WP Silo Website Builder: Power-Up Your Website Structure Efficiently

WP Silo Website Builder Training Manual

This guide shows you how to build and maintain a siloed site architecture with WP Silo Website Builder, wire it into navigation/output, and fine-tune the anchor text that appears in both your content and widgets.

Overview of WP Silo Website Builder

The WP Silo Website Builder empowers users to create optimized website structures that enhance search visibility and improve user engagement. This tool automates the creation of content silos, eliminating the need for manual category and page creation in WordPress.

With the Advanced Silo Import feature, users can quickly set up their websites by importing structures from XML blueprints.

The Anchors (Silo) feature allows for centralized management of anchor text, simplifying the organization of link text across the site.

The WP Silo Website Builder is designed to support SEO best practices and digital marketing strategies, contributing to online business optimization. For optimal in your PHP settings adjust, performance, the server must allow an execution time of at greater than 200 seconds, with a preference for 300 seconds, and support a maximum upload file size greater than 20MB.

1) Core concepts

• Silo root: a top-level topic hub under HOME.
• Sections: category-level topics under a root.
• Destination content: Pages and Posts within sections.
• Outputs
  • Shortcode: wpu_silo (body/breadcrumb contexts).
  • Widget: Silo Navigation widget (navigation context).
• Anchor overrides: Per destination, you can set two anchor texts:
  • Shortcode (copy/breadcrumb)
  • Widget (navigation label)

Everything is built from your hierarchy (roots → categories → posts). No menu crawling or content scans.

2) Manual Silo Builder (you don’t create categories/pages by hand)

Path: WP Silo Website Builder → Manual Silo Builder

This screen creates the structure for you. You do not go to WordPress “Categories” and “Pages” to build the tree manually.

How to use it

1. Select a parent node
   • For top-level silos, select HOME (radio button).
   • For second-level sections, select the parent silo.
   • For posts, select the section you want to add posts under.
2. Paste keywords (one per line)
   • Right-side panel → Add New Pages box.
   • One keyword/line. No commas.
   • Choose Options (Draft/Publish), and optionally Add Videos.
3. Click “Make It So”
   • The plugin creates everything under the selected parent:
     • Silos (Pages) when parent is HOME.
     • Sections (Categories optional section Page) when parent is a silo.
     • Posts when parent is a section.
4. Reorder (optional)
   • Use drag-and-drop within the builder to rearrange items (except HOME).

Notes

• If Add Videos is on and a Google API key is set, the plugin will attach YouTube embeds where applicable.
• The builder maintains canonical IDs so later imports/updates do not create duplicates.

3) Advanced Silo Import (GALAXIS XML from Digital Marketer’s Toolbox)

Path: WP Silo Website Builder → Advanced Silo Import

The importer is the fastest & most powerful way to build a siloed site at scale. It reads the website blueprint XML created by GALAXIS and auto-creates/updates silos, sections, posts, and JSON-LD.

Prepare your XML

Export your XML blueprint > WP Website Silo Builder > Silo Importer

Configure the importer

Top panel

• Set imported posts to: Draft/Publish.
• Add Silo Shortcode to Content Body: On/Off shortcode string (e.g., wpu_silo links=10).
• Toggle Excerpt, Thumbnails, Breadcrumbs and Number of links for shortcode output (if your build supports these).
• Upload XML file.
• (Optional) Add YouTube Videos Google API Key (show/hide).

Update behavior on re-import (safety defaults)

• ☑ Update Schema JSON-LD (recommended default ON)
• ☐ Update SEO meta (Title & Description)
  • Works with Respect existing SEO (fills blanks; won’t overwrite non-empty).
• ☐ Update Content (advanced) — tick exactly what can change on existing pages:
  • Overwrite Title / Body / Slug / Parent / Status & Date
• ☐ Dry-Run — preview counts, no writes.

Advanced Silo Settings (mapping defaults)

• Choose defaults for Title/Slug at each level (Silo, Category, Supporting Article).
• Respect existing SEO meta (recommended ON for established sites).
• Output schema from this plugin (prints one JSON-LD block).

Run the import

1. Start with Dry-Run on live sites.
2. Adjust toggles.
3. Click Import Silo XML File.

What happens

• New items are created with full hierarchy, content, SEO, and JSON-LD.
• Existing items are updated only where your toggles allow.
• Canonical IDs prevent duplicate pages and “-2” slugs.

4) Anchors (Silo) — manage link text centrally

Path: Tools → Anchors (Silo) (or under the “WP Silo Website Builder” menu if present)

This screen lists all destinations discovered from your silo hierarchy and lets you set two optional overrides per row:

• Shortcode anchor (used by wpu_silo in copy/breadcrumb contexts)
• Widget anchor (used by the Silo Navigation widget)

Features

• Inline editing Save / Reset
• AI batch suggestions with persona tuning
• Paging (25/50), page memory, and quick counts
• Lightweight guards against exact-match overuse

Best practices

• Shortcode: natural, descriptive (6–12 words), flows in a sentence.
• Widget: compact noun phrase (2–5 words), good for scanability.
• Diversify anchors; avoid repeating the exact title for sibling items unless truly necessary.

5) Output options

A) Shortcode in content

Add wpu_silo in a block or classic editor. Anchors used:

1. Shortcode override (if set), else
2. Original title

B) Silo Navigation widget

Add the widget/block to your sidebar or template area. Anchors used:

1. Widget override (if set), else
2. Original title

6) Everyday workflows

• Add new silos/sections/posts
  • Use Manual Silo Builder:
    • Select parent (HOME → silo; silo → section; section → posts)
    • Paste one keyword per line
    • Make It So
  • Or import them via Advanced Silo Import.
• Tune anchors
  • Open Anchors (Silo) → edit or AI-generate → Save.
• Schema & SEO
  • Let the importer store article_schema and (optionally) print a single <script type="application/ld json"> in <head>.
  • Use Respect existing SEO to avoid overwriting non-empty Title/Description from Yoast/Rank Math/AIOSEO/TSF.

7) Troubleshooting

• Duplicates (“-2” slugs)Re-import with canonical IDs present; the importer updates in place. If an early run missed IDs, the importer can match parent slug and backfill.
• No schema in sourceTurn on Output schema from this plugin and confirm article_schema exists for the page. Theme must call wp_head().
• Two JSON-LD blocksDisable either the plugin’s schema output or your SEO plugin’s schema (keep one).
• Anchors not changingCheck Anchors (Silo) overrides; for AI, ensure API key/model saved. Shortcode vs Widget use different overrides.
• Importer didn’t change content/SEOYou didn’t enable those update toggles, or Respect existing SEO blocked overwriting non-empty fields.

8) Quick recipes

New site

• Manual Silo Builder (HOME selected) → paste silo keywords → Make It So
• Select each new silo → paste section keywords → Make It So
• Select each section → paste post keywords → Make It So
• Place wpu_silo and add the widget.
• Tune anchors in Anchors (Silo).

At scale (preferred)

• Export GALAXIS XML → Advanced Silo Import
• Start with Dry-Run, then import with safe toggles.
• Tune anchors in Anchors (Silo) (manual or AI).

9) Anchor text best-practice (built into the AI prompts)

• Prioritize relevance and clarity.
• Diversify anchors; avoid repetitive exact-matches.
• Keep Shortcode anchors descriptive; Widget anchors concise.
• Consider surrounding context and accessibility.
• Use branded anchors mainly for external links/home/brand pages.

The Manual Silo Builder creates the structure for you (select parent → paste keywords → submit), and the Advanced Silo Import is your power tool for full blueprints from GALAXIS.

Manage how links read across the site from Anchors (Silo)—manually or with AI—without ever hand-building categories and pages in core WP screens.