Title: HitMind – Striking Distance Keywords Author: hitmind Published: November 13, 2026 Last modified: November 13, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/assets/banner-772x250.png? rev=3799865) ![](https://ps.w.org/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/assets/icon-256x256.png? rev=3799865) # HitMind – Striking Distance Keywords By [hitmind](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hitmind/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/) ## Description Striking distance keywords are the ones you already rank for just off page one, at positions 11 to 20. Google already shows your page for them, but almost nobody clicks past page one. They are the closest wins you have: the page exists, it ranks, and it needs to move up a few places, not start from nothing. Striking Distance Keywords lists them for your site, in WordPress: * **Every non-branded keyword at positions 11–20,** up to the top 100 by monthly searches, all listed right in WordPress. * **Position, monthly searches, and the page that ranks,** so you know which page to improve or link to. * **12 Google markets:** United States, Spain, France, Germany, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and Vietnam. The plugin picks the one that matches your site’s language; you can change it. * **One click, no account, no API key.** What it does not do: * It never runs on its own. Nothing is sent until an administrator clicks the button, and it adds nothing to your pages. * It does not need Search Console or any login. * It stores one thing: the last result, as a single option that is removed when you delete the plugin. Positions come from public Google ranking data (DataForSEO), not from your Search Console, so they can differ a little from what Search Console shows. Each site and market is looked up at most once a week; asking again within the week shows the same result. If you want these keywords written about, the page has a link to sign up for HitMind with the list: HitMind starts your site with the top five as topics, drafts the articles, and sends them to WordPress as drafts once you connect the site. Using the plugin does not require it. ### External services This plugin uses HitMind’s Page-2 keyword finder (https://hitmind.ai/hitmindapi/ v1/public/page2-keywords), the same service behind the free tool at https://hitmind. ai/tools/page-2-keywords/. * **When:** only when an administrator clicks “Find my page-2 keywords” under Tools Striking Distance Keywords. Never in the background. * **What is sent:** your site’s domain (for example example.com), the Google market you pick, and the tag “wp-plugin”. As with any web request, hitmind.ai also receives your server’s IP address. No content, user data or visitor data is sent. * **What happens to it:** HitMind looks up public Google ranking data for the domain from DataForSEO, keeps the result for 7 days so the same lookup is not repeated, and gives the result a link (anyone with the link can open it). * HitMind [terms of service](https://hitmind.ai/terms) and [privacy policy](https://hitmind.ai/privacy). * HitMind gets the ranking data from DataForSEO; your site never contacts DataForSEO. DataForSEO [terms of service](https://dataforseo.com/terms-of-service) and [privacy policy](https://dataforseo.com/privacy-policy). The page also has links to hitmind.ai that open only when you click them: “Have HitMind write them” (sign up with this list) and “Run the free audit” (with your domain filled in). They carry utm_source=wordpress-plugin so HitMind can count visits from the plugin. ## Screenshots [⌊The keywords your site ranks for at positions 11–20, with monthly searches and the page that ranks.⌉⌊The keywords your site ranks for at positions 11–20, with monthly searches and the page that ranks.⌉[ The keywords your site ranks for at positions 11–20, with monthly searches and the page that ranks. [⌊Before the first lookup: pick a market; the page says what is sent.⌉⌊Before the first lookup: pick a market; the page says what is sent.⌉[ Before the first lookup: pick a market; the page says what is sent. ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin. 2. Go to Tools Striking Distance Keywords. 3. Check the Google market and click “Find my page-2 keywords”. ## FAQ ### What are striking distance keywords? Keywords your site ranks for on Google’s second page, positions 11 to 20. They already have Google’s attention, which makes them easier to move onto page one than keywords you don’t rank for at all. ### Why are the positions different from Search Console? The plugin uses public ranking data for the market you pick, measured from that country. Search Console averages your positions over every search, place and device, so the two rarely match exactly. ### Why can I check only once a week? Each lookup costs HitMind money, so HitMind keeps it for 7 days and answers the same question with the same result until then. You can check a different market at any time. ### It says today’s lookups are used up. Lookups from all WordPress sites share a daily allowance. Try again the next day. Your last result stays on the page. ### It says my site’s address isn’t a public domain. Google can only rank sites on the public internet, so the plugin doesn’t look up localhost, IP addresses or names such as .local and .test. Use it on your live site. ### What exactly is sent? Your site’s domain, the market you pick and a tag saying the request came from this plugin. See “External services”. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “HitMind – Striking Distance Keywords” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ hitmind ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hitmind/) [Translate “HitMind – Striking Distance Keywords” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * First release. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [google rankings](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google-rankings/)[keyword research](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/keyword-research/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hitmind-striking-distance-keywords/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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