# Getting started guide URL: https://hacktheseo.com/getting-started-guide/ Date: 2026-10-28 Last modified: 2026-10-29 Author: Hacktheeric --- - Welcome to Hack The SEO # Your setup, step by step Eleven short steps, one action each, with a screenshot of the screen you will see. Allow about 15 minutes, then about ten minutes with Claude. Start with step 1 [Open my account](https://app.hacktheseo.com) 15 min, then 10 min with Claude - Nothing changes on your site - Stuck? We do it together ## Before you start, have these at hand - **Your Search Console**_Required._ The Google account with access to your site's Search Console. No Search Console yet? [The 5-minute setup tutorial](https://hacktheseo.com/search-console-tutorial/). - **Your WordPress**Administrator access to your site. - **Your Hack The SEO account**The one tied to your subscription. - **A Claude account**On claude.ai or in the Claude app. Nothing changes on your site during this setup. ## The 11 steps Click a step to jump straight to it. The Hack The SEO screens are in French for now: each button is given here with its French label, then its meaning. 1The plugin and your key 2Install in WordPress 3Paste your key 4With Claude 5Connect Google 6Connect Claude 7The rules 8The sentence for Claude 9Claude's questions 10Approve the plan 11The morning run - 1 ### Get the plugin and your key Log in to your account: [app.hacktheseo.com](https://app.hacktheseo.com) - Open the **Installer le plugin** page (Install the plugin). - Click **Télécharger Hack The SEO** (Download). You get a **.zip** file: do not open it, keep it as it is. - Keep this page open: your **key** is at the bottom, with the **Copier ma clé** button (Copy my key). Your key is personal.Do not share it. [app.hacktheseo.com](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-01-espace-client.jpg) - 2 ### Install the plugin in WordPress In WordPress, go to **Plugins**, then **Add New Plugin**. - Click **Upload Plugin** (at the top of the page), then **Choose File**. - Pick the .zip file downloaded in step 1. - Click **Install Now**, then **Activate Plugin**. You are done when…Hack The SEO shows up in your list of plugins (second screenshot). [WordPress · Add New Plugin](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-02-televerser.jpg) [WordPress · Plugins](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-03-extension-activee.jpg) - 3 ### Paste your key Right after activation, the Hack The SEO **Démarrer** screen (Get started) opens. It has 6 short steps, in the left column. Paste your key (copied in step 1) into the **Votre clé** field (Your key). - Click **Continuer** (Continue). The Démarrer screen did not open?Go back to the **Installer le plugin** page of your account and click the link that opens it. [WordPress · Démarrer](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-04-cle.jpg) - 4 ### Choose "Avec Claude" (With Claude) Click **Avec Claude** (With Claude). - Answer the question "Avez-vous déjà Claude ?" (Do you already have Claude?). - Click **Continuer** (Continue). [WordPress · Démarrer](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-05-avec-claude.jpg) - 5 ### Connect Google (required) Claude reads your Google visits to build your plan. New site, or less than 3 months of data: it starts with what exists and refines later. It only reads: nothing is changed on Google's side. Click **Relier avec Google** (Connect with Google). - Choose the Google account that has access to your Search Console, then accept. - If you are asked which site to follow, choose yours. You then come back to Hack The SEO on your own. Your site has no Search Console yet?Set it up in 5 minutes with our tutorial: [set up my Search Console](https://hacktheseo.com/search-console-tutorial/). Then come back here to connect it. [WordPress · Démarrer](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-06-google-2.jpg) - 6 ### Connect Claude to your site Click **Ajouter à Claude** (Add to Claude). Claude opens in a new tab. - In Claude, the name "Hack The SEO" and your site's address are already filled in. Click **Continue**, then **Connect**. - A Hack The SEO page opens: log in with your Hack The SEO account and click **Autoriser** (Authorize) **only once**. - Go back to WordPress: the page updates on its own. Claude shows a warning?That is normal: it says the link comes from outside. The address is your own site's. Nothing opened?In Claude: **Customize**, then **Connectors**, then **Add custom connector**. Name it "Hack The SEO" and paste the address the Démarrer screen gives you (its "Rien ne s'est ouvert ?" link, **Copier** button). Your site must use https.That is the small padlock in the address bar. If not, your host can usually turn it on in one click. [WordPress · Démarrer](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-07-brancher-claude.jpg) In Claude, you see this screen: click Continue. [claude.ai · Connectors](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-07-claude-connecteur.jpg) Then the Hack The SEO page: a single click on Autoriser (Authorize). [app.hacktheseo.com · Authorize](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-07-autoriser.jpg) - 7 ### Accept the rules Read them once. In short: Claude proposes, you approve. Every change is logged and can be undone in one click for 30 days. You can stop everything at any time. Click **J'accepte les règles** (I accept the rules). - You are then asked whether your site has a backup. Pick the answer that fits: - **J'ai une sauvegarde d'aujourd'hui** (I have a backup from today) - **Mon hébergeur sauvegarde chaque nuit** (My host backs up every night) - **Je ne sais pas** (I don't know) - or **Plus tard** (Later) [WordPress · Démarrer](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-08-regles.jpg) [WordPress · Démarrer](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-08-sauvegarde.jpg) - 8 ### Send the sentence to Claude Click **Copier la phrase** (Copy the sentence), or the button below. - Open Claude and start a **new chat**. - Paste the sentence and send it. Commence mon SEO.**Copy Good to know:the sentence is in French ("Start my SEO"). Claude then replies in your language. [WordPress · Démarrer](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-09-phrase.jpg) - 9 ### Answer Claude's questions Claude first goes through your site. Then it asks you a few short questions, one at a time: most of the time, you answer with a letter. Allow about ten minutes. At the end, Claude shows you your review, your strategy and your 90-day plan, then sends it to your WordPress. Need to stop halfway?Later, open a new chat and send the sentence below. Claude picks up where you left off. On continue mon SEO.Copy ClaudeExample Question 2 of 6: what a customer is worth.** On average, how much does a customer bring you? A) less than €500 - B) €500 to €2,000 - C) more than €2,000 - D) I don't know B Type your answer… - 10 ### Approve your plan In WordPress: **Hack The SEO**, then **Votre plan** (Your plan). - Read the plan. Something doesn't suit you? Click **Demander une correction** (Ask for a correction) next to it. - Click **Valider le plan et la semaine 1** (Approve the plan and week 1). It sits below the list of weeks. Then, every weekIt is prepared on Thursday. You approve it in one click before Monday 9 am. Nothing changes on your site without your click. [WordPress · Votre plan (example)](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-10-votre-plan.jpg) [WordPress · Votre plan](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-10-valider-semaine.jpg) - 11 ### The morning run Claude works on your site **Monday to Friday, in the morning**, with one action each time. Paid Claude planAt the end of setup, Claude gives you a ready-made message. Open Claude in **Cowork** mode and paste it: Claude sets up the task itself, Monday to Friday at 8 am. Click **Planifier** (Schedule). The task runs in the cloud: your computer can stay off. On the first run, when Claude asks for permission for Hack The SEO, click **Always allow**. Free Claude planEvery weekday morning, open Claude and send:On continue mon SEO.Copy In Cowork mode, Claude prepares the task: you only click Schedule. [Claude · Cowork](https://hacktheseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/guide-demarrage-11-cowork-planifier.jpg) ## What next? One click a week. Your only regular task: approve each week in one click, in Votre plan (Your plan). Claude sends you a short report after every run. [Stuck? Let's do it together in 15 min](https://hacktheseo.com/book-a-demo/) See the steps again Talk soon, the Hack The SEO team --- Source: https://hacktheseo.com/getting-started-guide/ Generated by Hack The SEO