Codersly SEO Pro Documentation

Codersly SEO Pro Documentation

Codersly SEO Pro is a premium WordPress SEO extension for managing SEO meta, schema, sitemap, robots.txt, redirects, 404 monitoring, WooCommerce SEO, AI-powered SEO workflow, and Cloud Publisher workflow from the WordPress dashboard.

Important: Codersly SEO Pro works as a premium extension of the free Codersly SEO plugin. Install and activate both plugins before using Pro features.

Main Features

  • SEO title and meta description management
  • Schema and structured data support
  • XML sitemap control
  • Robots.txt management
  • Global noindex controls
  • Redirect management
  • 404 Monitor
  • Social SEO / Open Graph setup
  • WooCommerce product SEO support
  • AI Content generation for Own API plans
  • AI Audit for Own API plans
  • AI Settings for customer-side API keys
  • Cloud Publisher workflow for Done For You Publishing plans

Installation

Required Plugins

  • Codersly SEO — Free/base plugin
  • Codersly SEO Pro — Premium extension plugin

Install Codersly SEO Free

  1. Go to WordPress Dashboard → Plugins → Add New.
  2. Search for Codersly SEO.
  3. Click Install Now.
  4. Click Activate.

Install Codersly SEO Pro

  1. Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
  2. Upload the Codersly SEO Pro ZIP file.
  3. Click Install Now.
  4. Click Activate Plugin.
  5. After activation, open Codersly SEO → License and activate your license.
If the free plugin is not active, Pro features may not load correctly.

License Activation

Codersly SEO Pro requires an active license to unlock premium features based on the purchased plan.

  1. Go to WordPress Dashboard → Codersly SEO → License.
  2. Enter your license key.
  3. Click Activate License.
  4. After successful activation, the plugin will check your subscription plan and unlock the available menus and tabs.

License Recheck

If your subscription plan is changed from the Codersly panel, click Validate / Check License or deactivate and activate the license again. The plugin will re-sync your plan and feature access.

If the license is inactive, expired, invalid, revoked, or blocked, Pro-only menus will not be available and the plugin will show the Pro placeholder / activation message.

Plans & Access

Codersly SEO Pro supports two main workflow types: Use Your Own API and Done For You Publishing.

Use Your Own API

This plan is for users who want to connect their own AI provider API key. The user pays the AI provider directly and uses AI features from the plugin.

  • AI Content menu is unlocked.
  • AI Audit menu is unlocked.
  • AI Settings menu is unlocked.
  • Cloud Publisher menu is hidden for Own API users.
  • Codersly AI quota is not consumed.

Done For You Publishing

This plan is for customers who do not want to configure AI API keys or generate content manually. Codersly team prepares posts, pages, or products and submits them through Cloud Publisher as draft or publish based on the workflow.

  • Cloud Publisher access is available.
  • AI Content, AI Audit, and AI Settings menus are hidden.
  • Customer keeps publishing access connected.
  • Codersly team handles content workflow according to the subscription plan.

Initial Setup

  1. Install and activate Codersly SEO free plugin.
  2. Install and activate Codersly SEO Pro.
  3. Activate your Pro license.
  4. Click Validate / Check License once after activation.
  5. Open General and configure default SEO behavior.
  6. Open Schema and configure structured data settings.
  7. Enable and review XML Sitemap.
  8. Configure Robots.txt if needed.
  9. Set up redirects and monitor 404 errors if required.
  10. For Own API plans, configure AI Settings.
  11. For Done For You Publishing plans, configure Cloud Publisher.

Dashboard

The Codersly SEO dashboard gives a quick overview of SEO features, plugin status, license state, and available Pro tools.

  • Review plugin status.
  • Check license activation state.
  • Access available SEO modules.
  • Open Pro settings based on the active subscription plan.

Menus and tabs are displayed according to the license and plan feature access.

General SEO

The General SEO section is used to control common SEO settings for posts, pages, and other supported content types.

  • SEO title configuration
  • Meta description support
  • Canonical URL support
  • Global noindex controls
  • Search engine visibility options
  • Default SEO behavior for supported content types

Recommended Setup

  1. Open Codersly SEO → General.
  2. Review default SEO settings.
  3. Enable only the controls required for your website.
  4. Save changes.

Schema

The Schema section helps add structured data to your website so search engines can better understand your content.

  • Website schema
  • Organization schema
  • Article / Blog schema
  • Page schema
  • Product schema for WooCommerce when supported
  • FAQ schema when configured
Always keep schema information accurate. Incorrect structured data may create SEO warnings in testing tools.

XML Sitemap

XML Sitemap helps search engines discover your website URLs more efficiently.

  1. Go to Codersly SEO → Sitemap.
  2. Enable sitemap if it is not enabled.
  3. Select the content types you want to include.
  4. Save settings.
  5. Submit the sitemap URL to Google Search Console if needed.

Common Sitemap Items

  • Posts
  • Pages
  • Products
  • Categories
  • Custom post types when supported

Robots.txt

The Robots.txt section helps control crawler access instructions for search engines and bots.

  1. Open Codersly SEO → Robots.txt.
  2. Review the current robots rules.
  3. Add or update rules carefully.
  4. Save changes.
Be careful when using Disallow rules. A wrong rule may block important website pages from search engines.

Redirects

The Redirects module helps redirect old URLs to new URLs and reduce broken-link problems.

  1. Go to Codersly SEO → Redirects.
  2. Add the old URL in the source URL field.
  3. Add the new URL in the target URL field.
  4. Select the redirect type if available.
  5. Save the redirect.

Use Redirects For

  • Changed page URLs
  • Deleted content with replacement page
  • Old product URLs
  • SEO migration cleanup
  • Fixing broken internal links

404 Monitor

The 404 Monitor helps track URLs that visitors or bots requested but could not find on your website.

  • Review 404 error URLs.
  • Find missing or deleted pages.
  • Create redirects for important broken URLs.
  • Ignore irrelevant bot-generated URLs if necessary.

Recommended Workflow

  1. Open Codersly SEO → 404 Monitor.
  2. Review the latest 404 URLs.
  3. If a URL is important, create a redirect to a relevant page.
  4. If the URL is spam or not useful, ignore or delete it.

Social SEO

Social SEO settings help improve how your pages appear when shared on platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networks.

  • Open Graph title
  • Open Graph description
  • Social share image
  • Twitter / X card support when available

Use clear titles, short descriptions, and high-quality images for better social sharing previews.

WooCommerce SEO

Codersly SEO Pro can support WooCommerce product SEO when WooCommerce is installed and active.

  • Product SEO title
  • Product meta description
  • Product schema support
  • Product social preview settings
  • WooCommerce sitemap inclusion
  • Product indexing control
If WooCommerce is not active, WooCommerce-specific SEO features may stay hidden or inactive.

AI Content

AI Content is available only for Use Your Own API plans. It allows users to generate SEO content using their own AI provider API key.

Before Using AI Content

  1. Activate an Own API license plan.
  2. Go to AI Settings.
  3. Select your AI provider.
  4. Enter your API key and model.
  5. Save settings.
  6. Open AI Content and generate content.

Supported Workflow

  • Generate post content
  • Generate page content
  • Generate product content when supported
  • Save as draft, publish, or use scheduled workflow when available

AI Audit

AI Audit is available only for Use Your Own API plans. It helps review content or pages using the customer’s own AI provider API key.

  • SEO issue review
  • Content improvement suggestions
  • Title and description recommendations
  • Readability suggestions
  • Basic optimization guidance
AI Audit output depends on the selected AI provider, API key status, model, prompt quality, and available provider balance.

AI Settings

AI Settings is visible only for Use Your Own API license plans.

Supported API Provider Types

  • OpenAI
  • Gemini
  • Claude
  • Groq
  • DeepSeek
  • OpenRouter

Setup Steps

  1. Open Codersly SEO → AI Settings.
  2. Select your provider.
  3. Enter your API key.
  4. Enter or select the model name.
  5. Save settings.
  6. Test AI Content or AI Audit.
Your API key belongs to your own AI provider account. API usage cost is handled by your provider, not by Codersly.

Cloud Publisher

Cloud Publisher is used for Done For You Publishing plans. It connects the customer website with Codersly publishing workflow.

  • Connect publishing access
  • Review subscription plan
  • Check connection status
  • Review publisher activity
  • Control whether submitted content is saved as draft or published according to the workflow
Cloud Publisher is hidden for Own API users because Own API users generate and manage AI content from their own website dashboard.

Publisher Settings

Publisher Settings is the main Cloud Publisher configuration area.

  1. Open Codersly SEO → Cloud Publisher.
  2. Go to Publisher Settings.
  3. Configure publishing workflow options.
  4. Choose draft or publish behavior where available.
  5. Save settings.

Keep these settings updated before the Codersly team starts publishing or submitting content.

Subscription Plan

The Subscription Plan section shows the current plan, monthly usage, and available limits for the connected website.

Usage Display

Content: 0 used / 100 monthly
Audit Pages: 0 used / 300 monthly
Cloud Publish: 0 used / 30 monthly

The first number shows how much has been used. The second number shows the monthly plan limit.

If the plan is changed from the Codersly panel, click Validate / Check License or re-activate the license to refresh the latest plan data.

Connection Status

Connection Status shows whether the website is connected with the Codersly panel and ready for publishing workflow.

  • Connected domain
  • License status
  • Subscriber status
  • Sync status
  • Last connection check

If connection fails, retry sync or validate the license again.

Publisher Activity

Publisher Activity displays recent publishing-related actions for the connected site.

  • Submitted content record
  • Draft or publish activity
  • Sync activity
  • Usage reporting activity

Activity logs help confirm whether Cloud Publisher actions are working correctly.

Useful Links

Troubleshooting

Pro features are not showing

  • Make sure Codersly SEO free plugin is active.
  • Make sure Codersly SEO Pro is active.
  • Make sure the license is active.
  • Click Validate / Check License.
  • Clear cache and reload the WordPress dashboard.

AI Content, AI Audit, or AI Settings are not showing

  • These menus are available only for Own API license plans.
  • Check if the customer has an Own API subscription.
  • Validate the license again after plan change.
  • If the plan was changed from the panel, re-sync the license.

Cloud Publisher is not showing

  • Cloud Publisher is available for Done For You Publishing plans.
  • Cloud Publisher is hidden for Own API plans.
  • Validate the license after changing the plan.

Plan still shows old package

  • Update the subscriber plan from the Codersly panel.
  • Save the subscriber record.
  • Go to the WordPress plugin license page.
  • Click Validate / Check License or deactivate and activate the license again.

AI request is not working

  • Check if the API key is valid.
  • Check if the selected model is correct.
  • Check if the AI provider account has balance or quota.
  • Try saving AI Settings again.

FAQ

Does Codersly SEO Pro work without Codersly SEO free?

No. Codersly SEO Pro requires the Codersly SEO free/base plugin.

Why are AI Content and AI Audit hidden?

AI Content, AI Audit, and AI Settings are available only for Use Your Own API plans.

Why is Cloud Publisher hidden?

Cloud Publisher is hidden for Own API users and available for Done For You Publishing plans.

Can I use my own OpenAI or Gemini API key?

Yes, if you purchase an Own API plan. Then AI Settings will be available in the plugin.

Does Codersly charge for my AI provider usage?

No. In Own API plans, your AI provider charges are handled directly by your provider account.

What happens if my license is inactive?

Pro-only menus will not be available and the plugin will show the activation / Pro placeholder message.

How do I refresh my plan after it is changed?

Go to the License page and click Validate / Check License. You may also deactivate and activate the license again.

Support

If you need help with installation, license activation, plan sync, Own API setup, AI Content, AI Audit, AI Settings, Cloud Publisher, redirects, 404 Monitor, sitemap, robots.txt, schema, WooCommerce SEO, or other Pro features, please contact Codersly Support.

Contact Codersly Support

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