AI Readiness Audit
The AI Readiness Audit runs 9 checks against a single WordPress page — structured data, meta tags, headings, content structure, llms.txt, robots.txt AI directives, FAQ schema, internal linking, and content freshness — and produces a 100-point GEO score with a prioritized list of fixes for whatever is holding the score down.
What it does
Run the audit on any published page and CrawlPod evaluates it against the 9 checks above, then combines the results into a single score out of 100. Each check reports pass, fail, or partial, along with a plain-language explanation of what was found and a specific recommendation for fixing it.
The score isn't just a number — every failed or partial check links to the exact element or setting responsible, so fixing an issue doesn't require guessing which part of the page the audit was reacting to.
Why it matters
AI models can only cite content they can read and understand. A page can rank well in traditional search and still be effectively invisible to ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Claude if it lacks structured data, blocks AI crawlers, or buries its answer inside unstructured prose. The AI Readiness Audit checks the specific, fixable technical conditions that determine whether a page is a candidate for citation at all, before considering whether an AI model would choose to cite it.
How it works
- Open the page or post you want to audit from the WordPress admin.
- Click "Run AI Readiness Audit" from the CrawlPod panel.
- CrawlPod fetches the rendered page and runs all 9 checks against it.
- Review the 100-point score and the per-check breakdown.
- Work through the recommendations, re-running the audit to confirm each fix.
Key concepts
| Check | What it evaluates |
|---|---|
| Structured data | Presence and validity of JSON-LD schema relevant to the page's content type. |
| Meta tags | Title, description, and Open Graph tags an AI system can use to identify the page. |
| Headings | A single H1 and a consistent, unskipped heading hierarchy. |
| Content structure | Whether the page is broken into machine-segmentable sections. |
| llms.txt | Whether an llms.txt file exists and includes the page. |
| robots.txt AI directives | Whether known AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and others) are allowed to fetch the page. |
| FAQ schema | Whether question-and-answer content is marked up as FAQPage schema. |
| Internal linking | Whether the page is reachable through a reasonable internal link path, not orphaned. |
| Content freshness | Whether the page shows a recent modification date, a signal AI systems weight when choosing between sources. |
Limitations & fair usage
The AI Readiness Audit is available on the Pro plan and above. Single-page audits run on demand, so results reflect the page as it exists at the moment you run the check — re-run after making changes to see an updated score. For auditing an entire site at once, see Bulk Site Scan below.
Related features
- Bulk Site Scan — run this same 9-check audit across every page on a site at once.
- JSON-LD for AI — a guide to the structured data this audit checks for.
- llms.txt setup— how to create the file this audit's llms.txt check looks for.
- See the Pro plan for what else is included at this tier.