AuditAE AI Search Toolkit
AuditAE bundles the practical wins of ”AEO” (Answer Engine Optimization / AI search) into one free plugin. Everything works the moment you activate, with zero signup.
AI Readiness Score. One 0–100 number, with a letter grade, that summarizes how ready your site is to be read and cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews — computed entirely from local signals (are citation bots blocked in robots.txt, FAQ and Article schema coverage, Organization schema, unresolved AI-bot 404s, content freshness, llms.txt). Every check that isn’t passing shows exactly what to fix and how many points it’s worth, and the score tracks a 7-day delta so you can see it climb as you ship fixes. Surfaced on its own tab and on the wp-admin Dashboard widget.
1. AI Crawler Tracker. Identifies hits from ~30 AI search-engine crawlers — GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, Claude-User, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, Bytespider, CCBot, Meta-ExternalAgent, Bingbot, and more. Get a real-time count of AI bot hits over the last 30 days, a by-bot breakdown with time-since-last-hit per bot, a per-day activity table, top crawled paths, one-click CSV export, and an at-a-glance wp-admin Dashboard widget. A built-in robots.txt audit flags any tracked AI bot your robots.txt is blocking — the silent killer of AI visibility. Answers the question Google Search Console can’t: ”Are AI engines actually reading my site?”
2. llms.txt Generator. Serves a live /llms.txt file at the root of your site, conforming to the llmstxt.org spec — a markdown manifest that helps LLM-powered tools find the right pages on your site. Builds defaults automatically from your public post types, with per-section customization, optional links list, and a one-click ”Reset to defaults” if you want to start fresh.
3. Schema Graph. Per-post and site-wide schema.org JSON-LD injection. Add structured data for Organization, Article, Product, HowTo, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList — all linked together by @id so AI engines can resolve ”this org wrote this article” without guessing. Plays nicely alongside Yoast and Rank Math (we reuse their @ids when present instead of duplicating).
Plus FAQ schema injection. A <script type="application/ld+json"> block on singular post views, sourced from question/answer pairs stored in post_meta. Post content is not modified.
No external service is required for any of the above. All data is stored locally in your wp_options table (rolling 500-entry crawler log, no custom database tables, no telemetry).
Optional — pair with AuditAE (auditae.app). AuditAE is a separate paid service that measures whether AI engines cite your brand for the prompts your buyers ask. Pairing this plugin with an AuditAE account lets the AuditAE assistant (AEBOT) also draft posts, update existing posts, edit Yoast/Rank Math meta, manage the schema graph, and curate /llms.txt for you. Pairing is fully optional; everything above remains free regardless. $5 free credit at signup, no subscription.
External Services
This plugin can connect to one external service, and only when you opt in.
AuditAE (https://auditae.app) — Optional, opt-in only. The free features (crawler tracker, llms.txt, schema graph, FAQ schema) do not call any external service. The plugin only contacts AuditAE if you explicitly use the ”Connect to AuditAE” tab to pair the site. When paired, the AuditAE service sends authenticated REST API requests to this site (over HTTPS, with a per-site bearer token you can revoke from the admin) to read posts, write drafts, manage schema, or update SEO metadata — only for the capabilities you grant. The plugin itself does not send analytics, telemetry, or usage data to AuditAE.
- Terms of service: https://auditae.app/terms
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The admin UI uses the Instrument Serif typeface, which is bundled locally in assets/fonts/ under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. No font requests are made to Google or any third party.