SureRank SEO abilities, governed through the Bridge

An agent can list a site's posts, pages and content types, read and update per-post and per-term SEO metadata, pull on-page SEO check results, and read or update global SEO settings, robots.txt content, and XML sitemap settings.

Abilities
149 read5 destructive
Active installs
300K+
Rating
96% (46 ratings)
Version
1.10.1
Requires
WP 6.7+, PHP 7.4+
Last updated
2026-09-09 5:01am GMT

What has to be true first

Needs WordPress 6.9 or newer with the Abilities API, SureRank active, and its enable_mcp setting turned on before any ability registers. Every ability enforces manage_options as its minimum capability, so only a connected user who can manage site options can use any of them.

  • SureRank's own enable_mcp setting must be turned on in its admin screen, since a filter tied to that setting gates whether the abilities register at all

The 14 SureRank SEO abilities

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

Read 9

  • Read

    List Content Types

    Lists the post types registered on the site.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-list-content-types
  • Read

    List Content Items

    Lists posts or terms of a given content type.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-list-content-items
  • Read

    Get Global Settings

    Reads SureRank's site-wide SEO settings.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-get-global-settings
  • Read

    Get Post SEO

    Reads a post's SEO metadata (title, description, social tags).

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-get-post-seo
  • Read

    Get Term SEO

    Reads a taxonomy term's SEO metadata.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-get-term-seo
  • Read

    Get Post SEO Checks

    Returns SureRank's on-page SEO check results for a post.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-get-post-seo-checks
  • Read

    Get Term SEO Checks

    Returns SureRank's on-page SEO check results for a term.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-get-term-seo-checks
  • Read

    Get Robots.txt

    Reads the site's virtual robots.txt content.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-get-robots-txt
  • Read

    Get Sitemap Settings

    Reads the XML sitemap configuration.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-get-sitemap-settings

Destructive 5

  • Destructive

    Update Global Settings

    Updates SureRank's site-wide SEO settings.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-update-global-settings
  • Destructive

    Update Post SEO

    Updates a post's SEO metadata.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-update-post-seo
  • Destructive

    Update Term SEO

    Updates a taxonomy term's SEO metadata.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-update-term-seo
  • Destructive

    Update Robots.txt

    Updates the site's virtual robots.txt content.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-update-robots-txt
  • Destructive

    Update Sitemap Settings

    Updates the XML sitemap configuration.

    Permission
    manage_optionsAdministrators
    MCP tool
    aafm-bridge-surerank-update-sitemap-settings

How to switch these on

Four steps from two active plugins to a governed connection.

  1. Install SureRank SEO and Agent Abilities for MCP

    Both plugins need to be active on the same WordPress site. SureRank 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 SureRank 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 SureRank SEO work with the Bridge?

Yes. SureRank registers 14 abilities through the real wp_register_ability() call, each annotated readonly or destructive, so the Bridge discovers them in the core registry and can wrap any of them once enabled.

What has to be true for SureRank SEO's abilities to register?

SureRank's own enable_mcp setting must be turned on in its admin screen, since a filter tied to that setting gates whether the abilities register at all.

Does SureRank SEO need anything special to work with the Bridge?

Needs WordPress 6.9 or newer with the Abilities API, SureRank active, and its enable_mcp setting turned on before any ability registers. Every ability enforces manage_options as its minimum capability, so only a connected user who can manage site options can use any of them.

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Verified from SureRank 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, Brainstorm Force or SureRank SEO. Back to the full directory.

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Bridge SureRank 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.