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What RankGrep does

RankGrep audits your website, writes the fixes, applies them once you approve, and checks that they made a difference.

Updated 17 Sept 20262 min read

On this page
  1. The loop
  2. What it can fix on its own
  3. What it never does

Most SEO tools stop at a report. RankGrep goes one step further: for the problems it can fix, it writes the fix, shows you exactly what will change, and applies it to your live site once you approve.

The loop

Every website in RankGrep goes through the same four steps, over and over.

  1. Audit. RankGrep crawls your site the way a search engine does and reads each page as a visitor sees it: the title, the meta description, the headings, the opening paragraph, the images, the links.
  2. Find. Each problem becomes an issue with evidence: which pages, what was found, why it matters.
  3. Fix. For issues RankGrep can repair, it writes the replacement and shows a before-and-after. Nothing changes until you approve it. See How a fix is applied.
  4. Measure. Search Console and rank tracking show whether the pages moved. See Rank tracking and Search Console.

What it can fix on its own

With a connected WordPress site, RankGrep can write these directly:

FieldNeeds
SEO titleA WordPress connection, and the connector plugin for an exact result
Meta descriptionThe connector plugin or a supported SEO plugin
H1 headingThe connector plugin, plus a theme that calls it
Opening paragraphThe connector plugin, plus a theme that calls it
Image alt textA WordPress connection
Broken internal linksA WordPress connection

Everything else comes as guidance: a clear description of what to change and where, for you or your developer to apply by hand.

With a connected GitHub repository, fixes arrive as pull requests instead. RankGrep never merges them. See Connect GitHub.

What it never does

  • It never changes anything without an approval.
  • It never edits your theme or plugin files. Every WordPress fix is a value in your site's database, which is what makes deploying safe. See Where your changes live.
  • It never keeps your WordPress password. Connections use an Application Password you can revoke at any time.
  • It never leaves a failed change on your site. If a fix cannot be verified on the live page, RankGrep puts the original value back automatically.