About this plugin
Write it your way.
At a conference in 2011, journalists asked whether they really needed to repeat a keyphrase fifteen times in an article to rank in Google.
The answer was yes.
That answer stayed with me. Years later, I found myself adding awkward repetitions to an otherwise finished article because my SEO plugin said the keyword density was too low. The score improved.
The story didn’t.
That is why I built Manny Wenas SEO.
Manny Wenas SEO helps you make your subject clear using semantic matching rather than requiring the same exact phrase everywhere. There is no keyword-density target to chase. Its score reflects the checks it can perform — not the quality of your ideas, your voice or your story.
Five placement checks cover the title, introduction, subheadings, slug and meta description. You remain the writer.
An optional Search Console connection shows you the actual queries people used to find your posts — inside WordPress, when you want it. The goal is simple: less time managing SEO, more time writing something worth reading.
- Focus keyphrase (semantic matching) plus up to two related keyphrases
- SEO title, meta description, noindex/nofollow per post
- Open Graph and X/Twitter cards
- Sitemaps: posts, news, images, videos, categories, tags, authors, plus an HTML sitemap shortcode
- robots.txt management and llms.txt built when requested (cornerstone content first)
- Connected @graph JSON-LD, server-side rendered
- Yoast SEO and Rank Math coexistence (we defer: no duplicate meta, schema or sitemaps)
- Google Search Console (OAuth), per-post query data
- WordPress Abilities API (WP 6.9+)
- 0-100 SEO and readability score with a written verdict in the editor
7 (Equinox), SEO controls require the WordPress block editor and a post type with custom-fields support. Classic edit screens and enabled post types without the required support show an explanation instead of SEO controls. The plugin does not add support to external post types.
Existing saved SEO metadata and frontend output continue to work independently of the editor. Save or update the post explicitly to persist changed SEO input: an author’s draft autosave can update draft content while retaining the last explicitly saved SEO values. Recovery of unsaved draft SEO after a crash is not guaranteed.
Deliberately excluded: redirects, 404 monitor, analytics dashboard, AI writer.
Support development
If you find Manny Wenas SEO useful, consider supporting its continued development with a voluntary donation.
Donate via PayPal
External Services
This plugin optionally connects to the following third-party services. All external
connections are disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled by the site administrator.
IndexNow (optional, disabled by default)
When enabled, notifies search engines of new or updated content via the IndexNow protocol.
Sends: the URL of the published/updated post, plus the site’s IndexNow API key.
Triggered: when a post is published or updated, if the feature is enabled (Manny Wenas SEO > Verification & IndexNow).
Service provider: IndexNow (Microsoft/Bing)
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Google Trends (optional, disabled by default)
When enabled, shows a search-interest score for your focus keyphrase in the post editor.
com (unofficial endpoint, no account or API key).
Triggered: about 800 milliseconds after you stop typing the focus keyphrase in the native SEO sidebar, if the feature is enabled (Manny Wenas SEO > General). Results are cached for 24 hours, failed requests for 1 hour.
Service provider: Google LLC
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Google Search Console (optional, OAuth-based)
When enabled, connects to your GSC account to display search query data for a post.
Sends: OAuth tokens managed by the site administrator and, when the SEO sidebar asks for query data, the URL of the post. No post content is sent.
Triggered: only after the GSC integration is manually authorized by the administrator.
Service provider: Google LLC
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