Yoast's AI tools are well integrated for the 10 million+ sites already running Yoast: generate titles and meta descriptions, optimise content and summarise posts without leaving the editor. Yoast also registers its scores with WordPress's Abilities API, so AI agents can read them.
Most AI features require Premium ($118.80/year per site), and Yoast's own pages contradicted each other on Premium's AI usage limit.
What Yoast SEO AI is
Uses AI to draft SEO titles, meta descriptions and social metadata, suggest content improvements, summarize long posts into key takeaways, and plan new posts. A separate AI+ plan tracks how a brand appears in answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude.
How it works with WordPress
AI tools are inside Yoast SEO (Premium) in the editor sidebar/metabox and in the bulk editor; free plugin gets a one-time allowance of 10 'sparks'. Yoast also registers Abilities API abilities for its scores.
Key features
- AI Generate: titles and meta descriptions (also social)
- AI Optimize: suggestions to fix SEO analysis issues
- AI Summarize: key-takeaways summaries
- AI Content Planner: post ideas and starter drafts
- Bulk editor with AI drafts (nothing saves until reviewed)
- AI Brand Insights (AI+ plan): weekly AI-visibility scans
- Bot blocker for AI crawlers (Premium); Abilities API support
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 10 free sparks, one-time (titles/meta, Content Planner) |
| Yoast SEO Premium | $118.80 / year | All Yoast AI tools; one site |
| Yoast SEO AI+ | $358.80 / year | Premium + WooCommerce SEO features + AI Brand Insights |
AI limits: Free: 10 sparks one-time. Premium: wp.org listing says no separate AI subscription or credit top-ups; a spark counter exists (100 mentioned) and older posts describe it as soft/monthly — exact hard limit unverified. Brand Insights: 5 brand questions, one weekly analysis per subscription.
Prices are as listed on the official pricing page in November 2026 and can change. Check the current pricing before you buy.
Pros and cons
Pros
- AI is included in Premium with no extra AI subscription
- Review-before-save workflow for bulk AI drafts
- Huge install base and documentation
- AI visibility tracking available (AI+)
Cons
- Free AI allowance is only 10 one-time sparks
- Premium priced per site
- AI features focus on metadata/optimization, not full article writing
- AI+ is expensive for small sites
On WordPress.org: active installs: 10,000,000+, rating: 4.8/5 (96/100, 27,821 ratings), last updated: 2026-10-27, version: 28.8 (as shown in November 2026).
Who it's for
Good fit: Yoast users who want AI-assisted metadata and optimization without managing credits.
Look elsewhere if: Users wanting long-form AI content generation or multi-site licenses at low cost.