Prime SEO — SEO for the AI Era

Prime SEO helps your content rank in both traditional search engines and AI-powered search like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google SGE, and Claude.

Since 2026, Prime SEO has been built from the ground up for the new era of search — where AI assistants cite sources and answer questions directly. Control how AI sees your content with LLMs.txt, manage 16+ AI crawlers, and optimize your site for both humans and machines.

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AI Search Optimization — Be Found by ChatGPT & Perplexity

AI search engines are changing how people find information. Prime SEO helps your content become a cited source in AI-generated answers.

• LLMs.txt Generator — Tell AI crawlers what your site is about
• LLMs-full.txt — Provide full content for deeper AI indexing
• AI Bots Manager — Control 16+ AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, and more)
• Quick Presets — Allow All, Block Training, Block All, or Custom rules
• AI Visibility Score — See your AI search readiness at a glance
• AI Content Score — Detailed analysis of how AI engines view your content (Pro)

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SEO Metabox with Real-Time Analysis

Optimize every post with instant feedback and AI assistance:

• Visual SEO Score (0-100) with circular progress indicator
• Live Google Preview for desktop and mobile
• Character counters with color-coded progress bars
• Multiple focus keywords per post
• Content recommendations as you type
• Generate All with AI — One click fills SEO title, description, social meta, and keywords (Pro)

The metabox appears in every post and page editor, giving you everything you need to optimize content without leaving the screen.

Prime SEO Pro — AI-Powered SEO

Prime SEO Pro supercharges your SEO workflow with AI automation.

⭐ Generate All with AI — Complete SEO in One Click (Pro)

Why fill fields manually when AI can do it all? One button generates everything:

• SEO Title — Optimized for Google (60 chars)
• Meta Description — Click-worthy snippet (155 chars)
• Facebook Title & Description — Social-optimized OG tags
• Twitter Title & Description — Twitter-specific formatting
• Focus Keywords — Auto-extracted from your content (top 5)

6 fields + keywords in one click. No other SEO plugin does this.

Yoast AI Generate only creates title and description. Prime SEO Pro generates your complete SEO and social meta in seconds.

• Works with any post type
• Uses OpenAI GPT-4o-mini (bring your own API key)
• No usage limits — your API key, your cost

AI Bulk Generator — Optimize Your Entire Site (Pro)

Have 50, 100, or 500 posts without SEO? No problem. AI Bulk Generator finds all posts missing SEO data and generates titles and descriptions for all of them:

• Smart Detection — Finds posts missing title, description, or both
• Batch Processing — Generate SEO for hundreds of posts
• Progress Tracking — Real-time progress with pause/resume
• Undo Support — Restore previous values if needed

Additional Pro Features:

• AI Content Score — Detailed analysis for AI search optimization
• Video Sitemap — Auto-detect YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, Bunny Stream
• Manual Video Fields — Complete control over video metadata
• Priority Support — Direct email support

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Redirect Manager

Professional redirect handling:

• 301 (Permanent), 302 (Temporary), 307 redirects
• 410 (Gone) and 451 (Unavailable for Legal Reasons) status codes
• Regex pattern matching with capture groups ($1, $2)
• Query string preservation for UTM parameters
• Hit counter for tracking redirect usage
• Fallback redirect for all 404 errors
• Import and export functionality

404 Error Monitor

Track and fix broken links:

• Automatic logging of all 404 errors
• Referer and User Agent tracking
• One-click conversion to redirect
• Bulk delete options

XML Sitemap

Automatic, standards-compliant sitemaps that search engines love:

• Sitemap Index with separate post, page, category, and author sitemaps
• Image Sitemap for Google Image Search
• Video Sitemap — Auto-detect YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, Bunny Stream (Pro)
• Custom Post Types and Taxonomies support
• Respects noindex settings automatically
• Beautiful XSL styling for human-readable sitemaps

Schema Markup (JSON-LD)

Structured data for rich search results:

Site-wide:

• Knowledge Graph — Organization or Person
• WebSite schema with SearchAction
• Social profiles (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc.)

Content:

• Article, BlogPosting, NewsArticle
• FAQ and HowTo (auto-detected from content)
• Recipe and Event schemas
• Product schema for WooCommerce
• LocalBusiness with 40+ subtypes (Restaurant, Hotel, Dentist, and more)

Additional Features

• Robots.txt Editor — Visual editor with 5 ready-made templates
• Image SEO — Auto-generate ALT and TITLE attributes
• External Links Manager — Auto-add nofollow and open in new tab
• Breadcrumbs — Shortcode and PHP function with Schema.org markup
• Instant Indexing — Submit URLs via IndexNow API
• Import/Export — Full backup and restore with automatic backups

One-Click Migration

Import your existing SEO data:

• Yoast SEO (Free and Pro)
• Rank Math (including redirects)
• All in One SEO
• SEOPress

All titles, descriptions, focus keywords, canonical URLs, and robot settings transfer automatically.

Setup Wizard

Get started in minutes with the 4-step configuration wizard:

1. Homepage SEO settings
2. Feature toggles (Sitemap, Image SEO, External Links, 404 Monitor)
3. Robots.txt configuration
4. Ready to optimize

Built for Performance

• Lightweight code following WordPress Coding Standards
• Assets load only on relevant pages
• No external API calls except optional IndexNow
• All data stored in your WordPress database
• Compatible with caching plugins

Developer Friendly

• Clean, well-documented codebase
• Hooks and filters for customization
• WordPress REST API compatible
• Translation ready

Privacy Policy

Prime SEO stores all data locally in your WordPress database:

• SEO settings and meta data
• Redirect rules
• 404 error logs (IP addresses stored for debugging purposes only)
• Backup files

External Services

This plugin connects to external services only when you explicitly use certain features:

IndexNow API (Free)

• Service: IndexNow (api.indexnow.org)
• When: When you click “Submit to IndexNow” or enable auto-submit
• Data sent: Your site’s URLs
• Purpose: Request faster indexing by search engines
• Privacy: IndexNow Privacy Policy

OpenAI API (Pro only)

• Service: OpenAI (api.openai.com)
• When: When you use “Generate with AI” or “Generate All with AI” features
• Data sent: Post title, excerpt, and content for SEO generation
• Purpose: Generate SEO titles and meta descriptions
• Privacy: OpenAI Privacy Policy
• Note: Requires your own OpenAI API key (BYOK model)

No tracking or analytics are performed. No data is shared with third parties except as described above.

Support

For support, please use the WordPress.org support forum. We aim to respond within 24-48 hours.

Credits

Prime SEO is developed by the Prime SEO team.

Built following WordPress Coding Standards.

Icons: Dashicons