AEO Content AI Studio

Description

AEO Content AI Studio connects your WordPress site to the AEO Content AI Studio platform for AI-powered content management and AI visibility auditing.

What is AEO? AI Engine Optimization is the practice of structuring web content so AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — can discover, parse, and cite it. While SEO focuses on search rankings, AEO focuses on getting your content into AI-generated answers.

What This Plugin Does

Content Publishing — AEO Content AI Studio reads your existing posts, optimizes them with AI, and publishes updated or new content back to your site via a secure REST API. Categories, tags, featured images, and FAQ schema are handled automatically.

Audit Report — View your site’s AI visibility score directly in the WordPress dashboard. The audit evaluates 28 weighted criteria across three tiers — Content Substance, Content Organization, and Technical Plumbing — scored from 0 to 100. Each criterion includes detailed findings and a prioritized fix list.

Activity Log — Every API interaction is logged with timestamps, status, and details. Filter by command or status, export to CSV, and auto-cleanup keeps logs manageable.

Features

  • Read, create, and update posts from AEO Content AI Studio
  • View 28-criteria AI visibility audit report in WordPress admin
  • Browse site categories and tags via REST API for platform sync
  • Track all API activity with filterable log and CSV export
  • Automatic heartbeat keeps platform and plugin in sync
  • Secure API Key authentication on all endpoints

How It Works

  1. Install the plugin and enter your API Key from the AEO Content dashboard
  2. AEO Content AI Studio syncs your categories, tags, and posts via authenticated REST API
  3. AEO Content AI Studio analyzes and optimizes your content
  4. Optimized content is published back to WordPress with one click
  5. View your site’s AEO audit score and recommendations in the Audit Report tab

External Service

This plugin connects to the AEO Content platform at aeocontent.ai for the following purposes:

  • Registration (on initial setup): When you save your API Key, the plugin sends your site URL to https://www.aeocontent.ai/api/v1/plugin/register to register the connection. No content or personal data is transmitted.
  • Heartbeat (periodic): The plugin sends your site URL, plugin version, WordPress version, PHP version, and enabled features to https://www.aeocontent.ai/api/v1/plugin/heartbeat. This keeps the platform in sync and delivers any pending updates. No personal data or site content is transmitted.
  • Audit Report (on demand): When you view the Audit Report page, the plugin fetches your site’s audit data from https://www.aeocontent.ai/api/v1/audits/{site-slug}. This returns scoring data and recommendations generated by the platform. Audit results are cached locally for 1 hour.

All communication uses HTTPS and is authenticated via API Key. The platform’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy apply to data processed on the platform side.

Privacy

This plugin connects to the external service at aeocontent.ai. See the “External Service” section in the Description for full details on what data is transmitted and when.

The plugin stores the IP address of incoming API requests in the activity log for security and diagnostic purposes. Log entries are automatically deleted after 90 days. No cookies are set, no users are tracked, and no analytics are collected on the frontend.

Screenshots

  • Audit Report — AI visibility score with 28-criteria breakdown
  • Settings — API Key connection and feature toggle
  • Activity Log — Filterable log of all API interactions with CSV export

Installation

  1. Upload the aeo-content-ai-studio folder to /wp-content/plugins/
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Go to AEO Content > Settings and enter your API Key
  4. Enable the Content Publishing feature
  5. View your audit score under AEO Content > Audit Report

Alternatively, search for “AEO Content AI Studio” in the WordPress plugin directory and install directly.

FAQ

Do I need an AEO Content account?

Yes. The plugin connects to the AEO Content platform which manages content optimization and audit scoring. Visit aeocontent.ai to get started with a free audit.

What does the Audit Report show?

The audit evaluates your site across 28 weighted criteria grouped into three tiers: Content Substance (~55% of score), Content Organization (~30%), and Technical Plumbing (~15%). You get a score out of 100 with detailed findings per criterion and a prioritized list of improvements ranked by impact. Most websites score between 30 and 60; above 70 indicates strong AI visibility.

How does content publishing work?

AEO Content AI Studio reads your posts via the plugin’s REST API, optimizes them using AI, and sends updated content back. The plugin creates or updates WordPress posts with the optimized content, including categories, tags, featured images, and FAQ structured data. You control which posts are updated from AEO Content AI Studio.

Is it compatible with Yoast SEO / Rank Math?

Yes. The plugin does not inject schema or modify meta tags on the frontend. It manages post content and metadata through standard WordPress functions, so it works alongside any SEO plugin without conflicts.

What data does the plugin send to aeocontent.ai?

The heartbeat sends only technical metadata: site URL, plugin version, WordPress version, PHP version, and enabled features. Post content is only transmitted when you explicitly use AEO Content AI Studio to read or publish posts. All communication is encrypted via HTTPS.

Does the plugin slow down my site?

No. The plugin has zero frontend footprint — it does not add scripts, styles, or markup to your public pages. The heartbeat runs via WP-Cron in the background, and audit data is cached locally.

Can I use this without the platform?

The plugin requires a valid API Key from the AEO Content platform. Without it, the REST API endpoints remain inactive. The plugin does not break your site if disconnected — it simply has no data to display.

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Contributors & Developers

“AEO Content AI Studio” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Content Publishing — create and update posts via AEO Content AI Studio
  • Audit Report — 28-criteria AI visibility score with detailed findings
  • Activity Log — filterable command log with CSV export and auto-cleanup
  • REST API — posts, categories, tags, publish, command dispatch, and health check
  • API Key authentication with constant-time comparison
  • Periodic heartbeat for platform connectivity
  • Admin dashboard with three pages: Audit Report, Settings, Activity Log