Page Summaries

What Are Page Summaries?

Page summaries are AI-generated descriptions of your content, optimized for how large language models understand and represent information. Each synced page gets a unique summary that helps AI assistants accurately describe your offerings.

Why This Matters

A summary is the sentence an assistant repeats when someone asks what your page is about.

Write it, or the model writes it for you.

Why Summaries Matter

AI Needs Concise Context

When an AI assistant recommends your business, it needs:

Page summaries provide exactly this - distilled, AI-optimized descriptions of each page.

Better Than Excerpts

Standard WordPress excerpts aren't optimized for AI:

Viewing Summaries

In WordPress Admin

Go to AIO Radar → Content → Summaries → Generated to see all generated summaries:

Via Dashboard

Your AIO Radar dashboard shows summary coverage:

Using WP-CLI

# List pages and their summary status
wp aio summaries list

# List only the pages that still need one
wp aio summaries list --status=no_summary

# Show the summary for one page
wp aio summaries show 123

# Export to CSV
wp aio summaries list --format=csv > summaries.csv

Summary Generation

When Summaries Are Generated

Summaries are created:

Generation Process

AI Models Used

Summary Content

What's Included

A good summary covers:

Example Summary

Page: Costa Rica Adventure Tours

Summary:

Costa Rica Adventure Tours offers guided eco-tourism experiences throughout Costa Rica. Tours include zip-lining through rainforest canopies, whitewater rafting on Class III-IV rapids, volcano hiking at Arenal and Poás, and wildlife watching in Tortuguero. Small groups of 8-12 people with bilingual guides. Sustainable tourism certified. Tours range from half-day excursions ($89) to week-long adventure packages ($1,899). Based in San José with pickup from major hotels.

Managing Summaries

Regenerate a Summary

If a summary is outdated or inaccurate:

Regenerate All Summaries

After major content updates:

wp aio summaries generate --force --limit=100

⚠️ This may take time and use AI credits depending on your plan.

Check Summary Coverage

wp aio summaries stats

Using Summaries on the Page

A summary that exists only in your llms.txt is invisible to the assistants that fetch the

live page, which is most of the ones that cite sites. There are three ways to get it onto the

page itself, and they all render exactly the same markup.

Auto-Display

AIO Radar → Content → Summaries → Generated carries the Content settings form:

Auto-display is the one to reach for when you want summaries everywhere and do not want to

edit each page. Turn it off and place them by hand where the position matters.

The Block

In the editor, add the AI Summary block wherever the summary should sit. It shows a

placeholder until that page has a summary.

The Shortcode

For the classic editor, page builders, or a theme template:

[aio_summary]

[aio_summary id="42" class="intro-summary"]

In a template: echo do_shortcode( '[aio_summary]' );

Nothing Renders on Machine-Only Pages

A page whose serving destination is machine-only serves its summary through llms.txt,

llms-full.txt and its .md file alone. The block and the shortcode both deliberately render

nothing there. See Serving Destination.

Markup and Classes

Every path emits the same skeleton:

<div class="aio-summary aio-summary--open">
  <span class="aio-summary-label">Summary</span>
  <div class="aio-summary-content"><p>…</p></div>
</div>

In collapsed mode the wrapper is a <details> and the label its <summary>. The block adds a

.wp-block-aio-optimiser-summary wrapper around it.

Colours, open or collapsed, whether the label shows, per-page overrides and Custom CSS are all

in Appearance.

Where Else Summaries Are Used

In LLMs.txt

Summaries appear in your LLMs.txt file:

## Pages

- Costa Rica Tours: /costa-rica-tours
  Costa Rica Adventure Tours offers guided eco-tourism experiences...

- Volcano Hiking: /volcano-hiking
  Explore Costa Rica's active volcanoes with expert guides...

Schema Markup

Summaries inform schema markup descriptions for:

AI Assistants

When AI assistants cite your pages, they use summary content to accurately describe your offerings.

Best Practices

Improve Source Content

Better page content leads to better summaries:

Review Summaries

Periodically review summaries for accuracy:

Keep Content Fresh

Regenerate summaries when you:

Troubleshooting

Summary Not Generated

Possible causes:

Summary Is Inaccurate

Solution:

Summaries Missing Key Info

Tips: