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SEO Analyzer — Plugixa Recipe

Plugixa Recipe ships with a per-recipe SEO analyzer that scores recipes on a 0–100 scale with actionable recommendations. Results are stored in wp_plugixarecipe_seo_analysis, so the score is cached between recipe edits and visible at a glance in the recipe list.

The SEO dashboard

Navigate to Recipes → SEO Analyzer.

SEO analyzer dashboard

The dashboard shows:

  • Your site’s average score across all recipes.
  • Distribution (how many recipes in 0–49, 50–69, 70–89, 90–100).
  • Top issues across the site (e.g., “32 recipes missing description”).
  • A table of recipes sorted by score with per-row drill-down.

Running analysis

Click Analyze on the dashboard to queue a site-wide analysis. The work runs in batches of 10 recipes via the REST controller to stay within server request limits.

Individual recipes are re-analyzed automatically when you save them — no manual step required.

The SEO report (per recipe)

Click a recipe in the list to open its report. The report is grouped into five categories:

Category What’s checked
Content Title length, description length, word count, ingredient / instruction presence, images, video
Technical Slug quality, image ALT tags, internal links, permalink structure
Schema JSON-LD presence, required fields for Recipe schema, valid nutrition
Social Open Graph meta, Twitter Card meta, sharing image presence
Recipe Recipe-specific: nutrition completeness, time fields, servings, difficulty, cuisine / category assignment

Each check has:

  • A type (error, warning, info).
  • A score impact (points subtracted from 100 if failing).
  • A human-readable message and suggestion.

Acting on suggestions

Click Apply suggestion on a check to jump directly to the recipe editor with the relevant field focused. Most fixes take seconds — the analyzer is designed to guide edits, not just grade them.

Category scoring

Each of the 5 categories gets a per-category score (0–100) based on its weighted checks:

content:   85
technical: 72
schema:    100
social:    68
recipe:    90
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overall:   83 (weighted)

Preventing re-analysis

Some recipes are intentionally short (“my grandma’s one-line wisdom”). To skip them from the analyzer, toggle SEO analysis off on the recipe’s Extras tab.

Using the score

The cached seo_score column on recipes lets you:

  • Filter the recipe list by score.
  • Sort the recipe list: [plugixarecipe orderby="seo_score" order="DESC"].
  • Hide low-scoring recipes from public output during a content-quality push.

Hooks

// Mutate the SEO issues list (add custom checks).
add_filter('plugixarecipe_seo_issues', function ($issues, $recipe) {
    if (empty($recipe['video_url'])) {
        $issues[] = [
            'check_id'     => 'video_present',
            'category'     => 'recipe',
            'type'         => 'warning',
            'message'      => 'No video attached.',
            'suggestion'   => 'Add a YouTube or Vimeo URL in the Basic tab.',
            'score_impact' => 3,
        ];
    }
    return $issues;
}, 10, 2);

See HOOKS for the full SEO analyzer hook list.

Quick Links

Plugin page Changelog