RankKit SEO documentation
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105 guides to every feature of RankKit SEO and RankKit SEO Pro, from your first audit to letting AI agents work on your SEO.
- Quick startInstall, import and run your first audit in ten minutes.
- Connect an AI agentClaude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code over MCP.
- Add your AI keyUse your own Claude, OpenAI or Gemini key. No credits.
- Switch from Yoast or Rank MathBring titles, schema and redirects across, with undo.
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Getting started
Install RankKit SEO, find your way around, switch from another SEO plugin and choose Free or Pro.
- Quick start: RankKit SEO in 10 minutes
- Install RankKit SEO
- System requirements
- A tour of the RankKit SEO admin
- The Dashboard and SEO health score
AI agents & MCP
Let Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code work on your SEO over MCP, with approval, dry runs and undo.
- Connect an AI agent to WordPress over MCP
- Connect Claude Code
- Connect Claude Desktop
- Connect Cursor
- Connect VS Code (GitHub Copilot)
AI features
Use your own Claude, OpenAI, Gemini or local model key to write titles, descriptions, alt text and drafts.
- Add your AI provider key
- What RankKit SEO's AI can do
- AI assistant in the editor: generate metadata and review content
- Write a post with AI in the editor
- AI writer: briefs and drafts
Titles, meta & content
SEO titles and descriptions, the editor SEO panel, focus keywords, content analysis and social sharing.
- Set up titles and meta descriptions
- Settings for posts, pages and custom post types
- Title and description variables
- Edit SEO in the block editor
- SEO in the Classic Editor
Schema & rich results
Automatic structured data, the per-page schema manager, templates, FAQ and How-to blocks and breadcrumbs.
- How RankKit SEO's schema works
- Add and edit schema on a page
- Check and import schema
- Schema templates and custom fieldsPRO
- FAQ, How-to and Table of contents blocks
Sitemaps & crawling
XML sitemaps, robots.txt, AI crawler rules, llms.txt, Markdown pages and IndexNow.
- XML sitemaps
- News and video sitemapsPRO
- Edit robots.txt
- Control and track AI crawlers
- llms.txt and Markdown pages for AI
Redirects & 404s
Send old URLs to the right place, watch for 404s and keep links working when slugs change.
- Create and manage redirects
- Automatic redirects when a slug changes
- Regex, prefix, 410 and 451 redirectsPRO
- 404 monitor and catch-allPRO
- Import redirects from Redirection and other plugins
Site audit & performance
Find and fix what holds the site back: SEO checks, page speed, competitors, index status and broken links.
- Run a site audit and fix issues
- Every site audit check explained
- Security hardening settings
- Page speed and Core Web Vitals
- Competitor analysis
Search Console & analytics
Connect Google Search Console and GA4, then find opportunities, track rankings and recover lost traffic.
- Connect Google Search Console and GA4
- Use Site Kit by Google's connection
- Search and traffic reports
- Add the Google Analytics 4 tag
- Search Console opportunitiesPRO
AI search visibility
Get found and recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, and measure the traffic they send.
- Optimize for AI search (GEO)
- AI visibility trackingPRO
- AI referral revenue for WooCommercePRO
- Measure traffic from AI assistants
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Integrations
Local SEO, WooCommerce, Elementor and multilingual sites with WPML, Polylang or TranslatePress.
Tools & settings
The Change Log, backups, export and import, email reports, user roles and what uninstalling removes.
- The Change Log: history and undo
- Backups, export and import settings
- File editor: edit robots.txt and .htaccess
- Email reports
- Role manager: who can do what
Account & billing
Your RankKit SEO Pro license, the free trial, updates, renewals and refunds.
- Install RankKit SEO Pro and activate your license
- Start the 14-day free trial
- Manage your license, sites and renewals
- Refunds and cancellations
- Update RankKit SEO
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Developers
Hooks and filters, the REST API, template tags and shortcodes, and the full MCP tool reference.
Troubleshooting & FAQ
Fixes for common problems and answers to the questions we hear most.
- Frequently asked questions
- Common problems and fixes
- Running RankKit SEO alongside another SEO plugin
- Get support
Popular guides
- Quick start: RankKit SEO in 10 minutesInstall RankKit SEO, bring your SEO data across from another plugin, run your first audit, add your AI key and connect an AI agent.
- Connect an AI agent to WordPress over MCPTurn on RankKit SEO's built-in MCP server and connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code so an AI agent can audit and fix your SEO.
- Switch from Yoast SEO, Rank Math or another SEO pluginImport titles, descriptions, keywords, robots, canonicals, social fields and redirects from Yoast SEO, Rank Math, AIOSEO and others into RankKit SEO.
- Add your AI provider keyConnect RankKit SEO to Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, a local model or WordPress AI with your own key, then test the connection.
- Create and manage redirectsSend old URLs to new ones with 301, 302 and 307 redirects in RankKit SEO, with hit counts, search, automatic slug-change redirects and one-click undo.
- XML sitemapsRankKit SEO's XML sitemaps build on WordPress core sitemaps and leave out noindexed content. Find your sitemap URL, choose what's included and submit it.
- Connect Google Search Console and GA4Connect Search Console and GA4 to RankKit SEO with your own Google Cloud OAuth client or a service account, then choose your properties.
- Approval mode, dry runs and undoHow RankKit SEO keeps AI agents in check: preview every change with a dry run, hold edits for your approval, and undo any applied change.
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