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What AEBOT can do at each WordPress permission level
The four AuditAE plugin permissions (read, draft, publish, Write SEO settings): what AEBOT and MCP agents can and can't change at each level.
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Once the AuditAE plugin is paired, the site owner decides what AEBOT and any agent connected over MCP may do on the site. There are four switches, and every write is checked against them twice: by AuditAE before the request leaves our servers, and by the plugin on your site before it changes anything.
Note
A new pairing starts with read and draft only. Publishing and SEO writes are opt-in.
Where to change permissions
In WordPress admin, go to Settings → AuditAE, open the Connect tab, and find the What AEBOT can do card (it appears once the site is paired). Tick the permissions you want and click Save permissions. Only an administrator can change them.
AEBOT picks up a change the next time it tries: if a permission it needs is missing, it re-reads the plugin's live settings before giving up, so you don't need to re-pair. The connection page in AuditAE (WordPress sites) shows the current set; click Refresh there to sync it by hand.
The four permissions
| Permission | Shown in AuditAE as | What it allows | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
read | Read site data (free) | Read posts and pages, SEO meta, schema, llms.txt, media, links, redirects, the AI crawler log and form leads | wp_site_status, wp_get_seo_settings, wp_list_posts, wp_get_post, wp_get_post_seo, wp_get_faq_schema, wp_get_post_schema, wp_get_organization_schema, wp_probe_schema, wp_get_llms_txt, wp_read_page_blocks, wp_list_recent_posts (AEBOT only), wp_get_post_links (AEBOT only), wp_get_link_graph (AEBOT only), wp_list_crawler_hits (AEBOT only), wp_list_form_submissions (AEBOT only), wp_get_fields (AEBOT only), wp_list_media (AEBOT only), wp_get_media (AEBOT only), wp_list_redirects (AEBOT only), wp_suggest_redirects_from_404s (AEBOT only) |
draft | Create + update draft posts | Create and update drafts, upload media, insert internal links in drafts, save a designed page as a draft, trash a draft | wp_create_post, wp_update_post, wp_trash_post, wp_design_page, wp_upload_media (AEBOT only), wp_insert_internal_link (AEBOT only), wp_edit (AEBOT only) |
publish | Publish posts directly | Publish or schedule posts and edit posts that are already live, including link inserts and designed pages | wp_create_post, wp_update_post, wp_design_page, wp_insert_internal_link (AEBOT only), wp_add_record (AEBOT only) |
write_seo | Write SEO settings | Change SEO titles and descriptions, FAQ, post and organization schema, llms.txt, image alt text and captions, and redirects | wp_set_seo_settings, wp_set_post_seo, wp_set_faq_schema, wp_delete_faq_schema, wp_set_post_schema, wp_delete_post_schema, wp_set_organization_schema, wp_delete_organization_schema, wp_set_llms_txt, wp_reset_llms_txt, wp_update_media (AEBOT only), wp_rename_media (AEBOT only), wp_add_redirect (AEBOT only), wp_delete_redirect (AEBOT only) |
wp_list_sites lists your paired sites from AuditAE itself and needs no permission. Tools marked "AEBOT only" are available in the AEBOT chat but not over MCP.
What AEBOT does at each level
Not paired
AEBOT can't touch the site. It gives you paste-ready edits (copy, meta tags, JSON-LD) and points you to pairing the plugin.
Read only
AEBOT reads your posts, SEO meta, schema, llms.txt, media, links, redirects and the AI crawler log, so its advice is about your real pages. It won't offer to create a draft or change anything.
Read and draft (the default)
AEBOT can create new drafts and update drafts, upload media, insert internal links into drafts, and save a designed page as a draft for you to review and publish yourself. Editing a post that is already published needs publish.
Publish
AEBOT can publish or schedule posts and edit live content, always after you confirm. Scheduling a post for later counts as publishing, because it goes live without another check. Trashing a live post needs publish too; trash is reversible from the WordPress Trash.
Write SEO settings
AEBOT can apply SEO fixes directly: titles and meta descriptions (Yoast or Rank Math), FAQ schema, post and organization schema, llms.txt, image alt text and captions, and 404 → 301 redirects. Schema is validated before it reaches the site.
Without Write SEO settings, AEBOT shows you the exact edits instead of applying them, and names the switch that would let it apply them. On an audit, the fix buttons read Show me the exact edits for a paired site without it, and Apply with AEBOT once it's on.
Good to know
- Elementor pages: AEBOT edits text in place with exact find-and-replace edits (
wp_update_postwithreplacements). Whole-page rewrites are refused there, and fields bound to Elementor Pro dynamic tags are skipped. On block-editor pages the same edits also update the text blocks keep in their settings (Yoast or Rank Math FAQ blocks, for example), so edited blocks stay valid in the editor. - AuditAE AI Autopilot theme:
wp_editchanges page fields and site-wide brand settings (needs draft), andwp_add_recordadds services, locations, FAQs and other records that pages loop over (needs publish). - Every action is logged on the plugin's Activity tab in WordPress admin, and you can disconnect at any time from the Connect tab.
What it costs
Reads are free. Each standard write costs 5¢, billed per write from your AuditAE balance. wp_design_page (the Page Composer) costs 25¢. AEBOT's own reply is billed on top; see Credits, prices and top-ups.
Try it in AuditAE
Open WordPress sitesRelated docs
- Pair the AuditAE WordPress pluginInstall the free AuditAE plugin, pair it with an 8-character code, and choose what AEBOT may change. Plus fixes for blocked pairing and llms.txt 404s.
- Apply a fix plan and check it workedTurn an audit into exact edits, apply them on WordPress or any other site, ping the crawlers, and re-check whether AI engines now cite you.
- Using AEBOTAEBOT is the AI assistant that runs your AuditAE workspace from chat: what it can do, what a reply costs (about $1–2), WordPress permissions and free docs mode.
- Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to AuditAE (MCP)Add AuditAE's remote MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor or Claude Desktop with OAuth or an API key, then run audits and fixes from chat.
Still stuck? Signed in, ask AEBOT in Documentation mode (free). Or email support@auditae.app.