WordPress Integration

Connect your WordPress site for content management and SEO optimization

WordPress Integration WordPress integration enables direct content management, SEO optimization, and performance monitoring from within QueryCatch. Prerequisites WordPress 5.0 or higher. Administrator access to WordPress. REST API enabled (default in modern WordPress). Application password or user credentials Creating Application Password Application passwords are the recommended authentication method for security. Log in to WordPress admin. Go to Users → Your Profile. Scroll to "Application Passwords" section. Enter "QueryCatch" as the name. Click "Add New Application Password". Copy the generated password immediately. Save it securely - it won't be shown again Connection Steps Navigate to Integrations in QueryCatch. Click Connect on the WordPress card. Enter your WordPress site URL. Enter your WordPress username. Paste the application password into WordPress Password. Click "Connect WordPress". Wait for verification /assets/documentation/wordpress-integration/connect-wordpress.webp /assets/documentation/wordpress-integration/wordpress-connected.webp To save Yoast SEO titles and descriptions from QueryCatch (Meta title and Meta description optimisation, and AI assistants), the site also needs the QueryCatch plugin for WordPress, version 1.6 or later. Install it from www.querycatch.com/wordpress, then click Check Yoast SEO API. If the site has the older Yoast SEO REST API Enabler plugin, delete it once the QueryCatch plugin is installed. The QueryCatch plugin for WordPress This page connects QueryCatch to your WordPress site. To see your QueryCatch numbers inside WordPress instead, install the QueryCatch plugin: it adds a QueryCatch page, a dashboard widget and search clicks beside every post, and needs no application password. Download the plugin from the QueryCatch for WordPress page: https://www.querycatch.com/wordpress.. In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, choose the zip, then Install Now and Activate.. Open QueryCatch in the WordPress admin menu and click Connect to QueryCatch. See QueryCatch for WordPress for the full guide. Create posts and pages with an AI assistant Through this connection, a profile admin's AI assistant (see AI Assistants) can create new pages, posts and items of your site's own post types, such as recipes, when you ask it to and 'Allow AI assistants to make changes' is on. It saves each one as a draft for you to review and publish in WordPress, or publishes it if you ask and a profile admin has switched on 'Let AI assistants publish pages'. The connected WordPress user must be allowed to create that type of post: connect as an editor or administrator.. The text is saved as standard blocks (headings, paragraphs and lists, with an optional FAQ), which every theme shows. Edit it in the block editor like any other post.. Its search title and meta description are saved through the QueryCatch plugin for WordPress (1.6 or later, with Yoast SEO), as Meta title and Meta description optimisation saves them. If WordPress doesn't take them, the page is still created without them.. An address already in use is refused, including by a draft or something in the bin, and a page can't take a post's address or a post a page's.. Media, templates, reusable blocks, menus and page builder layouts are never created, and nothing that already exists is changed. /assets/documentation/wordpress-integration/ai-draft-in-wordpress.webp Every new page or post is listed under Profile settings → AI assistants → AI changes. Undo moves it to the bin if nobody has changed it since. If someone has, other pages sit under it, or the site keeps no bin, it sets it back to draft instead, or leaves a draft as it is. It is never deleted for good. /assets/documentation/wordpress-integration/ai-changes-wordpress.webp Features Available Content Management View all posts and pages. Update meta titles and descriptions. Optimize content for target keywords. Bulk edit SEO settings. Content performance tracking SEO Features Yoast SEO integration. RankMath compatibility. Schema markup management. XML sitemap monitoring. Robots.txt editing Performance Monitoring Page speed insights. Core Web Vitals tracking. Image optimization suggestions. Cache status monitoring. Plugin update notifications Security Considerations Never share your application password. Each integration should have its own unique password. Use application passwords, not main password. Enable two-factor authentication on WordPress. Regularly rotate application passwords. Monitor access logs. Restrict REST API access if needed Troubleshooting Connection Failed Verify site URL includes https:// or http://. Check REST API is accessible. Ensure credentials are correct. Disable security plugins temporarily. Check .htaccess for restrictions REST API Disabled // Add to wp-config.php to enable REST API define('REST_API_ENABLED', true); Compatibility WordPress.com: Business plan or higher required. WordPress.org: Full support. Multisite: Supported with network admin access. Headless WordPress: Supported. Popular hosts: WP Engine, SiteGround tested Best Practice: Create a dedicated WordPress user for QueryCatch with only necessary permissions for enhanced security.