EEAT WP

Description

Showcasing trustworthiness is becoming more and more important for ranking on Google. Improve your SEO by demonstrating E-E-A-T through well-researched content and clear authorship.

Create People-First Content with EEAT WP

EEAT WP is designed to help authors and editors convey trustworthiness within their content, specifically as it relates to Google’s EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness) Quality Rater Guideline. Trustworthiness can be demonstrated through well-researched content by qualified individuals on a given topic. To help with this, EEAT WP can:

• Automatically generate scientific MLA/APA citations based on hyperlinks within the content
• Display author knowledge and experience with custom bylines (before article) and author boxes (after article)
• Integrated author schema tells Google what your Author’s expertise (knows about) and knowledge (alumni) is

EEAT WP Plugin At A Glance
* Auto Citations: Hyperlinks can be added within the WordPress article as normal. Once your article is finalized, click “Scan Post Links” to generate full citations of the referenced hyperlinks using MLA or APA standards. Citations will automatically display at the bottom of the article (or via shortcode). All hyperlinks will be numbered in superscript; clicking the number will scroll the page down to the referenced source. Additional settings allow you to change the references header title, summary, and appearances. The free plugin is limited to 30 generated citations per month; the Pro version is unlimited.
* Author Bylines: The author byline excellently showcases Experience and Expertise. Hovering over the author name or photo displays an occupation title, short bio, skillset, and social profiles, all of which are added in the settings. The job title, skill sets, and social profiles are directly tied into the author schema, giving Google a direct view into who you are.
* Author Boxes: Author Boxes are similar to bylines, also providing author schema on the backend, but are placed at the end of an article. Rather than relying on a user to hover over the author name, Author Boxes display the full bio, title, skills, and social profiles by default. Author boxes are a great way to display your author’s EEAT to readers.
* Full Appearance and Typography Control: Author Bylines and Boxes can both be activated in settings to display on all posts by default, or you can choose to use shortcodes. Font size and colors are available for Bylines, and font size, colors, borders, and background colors are available for Author Boxes and Citations.

EEAT WP Pro Features

• Auto Citations (Unlimited): Same functionality for Auto Citations, but with unlimited use. No monthly caps on the API.
  Guest Author:** Avoid the need to create a new user manually; simply add the Guest Author’s content into an article and add their name in the Guest Author box. Provides a simple and straightforward way to properly credit another user’s content who won’t be a frequent contributor.
• Co-Author: Assign multiple authors to a single article, complete with Author Byline, Author Box, and Author Schema integration. Author byline will dynamically add multiple authors in a consolidated view. Particularly helpful for large pieces of content that’s thoroughly researched.
• Reviewed By: Having content reviewed by a knowledgeable subject matter expert is an excellent way to show trustworthiness. For the website owner, it’s typically more cost effective to have, let’s say a Registered Nurse, review a medical article, rather than having them write it. This functionality allows you to display who reviewed the content versus who wrote it. In addition to saying “reviewed by”, a checkmark is applied next to the Reviewer’s name and title.

Credits & 3rd Party Services

1. api.citeas.org: EEAT WP uses an MIT Licensed API from CiteAs.org to generate citations. CiteAs uses a pattern of web-based searches to try to discover and represent the best way to cite a given scholarly artifact. CiteAs is a small part of a collaborative grant between OurResearch and James Howison at the University of Texas-Austin. API Documentation | Terms of Use, Privacy Policy & More Details
2. EEATWP.com: EEAT WP uses its own website as an API to communicate general details like About us section of the plugin, version updates, etc. Terms & Policies
3. jQuery: This plugin uses jQuery which is a javascript library to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animations, and Ajax.
4. Select2: This plugin uses Select2 which is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes.
5. CodeMirror: This plugin uses CodeMirror which is a JavaScript component that provides a code editor in the browser.

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Installation

1. Upload eeat-wp.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. A new sub menu item EEAT WP will appear in your main Settings menu (additional schema settings can be found in user profile settings)

FAQ

The generated citations are not showing the author name. Why?

The citation tool was designed for scientific publications (ie, PubMed, etc). However, it can still pull citations from standard web articles. Depending on that website’s schema structure, it may or may not be able to pull the author name. If this is the case, it’s suggested to manually paste the author name into the citation field.

Why is there a limit on citation generations for the free plugin?

A lot of work goes into generating the citations. Just like APIs often have limits, we thought it best to put a limit on the free plugin to avoid overloading the generator.

Where can I get support, suggest enhancements, or report bugs?

Drop a question here in the forums for support. Enhancements and bugs can be reported here.

Reviews

Promising plugin

danztric November 1, 2024 1 reply

Promising plugin, there are some areas for improvement that would make this plugin better. At least in my case. I would like to suggest the following for improvement: WPML support. Author bylines (and possibly other parts of the plugin) show elements in the main language only. For example the ”written by” and ”updated on” text. Overall it will need WPML support to be used on multilingual websites. Another problem with multilingual websites and author bylines is that other languages than the main language shows eeatwpcp-author-bylines-modal-author-social-img with link to the main language page. Author bylines: add more options / ability to add elements, for example add ”Medically reviewed by” (important for EEAT in medical). And an option to remove elements as ”updated on”. So more flexibility in adjusting / styling the author bylines are very welcome. Auto Citations: Please consider an option to just add the citations myself. No Superscript needed, just a blank field where I can add citations myself. Because not all citation sources are supported for example. I hope this feedback is helpful, overall it’s a good plugin!

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.0.1

• Modified Author Byline Layout
• Added option to include/exclude internal links in Citations
• Minor bug fixes

1.0.0

• Initial release