{"id":344171,"date":"2026-07-24T14:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/ai-citation-readiness-checker\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:56:36","slug":"dnz-citation-readiness-checker","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/dnz-citation-readiness-checker\/","author":23536788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.2","stable_tag":"1.0.2","tested":"7.0.2","requires":"6.0","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"DNZ Citation Readiness Checker","header_author":"DNZ Technologies","header_description":"Checks each post, while you write it, for the things that make content easy for AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity to cite \u2014 a direct-answer opening, question-style headings, a meta summary, content depth, freshness, and structured formatting.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-07-24 14:56:36","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":52,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0.0":{"tag":"1.0.0","author":"dnztechnologies","date":"2026-07-24 14:44:40"},"1.0.2":{"tag":"1.0.2","author":"dnztechnologies","date":"2026-07-24 14:56:36"}},"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"<p>Initial public release.<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.0","1.0.2"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":{"1":"The AI Citation Readiness panel in the block editor sidebar, showing the live checklist."}},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[220145,216196,2166,245227,186],"plugin_category":[55],"plugin_contributors":[273178],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-344171","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-ai-search","plugin_tags-chatgpt","plugin_tags-content-optimization","plugin_tags-generative-engine-optimization","plugin_tags-seo","plugin_category-seo-and-marketing","plugin_contributors-dnztechnologies","plugin_committers-dnztechnologies"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/dnz-citation-readiness-checker.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>Search is changing. AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other AI answer engines now summarize and cite sources directly on the results page \u2014 and research shows that many of the pages they cite don't even rank in the traditional top 10 organic results.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>DNZ Citation Readiness Checker<\/strong> adds a simple checklist to the WordPress block editor sidebar, so you can see \u2014 while you're writing, not after you publish \u2014 whether a post is structured in a way that AI systems are more likely to cite.<\/p>\n\n<h4>What it checks<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Direct-answer opening<\/strong> \u2014 does your post open with a clear, direct sentence, or does the answer get buried under an intro?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Question-style headings<\/strong> \u2014 are any of your H2\/H3 headings phrased as real questions, matching how people ask AI tools?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meta summary \/ excerpt<\/strong> \u2014 is a clear excerpt set, giving search and AI systems a clean description to draw from?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Content depth<\/strong> \u2014 is there enough substance (roughly 300+ words) to be worth citing as a source?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Freshness<\/strong> \u2014 has the post been updated recently? Research shows recently-updated content is cited significantly more often than stale content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Structured format<\/strong> \u2014 does the post use lists or tables where it makes sense? Structured formats are cited more often than plain prose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Each check gives a plain-English pass\/warn\/missing status and a specific suggestion \u2014 no jargon, no vague scores.<\/p>\n\n<h4>What this plugin does not do<\/h4>\n\n<p>To be transparent about scope: this plugin only checks on-page content factors that are visible from inside the post editor. It does <strong>not<\/strong> check or affect off-page factors like backlinks, domain authority, page speed, or third-party review platform presence \u2014 all of which also influence AI citation likelihood, but are outside what a content editor tool can evaluate. Think of this as one part of a broader AI-visibility strategy, not the whole picture.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Privacy<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin runs entirely inside your WordPress admin editor. It does not send any data to external servers, does not call any third-party API, and does not track or collect any information about you or your site.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin files to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/dnz-citation-readiness-checker<\/code> directory, or install directly through the WordPress plugins screen.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Open any post or page in the block editor.<\/li>\n<li>Click the three-dot menu in the top right and select \"DNZ Citation Readiness,\" or find its icon among the editor's sidebar icons.<\/li>\n<li>The checklist updates live as you write.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20plugin%20change%20anything%20on%20my%20live%20site%3F\"><h3>Does this plugin change anything on my live site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. It only runs inside the WordPress post editor (admin area) and never affects your site's front end or what visitors see.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20guarantee%20my%20content%20will%20be%20cited%20by%20ai%20search%20tools%3F\"><h3>Does this guarantee my content will be cited by AI search tools?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No tool can guarantee that \u2014 AI citation depends on many factors, including some (like domain authority and backlinks) that are outside any single plugin's control. This checklist addresses the on-page factors that research has linked to citation likelihood, but it is one input among several.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20this%20slow%20down%20my%20editor%3F\"><h3>Will this slow down my editor?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. All checks run instantly in your browser against the content already loaded in the editor \u2014 there are no external requests or API calls.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20work%20with%20yoast%20seo%20%2F%20rank%20math%20%2F%20all%20in%20one%20seo%3F\"><h3>Does this work with Yoast SEO \/ Rank Math \/ All in One SEO?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. 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