AIOSEO Writing Assistant
by AIOSEO
Grades drafts against the pages already ranking for your keyword and lists the terms and questions they cover.
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What AIOSEO Writing Assistant does
Grades drafts against the pages already ranking for your keyword and lists the terms and questions they cover.
It sits in the seo part of a WordPress stack and is sold by AIOSEO on a premium basis. We recommend it in our seo guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.
Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.
Real user ratings
AIOSEO Writing Assistant is sold outside the WordPress.org directory, so there is no public user rating to quote. Our own editorial score is 4.2/5, based on the vendor documentation, the refund window and the measured performance cost.
Where AIOSEO Writing Assistant ranks elsewhere
AIOSEO Writing Assistant does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.
What changed in the latest version
AIOSEO Writing Assistant does not publish a changelog we can read automatically, so check the vendor's own release notes before you update a live site.
Pros and cons
- Competitor-based content scoring
- Paid support and updates from the vendor
- Actively maintained and used on production sites we test
- Scores are guidance, not a ranking promise
- Renewal cost is annual and per site
How to use it
- 1Import existing metadata if you are switching from another SEO plugin.
- 2Set your site title pattern, default social image and organisation schema.
- 3Disable modules you will not use so the admin stays fast.
- 4Submit the generated sitemap in Google Search Console.
- 5Spot-check twenty URLs for correct titles, descriptions and canonicals.
How it compares
Other seo plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.
| Plugin | Our rating | WordPress.org | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIOSEO Writing Assistant | 4.2 | n/a | Premium | Competitor-based content scoring |
| AIOSEO | 4.6 | n/a | Freemium | Broad feature coverage in one place |
| All in One SEO | 4.6 | 4.7 (5,205) | Freemium | Local SEO and redirects included |
| Broken Link Checker | 3.8 | 3.8 (605) | Freemium | Finds link rot across years of archives |
| Link Whisper | 4.5 | 4.1 (145) | Premium | Internal linking at scale |
| Rank Math | 4.8 | 4.8 (7,499) | Freemium | Adds no stylesheet and almost no script to the frontend |
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