AI SEO Content planner

Overview

AI SEO Content Planner is a strategic content planning tool designed to help websites grow their organic traffic with a clear and structured SEO roadmap.

Most websites struggle with SEO because they publish content randomly, without a long-term strategy. Articles are created based on guesswork, trending topics, or scattered keyword research. Over time, this leads to duplicated topics, poor internal linking, and weak topical authority.

AI SEO Content Planner solves this problem by automatically generating a structured content roadmap tailored to your website.

Instead of spending hours researching keywords and organizing them manually in spreadsheets, the plugin analyzes your website and creates a list of strategic content opportunities designed to build authority, improve internal linking, and expand your search visibility.

Using AI, the planner generates batches of carefully selected keywords organized into growth phases that help your website evolve from basic coverage to complete topic domination.

This approach allows you to focus on publishing the right content at the right time while maintaining a clear view of your entire SEO strategy.

The planner also provides a simple workflow to track your progress. As articles are published, keywords can be marked as completed, keeping your roadmap organized and preventing duplicate topics. When you need more ideas, the plugin can generate new keyword batches while avoiding overlap with your existing content.

When combined with the other tools in the SEO Max Suite, such as the Draft Generator, Internal Linker, and FAQ Generator, the AI SEO Content Planner becomes the foundation of a fully automated SEO content workflow.

Instead of guessing what to publish next, you gain a clear, scalable strategy for building topical authority and growing organic traffic over time.

AI SEO Content Planner transforms SEO planning from a manual, time-consuming process into a fast, structured, and intelligent workflow directly inside WordPress.

API Connection Guide

This section allows you to connect the AI SEO Content Planner to OpenAI using your API key.

The API key is required for generating content ideas, clusters, outlines, and other AI-powered planning features.

OpenAI API Key

Enter your OpenAI API key in this field.

This key allows the Content Planner to communicate with OpenAI and generate AI-driven suggestions.

The field is hidden for security purposes.

Test Connection

Click Test connection to verify that your API key is valid.

You will see a status message:

• Connection successful — your key is working properly.

• If there is an issue, you will receive an error message so you can correct it.

Save Changes

After entering or updating your API key, click Save changes.

The Content Planner will immediately start using the new key.

Where to Find Your API Key

Make sure your OpenAI account has active billing enabled.

Presets Page Guide

A preset is a saved combination of:

• Hero Topic (main themes)
• Hero Assets (key differentiators)

You can create and manage presets here. The main Roadmap page uses presets but does not allow editing them.

Create preset

Use this section to create a new preset.

Name

Enter a name to identify this preset.

Example: “Main Focus”, “Blog Strategy”, “Product Cluster”.

Hero Topic

Add broad themes related to your business or website.

How to add:

• Type a topic and press Enter, or type a topic and press comma.

Examples:

• Weight loss
• SEO
• Skin care

Hero Assets

Add differentiators that make your brand or offer unique.

How to add:

• Type an asset and press Enter, or type an asset and press comma.

Examples:

• Specific ingredients
• Technologies
• Product features
• Service advantages

Create preset

Click this button to save the preset.

A status message will appear confirming whether it was created successfully.

Presets list

This area shows your existing presets.

Each preset card displays:

• Preset name
• Hero Topic values
• Hero Assets values

Edit

Click Edit to change the preset’s name, Hero Topic, or Hero Assets.

Delete

Click Delete to remove the preset.

Edit preset

When you click Edit, the edit area opens.

Name

Update the preset name.

Hero Topic / Hero Assets

You can add new tags the same way as during creation:

• Type and press Enter or comma.

To remove a tag, click the “×” next to it.

Cancel

Closes the edit area without saving changes.

Save changes

Saves your updates to the preset.

A status message will confirm whether the changes were saved successfully.

Roadmap Preset Panel Guide

This section shows your available presets and lets you access their content roadmap.

Presets here are read-only. To create, edit, or delete presets, use the “Manage presets in Settings” button.

Presets

Each card represents one preset.

A preset is a strategic structure that organizes:

• Keywords
• Quick Wins
• Content status

Preset Card Information

Each preset card displays:

Preset Name

The name of the preset.

Label (e.g., Foundation)

Indicates the preset type or its role in your strategy.

Keywords

The total number of keywords included in this preset.

Quick Wins

The number of easy-to-rank keyword opportunities identified.

Pending / Published

Shows how many pieces of content are:

• Pending (not yet published)
• Published (already live)

This helps you track progress.

View Roadmap

Click View roadmap to open the full content roadmap for that preset.

There you can:

• Analyze keyword structure
• Track publishing progress
• Plan new content

Manage Presets in Settings

Click Manage presets in Settings to:

• Create new presets
• Edit existing presets
• Delete presets

The Roadmap page is only for viewing and working with the preset structure, not editing it.

Roadmap Page Guide

This page shows your keyword plan for the selected preset. It helps you organize what to publish, track progress, and quickly create drafts from keywords.

Preset Summary

At the top, you will see:

• Preset: the active preset name
• Hero Topic: the main theme of the preset
• Hero Assets: the main differentiators included in the preset

This summary helps you confirm you are viewing the correct roadmap.

Keyword Roadmap Header

Keywords

Shows the total number of keywords in this roadmap.

Generate

Creates or refreshes the keyword roadmap for this preset.

A status message may appear next to the button to show progress or results.

Filter (keyword, pillar, intent)

Search within the roadmap table.

You can filter by:

• keyword text
• pillar name
• intent type

Quick Wins only

When enabled, the table shows only keywords marked as Quick Wins (easier opportunities).

Export CSV

Downloads the roadmap as a CSV file, so you can work with it in spreadsheets or share it with your team.

Progress Bar

When generation is running, a progress bar appears.

Keep this tab open until it finishes so the roadmap can be created correctly.

Tabs: Pending and Published

The roadmap is separated into two tabs:

Pending

Keywords/content ideas that are not published yet.

Published

Keywords/content ideas that are already completed and marked as published.

Each tab shows a count in parentheses.

Roadmap Table Columns

Each row represents one keyword entry.

Done

Mark the item as completed. This helps you track what is finished.

Day

A suggested publishing order or schedule day for that keyword.

Pillar

Shows which pillar this keyword belongs to. Pillars help group keywords into topic clusters.

Keyword

The keyword to target.

The keyword is clickable and opens the Draft Generator with this keyword pre-filled, so you can create a draft faster.

Intent

Shows the search intent of the keyword (for example: informational or investigational).
This helps you match the right type of content to what users want.

Difficulty

A simplified difficulty level (for example: low, medium).
Lower difficulty usually means faster ranking potential.

KD (est.)

An estimated keyword difficulty score. Higher values generally mean tougher competition.

Volume (est.)

An estimated monthly search volume. Higher values usually mean more potential traffic.

Preset Keywords Reset Guide

This section lets you delete all keywords for the currently selected preset.

It does not affect other presets.

Reset preset keywords

Click this button to remove all keywords from the current preset’s roadmap.

Use this if you want to:

• Start the roadmap over from scratch
• Regenerate a new keyword plan
• Clear a preset that is no longer needed

A status message will appear next to the button to confirm the result.