AI Auto-SEO Writer
WordPress SEO Plugin
Installation

Installation & Setup

Learn how to install the AI Auto-SEO Writer plugin, connect your AI provider, and start generating SEO-optimized metadata from the WordPress editor.

WordPress 6.0+ PHP 7.4+ OpenAI / OpenRouter

1. Requirements

Before installing the plugin, make sure your environment meets the following requirements:

  • WordPress: 6.0 or higher
  • PHP: 7.4 or higher
  • SEO plugins (optional): Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO
  • Multilingual (optional): Polylang or WPML
  • AI Provider: OpenAI or OpenRouter account

2. Plugin installation

From WordPress admin

  • Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
  • Select the plugin ZIP file you downloaded.
  • Click Install Now then Activate.
  • A new menu appears under Settings → AI Auto-SEO.

Via FTP (alternative)

  • Unzip the archive on your computer.
  • Upload the folder to wp-content/plugins/.
  • In WordPress admin, go to Plugins and activate AI Auto-SEO Writer.

3. Configure AI provider

3.1 Choose provider

In Settings → AI Auto-SEO, select your AI provider:

  • OpenAI – for models like gpt-4o-mini, gpt-4.1.
  • OpenRouter – access Mistral, Claude, Mixtral and other models.
  • Mock – no external calls, ideal for safe UI testing.

3.2 API key & models

  • Paste your API key in the appropriate field (OpenAI or OpenRouter).
  • Click Save Changes.
  • Focus the model select field to auto-fetch compatible models via REST.
  • Click Test API Connection to validate your configuration.

3.3 Language & tone

The plugin auto-detects the language of each post or page (Polylang / WPML / site locale) and enforces this language in the AI prompt. The Language target setting only acts as a fallback when no language is available.

You can also configure the default editorial tone (professional, pedagogical, marketing, inspirational, etc.) and an advanced prompt for power users.

3.4 WooCommerce & templates

WooCommerce mode

  • Enable Mode WooCommerce in settings to load the meta-box on products.
  • Prompts include product context (price, SKU, attributes, short description).
  • Dashboard also lists products with their SEO scores.

SEO templates

  • Templates available: blog post, product page, local business, service page, homepage.
  • Select a template in the meta-box to adapt the prompt to the content type.
  • Edit the template list in settings (format slug|Label|Prompt).

4. Using the AI meta-box

4.1 Generate SEO metas

  • Write or paste your content in the editor.
  • Scroll to the AI Auto-SEO meta-box.
  • Optionally choose a template (blog, product, local, service, homepage).
  • Select a mode: Remplacer, Ajouter à la fin or Mixer.
  • Click Generate SEO via IA.
  • If metas already exist and mode is Remplacer, a confirmation modal appears before overwriting anything.

4.2 Optimize content (popup)

  • Click Optimiser le contenu via IA from the meta-box.
  • The plugin sends the post content to the AI for readability improvement (or mock cleanup in demo mode).
  • The optimized text appears in a popup with a Copier button.
  • Your original content is never overwritten automatically.

5. Screenshots

These screenshots show the main steps and screens of AI Auto-SEO Writer inside WordPress.

1) Upload the plugin ZIP

Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin and select the plugin ZIP file.

Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin

2) Settings → AI Auto-SEO

After activation, configure the plugin from Settings → AI Auto-SEO.

Settings > AI Auto-SEO

3) API key configuration

Enter your OpenAI or OpenRouter API key, choose a model and test the connection.

API key section

4) Meta-box inside post editor

Use the AI Auto-SEO meta-box to generate SEO metas and optimize content.

AI Auto-SEO meta-box in post editor