What is the Yoast SEO MCP server?
The Yoast SEO MCP server from AcrossAI lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any other MCP client audit content SEO, manage term and archive SEO, check indexables and sitemaps, and change any Yoast setting on your WordPress site. It runs inside WordPress through the free Abilities Manager and MCP Manager plugins, and works through Yoast SEO itself — with no third-party relay in between.
Looking for another plugin? Browse all WordPress MCP integrations or the SEO integrations.
What your AI can do with Yoast SEO
Yoast SEO spreads its settings across dozens of screens and keeps its data in indexables. These abilities let an AI assistant audit content SEO across the site, manage term and archive SEO, check indexation and sitemaps, and change any Yoast setting — alongside the per-post abilities Yoast ships itself.
Audit content at scale
Find low-scoring content, orphaned posts, keyphrase reuse and cornerstone pages across the whole site.
Term, archive and system pages
Read and update SEO for categories, tags, post type archives, the home page and search pages.
Indexation and sitemaps
See whether indexables are built, request indexation, and check sitemap coverage and cache.
Every Yoast setting
Titles, breadcrumbs, schema, social, crawl optimisation, robots, llms.txt and more — plus export and import.
Troubleshooting
Yoast SEO data looks wrong? Three reasons it happens quietly.
Each of these leaves Yoast looking configured while scores, sitemaps or snippets don’t reflect the site.
Indexables were never built
Yoast refuses to build its indexables outside a production environment. Get Indexation Status shows whether they exist and why not.
Another plugin is interfering
A second SEO, Open Graph or sitemap plugin can override Yoast’s output. List Conflicting Plugins names it.
The sitemap is cached
Changes don’t appear until the sitemap cache is cleared. Invalidate Sitemap Cache clears it for the site or one post.
Try asking
Paste one into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor once your site is connected.
“Which posts have a red SEO score?”
“Find posts with no internal links pointing to them.”
“Update the meta description for the Shoes category.”
“Is Yoast’s indexation complete on this site?”
“Turn on breadcrumbs and set the separator to ›.”
“Export our Yoast settings so I can copy them to staging.”
AcrossAI vs WPVibe vs Novamira for Yoast SEO
Three ways to connect an AI assistant to Yoast SEO. The difference is where the MCP server runs and what sits between your AI and your site.
| AcrossAI | WPVibe | Novamira | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the MCP server runs | On your WordPress site | Hosted gateway at mcp.wpvibe.ai | On your WordPress site |
| Third-party relay | None | Every call passes through WPVibe’s cloud | None |
| How it works with Yoast SEO | Dedicated Yoast SEO abilities, each labelled read-only, write or destructive | Plugin abilities, REST API and WP-CLI | General PHP access; a Yoast SEO specialization is part of Novamira Pro |
| Designed for | Production sites, with risky changes gated behind confirm | Any host reachable over HTTPS | Dev and staging environments with backups |
| Price | Free, including every Yoast SEO ability | Free plan with a daily action allowance; paid tiers | Free core; specializations in Novamira Pro |
Based on each product’s own published documentation, September 2026.
Yoast SEO + AI questions
Is there an MCP server for Yoast SEO?
Yes. AcrossAI turns your WordPress site into an MCP server with dedicated Yoast SEO abilities, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or a local model can work with Yoast SEO directly. It’s free on WordPress.org.
Can ChatGPT or Claude manage Yoast SEO?
Yes, once your site is connected over MCP. Ask in plain English and your AI calls the Yoast SEO abilities on this page, with risky changes gated behind an explicit confirm.
Is the Yoast SEO integration free?
Yes. All of its abilities ship in Abilities Manager, which is free on WordPress.org.
Does it replace Yoast’s own abilities?
No. Yoast ships its own per-post abilities; these cover what those don’t — site-wide settings, term and archive SEO, sitemaps, indexing and content reports — in the same toolset.
Does it work with Yoast SEO Premium?
It works with the free plugin. Premium-only features are only available where Premium is installed.
Which AI assistants work with it?
Any MCP client: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Cursor, Claude Code, and local runtimes such as Ollama, LM Studio and Open WebUI.
Does my site data pass through AcrossAI’s servers?
No. Your WordPress site runs the MCP server and your AI client connects to it directly. There is no hosted gateway in the middle.
Is AcrossAI affiliated with Yoast SEO?
No. AcrossAI built and maintains this integration independently, using Yoast SEO’s public APIs.