This is the fastest route from a fresh install to seeing whether AI cites you. Follow it top to bottom, each step links to a deeper guide if you want detail.
1. Install & activate
Upload the plugin zip (Plugins → Add New → Upload), activate it, and you land on the Setup wizard. Crawler logging starts immediately, free.
2. Activate your license
Paste your key under License (wizard step 1). This unlocks citation tracking, attribution, reputation and alerts.
3. Connect Google (optional but recommended)
One-click sign-in under Integrations (wizard step 2) adds index status and GA4 push. You can skip and do it later.
4. Add an AI engine key
Citation tracking uses your API key for each engine. Add at least one (OpenAI, Perplexity, Gemini or Claude) under Citations (wizard step 3). See “Add your engine API keys” for where to get each. Tip: click Test next to a key to confirm it works.
5. Add your first prompt
On Citations (wizard step 4), add a real question a buyer would ask AI, e.g. “best WordPress plugin to track AI citations”, your domain, and a couple of competitor domains.
6. Run it
Click Run all prompts now. A progress bar runs each prompt against each engine. When it finishes, the results table fills in: cited / mentioned / absent, your position, sentiment.
7. Read the trends
After a few runs, open Visibility for your rank-tracker trends, Reputation for what AI says about you, and set an Alert or two so changes find you.