Knowledge base
- Add a free Pexels keyA Pexels key is the biggest visual upgrade you can make, and it's free. It takes about 2 minutes. ## Why bother SEOBetter adds images to every article…
- AI Provider settingsSettings > AI Provider controls where your article text comes from. It has a status card at the top and the provider setup below. ## The status card T…
- Article generation stalled or slowA few minutes is normal. SEOBetter researches your keyword on the live web before it writes, then generates the article section by section. A 2,000-wo…
- Author Bio settings (Pro+)Settings > Author Bio configures the author profile that appears on your articles. This is a Pro+ feature: on Free and Pro the fields are visible but…
- Branding settingsSettings > Branding has two cards: Brand Voice profiles and the Branding & AI Featured Image settings. ## Brand Voice profiles (Pro) Brand Voice teach…
- Connect your AI providerSEOBetter needs an AI model to write article text. On the free plan you have two ways to get one: 1. Use your 2 free cloud articles. No key needed. SE…
- Content freshness: find posts that need a refreshOld posts lose rankings. The Content Freshness page (SEOBetter → Content Freshness) lists every published post on your site, ranked by how urgently it…
- Content types explained: Blog Post, How-To and ListicleSEOBetter Free includes three content types. Pick one from the Content Type dropdown on the Generate Content page. The type changes the article's stru…
- Free plan limitsHere is everything the free plan includes and where the caps are, in one place. We'd rather you know the limits up front than hit them by surprise. ##…
- Free vs Pro: what's in each plan# Free vs Pro: what's in each plan An honest comparison. The free plugin is a real product, not a trial. Pro removes the limits and adds the advanced…
- General settingsSettings > General is a short tab: schema, llms.txt, and two API keys. ## Auto-generate schema On by default. When you save a post, SEOBetter generate…
- Generate your first articleGo to SEOBetter > Generate Content. One keyword in, a researched and scored article out. Here's how to fill in the form. ## Pick a good keyword This i…
- Google Search Console connect failsAlmost every failed GSC connection comes down to one thing: your site is not verified in Google Search Console under the same Google account you used…
- How do I change the AI model?If you use your own API key (BYOK), you pick the model yourself. Go to SEOBetter → Settings → AI Provider. ## The quick way Use the Quick Pick presets…
- How do I export an article outside WordPress?SEOBetter can hand you a generated article as a file, so you can use it outside WordPress. Three formats are supported: HTML, Markdown, and plain text…
- How do I generate an article for another country?The Target Country picker is the first section on the Generate Content page, above Keywords. Set it before you do anything else, including Auto-sugges…
- How do I improve a low GEO score?A score under 80 comes with a suggestions list. Work through it from the top. High-priority items show first with a red border, medium ones are collap…
- How do I publish a generated article?SEOBetter never publishes anything on its own. Generation ends with a draft that you review and publish yourself. ## Step by step 1. Generate the arti…
- How do I remove an API key?All keys live in SEOBetter → Settings. Where you remove one depends on the key type. ## Remove an AI provider key Go to Settings → AI Provider. Your c…
- How research works: real sources, no invented factsBefore SEOBetter writes a word, it researches your keyword on the live web. This is why articles take a few minutes to generate. ## The citation pool…
- I hit my free limitThe free plan has two separate article allowances, and both are lifetime caps per site, not monthly ones: - **2 cloud articles.** No API key needed. T…
- Images look wrong or genericNine times out of ten the fix is a free Pexels key. Without one, images come from a small shared pool and then from Openverse fallbacks, and quality d…
- Install and activate SEOBetterSEOBetter is a normal WordPress plugin. You can install it from the WordPress.org plugin directory or upload the zip file from seobetter.com. ## Optio…
- Internal links: orphan report and link suggestionsThe Internal Links page (SEOBetter → Internal Links) has two tabs. The Orphan Pages tab is free. The Link Suggestions tab needs Pro+. ## Orphan pages…
- License & Account settingsSEOBetter > Settings opens on the License & Account tab. This is where you see your plan, your usage, and where you activate a license key. ## Your pl…
- Local business articles: where the business data comes fromWhen your keyword has local intent, like "best cafes in bendigo", SEOBetter fills the article with real businesses from map and places databases. It n…
- References section missing or thinThe References section only ever contains real sources that the research step found and verified. The plugin never pads it. If research found two good…
- Research & Integrations settingsSettings > Research & Integrations covers local business data (Places), Google Search Console, and the diagnostic test buttons. ## Places: real local…
- Search Statistics and the Google Search Console dashboardThe Search Statistics page (SEOBetter → Search Statistics) shows how your content performs. It only displays data the plugin can actually measure. The…
- The setup wizardThe setup wizard lives at SEOBetter > Setup. It has five steps, and only one of them matters for generating articles long term (step 2). You can re-ru…
- Understanding your scoresSEOBetter shows two numbers for every article: the GEO Score and the SEOBetter Score. Both run locally on your site and both are free on every plan. #…
- What the GEO score meansGenerative engine optimization (GEO) is about getting your content cited by AI search tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Those t…
- Why do my score numbers differ?You may see two different numbers for the same article: a GEO score and a SEOBetter Score. Both are correct. They run the same underlying checks but g…