At a copywriting conference around 2011, a group of journalists asked their SEO tool \u2014 half sarcastically \u2014 whether they should just repeat their keyword phrase fifteen times in a row.<\/p>\n\n
The tool essentially said yes.<\/p>\n\n
That's the problem Manny Wenas SEO was built to fix.<\/p>\n\n
Every other SEO plugin on the market was designed to make Google happy. Manny Wenas SEO was designed to make writers happy. The difference matters. Mechanical writing ranks worse than good writing. Always has. We just happen to be the first plugin to build that conviction into the scoring.<\/p>\n\n
Our core principle: reward writers for organically placing their keyphrase. Never make them feel like they're writing for a search engine algorithm. Mechanical writing is the enemy.<\/p>\n\n
We check five things: your keyphrase in the title, in the opening paragraph, in a subheading, in the slug, and in the meta description. That's it. We don't count how many times you used it in the body. We don't penalise you for not hitting a density percentage. We don't tell you to stuff it into places it doesn't belong.<\/p>\n\n
If you wrote a good article and placed your keyphrase naturally in those five locations, you'll score well. If you wrote a great article but missed one, you'll still score well \u2014 and we'll tell you which one you missed, not scold you for it.<\/p>\n\n
Deliberately excluded: redirects, 404 monitor, analytics dashboard, AI writer.<\/p>\n\n
This plugin optionally connects to the following third-party services. All external connections are disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled by the site administrator.<\/p>\n\n
IndexNow<\/strong> (optional, disabled by default)\nWhen enabled, notifies search engines of new or updated content via the IndexNow protocol.\nSends: the URL of the published\/updated post, plus the site's IndexNow API key.\nTriggered: when a post is published or updated, if the feature is enabled (Manny Wenas SEO > Verification & IndexNow).\nService provider: IndexNow (Microsoft\/Bing)\nTerms of use: https:\/\/www.indexnow.org\/documentation\nPrivacy policy: https:\/\/privacy.microsoft.com\/en-us\/privacystatement<\/p>\n\n Google Trends<\/strong> (optional, disabled by default)\nWhen enabled, shows a search-interest score for your focus keyphrase in the post editor.\nSends: the focus keyphrase you typed, to trends.google.com (unofficial endpoint, no account or API key).\nTriggered: about 800 milliseconds after you stop typing the focus keyphrase in the SEO metabox, if the feature is enabled (Manny Wenas SEO > General). Results are cached for 24 hours, failed requests for 1 hour.\nService provider: Google LLC\nTerms of use: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\nPrivacy policy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy<\/p>\n\n Google Search Console<\/strong> (optional, OAuth-based)\nWhen enabled, connects to your GSC account to display search query data for a post.\nSends: OAuth tokens managed by the site administrator and, when the metabox asks for query data, the URL of the post. No post content is sent.\nTriggered: only after the GSC integration is manually authorized by the administrator.\nService provider: Google LLC\nTerms of use: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\nPrivacy policy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy<\/p>\n\n OpenAI \/ Anthropic<\/strong> (pro tier only, not included in this plugin)\nThe pro version of this plugin (distributed separately, not through WordPress.org) optionally connects to OpenAI or Anthropic APIs for AI-assisted meta generation. This functionality is not present in the version hosted on WordPress.org.<\/p>\n\n\n Because keyword density is not a Google ranking signal, and chasing it produces worse writing. The plugin checks that your keyphrase appears in the five places that actually matter for crawling and indexing: the title, the opening paragraph, a subheading, the slug, and the meta description. That's where placement counts.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Manny Wenas SEO detects both plugins and defers automatically \u2014 it will not output duplicate meta tags, schema, or sitemaps when either is active. You can use Manny Wenas SEO for scoring and writing guidance while keeping your existing SEO plugin for other features.<\/p><\/dd>\n The 0-100 score is split across four areas: Text & Content (45 points), Placement (30 points), Technical (15 points), and Optional signals (10 points). The written verdict in the editor tells you exactly what you scored and what, if anything, to fix \u2014 in plain language, not a traffic light colour.<\/p><\/dd>\n The free version on WordPress.org does not. A separate pro version (distributed outside the directory) includes optional AI-assisted meta generation via OpenAI or Anthropic. That functionality is not present here.<\/p><\/dd>\n An emerging standard that helps AI language models understand your site's content structure. The plugin generates it automatically on a weekly schedule, listing your anchor posts first.<\/p><\/dd>\n The metabox renders in both the block editor and the classic editor. The real-time score preview requires the block editor.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n
manny-wenas-seo<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory, or install directly through the WordPress Plugins screen.<\/li>\n\n
Why doesn't this check keyword density?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I use this alongside Yoast SEO or Rank Math?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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What is llms.txt?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does this work with the classic editor?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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