Rank Math SEO abilities, governed through the Bridge

An agent can read and change Rank Math's SEO, sitemap, redirection, breadcrumb, and website-identity settings, read per-post SEO scores, schema markup, and link reports, run and fix a site-wide SEO audit, and manage tracked brands in the AI Visibility feature.

Abilities
2918 read11 write
Active installs
4M+
Rating
96% (7,507 ratings)
Version
1.0.279
Requires
WP 6.7+, PHP 7.4+
Last updated
2026-09-22

What has to be true first

Rank Math must be installed and active on WordPress 6.9 or later. Most abilities check one of Rank Math's own capabilities (for example rank_math_general, rank_math_titles, rank_math_sitemap, rank_math_onpage_analysis, or rank_math_link_builder), and a handful of settings and system-level abilities check manage_options directly. The Link Genius, 404 Monitor, Redirections, and Analytics capabilities only mean anything once their matching Rank Math module is turned on, since the capability check simply fails when the module is off.

Rank Math SEO also has a built-in integration

Beyond what the Bridge discovers here, Agent Abilities for MCP also maintains its own built-in integration for Rank Math SEO, which we build and keep up to date ourselves rather than read from Rank Math SEO's code. See the built-in Rank Math SEO abilities.

A note on the count below

The current free zip registers 29 abilities across nine categories (Settings, SEO Analysis, AI Visibility, Redirections, Sitemap, Post SEO, Link Genius, Schema, Content Analysis, Monitor 404, Analytics); easymcp's count of 13 is stale against this version.

The 29 Rank Math SEO abilities

Grouped by what each one can change. Every one starts off until you enable it.

Read 18

  • Read

    Get robots.txt

    Reads the effective robots.txt content Rank Math generates.

    Permission
    rank_math_general
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-robots-txt
  • Read

    Get system status

    Reads Rank Math's system status / diagnostic report.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-system-status
  • Read

    Get llms.txt

    Reads the site's generated llms.txt content.

    Permission
    rank_math_general
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-llms-txt
  • Read

    Get settings

    Reads Rank Math's current settings.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-settings
  • Read

    Audit site SEO

    Runs a site-wide SEO audit and returns the findings.

    Permission
    rank_math_site_analysis
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-audit-site-seo
  • Read

    Get AI Visibility brand insights

    Reads AI-citation insights for a tracked brand.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-ai-visibility-brand-insights
  • Read

    Get AI Visibility brand queries

    Reads the tracked query list for a brand in AI Visibility.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-ai-visibility-brand-queries
  • Read

    Get AI Visibility overview

    Reads the AI Visibility feature's overview report.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-ai-visibility-overview
  • Read

    Get redirections

    Lists configured URL redirections.

    Permission
    Custom checkHelper::has_cap(redirections)
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-redirections
  • Read

    Get sitemap status

    Reads the current sitemap build status.

    Permission
    rank_math_sitemap
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-sitemap-status
  • Read

    Get post SEO metadata

    Reads one post's Rank Math SEO metadata.

    Permission
    rank_math_onpage_general
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-post-seo-meta
  • Read

    Get post links

    Reads the internal/external link report for one post.

    Permission
    rank_math_link_builder
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-post-links
  • Read

    Get link report

    Reads the site-wide internal/external link report.

    Permission
    rank_math_link_builder
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-link-report
  • Read

    Get post schema

    Reads the structured-data (schema.org) markup generated for one post.

    Permission
    rank_math_onpage_snippet
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-post-schema
  • Read

    Get SEO scores

    Reads Rank Math's SEO score for a set of posts.

    Permission
    rank_math_onpage_analysis
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-seo-scores
  • Read

    Analyze post content

    Runs Rank Math's content analysis against a post.

    Permission
    rank_math_onpage_analysis
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-analyze-post-content
  • Read

    Get 404 logs

    Reads Rank Math's monitored 404 log.

    Permission
    rank_math_404_monitor
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-404-logs
  • Read

    Get top keywords

    Reads the site's top-performing keywords from Rank Math's analytics.

    Permission
    rank_math_analytics
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-get-top-keywords

Write 11

  • Write

    Set sitemap settings

    Writes the site's sitemap configuration.

    Permission
    rank_math_sitemap
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-set-sitemap-settings
  • Write

    Set plugin preferences

    Writes Rank Math's general plugin preferences.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-set-plugin-preferences
  • Write

    Set global SEO settings

    Writes Rank Math's global SEO settings.

    Permission
    rank_math_titles
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-set-global-seo-settings
  • Write

    Set homepage SEO

    Writes the homepage's SEO title, description, and focus keyword.

    Permission
    rank_math_titles
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-set-homepage-seo
  • Write

    Set post type SEO settings

    Writes the default SEO title/description templates for one post type.

    Permission
    rank_math_titles
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-set-post-type-seo-settings
  • Write

    Set website identity

    Writes the site's organization/person identity used in Rank Math's schema.

    Permission
    rank_math_titles
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-set-website-identity
  • Write

    Set module status

    Turns a Rank Math module on or off.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-set-module-status
  • Write

    Set link settings

    Writes Rank Math's permalink/redirect-related link settings.

    Permission
    rank_math_general
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-set-link-settings
  • Write

    Set breadcrumb settings

    Writes Rank Math's breadcrumb display settings.

    Permission
    rank_math_general
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-set-breadcrumb-settings
  • Write

    Fix site SEO

    Applies one-click fixes for issues found by the site SEO audit.

    Permission
    rank_math_site_analysis + manage_options
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-fix-site-seo
  • Write

    Create AI Visibility brand

    Registers a new brand to track in AI Visibility.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-rank-math-create-ai-visibility-brand

How to switch these on

Four steps from two active plugins to a governed connection.

  1. Install Rank Math SEO and Agent Abilities for MCP

    Both plugins need to be active on the same WordPress site. Rank Math SEO registers its own abilities; this plugin discovers and governs them.

  2. Open the Other plugins screen

    In Agent Abilities for MCP, open the Bridge tab (labeled "Other plugins" in the admin). Abilities from every registered plugin appear there, grouped by the plugin that registered them.

  3. Enable one ability at a time

    Every ability from Rank Math SEO starts off. Turn on only the ones you want an agent to reach, or enable the whole set in one click.

  4. Connect as a least-privilege user

    Approve the connection as a WordPress account scoped to what you actually want the agent to do. Each call still re-checks that account’s capability before it runs.

Read more in how bridging works or the full documentation.

Frequently asked questions

Does Rank Math SEO work with the Bridge?

Yes. All 29 abilities register unconditionally on the Abilities API init hook once Rank Math is active, so the Bridge can discover and enable any of them.

Do Rank Math SEO's abilities register automatically?

Yes, unconditionally, once Rank Math SEO is active. Nothing else has to be configured for the Bridge to discover them.

Does Rank Math SEO need anything special to work with the Bridge?

Rank Math must be installed and active on WordPress 6.9 or later. Most abilities check one of Rank Math's own capabilities (for example rank_math_general, rank_math_titles, rank_math_sitemap, rank_math_onpage_analysis, or rank_math_link_builder), and a handful of settings and system-level abilities check manage_options directly. The Link Genius, 404 Monitor, Redirections, and Analytics capabilities only mean anything once their matching Rank Math module is turned on, since the capability check simply fails when the module is off.

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Verified from Rank Math SEO's own free wordpress.org code on 28 September 2026, not from its marketing claims. Not every ability listed here has been run end to end against a live site. Plugin authors change their code, so a name, a capability, or a condition can be different in a later release. This site is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Rank Math SEO or Rank Math SEO. Back to the full directory.

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Bridge Rank Math SEO, keep the same control.

Every ability starts off, is scoped to the user you connect, and is written to the same audit log as core. Turn on only what you need.

Off by default. Capability checked on every call.