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SiteRune vs Yoast, Rank Math, and in-CMS SEO plugins
· Configuration notes, not a newsroom.
Yoast lives inside WordPress. SiteRune fetches the public origin. A green traffic light in the editor is not HSTS, and it is not an llms.txt.
YOThe plugin cannot see the edge
Yoast and Rank Math are the right place for titles, schema, and sitemaps on WordPress. They do not set nginx headers, Cloudflare cache, or a host-level CSP. SiteRune still scores those. We will tell you to keep the SEO plugin you already run — not to install a second one.
AI bots are not a Yoast preset you meant
Security plugins and 'block AI' toggles often write robots.txt. The SEO plugin's green light will not mention GPTBot. SiteRune will. Use Yoast for the article. Use SiteRune for the origin the article ships on.
Capability table
| Capability | SiteRune | Yoast / Rank Math |
|---|---|---|
| Lives inside WordPress | Fetches the public origin | Yes |
| Titles / schema / sitemaps | Observes them | Writes them |
| nginx / CDN / HSTS / CSP | Yes | No |
| AI-bot robots policy | Yes | Usually not |
FAQ
Does SiteRune replace yoast?
No. Use the comparison table. SiteRune is a hosted configuration brief with CMS dialect and ship files. It does not replace rank tracking, backlink graphs, lab Core Web Vitals, or a desktop site-wide crawl.
What does a SiteRune scan actually fetch?
HTML and headers from this vantage point, robots.txt, sitemap, llms.txt, security.txt, and a polite walk of same-origin interiors. No headless Chrome. No exploits.
Run it on a live URL
Same scan engine. Guest scans stay free.