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Aetos SEO
Setup · about 10 minutes

Install Aetos in four steps.

It is a normal WordPress plugin — upload the ZIP, activate, paste your license key, run the audit. No FTP, no developer needed.

Before you start

System requirements

WordPress
6.0 or newer
PHP
7.4 or newer (8.1+ recommended)
Admin access
A user with the install_plugins capability
Outbound HTTPS
So the plugin can verify its license + check for updates
Step by step

From ZIP to first audit

  1. 1

    Get your copy

    Buy a Pro license and we email you the plugin ZIP + your license key, usually within a few hours after we confirm the order. (The free Lite edition lands on WordPress.org soon — until then, the free URL audit is the no-install way to try Aetos.)

  2. 2

    Upload it to WordPress

    In wp-admin go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose the aetos ZIP, then Install Now. No FTP, no code.

  3. 3

    Activate + enter your key

    Click Activate. Open the Aetos → License screen, paste your license key, and Activate License. The key binds to this one domain.

  4. 4

    Run your first audit

    Open Aetos → Dashboard and start a crawl. A 100-page site finishes a full audit in about 2–4 minutes. Then open Findings to see every issue ranked by priority.

Install FAQ

Does Aetos replace Yoast or Rank Math? +

No. Aetos runs alongside them. They write your titles, meta, and schema; Aetos audits everything — including the AI-readiness layer they don't score. Keep both.

Will it slow my site down? +

The audit runs in the background on a schedule (WP-Cron) and on demand. It is admin-only tooling — it adds nothing to your public pages and ships no front-end assets to visitors.

One license, how many sites? +

Pro is one domain. The Agency tier covers 5 domains with white-label PDF reports. The key is checked per domain, so a staging-to-production move just needs a quick re-activation.

How do updates work? +

Once installed and licensed, Aetos updates from inside WordPress like any other plugin — Plugins → Update. The update is signature-verified end to end.

Stuck on a step?

Message the founder directly — we walk new customers through the first install personally.