xypherseo Review, Pricing & Features

XypherSEO is a WordPress plugin that combines traditional search engine optimization with newer answer engine optimization (AEO) and generative engine optimization (GEO) tooling in a single workspace. On the classic-SEO side, it lets editors control the SEO title, slug, meta description, focus keyword, and secondary keywords in one place, with live character counts, a desktop/mobile SERP preview, search-intent tagging (informational, commercial, transactional, navigational), canonical URL and robots-meta controls, and automatic XML sitemap generation. A live scoring engine grades each page as it's written and explains fixes in plain English rather than assuming SEO expertise, and the dashboard pulls in Google Search Console data for query and page-level rank tracking. On the AI-search side, XypherSEO adds an 'AECS' framework that scores content across Answer, Entity, Cluster, and Structure dimensions, helps writers surface clear, self-contained passages that are easier for generative engines to quote, generates and manages an llms.txt file describing the site to AI crawlers, and lets site owners control which AI crawlers can access their content. The vendor is explicit that no tool can guarantee an AI engine will actually cite a page — GEO features aim only to remove structural barriers to citation. The plugin is distributed as a free WordPress.org listing plus paid Pro and Ultimate tiers (the Ultimate tier bundles a Chrome extension) sold through Freemius checkout.