Description
Web Plura Site Discovery Checker helps WordPress site owners, agencies, local businesses, publishers, and ecommerce teams review whether a site exposes the basic discovery signals that search engines and AI-assisted answer systems can use.
The free version is a local WordPress admin tool. It runs from wp-admin, stores the latest local readiness snapshot and retained local history, and does not require a paid account, external service connection, Web Plura Cloud connection, or AI-provider connection.
Who this is for
Use the free plugin when you want a quick local check for:
- A new WordPress site before launch.
- A business site that needs clear organization or local business identity signals.
- A content site that needs basic sitemap, robots.txt, and indexability checks.
- An agency handoff where the client needs a simple readiness report.
- A site owner who wants to confirm that common discovery blockers are not obvious in wp-admin.
Free version features
From wp-admin, the free plugin checks:
- robots.txt readiness.
- robots.txt crawl blocking and Sitemap directive hints.
- WordPress sitemap readiness.
- Same-site sitemap URL samples.
- Sitemap child URL availability and sampled URL type summary.
- WordPress search engine visibility.
- Homepage and sitemap response status from same-site WordPress HTTP requests.
- Sampled page noindex, canonical mismatch, and password-protection signals.
- Optional llms.txt presence.
- Basic Organization or LocalBusiness schema hints and identity fields on the homepage.
- Basic entity clarity signals from the site title, tagline or meta description, homepage title, social preview metadata, sameAs or common social profile links, and logo or identity image hints.
The free plugin also includes:
- An AJAX-first Dashboard page with the latest basic readiness score, inline progress, and a no-JavaScript fallback.
- A Findings page with grouped current local issues.
- A fix-first list for the highest-priority local items.
- A Report page for the latest local snapshot and a copyable local handoff summary.
- A CSV export of the latest local report.
- Retained local history of recent basic checks with a storage-safety bound.
- Data & Scope and About pages that explain the local-only scope.
Separate Pro and hosted workflows
The separate Pro add-on and hosted workflows are intended for monitoring and reporting performed outside this free local plugin. Depending on the active hosted setup and connected services, those workflows may include:
- Prompt and AI answer visibility monitoring.
- Competitor and category tracking.
- Scheduled cloud monitoring and trend reporting.
- Hosted content and entity readiness review.
- Agency-oriented reporting workflows.
- Hosted reports, exports, and client-facing summaries.
- Cloud-connected monitoring and alerts.
The free plugin remains useful on its own. It does not hide the local readiness checks, local findings, local report, local CSV export, or retained local history behind a paid account. Pro and hosted workflows are separate and are not required for the free local check.
What this plugin does not do
The free plugin does not:
- Query AI providers.
- Track prompts, rankings, competitors, citations, or cloud trends.
- Replace a full SEO plugin.
- Guarantee search indexing or AI answer inclusion.
- Manage Web Plura Cloud accounts, checkout, or hosted account validation.
Product page: https://wplura.com/products/web-plura-site-discovery-checker
Terms: https://wplura.com/terms
Privacy: https://wplura.com/privacy
External Services
This free plugin does not connect to third-party AI, SEO, analytics, advertising, or hosted monitoring services.
During a local check, the plugin performs same-site HTTP requests from WordPress to the WordPress site’s own public URLs. These requests may include the homepage, robots.txt, sitemap URLs, llms.txt, and sampled same-site public URLs. The requests are used only to inspect the site’s own public discovery signals and generate the local readiness snapshot.
The free plugin does not send local scan results to Web Plura Cloud. Opening product, terms, privacy, or upgrade links in wp-admin will load the linked Web Plura website in the administrator’s browser, but the free plugin does not attach local scan results to those links.
Privacy
The free plugin stores the local data acknowledgement, latest basic local scan, and retained local history in WordPress options. The local report may include public URLs from the same WordPress site and basic status details about discovery signals. Administrators can export the latest local snapshot as a CSV file after accepting the local data acknowledgement.
The free plugin does not collect cloud passwords, payment information, prompt data, competitor lists, rankings, citations, or hosted monitoring data.
Installation
- Upload the
web-plura-site-discovery-checkerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate the plugin from the Plugins screen.
- Open
Web Plura Site Discovery Checkerin wp-admin. - Accept the local data acknowledgement.
- Click
Run Local Checkon the Dashboard. - Review the Findings and Report pages.
- Download the CSV report if you need a local handoff file.
FAQ
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Does this plugin require a paid account?
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No. The free local readiness checks work without a paid account, Web Plura Cloud connection, external service connection, or Pro add-on.
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Does the free plugin query AI providers?
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No. The free plugin checks only local WordPress readiness signals and same-site public URLs. Prompt tracking and AI answer monitoring are separate hosted workflows.
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What data is sent externally?
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The free plugin does not send prompt data, content reports, site discovery results, local scan output, administrator details, or CSV reports to an external AI, SEO, analytics, or hosted monitoring service.
The free plugin may request the site’s own public homepage, robots.txt URL, sitemap URL, llms.txt URL, and sampled same-site public URLs from WordPress to inspect basic rendered readiness signals.
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Where is scan data stored?
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The local data acknowledgement, latest basic readiness snapshot, and retained local history are stored in WordPress options in the same WordPress installation. Local history uses a storage-safety retention bound. Uninstalling the plugin removes the plugin’s local options.
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Does the plugin change my SEO settings?
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No. The free plugin reports basic readiness signals and suggested next steps. It does not automatically change robots.txt rules, sitemap settings, noindex settings, schema markup, titles, or SEO plugin settings.
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Can this replace a full SEO plugin?
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No. It complements SEO plugins by checking a focused set of readiness signals. Use your SEO plugin, theme, hosting tools, and content workflow to make the actual site changes.
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What is the difference between Free and Pro?
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The free version is a local readiness checker for discovery blockers and signals, including local findings, local report output, local CSV export, and retained local history. Separate Pro and hosted workflows are for prompt monitoring, competitor workflows, scheduled cloud monitoring, hosted reports, client workflows, and alerts.
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Will this guarantee that my site appears in AI answers?
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No. The plugin checks practical readiness signals, but search engines and AI answer systems use their own crawling, indexing, ranking, and citation decisions.
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Changelog
0.1.0
- Initial release.
- Added basic local readiness checks for search visibility, homepage response, robots, sitemap, sampled indexability, canonical tags, password protection, optional llms.txt, entity clarity, sameAs or social profile signals, and homepage schema hints.
- Added fix-first local findings, latest local CSV export, and retained local basic scan history.