The latest articles on DEV Community by Ivan Danilov (@ivan_danilov_adc93828cc63). https://dev.to/ivan_danilov_adc93828cc63 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4005113%2F01812404-7337-444e-8f2f-18965484fff1.png https://dev.to/ivan_danilov_adc93828cc63 en Ivan Danilov Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:22:48 +0000 https://dev.to/ivan_danilov_adc93828cc63/how-we-built-a-free-ai-seo-plugin-for-ukrainian-wordpress-sites-and-what-we-learned-3a0p https://dev.to/ivan_danilov_adc93828cc63/how-we-built-a-free-ai-seo-plugin-for-ukrainian-wordpress-sites-and-what-we-learned-3a0p <p>Running Ukrainian-language WordPress sites comes with a specific set of SEO challenges that most English-focused plugins don't address well. We built NemynAI SEO Autopilot to solve them — and it's now live on WordPress.org.</p> <p>The problem we were solving</p> <p>Generating quality SEO content in Ukrainian is harder than it sounds:</p> <ul> <li>AI tends to produce robotic, overly formal Ukrainian that doesn't read naturally</li> <li>Latin slug transliteration from Cyrillic is inconsistent across plugins</li> <li>Most AI content tools produce H1 duplicates that break Yoast/RankMath</li> <li>Pexels image embedding usually requires a separate plugin</li> </ul> <p>What we built</p> <p>NemynAI SEO Autopilot connects to Claude API and generates articles with:</p> <ul> <li>Natural third-person Ukrainian voice (no AI clichés, no H1 duplication)</li> <li>Automatic Latin slug transliteration from Cyrillic titles</li> <li>Two inline Pexels images per article</li> <li>JSON-LD schema markup</li> <li>Full compatibility with Yoast SEO, RankMath, and AIOSEO</li> </ul> <p>The plugin is free on WordPress.org with a Freemius-powered Pro tier for higher volume.</p> <p>Technical decisions worth sharing</p> <p>We use WP_Filesystem instead of direct file operations for WordPress.org compliance. All API keys are stored encrypted. The article generation uses a system prompt that explicitly forbids AI writing patterns ("seamless", "delve", "comprehensive") which dramatically improved output quality.</p> <p>Slug transliteration from Ukrainian Cyrillic to Latin was the trickiest piece — we ended up building a custom transliteration table based on the BGN/PCGN standard, which handles edge cases that generic libraries miss.</p> <p>Results after launch</p> <p>We published to WordPress.org on June 19, 2026. If you work with Ukrainian WordPress sites, the plugin is worth trying — it's free and handles several painful problems automatically.</p> <p>Plugin page: wordpress.org/plugins/nemynai-seo-autopilot</p> ai wordpress seo webdev