Title: Grounded AEO Author: Grounded AEO Published: August 25, 2026 Last modified: August 25, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/grounded-aeo/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3665853) ![](https://ps.w.org/grounded-aeo/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3665853) # Grounded AEO By [Grounded AEO](https://profiles.wordpress.org/groundedaeo2/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/grounded-aeo.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/grounded-aeo/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/grounded-aeo/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/grounded-aeo/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/grounded-aeo/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/grounded-aeo/) ## Description AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI) increasingly answer questions about your business by piecing together whatever they can scrape. When the scraps are messy, they guess, and sometimes they guess wrong. Grounded AEO gives them something better to read. Fill in one form and your site publishes: * `/.well-known/aeo.json` – your facts in the open v=AEO1 format (aeorecord.org) * `/llms.txt` – a plain-text digest AI crawlers understand * Organization schema and a `rel="aeo"` discovery link in every page head Everything updates the moment you save the form. Nothing to write by hand, nothing to keep in sync. The plugin also shows you the optional `_aeo` DNS TXT record that announces your record to engines, with a one-click check to confirm it is live. **Honest labeling.** Records published by this plugin are self-declared: they state what you say about your business. Verified records (domain-control proof, cryptographic signature, weekly measurement of whether engines actually cite you) are a separate service at groundedaeo.com. The plugin is fully functional without it. **Open standard.** v=AEO1 is an open, unowned format documented at aeorecord.org, with a published IETF Internet-Draft (draft-miller-aeo). This plugin is one implementation; anyone can build another. ### External services This plugin serves its records entirely from your own site. One optional feature contacts an external service: **Google Public DNS (DNS-over-HTTPS)** is used only by the “Check my DNS” button on the Publish tab, and only when you click it. It queries `https://dns.google/resolve` from your browser to look up the optional `_aeo` TXT record on your own domain, so the request contains your site’s hostname and nothing else. No request is made from your server, and nothing runs automatically. This service is provided by Google: [terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms), [privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy). The “Run the free audit” link on the Publish tab is an ordinary link to groundedaeo. com that opens in your browser; the plugin itself sends no data there. ## Screenshots [⌊Your facts, one form: everything the record serves comes from here.⌉⌊Your facts, one form: everything the record serves comes from here.⌉[ Your facts, one form: everything the record serves comes from here. [⌊The Publish tab: what your site now serves, the optional DNS record with a one- click check, and the honest upgrade path.⌉⌊The Publish tab: what your site now serves, the optional DNS record with a one-click check, and the honest upgrade path.⌉[ The Publish tab: what your site now serves, the optional DNS record with a one-click check, and the honest upgrade path. ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin. 2. Go to Settings, then Grounded AEO. 3. Fill in your business facts and save. 4. Your record is live at /.well-known/aeo.json – the Publish tab links to everything being served. ## FAQ ### Does this replace my SEO plugin? No. It publishes machine-readable facts for AI answer engines. It coexists with Yoast, Rank Math and similar plugins. If another plugin already outputs Organization schema, you can keep either; duplicate Organization blocks are tolerated by crawlers but tidier to avoid. ### I already have an llms.txt file The plugin detects a physical llms.txt in your web root and steps aside; yours is served untouched. ### What data does the plugin send anywhere? None. It serves files from your own site. The optional DNS check calls Google’s public DNS-over-HTTPS endpoint from your browser, and nothing else leaves your server. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Grounded AEO” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Grounded AEO ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/groundedaeo2/) [Translate “Grounded AEO” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/grounded-aeo) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/grounded-aeo/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/grounded-aeo/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/grounded-aeo/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/grounded-aeo/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * First release: facts form, aeo.json, llms.txt, Organization schema, rel=aeo link, DNS helper. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[llms.txt](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/llms-txt/) [schema](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/schema/)[seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) [structured data](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/structured-data/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/grounded-aeo/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/grounded-aeo/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/grounded-aeo/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Grounded AEO ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/groundedaeo2/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/grounded-aeo/)