brands, no [placeholder] text, facts from your content only. Built for AI search, not just Google Search is moving into ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews. RankBotAI ships an llms.txt generator so AI crawlers get a clean, structured map of what your site is about — plus Schema.org JSON-LD for Article and WooCommerce Product data. AI vs. manual SEO — speed Optimize 1 product page — SEO specialist: 15–30 min vs. RankBotAI: ~10 sec Research & set focus keywords (100 pages) — SEO specialist: 2–3 days vs. RankBotAI: ~20 min Write meta titles & descriptions (100 pages) — SEO specialist: 1–2 days vs. RankBotAI: ~15 min Full SEO audit + optimization (500 pages) — SEO specialist: 2–4 weeks vs. RankBotAI: ~2 hours Bulk optimize an entire WooCommerce catalog — SEO specialist: weeks/months vs. RankBotAI: hours Availability — SEO specialist: business hours vs. RankBotAI: 24/7/365 Cost comparison Monthly cost (100 pages/mo) — Freelance SEO: $500–$2,000 · Agency: $2,000–$10,000 · RankBotAI: from $0 (free tier) Per-page optimization — Freelance SEO: $5–$20 · Agency: $10–$50 · RankBotAI: ~$0.01–$0.15 Speed to results — Freelance SEO: days–weeks · Agency: weeks · RankBotAI: minutes Works 24/7 — Freelance SEO: no · Agency: no · RankBotAI: yes Consistent quality — Freelance SEO: varies · Agency: varies · RankBotAI: always consistent Key Features AI-Powered Meta Generation — Automatically generate optimized SEO titles, meta descriptions, and focus keywords Smart Focus Keyword Research — AI analyzes your content and suggests the best focus keyword, avoiding keywords already used elsewhere on the site Bulk Optimization — Process hundreds or thousands of pages in the background via WP-Cron, with live progress, speed and ETA Taxonomy Optimization — Optimize categories, tags and any custom taxonomy term (single & bulk) Backup & Restore — Snapshots before every change; restore a single item, one content type, or the whole site 100-Point SEO Scoring — Real-time SEO analysis with actionable recommendations Rank Math & Yoast Integration — Reads and writes SEO fields for Rank Math, Yoast SEO, and AIOSEO WooCommerce Ready — Products, product categories and attributes, with a dedicated “RankBot AI” tab in Product Data Content Optimization — AI can improve your post/product content for better SEO (opt-in) Global Instructions for AI — Site-wide rules injected into every generation (“never mention free shipping”, “always add this disclaimer”) Local-First History — History is mirrored to a local table and read locally first, keeping dashboards instant even on 40,000+ item sites llms.txt Generator — Publish a structured site map for AI search engines Schema.org JSON-LD — Article and enhanced WooCommerce Product structured data A/B Testing — Rotate two meta title/description variants and track impressions CSV Export / Import — Bulk edit SEO data outside WordPress and import it back SEO Checklist & Gutenberg Sidebar — Score, checklist and one-click optimization inside the block editor Dashboard Widget & Admin Bar — SEO health overview and live job monitoring Free Credits & Referrals — Earn credits by inviting friends, sharing, or reviewing Advanced AI Engine — Multi-model system with automatic failover; nothing to configure How It Works Install and activate the plugin Connect your site to the RankBotAI service (free account) Start optimizing — click “Auto Optimize” on any post, or launch bulk processing AI generates optimized SEO data and applies it to your content Your SEO fields in Rank Math / Yoast are updated automatically Works Great With Rank Math SEO — Full integration: reads/writes focus keywords, meta titles, and descriptions Yoast SEO — Full integration: reads/writes focus keywords, meta titles, and descriptions All in One SEO (AIOSEO) — Basic integration for meta fields WooCommerce — Optimized for products with enhanced Product JSON-LD schema WPML & Polylang — Per-post language detection for multilingual sites Works standalone — If no SEO plugin is installed, RankBotAI stores data in its own meta fields Languages The admin interface is fully translated into English, Ukrainian and Russian. German, Spanish and Polish translations are partial and being completed — contributions are welcome. Compatibility RankBotAI is designed to work alongside other SEO plugins. It can read/write common SEO fields used by: * Yoast SEO * Rank Math * All in One SEO Notes: * RankBotAI does not disable other SEO plugins. * If multiple plugins manage the same meta fields, the “last saved” value wins (standard WordPress behavior). * When Rank Math, Yoast or AIOSEO is active, RankBotAI extends their structured data instead of emitting a second, duplicate JSON-LD block. * For best results, we recommend having either Rank Math or Yoast SEO active. * Tested with WordPress 7.1, including the iframed post editor and the persistent editor toolbar. External Services This plugin connects to an external API service (RankBotAI) to generate SEO suggestions and optimizations. Service provider: * RankBotAI: https://rankbotai.link * BuyReadySite (support/maintenance): https://buyreadysite.com Service policies: * Privacy Policy: https://rankbotai.link/privacy * Terms of Service: https://rankbotai.link/terms API base URL used by the plugin: * https://rankbotai.link The plugin sends requests to the service when you: * Connect your site (registration/verification) * Request generation/optimization (for posts, products, and terms) * View your RankBot history/balance/models/plans (service data) * Poll background jobs (queued optimizations) Data sent to the service can include (depending on the action you trigger): * Your site URL (domain) and basic environment info (WordPress version, plugin version) * A site connection key (Bearer token) stored in your WordPress database * Post/product/term data you choose to optimize, such as title, permalink, excerpt, and content (including HTML) * Existing focus keyword (if present), categories/tags, and basic WooCommerce product attributes (e.g. price, currency, SKU) * Image IDs/context for generating alt text (if enabled by the optimization action) Endpoints used by the plugin include: * POST /api/v1/site/register * POST /api/v1/site/verify * GET /api/v1/balance * GET /api/v1/plans * GET /api/v1/models * GET /api/v1/history * POST /api/v1/generate * POST /api/v1/jobs/check * POST /api/v1/internal/run-job * GET /api/v1/referral * POST /api/v1/bonus/claim * GET /api/v1/site/custom-prompt * POST /api/v1/site/custom-prompt No data is sent to any other third party. The plugin loads no external fonts, scripts or stylesheets — every asset is served from your own site. Please review the RankBotAI website for service terms and privacy information: * https://rankbotai.link/privacy * https://rankbotai.link/terms Pricing / Tokens RankBotAI uses a credit-based system. A free tier is available with monthly free credits and full access to the RankBot AI engine. Paid subscriptions provide higher credit limits and priority processing. Pay As You Go option available — top up credits as needed. Credits from packs never expire. Billing and plan management happens on the service website (not inside WordPress). Data Storage The plugin stores: * A site connection key in WordPress options (used to authenticate API requests) * Optimization history and SEO score data in post/term meta * Background job tracking data in custom database tables (wp_rankbot_jobs, wp_rankbot_bulk_queue, wp_rankbot_local_history)

VigIA (Spanish for “lookout” or “watchman”, incorporating “IA” – Spanish for “AI”) is a complete AI visibility toolkit for WordPress. Monitor 60+ AI crawlers, control access to your content, and optimize how AI systems discover and understand your site. What does VigIA do? Scores your AI visibility with a 100-point analyzer covering 20 checks across 5 categories Tracks AI crawlers visiting your site (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and 60+ others) Provides detailed analytics with advanced filters, server-side pagination, and exportable reports with metadata banner Blocks unwanted crawlers via PHP (403 response) Manages robots.txt rules for AI crawlers with compliance monitoring Sends email alerts about crawler activity (daily, weekly, or monthly) Generates llms.txt files to help AI systems understand your site Serves markdown endpoints for posts, pages, taxonomy archives (categories, tags, WooCommerce product categories, custom taxonomies) and WooCommerce products with schema-like data Generates JSON-LD structured data with Site Identity and AI Discovery signals Exposes abilities for AI agents and automation tools (WordPress 6.9+) Key Features AI Visibility Analyzer * 100-point scoring system with letter grades (A+ to F) * 20 individual checks across 5 categories * Access & AI Discovery (37 pts): robots.txt, AI bot directives, Content Signals, llms.txt, sitemap, RSS feed * Structured Data & Semantic Context (25 pts): JSON-LD schemas, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, meta description, canonical URL * Content Structure & Readability (20 pts): heading hierarchy, semantic HTML5, image alt text, content/HTML ratio * AI Interaction & Distribution (8 pts): markdown delivery, AI share buttons * Access Performance (10 pts): TTFB measurement * Smart recommendations with direct links to VigIA features and plugin suggestions * Analyze any page on your site with URL autocomplete selector * Results cached for 24 hours with manual re-analyze option Analytics Dashboard * Total visits, unique crawlers, and pages crawled statistics * Timeline chart with daily breakdown * Category distribution (AI Training, AI Search, AI Assistant, Data Scraper) * Top crawlers and most crawled pages tables with paginated navigation * Share Buttons & AI-powered Summaries integration: see share button clicks per page * Recent activity log with content type and HTTP status columns (color coded by status family) * Advanced filters: multi-select crawler picker, content type, HTTP status code, and configurable date range * Server-side pagination with four-button pager (first, previous, next, last) — operates over the full database, not just the latest 500 rows * Period comparison functionality * CSV export with a metadata banner (site name, site URL, export type, date range, export timestamp, applied filters) * “Export filtered CSV” button that downloads exactly what the active filters return, with vigia-filtered-YYYY-MM-DD.csv filename * Content type detection distinguishes Home, Post, Page, Product, custom CPTs, Category archive, Tag archive, Date/Author archive, Feed, Sitemap, REST API, File, Admin / login attempts (/wp-admin, /wp-login.php), WordPress system (admin-ajax, xmlrpc, wp-cron, wp-comments-post), 404 Not found, and Other Crawler Blocking * Block crawlers via PHP with 403 Forbidden response * Quick block dropdown in analytics dashboard * Manage blocks from Extras page * Works on any server (Apache, Nginx, LiteSpeed, etc.) Robots.txt Management * Add Disallow rules for AI crawlers * Visual preview of your robots.txt * Compliance monitoring: see which crawlers ignore your rules * One-click blocking for non-compliant crawlers * Works with both physical and virtual robots.txt Email Alerts * Daily, weekly, or monthly reports * Three detail levels: Minimal, Normal, Complete * Non-compliant crawler warnings * Activity comparison with previous period Markdown for Agents * Serve posts, pages and any public post type as optimized markdown for AI agents * Serve taxonomy archive pages (categories, tags, WooCommerce product categories, custom taxonomies) as markdown — disabled by default, opt in per taxonomy * Dedicated .md URL endpoints (e.g., /your-post.md, /category/news.md, /product-category/electronics.md) * Accept: text/markdown content negotiation on posts and taxonomy archive pages * Discoverability via Link HTTP headers and HTML tags * YAML frontmatter for posts: title, date, modified, author, image, categories, tags, post type, lang * YAML frontmatter for taxonomy terms: title, description, url, type, taxonomy, parent, count, image (term meta), lang * WooCommerce product frontmatter adds schema-like fields: sku, product_type, price, regular_price, sale_price, currency, availability, stock_quantity, rating, rating_count, review_count * Taxonomy term body includes the term description (rendered through the_content), the list of direct child terms in hierarchical taxonomies, and an excerpt of the latest posts/products assigned to the term * Product listings inside product_cat archives include an inline summary with formatted price, “was X” on sale items, star rating and out-of-stock flag * Respects blocking rules (blocked crawlers get 403) and LLMs.txt exclusion filters * Per-term noindex detection from Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO and SEOPress * Analytics integration: tracks markdown requests per crawler * X-Markdown-Tokens response header * Filters: vigia_markdown_post_eligible, vigia_markdown_term_eligible, vigia_markdown_term_posts_limit * Follows the Cloudflare Markdown for Agents standard LLMs.txt Generator * Select content by post type with one click * Filter by taxonomies (categories, tags, custom) * Manual include/exclude with AJAX search * Exclude by URL patterns (wildcards supported) * SEO plugin integration (auto-exclude noindex content) * Auto-regeneration (daily, weekly, monthly) * Robots.txt integration (add llms.txt and llms-full.txt references) * Generate llms.txt and llms-full.txt files * Full content or excerpt mode * Compatible with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, The SEO Framework, and Native SEO NoIndexer JSON-LD Structured Data * Generate WebSite and Organization/Person schema for site identity * AI Discovery: ReadAction pointers to llms.txt, llms-full.txt, and Markdown for Agents endpoints * Social profiles and sameAs links for brand identity across the web * SearchAction for Google sitelinks search box * Media library integration for logo selection * SEO plugin conflict detection (Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, The SEO Framework) * Choose output page (front page or any published page) * Live JSON-LD preview with real-time updates * Smart integration with LLMs.txt and Markdown for Agents features Supported AI Crawlers VigIA monitors 60+ AI crawlers including: OpenAI: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, OAI-AdsBot, ChatGPT-User Anthropic: ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, Claude-Code Google: Google-Extended, GoogleOther, Gemini-Deep-Research, Google-NotebookLM Perplexity: PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User Meta: Meta-ExternalAgent, FacebookBot, Meta-WebIndexer Amazon: Amazonbot, Amzn-SearchBot, bedrockbot Mistral: MistralAI-User, MistralAI-Index Microsoft: BingBot ByteDance: Bytespider Apple: Applebot-Extended And many more… Privacy Focused VigIA stores visitor data locally in your WordPress database. No data is sent to external servers. Abilities API VigIA is one of the first WordPress plugins to implement the Abilities API introduced in WordPress 6.9. This API allows AI agents, automation tools, and external systems to discover and interact with VigIA’s functionality in a standardized, secure way. What are Abilities? Abilities are self-contained units of functionality that VigIA exposes through WordPress’s central registry. Each ability has defined inputs, outputs, and permissions, making it easy for automation tools to understand and use them. Available Abilities VigIA registers the following abilities: Analytics vigia/get-crawler-stats – Get statistics about AI crawler visits (total visits, unique crawlers, pages crawled) vigia/get-top-crawlers – Get a ranked list of most active AI crawlers vigia/get-top-pages – Get the most crawled pages on your site Blocking vigia/get-blocked-items – List all blocked crawlers and IP addresses vigia/block-crawler – Block a crawler by User-Agent pattern vigia/unblock-crawler – Remove an existing block Robots.txt vigia/get-robots-rules – Get current AI crawler rules in robots.txt vigia/add-robots-disallow – Add a Disallow directive for a crawler vigia/remove-robots-rule – Remove a robots.txt rule Use Cases Automated monitoring: AI agents can query crawler statistics and alert you to anomalies Reactive blocking: Automation tools can block crawlers that repeatedly ignore robots.txt External dashboards: Aggregate data from multiple WordPress sites with VigIA installed WP-CLI integration: Future command-line access through the Abilities API n8n / Make workflows: Build custom automation flows using VigIA’s abilities Requirements The Abilities API ships with WordPress 6.9 and later. On older WordPress versions, VigIA works normally but abilities and MCP are not available. MCP Server (Model Context Protocol) VigIA exposes its 9 abilities as native MCP tools to any MCP-compatible client (Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, Antigravity, Continue, Cline, Zed and similar) using the official WordPress MCP Adapter. The adapter ships bundled with the plugin, so the MCP endpoint is active right after installation — no Composer step or terminal access required. Requirements WordPress 6.9 or later (provides the Abilities API) Quick connect (recommended) Open VigIA > Extras > MCP and click “Generate password and connection commands”. The plugin creates a dedicated Application Password named VigIA MCP and renders ready-to-paste commands for Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop and a generic block (URL + Authorization header) for any other MCP client. The plain password is shown only once. If you lose it, revoke the entry from the same panel and generate a new one. Endpoint https://your-site.example/wp-json/vigia/v1/mcp The endpoint uses HTTP Basic auth with the WordPress Application Password. The user must have the manage_options capability. Connecting Claude Code Quick Connect builds the full command for you. The shape is: claude mcp add --transport http vigia https://your-site.example/wp-json/vigia/v1/mcp --header "Authorization: Basic BASE64_OF_USER_AND_APP_PASSWORD" Claude Code merges the new entry into its config file automatically — no risk of breaking other servers. Connecting Cursor Save the JSON block from Quick Connect as ~/.cursor/mcp.json. You can also reach this file from inside Cursor at Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP. If the file already exists with other content, see the FAQ. Claude Desktop and other clients Claude Desktop does not speak HTTP MCP, so it needs a small bridge and a config file of its own. Any other client (Codex CLI, Continue, Cline, Antigravity, Zed, or your own) takes the two raw values Quick Connect exposes: the server URL and the Authorization header. Both cases are covered in the FAQ, together with how to merge VigIA into a config file that already exists without losing what is in it. Read-only mode If you only want your AI to consult VigIA (not change anything), enable “Read-only mode” in the MCP tab. While on, write actions (block, unblock, robots changes) return a permission denied error. Read actions (statistics, top crawlers, blocked items, robots rules) keep working. The toggle stores a vigia_mcp_read_only option that hooks into the vigia_can_write_via_abilities filter. Developers can still force read-only from a mu-plugin: add_filter( 'vigia_can_write_via_abilities', '__return_false' ); The mu-plugin filter at the default priority takes precedence over the toggle. Who can reach the endpoint The endpoint requires the capability to manage options, the same one every tool behind it already asked for. The vigia_mcp_transport_capability filter can lower that bar; each tool keeps its own permission check. After connecting Restart your MCP client after adding the server so it picks up the new tools. Then try a few prompts to confirm everything is wired up: “Show me VigIA crawler stats for the last 7 days.” “List the top 5 most crawled pages on this site.” “Add a robots.txt Disallow rule for TestBot and then list the current AI crawler rules.” The third example exercises a read + write + read round-trip, which is the most complete sanity check. Support Need private support or custom development? Do you need one-on-one help, priority troubleshooting, or a custom feature, integration, or tweak built specifically for your site? I offer private support and custom development. Just contact me and tell me what you need. Need help or have suggestions? 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