AEO is the practice of optimizing your content to be recommended by AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. Over 100 million people search with AI every day — AEO ensures that when they ask AI a question relevant to your business, your brand is the one that gets recommended.

Yes. MintRank is a WordPress plugin. It works with any WordPress theme or page builder (Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi, etc.). A non-WordPress version is on our roadmap — join the waitlist to be notified.

Yoast and Rank Math are excellent at Google SEO — and MintRank includes all their core features. But neither of them tracks AI citations, simulates AI responses, or alerts you when AI stops recommending your content. MintRank is the layer on top that prepares you for the AI search era they were never built for.

MintRank currently monitors and optimizes for ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Microsoft Copilot, and Meta AI. The free plan includes ChatGPT and Gemini; Pro includes all 7 engines. We continuously add new engines as they gain traction.

AI Preview simulates how ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity will summarize and recommend your content — while you're still writing it in WordPress. It shows a live preview of the AI response and highlights which paragraphs to improve to increase your Citation Score.

The Citation Score (0–100) measures how likely an AI engine is to cite or recommend your content when a user asks a relevant question. It's calculated based on content structure, factual density, question-answer alignment, and authority signals — the exact factors AI engines weight when choosing sources.

The Content Decay Tracker monitors every published page daily and alerts you when your AI citation ranking drops. For example: "This page was #1 on Perplexity last month. It's now #4. Update sections 2 and 5." You get a precise action plan, not just a warning.

The Agent Firewall gives you page-level control over which AI bots can access your content. You can allow GPTBot on your blog but block it from your pricing page — more granular than robots.txt and without any impact on Google crawling or SEO rankings.

Zero-Click Citation Analytics tracks how often your brand or content is cited by AI engines — metrics that Google Search Console will never show you. For example: "Your brand was cited 500 times by ChatGPT this month" or "You ranked #1 on Perplexity for this query." Essential data for agencies and marketing teams.

Yes. MintRank includes all the core SEO features you'd expect — on-page analysis, XML sitemap, Schema markup, redirect manager, and Google Search Console integration. You don't need to run both MintRank and another SEO plugin, though you can if you prefer.

No. MintRank is designed to work alongside existing SEO plugins. If you already have Yoast or Rank Math installed, MintRank's AI-specific features activate independently without any conflicts.

No. Heavy AI processing (simulations, scoring) runs on MintRank's servers, not yours. The plugin itself has a minimal footprint — we've built it to have zero impact on your Core Web Vitals or page speed scores.

No. The Agent Firewall only controls AI-specific crawlers (GPTBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, etc.). Googlebot and traditional search engine crawlers are completely unaffected.

MintRank requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 8.1+. It works with all major hosting providers including WP Engine, Kinsta, Cloudways, SiteGround, Hostinger, and self-hosted setups.

Your Citation Score and AI visibility data appear immediately after installation. Content improvements typically reflect in AI responses within 1–3 weeks, depending on how frequently each AI engine re-indexes your content.

Yes. Install from the WordPress plugin directory, no credit card required. The free plan gives you AI Preview (5 posts/month), basic Citation Score, Agent Firewall basics, and ChatGPT + Gemini monitoring — with no time limit.

Pro and Agency plans are coming soon. Join the waitlist to be notified first and lock in early-adopter pricing. Waitlist members will get an exclusive discount when we launch.

Yes. Cancel anytime from your account dashboard — no cancellation fees, no questions asked. When you cancel, your account reverts to the free plan and you keep access to all free features.

Yes. The Agency plan includes an unlimited multi-site license, white-label reports, and a client reporting dashboard — designed for agencies managing multiple WordPress sites. Contact us for custom enterprise pricing.

Yes — we offer a 14-day money-back guarantee on all paid plans. If you're not satisfied for any reason within the first 14 days, contact us and we'll issue a full refund, no questions asked.