Tasks

A task is the recipe for a set of generated pages. You create and edit tasks on the Programmatic SEO screen.

The overview

The overview lists your tasks as cards in Page tasks, and your data tables in Data tables. Above them a usage bar shows Pages (used / limit, for example 4,821 / 5,000, with a progress bar) and Tasks (used / limit) for your plan, with the plan name and Need more pages?.

Each task card shows:

• the task name, a status badge and the URL pattern, for example /guides/{{ pseo.src.cities.name }}
• the number of live pages
• the last run: "Last run 2 hours ago: 120 created, 3 updated, 0 removed." or, while running, "Running: 40 created, 0 updated so far…". If a run left rows without a live page it adds one sentence per reason: "%s row skipped: another generated page uses its URL.", "%s page offline: WordPress content uses its URL." and "%s page waits for the page limit."
• buttons Pages, Edit, Run now or Pause, and Delete

Delete asks "Delete this task?" and warns "Its 120 pages will stop working immediately. This cannot be undone." Deleting a task deletes its generated pages, its AI values and its AI task. Pages that were already converted to posts stay as posts and their old URLs keep redirecting.

Create a task

Click New task (or Create a task when there are none). The editor opens with the intro "A task turns rows of data into pages built from one template." It is one long page of steps; each step is a card that opens when you click its title and shows a summary when closed.

Template

The template must be of the same post type as Pages behave like ("The page template must be of the same post type as the pages."). If the template is password protected, or a draft or private, the editor shows a warning (the task still saves): its content is shown on every generated page whatever its own visibility. See Templates and field values.

Data

Choose One page per row or One page per combination (Business), pick the source(s) and add filters. Details: Data sources.

URLs and titles

Parent path, Page URL and Page title, with a live Preview of the first pages. Details: URL and title patterns.

Languages (Business)

Create each page in several languages with WPML or Polylang. Details: Multilingual pages. Without the Business plan the step shows a plan badge and the text "Not included in your plan".

Search engines

SEO title, meta description, share image, indexing, quality rules, sitemap and canonical settings. Details: SEO plugins and meta and Sitemaps.

Structured data

JSON-LD for rich results. Details: Structured data.

AI content

Let AI write the template's fields, the SEO title, the meta description and structured data for every page. Details: AI briefs and runs. Marked with a Pro badge.

Sync and limits

Keep pages in sync (schedule, Business), Update pages when the data changes, New pages per day and, under Advanced settings, Rows per batch. Details: Running and scheduling.

Save, run, and what changes when

The header has up to three buttons:

A new task saved with Save stays Paused with no pages. A message confirms "Task saved." or, after a run was started, "Saved. Pages are being generated in the background." If something is wrong, a notice Not saved explains it ("Choose the page template.", "Choose at least two data sources to combine.", "Choose the data source.", "Enter the URL pattern, usually a variable such as the name column.").

A leave-page guard warns about unsaved changes.

Which settings need a run to reach existing pages?

Run counters and the run log (the last 20 runs) are stored with the task; you can read them in the task's log through the REST API (GET /wp-json/wpmcf/v1/pseo/tasks/{id}/logs) or, in short form, from wp wpmcf tasks list (WP-CLI).

Task limit

Your plan allows 5 (Pro), 50 (Business) or unlimited (Agency) tasks. Creating one more shows "Your plan allows 5 tasks. Upgrade to add more." The quick-start sample task counts too.