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📘 Complete Interface Guide #
Navigate AISEOmatic with confidence — understand every button, toggle, and option in your WordPress dashboard.
This comprehensive guide explains all controls, settings, and options available in AISEOmatic’s interface, helping you maximize the plugin’s potential for AI-first SEO optimization.
🎛️ Main Dashboard Controls #
Overview Section #
AI Score Display
- Location: Top of dashboard
- Function: Shows your site-wide AI readability score (0-100)
- Action: Click to view detailed breakdown by content type
- Purpose: Quick assessment of your site’s AI optimization level
Optimized Pages Counter
- Display: Number and percentage of optimized content
- Function: Tracks optimization progress across all posts/pages
- Action: Click to filter and view unoptimized content
- Purpose: Identify content needing improvement
Bot Activity Monitor
- Display: Real-time crawler visits and frequency
- Function: Shows which AI bots are visiting your site
- Bots tracked: Googlebot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, BingBot, etc.
- Action: Click for detailed bot logs and visit patterns
- Purpose: Understand crawler behavior and discovery patterns
⚙️ Settings Panel #
General Settings #
Enable/Disable AISEOmatic
- Type: Master toggle switch
- Default: ON (after activation)
- Function: Turns all AISEOmatic features on/off globally
- Purpose: Quick disable without deactivation (useful for troubleshooting)
Safe Mode
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON (recommended)
- Function: Protects critical pages and enables auto-recovery
- Purpose: Prevents conflicts and ensures site stability
Automation Level
- Type: Slider (0-100%)
- Default: 99.92%
- Options: Conservative (50%), Balanced (75%), Maximum (99.92%)
- Function: Controls how aggressively AISEOmatic optimizes
- Purpose: Adjust automation based on your comfort level
AI Sitemap Settings #
Enable AI Sitemap
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON
- Function: Generates dedicated sitemap for AI crawlers
- Location:
yoursite.com/ai-sitemap.xml - Purpose: Guide AI engines to your most valuable content
Sitemap Priority Rules
- Type: Dropdown + Custom rules
- Options:
- Prioritize Recent Content
- Prioritize High-Traffic Pages
- Prioritize High AI Score Pages
- Custom Priority Rules
- Function: Determines which pages appear first in AI Sitemap
- Purpose: Control what AI crawlers discover first
Update Frequency
- Type: Dropdown
- Options: Instant, Hourly, Daily, Weekly
- Default: Instant (updates when you publish)
- Function: Controls AI Sitemap refresh schedule
- Purpose: Balance freshness with server resources
Include/Exclude Content Types
- Type: Checkboxes
- Options: Posts, Pages, Products, Custom Post Types
- Default: All enabled
- Function: Choose what appears in AI Sitemap
- Purpose: Focus AI crawlers on specific content
Schema & Structured Data #
Enable JSON-LD Schema
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON
- Function: Adds structured data markup to all pages
- Types generated: Organization, WebSite, Article, Product, Local Business
- Purpose: Help search engines understand your content
Organization Information
- Fields:
- Business Name
- Logo URL
- Contact Information
- Social Profiles
- Function: Populates Organization schema
- Purpose: Establish your brand identity for AI engines
Speakable Content
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON
- Function: Marks content optimized for voice assistants
- Elements tagged: Key headings, summaries, FAQs
- Purpose: Optimize for voice search and audio assistants
Local Business Schema
- Type: Toggle switch (if applicable)
- Fields: Address, Phone, Hours, Service Areas
- Function: Adds local business structured data
- Purpose: Improve “near me” and local search visibility
AI Score Configuration #
Enable AI Score Calculation
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON
- Function: Analyzes and scores content for AI readability
- Frequency: Real-time (when content is published/updated)
- Purpose: Measure and improve content quality
Score Calculation Factors
- Type: Checkboxes (read-only display)
- Factors:
- Content Structure
- Readability Level
- Schema Implementation
- Summary Quality
- Content Freshness
- Internal Linking
- Media Optimization
- Purpose: Understand how scores are determined
Minimum Score Threshold
- Type: Slider (0-100)
- Default: 70
- Function: Set target AI Score for content
- Action: Content below threshold flagged for improvement
- Purpose: Maintain quality standards
Score Display Location
- Type: Checkboxes
- Options:
- Dashboard Widget
- Post/Page Editor
- Admin Bar
- Front-end (admin only)
- Default: Dashboard + Editor
- Purpose: Choose where scores appear
Bot Detection & Management #
Enable Bot Detection
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON
- Function: Tracks and logs all crawler visits
- Purpose: Monitor AI engine discovery patterns
Bots to Track
- Type: Checkboxes
- Options:
- Googlebot (Google)
- GPTBot (OpenAI/ChatGPT)
- ClaudeBot (Anthropic/Claude)
- PerplexityBot (Perplexity AI)
- BingBot (Microsoft Bing)
- FacebookBot (Meta)
- All Other Bots
- Default: All enabled
- Purpose: Focus on specific crawlers
Bot Access Control
- Type: Allow/Block lists
- Function: Control which bots can access your content
- Options: robots.txt integration
- Purpose: Manage crawler permissions
Log Retention Period
- Type: Dropdown
- Options: 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, 1 year, Forever
- Default: 90 days
- Function: How long bot visit logs are kept
- Purpose: Balance insights with database size
Content Optimization #
Auto-Optimize New Content
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON
- Function: Automatically optimizes content when published
- Actions: Adds schema, calculates AI Score, updates sitemap
- Purpose: Ensure all new content is AI-ready
Retroactive Optimization
- Type: Button + Schedule
- Action: “Optimize All Existing Content”
- Options: Optimize now, Schedule for off-peak hours
- Function: Applies optimization to existing posts/pages
- Purpose: Bring older content up to AI standards
Internal Linking Suggestions
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON
- Function: Suggests relevant internal links while editing
- Display: Meta box in post editor
- Purpose: Improve site structure and crawlability
Image Optimization
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON
- Function: Adds/improves alt text, titles, and captions
- Method: AI-powered analysis
- Purpose: Make images discoverable by AI systems
Content Summaries
- Type: Toggle switch (requires OpenAI API key)
- Default: OFF (optional)
- Function: Generates AI summaries of content
- Purpose: Improve content discoverability and snippets
Compatibility Settings #
SEO Plugin Compatibility
- Type: Auto-detection + Manual overrides
- Detected: Lists installed SEO plugins
- Function: Configures AISEOmatic to work alongside others
- Supported: Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress
- Purpose: Prevent conflicts and duplication
Exclude Routes
- Type: Text field (comma-separated)
- Default:
/wp-json/aiseoai/* - Function: Prevents other plugins from modifying AISEOmatic endpoints
- Purpose: Ensure API routes work correctly
WooCommerce Protection
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON (if WooCommerce detected)
- Function: Protects Cart, Checkout, Account pages
- Protected Pages: Cart, Checkout, My Account, Shop
- Purpose: Prevent optimization from breaking e-commerce flow
Page Builder Compatibility
- Type: Auto-detection
- Supported: Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery, Divi, Beaver Builder
- Function: Ensures AISEOmatic works with page builders
- Purpose: Seamless integration with design tools
Reporting & Analytics #
Enable Weekly Email Reports
- Type: Toggle switch + Email field
- Default: OFF
- Function: Sends weekly summary of optimization activity
- Contents: AI Score trends, Bot activity, New optimizations
- Purpose: Stay informed without logging in
Export Data
- Type: Buttons
- Formats: CSV, JSON
- Data types:
- AI Scores by content
- Bot visit logs
- Optimization history
- Purpose: External analysis and client reporting
Dashboard Widget
- Type: Toggle switch
- Default: ON
- Function: Shows AISEOmatic summary on WordPress dashboard
- Purpose: Quick access to key metrics
API Integration (Optional) #
OpenAI API Key
- Type: Text field (password protected)
- Required: No (optional for advanced features)
- Enables:
- AI-generated content summaries
- Advanced content analysis
- Automated content enhancements
- Purpose: Unlock AI-powered content features
Test API Connection
- Type: Button
- Function: Verifies API key is valid and working
- Result: Success/error message with details
- Purpose: Troubleshoot API issues
🔧 Per-Post/Page Controls #
Editor Meta Box #
Located in the post/page editor sidebar, the AISEOmatic meta box shows:
AI Score Display
- Shows: Current AI Score (0-100) with color indicator
- Green: 80-100 (Excellent)
- Yellow: 60-79 (Good)
- Red: 0-59 (Needs Improvement)
Optimization Status
- Indicators:
- ✅ Schema Added
- ✅ AI Sitemap Updated
- ✅ Speakable Content Marked
- ✅ Internal Links Suggested
- ✅ Images Optimized
Quick Actions
- Refresh AI Score: Recalculate score instantly
- View Suggestions: See optimization recommendations
- Preview Schema: See generated structured data
- Exclude from AI Sitemap: Toggle (if needed)
Manual Overrides
- Custom Priority: Set AI Sitemap priority (0-1)
- Disable Auto-Optimization: Skip auto-optimization for this content
- Custom Schema Type: Override default schema type
🚨 Debug & Maintenance Tools #
Debug Panel #
Health Check
- Type: Button
- Function: Runs system diagnostics
- Checks:
- File permissions
- Database tables
- Scheduled tasks
- API connectivity
- Plugin conflicts
- Result: Detailed health report
- Purpose: Troubleshoot issues
Clear Cache
- Type: Button
- Function: Clears AISEOmatic internal cache
- Use when: After major changes or troubleshooting
- Purpose: Force fresh optimization calculations
Reset Settings
- Type: Button (with confirmation)
- Function: Returns all settings to defaults
- Warning: Does not delete optimization data
- Purpose: Start fresh if needed
View Logs
- Type: Button
- Function: Opens detailed activity log
- Shows:
- Optimization events
- Error messages
- Bot visits
- Schedule executions
- Purpose: Advanced troubleshooting
Scheduled Tasks
- Display: List of upcoming automated tasks
- Shows: Task name, next run time, status
- Actions: Run now, Disable, View history
- Purpose: Monitor and control automation
💡 Pro Tips for Using Controls #
Daily Workflow #
- Check Dashboard: Quick glance at AI Score and bot activity
- Review Flagged Content: Address any low-scoring posts
- Monitor Bot Logs: Ensure AI crawlers are visiting regularly
Weekly Tasks #
- Review Email Report: Assess optimization trends
- Export Data: Save reports for records
- Check Health Status: Run diagnostics if issues arise
Monthly Maintenance #
- Review Settings: Adjust automation based on results
- Analyze Bot Patterns: Optimize sitemap priorities
- Update Schema: Keep organization info current
What NOT to Touch #
- ❌ Don’t disable Safe Mode unless troubleshooting
- ❌ Don’t lower automation below 75% (reduces effectiveness)
- ❌ Don’t exclude major content types from AI Sitemap
- ❌ Don’t disable schema unless absolutely necessary
🆘 Common Button Questions #
Q: What happens if I click “Optimize All Existing Content”? A: AISEOmatic processes all published posts/pages, adding schema, calculating AI Scores, and updating the AI Sitemap. This may take several minutes for large sites.
Q: Can I undo optimizations? A: Yes. AISEOmatic doesn’t modify your original content—only adds optimization layers. Disabling features removes the optimizations.
Q: What if I accidentally change a setting? A: Most settings take effect immediately, but you can use “Reset Settings” to restore defaults. Your optimization data is preserved.
Q: Do I need to save settings? A: No. All toggles and changes save automatically when modified.
Q: What’s the “Run Now” button in scheduled tasks? A: It executes a scheduled task immediately instead of waiting for its scheduled time. Useful for testing or urgent updates.
📋 Settings Import/Export #
Export Settings
- Type: Button
- Function: Downloads your configuration as JSON file
- Purpose: Backup settings or transfer to another site
Import Settings
- Type: File upload
- Function: Loads settings from exported JSON file
- Purpose: Quickly configure new installations
You now have complete control over AISEOmatic’s powerful AI-first SEO automation!
For additional help, consult the Technical Documentation or contact support.
