Content Scoring & Rules Engine

Content Scoring lets you define what good content looks like for your publication — then automatically checks every article against those standards as it’s being written. Editors see a live quality score and actionable suggestions without ever leaving the editor.

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Who can use this

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Getting to your rules

Go to the Content Type you want to configure and select Configure Rules. Each content type has its own set of rules.

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Built-in rules

Publive includes a set of default quality checks covering common SEO and content standards — things like title length, missing featured images, word count thresholds, focus keyphrase usage, internal link count, and more. You can turn these on or off and change their priority order, but you cannot edit or delete them.

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Creating a rule

Select Add New Rule to open the Create Rule panel. Each rule follows an If / Then structure: define when the rule triggers, then define what happens. Rule Name Give the rule a clear, descriptive name. This is what appears in the rules table and helps your team understand the rule’s purpose at a glance. If — define your condition Each condition has four parts: Select + Add Another Condition to add a second condition to the same rule. When multiple conditions are present, you can toggle between AND (all conditions must be true) and OR (any condition being true triggers the rule). You can switch between AND and OR at any time, but the order of conditions cannot be rearranged once set. Then — set the message and action

• Message (required) — the text shown to editors when the rule triggers. Make it specific and actionable, e.g. “Title too long — keep it under 140 characters.”
• Select Action (optional, default None) — controls whether the rule is a warning or a blocking error:
  • None — the rule appears as a warning (shown in yellow). Editors can still publish.
  • Disable Publishing — the rule becomes a blocking error (shown in red). Editors cannot publish, schedule, or send for approval until the rule is resolved.

Select Save to save the rule. A rule must be fully completed before you can create the next one.

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Setting scoring priority

Once your rules are in place, set their priority from the rules table. Rules higher up the list carry more weight in the total score. You can:

• Drag and drop rows to reorder
• Type a new priority number directly into the row — the rest of the table adjusts automatically

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Editing rules

Click Edit on any row to change its conditions, message, or action. The table also shows each rule’s name, the field it checks, and a toggle to enable or disable it at any time.

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Importing and exporting rules

You can copy rules between content types or across sites:

• Export — downloads your custom rules as a JSON file
• Import — upload a JSON file to bring rules in. Any rules that reference fields not available in the current content type are skipped, and you’ll see a summary of what was imported. Imported rules are flagged in the table so you can review them before enabling.

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What editors see

While writing, editors see the Content Scoring panel that updates as they type. Suggestions appear in priority order and only show up once a relevant field has content — blank fields don’t trigger warnings.

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Score states

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Suggestion types

• Rules with Disable Publishing attached appear in red
• All other suggestions appear in yellow

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Getting help

Editors can select Need Help? from the Content Scoring panel to open a support ticket. The form pre-fills their name, email, and the subject line so they can describe the issue without starting from scratch.

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Imported content