Semrush SEO Writing Assistant

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.

29 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 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

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 9K.

1. ★★★★★ benoitadam

   2.8y ago

   The basic option can only be launched once Paid plan is annoying, I’d rather pay a small fee just for that basic option. The joke is that 7 day trial is 0€ but then the price is like written in tiny (it’s 300€ !) With that price you better engage a Freelance that has the semrush account. This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by benoitadam. This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by benoitadam.

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2. ★★★★★ SocialSparkMedia

   4.0y ago

   It’s unfortunate that so many people have given this a bad review because they can’t use it without a subscription, which is expensive. Those aren’t reviews of the plugin. That said, I already have a subscription, which for my business I find worthwhile for the money. This is a fantastic tool to help me optimize my pages without having to copy and paste the content into SEMRush. It gives me great suggestions, and a better idea of the overall SEO value of the content than just Yoast. I hope SEMRush keeps up the plugin, I’d hate to lose it over a bunch of people who don’t have subscriptions complaining.

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3. ★★★★★ Ricci

   4.1y ago

   The recently applied limits now mean that you can only use this plugin once unless you have the very expensive Guru plan on SEMRush. Previously you could use this multiple times on the Pro plan, but it seems that is not enough money for this company anymore.

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4. ★★★★★ Show Up Strong

   4.2y ago

   Pros: I like the addition of this tool. It adds another dimension, research, and validating tool to the content arena. It helps me see what we forgot to include sometimes. Cons: The backlink suggestions are rarely useful. We often see our own sites listed in the generated template doc of how competitors use the keywords. Additional Feedback: As many people have mentioned SEMrush is expensive for small businesses and start-ups. Hence, only four starts. If you’re on a tight budget and find a way to squeeze this in, use every tool you can to improve your revenue generation. If the tools are not fully utilized, and optimization plans are not created and executed well, you won’t see the ROI.

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5. ★★★★★ motionvideosuk

   4.3y ago

   Might be a useful plugin if you could afford $220 a month, but I certainly won’t be paying that.

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6. ★★★★★ rushmediastudios

   4.5y ago

   Hey Semrush, Instead of over pricing your platforms, how about you show the value in your platform or platform features. A 7 day trial is not enough to learn the value when we all know (Including your team) that search engines are not the fastest.

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7. ★★★★★ sergesc

   4.6y ago

   220 USD PER MONTH!!! for such functionality?

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8. ★★★★★ tonydjukic

   4.8y ago

   The plugin throws console log errors (404s) in every post and page edit screen. Custom post-types have different console log errors and any custom post-type edit screen that uses AJAX results in varying degrees of failure to execute. Sometimes the AJAX function won’t execute at all, other times it’s just that the success response isn’t processed correctly. We had to disable the plugin as it was conflicting with every custom post-type we have installed, all of which are far more important to the operation of the site than this tool is.

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Translated into 6 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

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. 2026-10-31 9K+ → 8K+ down after 227 days in tier
2. 2026-03-18 10K+ → 9K+ down after 2156 days in tier
3. 2020-04-22 9K+ → 10K+ up after 143 days in tier
4. 2019-12-01 8K+ → 9K+ up after 56 days in tier
5. 2019-10-06 7K+ → 8K+ up after 32 days in tier
6. 2019-09-04 6K+ → 7K+ up after 53 days in tier
7. 2019-07-13 3K+ → 6K+ up

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).

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Semrush SEO Writing Assistant: 8K+ active installs, 2.8★ (25 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/semrush-seo-writing-assistant