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title: Settings
description: "## What it does Settings is where you control how VuloPilot behaves: what it checks, how it contacts you and what it connects to. Everything is under **VuloPilot → Settings**. ## Why it matters The defaults work for most sites,…"
url: "https://vulopilot.com/docs/settings/"
updated: "2026-10-10"
category: Introduction
---

# Settings

## What it does

Settings is where you control how VuloPilot behaves: what it checks, how it contacts you and what it connects to. Everything is under **VuloPilot → Settings**.

## Why it matters

The defaults work for most sites, but a few settings, especially **Business Information** and **Notifications**, make VuloPilot's advice and alerts much more useful.

New to VuloPilot? See [GETTING-STARTED](https://vulopilot.com/docs/getting-started-with-vulopilot/).

## Which settings to do first

1. **Business Information** - so AI understands your business.
2. **Notifications** - so alerts reach the right person.
3. **Backups** - so you can always recover.
4. **Integrations** - only the services you want (AI, Google).

## Saving

Most panels save when you click **Save**. Some save each change immediately and show "Settings saved."

## All settings, in order

| Group | What it is for |
| --- | --- |
| [Business Information](#business-information) | Tell VuloPilot about your business |
| [SEO](#seo) | Titles, sitemap, instant indexing |
| [Scanning](#scanning) | What each scan checks |
| [Automation](#automation) | Timing rules for automatic tasks |
| [Reports](#reports) | Default report format and period |
| [Notifications](#notifications) | Who is emailed, and about what |
| [Integrations](#integrations) | Connect AI, Google and other services |
| [Backups](#backups) | Automatic backups |
| [Developer Tools](#developer-tools) | Cache, reset and uninstall choices |
| [Modules](#modules) | Turn features on or off |

## Business Information

**What it does.** Describes your business so VuloPilot's advice, writing and profile are accurate.

| Field | What to enter | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Site tone** | A few words on how you sound, like "Friendly and casual" or "Formal and technical" | AI writing matches your voice |
| **Business type** | For example Software Company, Online Store, Consulting Agency | Used to describe you correctly |
| **Service pages** | Addresses or page numbers of your service pages | Helps VuloPilot see what you offer |
| **Business locations** | For example \`Downtown Store | 123 Main St, Springfield\` |
| **Competitors** | Other businesses in your field | Used to compare your visibility with theirs |

![](https://vulopilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Business-Information-1024x741.png)

More: [AI-VISIBILITY](https://vulopilot.com/docs/ai-visibility-being-found-by-ai-assistants/).

## SEO

Three panels: **SEO Titles** (how titles look), **Sitemap** (a list of your pages for search engines) and **Instant Indexing** (tell search engines about changes at once). Full explanation: [SEO](https://vulopilot.com/docs/seo-search-engine-optimization/).

## Scanning

Choose what each scan looks for.

| Panel | It controls | Read more |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **SEO & Content** | Title and description checks, images, links, readability, robots.txt, redirects, About page | [SEO](SEO.md#choose-which-problems-vulopilot-looks-for) |
| **AI Visibility** | How clearly your content can be understood and quoted by AI | [AI-VISIBILITY](AI-VISIBILITY.md#settings-for-these-scans) |
| **Accessibility** | How often to check, and how strict | [ACCESSIBILITY](ACCESSIBILITY.md#settings-explained) |
| **Security** | Passwords, malware, login protection, firewall, alerts | [SECURITY](SECURITY.md#settings-explained) |
| **WooCommerce** | Product label check | [COMMERCE](COMMERCE.md#setting) |

![](https://vulopilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Scanning-1024x155.png)

Where offered, a **Restore defaults** action puts a panel back the way it was.

## Automation

Timing rules for scheduled tasks: cooldown, retries and wait between retries. Safe defaults are set. Read more: [AUTOMATIONS](https://vulopilot.com/docs/automations/).

## Reports

Default format (**PDF**, **CSV** or **Both**) and default period (7 days, 30 days, 90 days, 6 months). Read more: [REPORTS](https://vulopilot.com/docs/reports-and-history/).

## Notifications

**What it does.** Decides who VuloPilot emails and about what. **Why it matters:** you get warned about real problems, like a hacked file or a site that is down, without checking the dashboard.

**Email Settings**

| Field | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Notification email** | The address that receives alerts |
| **Sender name / Sender email** | The "from" name and address on alert emails |
| **Send Test Email** | Sends a test so you know delivery works |

![](https://vulopilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Notifications-1024x680.png)

**Notification channels:** **Email** and **In-dashboard**.

**Alert groups.** In each you choose what to be told about and how often: **Immediately**, **Daily digest** or **Weekly digest**.

| Group | You can be told when... |
| --- | --- |
| **AI Crawler Alerts** | An AI robot is blocked, mostly hits missing pages, visits drop, stops visiting (3, 7, 14 or 30 days) or a new robot appears |
| **Security Alerts** | Vulnerabilities, malware, failed logins, new users, file changes or certificate problems appear |
| **Visibility Alerts** | Your AI visibility, brand or knowledge graph score drops by an amount you choose |
| **Critical issue alerts** | Vulnerabilities, your website goes down, performance is critical, search indexing breaks or something stops working |

![](https://vulopilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Alerts-534x1024.png)

Tip: use **Daily digest** for low-urgency groups so your inbox is not flooded.

## Integrations

Connect VuloPilot to other services. Connect only what you need.

| Panel | What it does | Why connect it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **VuloCloud AI** | Connects your site to VuloCloud. Status: **Connected**, **Not Connected** or **Key needed** | Turns on AI features |
| **Google Services** | Connects one Google account for Search Console, Analytics and AdSense. VuloPilot only reads the data and keeps it on your site | Shows real search and visitor data inside VuloPilot |
| **Tag Manager** | Add your Google Tag Manager container ID (`GTM-XXXXXXX`) | Runs your tracking tags |
| **PageSpeed Insights** | Add a Google API key | Real speed scores |
| **Webmaster Tools** | Paste verification codes from Google, Bing, Pinterest, Baidu, Yandex or Norton, or your own `meta` tags | Proves you own the site |

![](https://vulopilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Integrations-511x1024.png)

More: [AI-COPILOT](https://vulopilot.com/docs/ai-copilot/), [SEO](https://vulopilot.com/docs/seo-search-engine-optimization/), [PERFORMANCE](https://vulopilot.com/docs/performance/).

## Backups

Turn on automatic backups, choose **Daily** or **Weekly**, and choose how many to keep. Read more: [SITE-HEALTH-AND-BACKUPS](https://vulopilot.com/docs/site-health-and-backups/).

## Developer Tools

Maintenance options. Most people never need them.

| Item | What it does | When to use it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Anonymous usage data** | Stores your choice about sharing anonymous usage information (nothing is collected yet) | If you want to say yes or no in advance |
| **Clear cache** | Clears VuloPilot's saved results; they rebuild by themselves | If something looks out of date |
| **Reset settings** | Puts every setting back to its default. Reports and history stay | If you want a fresh start |
| **Keep VuloPilot data after uninstall** | **Keep data** (settings, history and reports remain if you reinstall) or **Delete everything** | Decide before you remove the plugin |

![](https://vulopilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Developer-Tools-1024x610.png)

## Modules

**What it does.** Modules are optional features you can switch on or off, grouped as **AI Visibility**, **Brand Visibility**, **SEO & Content**, **Site Health**, **Automations & AI** and **Commerce**.

**Why it matters.** Turning off features you do not use keeps the dashboard focused. Turning a module off stops its scanning; findings already found are kept. The main modules are on by default.

![](https://vulopilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Modules-1024x214.png)

## Related

- [TROUBLESHOOTING](https://vulopilot.com/docs/troubleshooting-and-faq/)