Search Atlas SEO – OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

127 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 110 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 12 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 8K.

1. ★★★★★ cforge

   6mo 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

   1.0y 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

   1.0y 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

   1.1y ago

   It’s a very useful tool to improve SEO

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5. ★★★★★ felipemlg

   1.1y ago

   Is a great plugin to improve my site SEO

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6. ★★★★★ Saqib Saeed

   1.1y 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

   1.1y ago

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

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8. ★★★★★ sajid.ali

   1.1y 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

All 8 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.7.5). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.3 Search Atlas SEO <= 2.6.23 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Whitelabel Password Modification via handle_whitelabel_password_early Function ↗
   2026-09-18 CVE-2026-15946 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.6.23 Patched in 2.6.24
2. Patched Medium · 4.3 Search Atlas SEO <= 2.6.23 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Site-Wide Option Modification via 'metasync_post_types' Parameter ↗
   2026-09-18 CVE-2026-15947 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.6.23 Patched in 2.6.24
3. Patched Medium · 4.3 Search Atlas SEO – OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress < 2.6.24 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-09-05 CVE-2026-15247 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.6.24 Patched in 2.6.24
4. Patched 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
5. Patched 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 Affects <= 2.6.6 Patched in 2.6.7
6. Patched 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
7. Patched 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 Affects <= 2.5.4 Patched in 2.5.5
8. Patched 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 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

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-10-20 8K+ → 7K+ down after 91 days in tier
2. 2026-07-21 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-07-20 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-07-19 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-07-18 8K+ → 9K+ up after 8 days in tier
6. 2026-07-10 9K+ → 8K+ down after 35 days in tier
7. 2026-06-05 8K+ → 9K+ up after 3 days in tier
8. 2026-06-02 9K+ → 8K+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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