Search Atlas SEO – OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress

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Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 79% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 9K+ in roughly 536 days.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

1. ★★★★★ cforge

   4mo ago

   Otto breaks your site and does a terrible job. Their credit system is beyond ridiculous. I have 200,000 keyword search credits I can’t use because a second kind of credit is also required and I have 0 and have to buy them. I used otto to optimize one of my 5 sites and it used all the credits from all 5 sites! It you freeze a site to open a slot for a new client or site they penalize my makiing you wait 2 weeks which is unacceptable to onboarding a new project. Thir Otto plugin added schema to all my pages and GSC started sending me constant schema error messages. None of the changes it makes to your site are actually there. They just appear to Google.

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2. ★★★★★ neoixan

   11mo ago

   It already is a gamechanger. What I can say is that impressions are up 20% for those two weeks of free trial, so its enough with just that metric, to say its worth signing up and seeing what happens.

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3. ★★★★★ jgladwill

   11mo ago

   While the underlying tech on the main platform is worth 5 stars, the plugin and support service leaves something to be desired.On many occasions it doesn’t actually connect to the platform, but it gaslights you into thinking that it is. It checks all the boxes on looking and acting like a high quality plugin so you’re left questioning your sanity. When contacting support you’re served with what seems like an auto responder marketed as an AI agent, it doesn’t know what you’re talking about but it can cycle between 2 unrelated links in response to your questions. Update your Knowledge Base to provide more clarity, use a trained model that can provide more insight, or just say it’s an auto responder — don’t label it as AI simply for the buzz. I forgot to mention that there’s annoying thing that happens when you’re logged into the plugin dashboard and the platform dashboard at the same time. The message “You are currently impersonating another user. Changes made may affect their account.” displays and either the plugin or the platform locks itself. That might be a nice feature if you factor out cross-talking false positives. This topic was modified 9 months, 1 week ago by jgladwill.

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4. ★★★★★ ferroche

   11mo ago

   It’s a very useful tool to improve SEO

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5. ★★★★★ felipemlg

   11mo ago

   Is a great plugin to improve my site SEO

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6. ★★★★★ Saqib Saeed

   12mo ago

   Really helpful for my site. I like how it handles bulk meta updates and the built-in redirect manager saves me from installing extra plugins. The AI suggestions for titles and descriptions are also a big plus. If they add something like a keyword tracking or content audit feature in the future, it would cover almost everything I need in one plugin. Overall, very solid and easy to use.

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7. ★★★★★ mcmwebsol

   12mo ago

   I posted in the support forum 12 days ago and still have received no response whatsoever.

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8. ★★★★★ sajid.ali

   12mo ago

   Search Atlas SEO is an excellent SEO tool that balances simplicity with powerful features. It’s ideal for bloggers, businesses, and e-commerce sites looking to boost their rankings with AI.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.6.18 Improvement: Increased the White Label plugin-name limit so custom plugin names of up to 18 characters are no longer truncated Improvement: Added explanatory tooltips across the admin settings so the purpose of each opti 2.6.18
2. — Version 2.6.17 Improvement: Fixed the Refresh Token button’s oversized icon and misalignment on the settings page Improvement: The Redirections search field now triggers a search when pressing Enter, not only when clicking the Search b 2.6.17
3. — Version 2.6.16 Security: Whitelabel password is now encrypted at rest instead of stored in plain text Security: Prevented path traversal from unvalidated slugs in imported ZIP manifests Security: Validated file paths built from ZIP man 2.6.16
4. — Version 2.6.15 Improvement: Added a search icon to the SEO Health search field Improvement: Fixed the sort-arrow placement in the SEO Health table column headers Improvement: Prevented multi-page imports from nesting imported pages und 2.6.15
5. — Version 2.6.14 Improvement: Content Genius “User Roles to Sync” now lists only roles that can author content Improvement: Added a dropdown arrow indicator to the Image Library “Bulk Actions” and “All Images” filter fields Improvement: 2.6.14
6. — Version 2.6.13 Improvement: Made the Media Optimization “Optimize” and “Revert” buttons equal in size Improvement: Fixed stacked filter dropdowns in the Changes Log filter bar Improvement: Fixed the cache directory path overflowing its 2.6.13

5 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Search Atlas SEO – Premier SEO Plugin for One-Click WP Publishing & Integrated AI Optimization < 2.6.12 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-07-30 CVE-2026-15252 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.6.12 Patched in 2.6.12
2. Medium · 6.1 Search Atlas SEO – Premier SEO Plugin for One-Click WP Publishing & Integrated AI Optimization <= 2.6.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-07-01 CVE-2026-57357 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.6.6 Patched in 2.6.7
3. High · 8.8 Search Atlas SEO – Premier SEO Plugin for One-Click WP Publishing & Integrated AI Optimization 2.4.4 - 2.5.15 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Account Takeover ↗
   2026-01-27 CVE-2025-14386 Missing Authorization Affects 2.4.4 - 2.5.15 Patched in 2.5.16
4. Medium · 6.4 Search Atlas SEO <= 2.5.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58019 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.4 Patched in 2.5.5
5. Medium · 4.4 Search Atlas SEO <= 1.8.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-09-30 CVE-2024-47387 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.8.2 Patched in 1.8.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-21 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-07-20 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-07-19 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-07-18 8K+ → 9K+ up after 8 days in tier
5. 2026-07-10 9K+ → 8K+ down after 35 days in tier
6. 2026-06-05 8K+ → 9K+ up after 3 days in tier
7. 2026-06-02 9K+ → 8K+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2026-05-31 8K+ → 9K+ up after 129 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• Xagio SEO & AEO – AI SEO for Google Rankings & AI Visibility 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• Prime SEO 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A

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