WP Assist and Rank Math SEO for WordPress
WP Assist has native support for Rank Math — a powerful WordPress SEO plugin. When you connect a WordPress site with Rank Math installed, WP Assist automatically detects it and can read SEO scores, update focus keywords, and write meta descriptions through the AI chat. No extra setup is required.
What WP Assist can do with Rank Math
- Read SEO scores — WP Assist returns your Rank Math score (0–100) for any page or post and explains what's affecting it.
- Read and update focus keywords — check what keyword is set for a page or update it to a new target keyword.
- Write and update meta descriptions — generate an optimised meta description and save it directly to the Rank Math meta description field.
- Read SEO titles — see what SEO title Rank Math is using for a page.
How Rank Math detection works
When WP Assist connects to your WordPress site, it checks which SEO plugin is active. If Rank Math is installed and active, WP Assist uses the Rank Math API to read and write SEO data. This happens automatically — there's nothing to configure beyond installing the WP Assist WordPress plugin.
Rank Math scoring: A Rank Math score of 80 or above is generally considered "Good". WP Assist can explain in plain English why a page has a particular score and fix the most common issues — missing focus keyword, no meta description, keyword not in heading — directly.
Example: improving a low Rank Math score
Ask WP Assist: "My services page has a Rank Math score of 42 — why, and can you fix it?" WP Assist will identify the specific issues (for example, no focus keyword and missing meta description) and offer to update both immediately.