Title: Varnild Author: jacobmikkelsen0311 Published: June 16, 2026 Last modified: June 16, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/varnild/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3574957) ![](https://ps.w.org/varnild/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3574957) # Varnild By [jacobmikkelsen0311](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jacobmikkelsen0311/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/varnild.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varnild/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varnild/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varnild/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varnild/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/varnild/) ## Description Varnild checks how well your pages are set up to be found, read, and understood by AI search and assistants. Every result is transparent and explainable: each score is simply “X of Y checks passed”, so you always know why a page scored the way it did. What you get: * Deterministic, explainable checks across three areas (access, answerability, and technical basics). * Clear guidance on what to fix, shown only where a check fails. * A prioritized “Problems” view that lists the most widespread issues across your site first. * History, so you can see how a page develops over time. * Optional AI-generated suggestions (titles, descriptions, FAQ, structured data and more), drafted for you to review — never applied automatically. Varnild measures _readiness_ — how prepared a page is to be found by AI. It does not promise or guarantee that any page will be cited by an AI system. Scan results — including the score, check details, and any AI analysis and suggestions— are stored in your own WordPress database so you can view history. Only the three most recent scans per URL are kept. ### External services This plugin connects to an external service to analyze your pages: the Varnild scanning service. When you run a scan, the plugin sends the page’s URL to the Varnild service. The service retrieves that page, analyzes it, and returns the results (a score and the per-check details) to your site. When you request AI suggestions for a page, the plugin sends the page’s URL together with the list of checks that failed for that page. The Varnild service then retrieves the page and sends relevant page content to Google’s Gemini API to generate the suggestions, which are returned to your site as drafts for you to review. Data is sent to these services only when you actively start a scan or request AI suggestions — nothing is sent in the background. The Varnild service processes the data only to generate the results and does not retain the URL or page content after returning the response. The AI-suggestion feature is powered by Google’s Gemini API, so page content used for those suggestions is processed by Google. On Google’s free tier, submitted content may be used by Google to improve their services; see Google’s terms below. Google Gemini API — Terms: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms — Privacy: https:// policies.google.com/privacy ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/varnild` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress “Plugins” screen directly. 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress. 3. Open “Varnild” in the admin menu and run your first scan. ## FAQ ### Does this guarantee my site will be cited by AI? No. Varnild measures how _ready_ a page is to be found and understood by AI. It does not and cannot guarantee citation or ranking. ### Are the AI suggestions applied automatically? No. AI suggestions are drafts for you to review and adapt yourself. Nothing on your site is changed automatically. ### Where is my scan data stored? Scan results are stored locally in your own WordPress database (only the three most recent scans per URL are kept). To produce the results, the plugin also sends data to an external service — see the “External services” section below. ### Is it free? Yes. The scanning and guidance are free to use. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Varnild” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ jacobmikkelsen0311 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jacobmikkelsen0311/) [Translate “Varnild” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/varnild) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/varnild/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/varnild/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/varnild/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/varnild/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **21 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content/) [search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)[seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) [visibility](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visibility/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/varnild/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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