PopAEO

Beschrijving

Official website: https://www.popaeo.com

PopAEO helps WooCommerce stores prepare product catalog data for AI search, answer engines, and crawler-friendly discovery. It focuses on AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), llms.txt publishing, and structured product signals that can help AI systems understand what a store sells, when products are relevant, and why they should be recommended.

What PopAEO does

  • Runs an AEO Audit for WooCommerce product data.
  • Identifies product signal gaps that can affect AI recommendations.
  • Publishes crawler-friendly llms.txt content from the merchant’s own WordPress domain.
  • Syncs WooCommerce catalog context to PopAEO for AI-readiness analysis.
  • Provides a protected catalog bridge for hosts that block external WooCommerce REST API requests.
  • Opens AEO Audit, Optimization, and Analytics directly inside WordPress Admin.

Why it matters

Shoppers increasingly discover products through ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI experiences, and other answer engines. These systems need clear, structured, and crawlable product context. PopAEO is built to help merchants improve that context with a professional AI visibility workflow, not just a basic file generator.

Key benefits

  • Make product data easier for AI crawlers and answer engines to parse.
  • Improve AI recommendation readiness with focused audit feedback.
  • Keep llms.txt aligned with WooCommerce catalog data.
  • Reduce manual setup with one guided WooCommerce authorization flow.
  • Manage AI visibility work inside the WordPress Admin sidebar.

Manual llms.txt generation is available after connecting the store. PopAEO Pro unlocks 24H auto updates and additional growth strategies for keeping AI-facing product signals fresh.

Learn more at https://www.popaeo.com or open PopAEO at https://app.popaeo.com.

External services

This plugin connects to the PopAEO service at https://app.popaeo.com. Learn more about PopAEO at https://www.popaeo.com.

The plugin sends WooCommerce product catalog data to PopAEO after the merchant connects the plugin or saves the plugin settings. The catalog payload may include product names, slugs, product types, published status, descriptions, prices, stock quantities, permalinks, modified dates, category names, tag names, and image URLs.

The plugin also requests generated llms.txt content from PopAEO when the public llms.txt URL is visited. Requests include the store connection ID in the URL and the configured shared secret in an HTTP authentication header.

No data is sent until a site administrator clicks Connect to PopAEO from the PopAEO menu and approves the WooCommerce authorization flow.

Service terms and policies:

  • PopAEO service: https://app.popaeo.com
  • PopAEO website: https://www.popaeo.com
  • Pricing: https://www.popaeo.com/#pricing
  • Terms: https://app.popaeo.com/terms
  • Privacy: https://app.popaeo.com/privacy
  • Support: support@popaeo.com

Schermafbeeldingen

Installatie

  1. Make sure WooCommerce is installed and activated.
  2. Install and activate the PopAEO plugin.
  3. Open PopAEO from the WordPress Admin left menu.
  4. Click Start AEO Audit.
  5. Approve the WooCommerce authorization screen.
  6. PopAEO returns to WordPress, saves the connection automatically, and syncs a catalog snapshot.
  7. Use AEO Audit as the main workspace. Optimization and Analytics are available from the PopAEO submenu.
  8. Visit /llms.txt to verify the public AI-readable file. If WordPress is installed in a subdirectory, use that path, for example /wp/llms.txt.

FAQ

Does PopAEO require WooCommerce?

Yes. PopAEO uses WooCommerce product catalog data for AEO audits, product signal analysis, catalog sync, and llms.txt generation.

What is llms.txt?

llms.txt is an AI-readable file that helps crawlers and answer engines understand important site and product context. PopAEO helps publish this file from the merchant’s own WordPress domain.

Does PopAEO replace SEO plugins?

No. PopAEO focuses on AEO, AI recommendation readiness, crawler-friendly product signals, and llms.txt workflows. It complements traditional SEO plugins.

When is product data sent?

Product data is sent after a site administrator clicks Start AEO Audit and approves WooCommerce authorization, or when the administrator saves PopAEO settings.

Why does PopAEO need a WordPress plugin?

The plugin lets WordPress serve llms.txt from the store domain and push catalog data to PopAEO. This is especially useful when hosting providers block external WooCommerce REST API requests.

Where is llms.txt served?

The plugin serves llms.txt at /llms.txt when WordPress is installed at the domain root. If WordPress is installed in a subdirectory, the URL may be /wp/llms.txt or another matching subdirectory path.

What if /llms.txt does not load after activation?

Go to Settings > Permalinks and click Save Changes to flush rewrite rules.

Beoordelingen

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Changelog

0.3.2

  • Increased the embedded PopAEO workspace height buffer slightly so bottom actions are visible sooner without creating excessive blank space.
  • Added new WordPress.org screenshots that explain PopAEO’s AI recommendation workflow before the product UI screenshots.

0.3.1

  • Added a small iframe height buffer so bottom action buttons are easier to discover without creating large blank space.
  • Refined plugin directory copy, installation instructions, and FAQ to emphasize AEO, llms.txt optimization, and crawler-friendly AI recommendation signals.

0.3.0

  • Adjusted the embedded PopAEO workspace to use the visible WordPress admin viewport so modals and paid checkout prompts appear in view instead of below large blank space.
  • Updated the WordPress Admin menu icon to better match the PopAEO app icon shape.
  • Added installed-plugin row links for the official PopAEO website and plugin details.

0.2.9

  • Dynamically resizes the embedded PopAEO workspace so bottom action buttons are visible without an extra iframe scroll.
  • Updated the WordPress Admin menu icon to a transparent single-color SVG for proper sidebar rendering.
  • Renamed the plugin display name to PopAEO and refreshed WordPress.org copy to emphasize AI recommendation readiness and the official website.

0.2.8

  • Changed the connected WordPress Admin experience to a full-page PopAEO workspace so AEO Audit, Optimization, and Analytics fill the admin content area directly.
  • Disabled scroll restoration for embedded WooCommerce pages to avoid iframe history-state errors in WordPress Admin.

0.2.7

  • Added validation for saved PopAEO endpoint settings so outdated or incomplete connection data cannot trap merchants inside the embedded connection page.
  • Shows a reconnect prompt when existing connection settings need to be repaired.

0.2.6

  • Moved WooCommerce connection start into a native WordPress admin redirect so the PopAEO connection form is no longer embedded inside WordPress.
  • Prevented the PopAEO connection page from showing the store URL form when it is accidentally loaded inside a WordPress iframe.

0.2.5

  • Improved WooCommerce authorization return handling when merchants start the connection from PopAEO instead of the plugin settings link.
  • Kept PopAEO-signed automatic plugin configuration working even when the original WordPress nonce is unavailable after authorization.

0.2.4

  • Moved the PopAEO top-level menu below WordPress Settings to reduce sidebar prominence.
  • Added a custom PopAEO menu icon.
  • Removed the connected-state intro card so connected merchants land directly on the AEO Audit workspace.
  • Replaced the Dashboard submenu with Optimization and Analytics product pages.

0.2.3

  • Added a top-level PopAEO menu in WordPress Admin.
  • Made AEO Audit the default embedded workspace so merchants can access the main traffic optimization view directly.
  • Added Dashboard and Settings submenus for easier navigation after connecting WooCommerce.

0.2.2

  • Added one-click WooCommerce connection with automatic plugin configuration return.
  • Added an embedded PopAEO control page inside WordPress Admin, with a full-page fallback link.
  • Switched plugin authentication to per-store connection secrets while preserving existing environment-secret compatibility.

0.2.1

  • Added WordPress.org readme metadata and external service disclosure.
  • Added a Connect to PopAEO button and default PopAEO endpoint in plugin settings.
  • Clarified that manual llms.txt generation is available while Pro unlocks automation.

0.2.0

  • Added WooCommerce catalog push and protected catalog proxy endpoint.
  • Added public llms.txt rendering and PopAEO settings page.