Curator AI – SEO & Site Care
AI-assisted SEO copy and server-side site audits, without holding your provider API key
Most WordPress sites accumulate SEO debt quietly: posts published without a meta description, images with no alt text, articles nobody has touched in two years, a broken link nobody notices until a visitor hits it. Fixing that usually means hiring it out or clicking through every post by hand. Curator AI is built to do that checking automatically and report back in plain language, aimed at the person running the site day to day, not just the developer who installed it.
The plugin splits into two surfaces. Inside the block editor there's a Curator AI sidebar with SEO, Readability, Freshness, and Broken Links panels for working on the post that's open. In wp-admin there's a five-screen dashboard (Overview, Automation, Audit Reports, Bulk Operations, Settings) for running the same checks site-wide. Under the hood it registers ten discrete abilities: four AI writing jobs (generate-meta-title, generate-meta-description, generate-alt-text, refresh-content) and six server-side audits (stale content, readability, missing meta/alt, thin content, broken links, performance), all exposed over a REST API at curator-ai/v1. The audits run entirely on your own server; only the AI writing jobs and the optional PageSpeed Insights check send anything outside it, and the latter only sends the page URL, never post content.
The architecture decision worth noting is that Curator AI never stores or touches an AI provider API key itself. It lists WordPress.org's official "AI" plugin as a hard dependency and routes every generation request through whatever provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google) the site owner has already connected there. SEO output writes straight into Yoast SEO or Rank Math when either is active, and falls back to native storage when neither is. Automation rules that trigger these tasks on save or on a schedule all ship disabled, so nothing runs until the site owner switches it on.
What it does
SEO meta generation
Generates meta titles, meta descriptions, and image alt text, writing directly into Yoast SEO or Rank Math when either is active, or storing them natively when neither is installed.
Content freshness audit
Finds stale posts and refreshes them either by updating the publish date or by rewriting the sections that have gone out of date.
Server-side site audits
Runs readability scoring, missing-meta detection, missing-alt-text detection, thin-content detection, and broken-link checks entirely on your own server, no outside service required.
Core Web Vitals check
Optional page speed and Core Web Vitals audit through the Google PageSpeed Insights API, sending only the page address, never post content.
In-editor sidebar
Adds a Curator AI panel to the block editor with SEO, Readability, Freshness, and Broken Links tools so checks run without leaving the post.
Off-by-default automation
A hook-based and scheduled automation engine can run any of these tasks on save or on a timer, with every rule shipped disabled until explicitly turned on.
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FAQ
Do I need an API key?
Not for Curator AI itself, and it never stores one. The AI writing features use the separate free “AI” plugin, and that is where you add your provider and key.
Will this work if I do not use Yoast or Rank Math?
Yes. If you have Yoast or Rank Math, Curator AI writes the SEO text straight into them. If you do not, it simply stores the text itself.
Does any of my content get sent somewhere?
Only when you ask for an AI writing feature. Then your post content goes to the provider you set up in the AI plugin. The optional page speed check sends the page address to Google. Everything else stays on your own server.
Is it safe to install? Will it change my site on its own?
Yes, it is safe, and no, it will not act on its own. Every automation rule is off until you turn it on, so nothing happens until you choose to make it happen.
Can I use it without any AI at all?
Absolutely. The site health checks and the stale-post finder work with no AI plugin and no provider. You only need the AI plugin if you want Curator AI to write text or rewrite a post for you.