Description
CitationRate AI Visibility measures how « citable » your WordPress content is by ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews — giving each page a Citability Score right inside the Block Editor, as you write.
The plugin computes a 0–100 score locally from 33 on-page signals (heading structure, page description, length, readability, image alt text, internal/external links, schema markup, source citations and more) and offers a guided JSON-LD wizard to generate the correct Schema.org markup.
Features
- Live score in the Block Editor — a sidebar that updates as you type, no saving needed
- 5 macro-area breakdown — Coherence, Identity, Content, Performance, Reputation, each with a plain-language explanation
- Actionable suggestions — a prioritized list of what to improve
- Guided JSON-LD wizard — 13 content types (Article, Blog post, News, FAQ, Tutorial, Recipe, Review, Video, Product, Service, Event, Course, Job posting). Fields are auto-filled from your content; you never edit raw JSON
- Citation Rate estimate — an illustrative projection of how often AI would cite the page
- English and Italian — the plugin follows your WordPress language
Privacy-friendly, no server cost
The lite score is computed entirely on your own WordPress. No external API calls and no data sent to third parties in the default mode.
External services
In its default (lite) mode, CitationRate AI Visibility does not send any data to external services — the score is computed locally on your site.
The plugin links out to the CitationRate platform for optional features. These are plain links that open in a new tab when the user clicks them; the plugin itself does not transmit any data:
- « Complete your score » / « powered by » https://suite.citationrate.com (the CitationRate web app)
- « Discover your Citation Rate » https://avi.citationrate.com (the AI Visibility Index web app)
An optional CitationRate API key field is available in the settings for a future full-audit integration. Only if you enter a key and use that feature would page content be sent to the CitationRate backend for analysis. Without a key, nothing is sent.
CitationRate Privacy Policy: https://citationrate.com/privacy/
External services
This plugin computes the Citability Score locally and works fully offline by default. It connects to an external service in only two cases, both under your control:
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Optional API key — if you enter a CitationRate API key under Settings, the plugin sends the current post’s content to the CitationRate API to unlock the full audit. No key, no request.
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Optional anonymous usage statistics — if you tick the « anonymous usage statistics » checkbox (off by default), the plugin sends coarse, anonymous usage events to the CitationRate telemetry endpoint at https://citationrate-backend-production.up.railway.app/widget/telemetry. Each event contains a random install ID (a UUID generated on your site, not linked to you or your domain), the event name, a coarse bucket (e.g. content type, score band, button id), the plugin version and your site locale. It never includes your IP address, your page URLs or any page content. Disable the checkbox to stop all such requests.
The service is operated by CitationRate. Terms: https://citationrate.com/ — Privacy policy: https://citationrate.com/privacy/
Captures d’écran
Citability sidebar in the Block Editor with the score and macro-area breakdown 
Citation Rate panel: illustrative estimate and link to AVI 
JSON-LD wizard: choose what the page is about, fields auto-filled 
Actionable suggestions list 
JSON-LD output injected into the public page source
Installation
- Upload the
citationrate-ai-visibilityfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin and upload the ZIP. - Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu.
- Open any post in the Block Editor: the Citability sidebar appears automatically.
- (Optional) Go to Settings CitationRate AI Visibility to connect a CitationRate account.
FAQ
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Does this replace a full CitationRate audit?
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No. It is an on-page estimate based on 33 of the 56 full parameters. It does not include backlink analysis, the real AI citation rate, or live tests with AI models. For the full audit, connect a CitationRate account.
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Does the plugin send my content to third parties?
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No. In the default mode everything is computed locally. Your page content is only sent if you configure the optional CitationRate API key.
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Does the plugin track me?
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Only if you choose to. Under Settings CitationRate AI Visibility there is an « anonymous usage statistics » checkbox that is off by default. When you turn it on, the plugin sends a random, anonymous install ID together with coarse usage events (for example which content type you pick in the wizard, your score as a band such as 51-70, and which buttons you click). It never sends your IP address, your page URLs or any page content, and you can turn it off again at any time. See « External services » below.
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Does it support Yoast and Rank Math?
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Yes. The plugin reads the page description and focus keyword from both, if installed.
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In which languages is it available?
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English and Italian. The plugin follows your WordPress language (Settings General, or your user profile language).
Avis
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Contributeurs & développeurs
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Historique des changements
0.4.0
- New optional, opt-in anonymous usage statistics (off by default) to help improve the plugin. No IP, no URLs, no page content — see « External services ».
- Added a settings toggle and a full privacy disclosure for the above.
0.3.2
- Renamed to « CitationRate AI Visibility ».
- Hardened the inline JSON-LD output so values can never break out of the script tag.
- Validated the default schema setting against the supported types.
- Internationalization compliance: added translators comments and ordered placeholders.
- Housekeeping: rely on WordPress core to load translations.
0.3.0
- Internationalized: source strings in English (default) plus an Italian translation (it_IT). The language follows the WordPress setting.
- Updated the « Identity » macro-area description.
0.2.1
- Live score that updates on every edit, without saving.
- Citation Rate panel simplified.
- JSON-LD wizard: a simple « What is this page about? » question with 13 content types and auto-filled guided fields.
- Info tooltips on the score and on each macro-area.
- « Parameters analyzed » counter and a call to run the full audit for free on the CitationRate platform (UTM-tracked).
0.2.0
- New « Citation Rate » panel with an illustrative estimate and a link to AVI.
0.1.0
- First release: lite scorer, JSON-LD wizard, Block Editor sidebar.