Description
Albanian SEO is a lightweight, high-performance SEO plugin built for the Albanian and Kosovo market. The entire admin interface switches instantly between Albanian and English with a single toggle — independent of the WordPress site locale.
Key features
- Real-time bilingual (Albanian / English) — pick the language in the wizard; the whole interface flips instantly.
- Setup wizard — five skippable steps; the first step is the language choice.
- Dashboard with SEO audit — a score computed from real, on-site checks, graded A to F.
- Analytics — real metrics from your site (content growth, indexable pages, SEO completeness, keyword coverage) with an activity chart and content-by-type breakdown.
- Core SEO settings — Site Identity, Title Formats, Breadcrumbs, Hero & Branding, Business Info, Social, Image SEO, Schema Manager, Crawling, Indexing, Bulk overview, Author Archives, Integrations.
- Local schema (JSON-LD) — LocalBusiness / Organization / Person with address, phone (+355 / +383), opening hours, geo; plus WebSite + SearchAction, Article and BreadcrumbList.
- Meta, Open Graph & Twitter Cards — dynamic titles with tokens, descriptions, canonical, per-post overrides.
- XML sitemap index — /sitemap_index.xml with per-type child sitemaps (posts, pages, categories, custom post types), pagination, and a styled browser view.
- IndexNow — instantly notify Bing/Yandex on publish or update (opt-in).
- Block-editor SEO panel — a full-screen panel bound to post meta (General / Analysis / Schema / Social / Advanced).
- AI Tools (bring-your-own-key) — optional content briefs and metadata generation supporting xAI (Grok), OpenAI, and Anthropic; output is generated in your chosen language.
External services
This plugin can connect to the third-party services listed below. None of them are contacted automatically without explicit opt-in action from the site administrator. No user data leaves your site by default.
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xAI / Grok (api.x.ai)
- Used for: AI-powered SEO content briefs and metadata generation when xAI/Grok is selected as the AI provider. Only activated when the site owner enters an xAI API key.
- Data sent: User-provided keywords and topic context prompts (text only) sent via secure server-to-server HTTP request.
- Privacy policy: https://x.ai/legal/privacy-policy
- Terms of service: https://x.ai/legal/terms-of-service
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OpenAI (api.openai.com)
- Used for: AI-powered SEO content briefs and metadata generation when OpenAI is selected as the AI provider. Only activated when the site owner enters an OpenAI API key.
- Data sent: User-provided keywords and topic context prompts (text only) sent via secure server-to-server HTTP request.
- Privacy policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/
- Terms of service: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/
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Anthropic (api.anthropic.com)
- Used for: AI-powered SEO content briefs and metadata generation when Anthropic is selected as the AI provider. Only activated when the site owner enters an Anthropic API key.
- Data sent: User-provided keywords and topic context prompts (text only) sent via secure server-to-server HTTP request.
- Privacy policy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy
- Terms of service: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms
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IndexNow (api.indexnow.org)
- Used for: Instant URL submission to IndexNow-compatible search engines (Bing, Yandex, Seznam). Opt-in only, enabled via settings or triggered manually by the site owner.
- Data sent: Your site’s published URL(s), site hostname, and a locally generated IndexNow key.
- Privacy policy: https://www.indexnow.org/
- Terms of service: https://www.indexnow.org/documentation
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Google Analytics 4 (googletagmanager.com)
- Used for: Loading the standard GA4 gtag.js script on the site’s front end. Only activated when the site owner enters a valid GA4 Measurement ID in settings.
- Data sent: Standard, non-personally identifiable site navigation events and technical metadata collected by Google Analytics.
- Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Terms of service: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/
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Installation
- Upload the
theseoal-albanian-seofolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install the ZIP from Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu.
- The setup wizard opens automatically — choose your language and follow the steps (or skip).
- Visit Settings > Permalinks once and click Save so the sitemap and llms.txt routes register.
- (Optional) For AI Tools, select your preferred provider and add your API key under the plugin’s Settings.
FAQ
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Can I use it in both Albanian and English?
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The interface shows in the language you choose. You can change it anytime from the plugin’s Settings. It does not depend on the WordPress site locale.
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Do the +355 and +383 phone numbers work?
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Yes. Numbers are validated and the country (Albania / Kosovo) is detected automatically for local schema.
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Are the AI Tools required?
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No. They are entirely optional and only work if you select an AI provider and enter your API key. Everything else works without any external account.
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Does the sitemap work right after activation?
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Visit Settings > Permalinks once and click Save so the rewrite rules register, then open
/sitemap_index.xml.
Reviews
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Contributors & Developers
“Albanian SEO — The Local Search Engine | Optimizimi SEO në Shqip” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
ContributorsTranslate “Albanian SEO — The Local Search Engine | Optimizimi SEO në Shqip” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0.0
First public release.
* Real-time bilingual interface (Albanian / English) with a language switcher.
* Setup wizard with a language-first step.
* Dashboard SEO audit (graded score) and an Analytics page with real on-site metrics.
* Core SEO: Site Identity, Title Formats, Breadcrumbs, Hero & Branding, Business Info, Social, Image SEO, Schema Manager, Crawling, Indexing, Bulk overview, Author Archives, Integrations (verification + GA4).
* XML sitemap index with per-type child sitemaps and a styled browser view.
* IndexNow (automatic/manual), robots meta and robots.txt controls, and LLMs.txt (requires the free Rankal LLMs.txt plugin).
* Optional AI Tools (bring-your-own-key xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic): content briefs and metadata generator.
* Block-editor SEO panel bound to post meta.
* JSON-LD schema (LocalBusiness/Organization/Person, WebSite + SearchAction, Article, BreadcrumbList), Open Graph and Twitter Cards.
