MAIO - ChatGPT SEO Tracking & AI Search Optimization for WordPress
| Developer | ashleysmith1 |
|---|---|
| Update Time | March 6, 2026, 7:36 p.m. |
| PHP Version: | 5.0 + |
| WordPress Version: | 6.9 |
| Copyright: | GPLv2 or later |
| Copyright URL: | Copyright Information |
Description:
MAIO is an AI SEO plugin for WordPress designed to help websites optimize for ChatGPT, AI search engines, and large language models (LLMs).
As AI search replaces traditional search results, websites must optimize not only for Google, but also for AI discovery and generative search.
MAIO helps you:
• Improve ChatGPT SEO visibility\
• Optimize for AI search engines\
• Increase LLM discoverability\
• Strengthen AI optimization signals\
• Monitor AI indexing behavior
If you are looking for an AI SEO plugin for WordPress that helps optimize for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and generative AI systems — MAIO provides structured signals and AI visibility insights.
Installation:
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/maio-the-new-ai-geo-seo-tooldirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
- That's it! MAIO works out of the box with no configuration needed
FAQs:
What is a ChatGPT SEO tracking plugin?
A ChatGPT SEO tracking plugin helps WordPress websites monitor their visibility inside ChatGPT and AI-powered search systems. MAIO provides tracking, analytics, and optimization tools to improve AI search presence.
How does MAIO work?
MAIO optimizes your website for AI discovery by adding structured signals that help AI tools accurately understand and represent your content. The plugin automatically tracks engagement from major AI systems, including:
- OpenAI ChatGPT
- Anthropic Claude
- Perplexity AI
- Google Gemini
- Meta AI
Does MAIO help with ChatGPT SEO?
Yes. MAIO is specifically built to improve ChatGPT SEO and AI search visibility by enhancing structured AI signals on your WordPress site. MAIO provides real-time analytics showing which AI systems are discovering your content, what pages they're indexing, and how your brand appears in AI-generated responses.
Changelog:
5.4.2
- Scanner service updates for improved reliability
- Security improvements and bug fixes
- Review system now appears at better times
- Bug fixes and security improvements
- Added smart review system
- Analytics now filter out infrastructure files to show only meaningful content pages
- Added AI Analytics submenu for MAIO web dashboard integration
- Analytics Dashboard Access - Direct link to view website analytics on maioai.com
- Added infrastructure for future MAIO smart web dashboard analytics
- Fixed AI Scanner cache-busting
- Added null safety checks for WordPress core function returns
- Added centralized automatic cache purging
- Fixed robots.txt bot allowance bug
- Fixed preg_match regex error in maio_detect_video_indicators
- AI Scanner - Complete website analysis tool with 6 categories (Crawl Intelligence, Answer Surfaces, Semantic Signals, Temporal Grounding, Trust Markers, Multimodal Context)
- Real-time AI Bot Detection - Automatic detection of AI bot visits (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity, Meta, Microsoft)
- Content Generation - AI-bot only content injection
- Guidance System - Non-action buttons where needed
- Installation improvements
- AI User Activity Analytics Dashboard- Complete analytics system for tracking user-initiated AI requests
- Shows "Total Requests", "Pages Accessed", "Active AI Users", and 7-day trends
- Better separation of AI crawler vs user-initiated activity tracking
- Advanced User-Agent Detection- Comprehensive detection for AI user agents
- Improved Analytics Performance- Enhanced caching and database optimization
- Improved AI bot and user detection logic for all major platforms (OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, Google, Meta)
- Now accurately distinguishes between crawler and user-initiated fetches for Meta and Google
- Updated detection for new and emerging AI user agents
- Enhanced analytics reliability and future-proofed detection logic
- Added "Test It" feature — Verify if your website is recognized by major AI LLMs
- Enhanced AI visibility features with improved UI and performance.
- Added AI GEO Academy page with comprehensive documentation and best practices.
- Updated admin dashboard layout for better user experience.
- Fixed minor bugs and improved overall stability.
- Improved LLM and AI bot detection: now supports OpenAI, Claude, Meta, Perplexity and Gemini
- Enhanced analytics dashboard for AI crawler activity
- Improved extensibility for adding new AI bots
- Bug fixes and security improvements
- Initial release