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Search Atlas SEO – OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress v2.7.1
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1 -=== Search Atlas SEO - Premier SEO Plugin for One-Click WP Publishing & Integrated AI Optimization ===
1 +=== Search Atlas SEO - OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress ===
2 2 Contributors: shahrukhlinkgraph
3 -Tags: seo, ai seo, schema, sitemap, redirection
4 -Donate link: http://searchatlas.com
5 -Requires at least: 5.2
6 -Tested up to: 7.0
7 -Requires PHP: 8.2
8 -Stable tag: 2.6.22
9 -License: GPL-2.0+
3 +Tags: seo, ai seo, otto, otto seo, schema
4 +Requires at least: 6.3
5 +Tested up to: 7.1
6 +Requires PHP: 8.1
7 +Stable tag: 2.7.1
8 +License: GPL v3
10 9 License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
11 10
12 11 AI-powered SEO & GEO for WordPress: OTTO auto-optimizes meta, schema & content, and helps you rank on Google and in AI search.
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61 60 ### Search Atlas account & external service
62 61 Search Atlas is a companion plugin for the Search Atlas platform, an external service. A Search Atlas account is required to use the AI optimization, OTTO, and content-publishing features. When connected, your site sends and receives data from Search Atlas servers to provide these features. Learn more in the Search Atlas Terms of Service (https://searchatlas.com/terms/) and Privacy Policy (https://searchatlas.com/privacy-policy/).
63 62
64 63 == Installation ==
65 -1. Upload the `metasync` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
66 -2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
64 +1. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins, then Add New, and search for Search Atlas SEO. Click Install Now, then Activate.
65 +2. You need a Search Atlas account. If you do not have one, start a free trial at searchatlas.com.
66 +3. In Search Atlas, add your site as a project. Then, in WordPress, open the Search Atlas menu and click Connect to Search Atlas. The plugin will automatically complete the secure SSO connection.
67 +4. Switch OTTO on.
67 68
69 +Installing by hand: download the ZIP, upload the `metasync` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, then activate it from the Plugins menu. After that, continue from step 2.
70 +
68 71 == Frequently Asked Questions ==
72 +
69 73 = What does the Search Atlas SEO plugin do? =
70 -The Search Atlas SEO plugin by Linkgraph serves as a bridge between WordPress blogs and Linkgraph services, enabling data synchronization and updates via API for enhanced SEO optimization.
74 +It connects your WordPress site to Search Atlas so OTTO, our AI optimization engine, can work on your pages. It applies titles, descriptions, alt text, headings, internal links and schema, and it lets you publish content straight from Search Atlas into WordPress in one click. You need a Search Atlas account to use it.
71 75
72 -== Screenshots ==
73 -1. General Settings
76 += Do I need a paid Search Atlas account to use this plugin? =
77 +Yes. The plugin connects to your Search Atlas account, and OTTO's AI-driven SEO features are available on paid Search Atlas plans.
74 78
75 -== Upgrade Notice ==
76 -= 1.4.1 =
77 -This version does not include the new APIs required by the AI Editor.
79 += Where do I get my API key? =
80 +You don't need to enter one manually. Use the "Connect to Search Atlas" option in the plugin settings, and it will generate your API key and connect your account automatically.
78 81
79 -== Changelog ==
80 -= 2.6.22 =
81 -* Improvement: The WordPress admin sidebar now shows a focused 8-item menu by default, with the remaining pages reachable from the plugin's in-page sidebar and a new search box for finding them
82 -* Improvement: The Redirections, 404 Monitor, Heartbeat Error Monitor and Media Optimization lists now have a results-per-page selector that remembers each user's choice
83 -* Improvement: The classic editor's separate MetaSync meta boxes (SEO, Robots, Canonical, Redirection, Social and Open Graph, Schema, Video Sitemap) are consolidated into a single tabbed "SEO Suite" box with a live social preview
84 -* Improvement: OTTO diagnostic response headers are now sent only while Debug Mode is on, so they no longer appear on public responses or leak the product name on white-labeled installs
85 -* Security: Refreshing the Plugin Auth Token now requires administrator permissions
86 -* Fix: Pages built with Divi are no longer broken by OTTO — an HTML parsing flaw discarded every attribute following an unquoted attribute value, which stacked carousel slides, threw the header and footer out of position and left the page growing without settling
87 -* Fix: Articles synced from Content Genius no longer repeat the contents of a bulleted list as plain paragraphs directly beneath it
88 -* Fix: SEO titles and descriptions imported from All in One SEO now have their smart tags resolved instead of being stored literally, which had left tokens such as #post_title rendering as the page title and suppressing OTTO
89 -* Fix: A page no longer emits two conflicting og:description tags when a third-party SEO plugin owns the output for that post
90 -* Fix: og:title and twitter:title are no longer left off the page when a third-party SEO plugin's tags are suppressed — a replacement is now emitted from the MetaSync title instead of the raw post title
91 -* Fix: When OTTO cannot apply its suggestions, the un-optimized page is now cached for at most 60 seconds instead of the host's full cache lifetime, so a brief hiccup no longer pins un-optimized markup for hours and looks like the OTTO title reverting
92 -* Fix: A slow or unreachable OTTO connection no longer ties up the site's PHP workers — repeated calls to a failing endpoint now pause briefly before being retried, and requests that never needed optimization (404s, static files, robots.txt and well-known paths) skip the lookup entirely
93 -* Fix: A partially updated install no longer takes the front end down with a fatal error when another plugin writes post meta
94 -* Fix: Stale or malformed scheduled OTTO background jobs are now skipped instead of causing fatal errors
95 -* Fix: Exporting white-label settings no longer downloads the file twice
96 -* Fix: The Local Business logo remove icon is now a small badge offset from the image instead of an oversized button overlapping the preview
82 += Does it work alongside Yoast SEO or Rank Math? =
83 +Yes. The plugin detects Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO, avoids duplicate meta tags and schema conflicts, and includes an "Import from Other SEO Plugins" feature that imports meta titles, descriptions, canonical tags, schema, and redirects from those plugins directly into Search Atlas SEO.
97 84
98 -= 2.6.21 =
99 -* Improvement: The Sitemap Settings screen now warns when a generated News or Video sitemap contains 0 URLs, so it is clear whether that is expected or a misconfiguration
100 -* Improvement: Added optional SEO Title, Meta Description, Noindex and Nofollow columns to the Posts and Pages admin list (enable via Screen Options)
101 -* Fix: OTTO no longer emits a redundant Vary: Accept-Encoding header, which could cause CDN edge caches to treat pages as non-cacheable and route every visitor to origin PHP
102 -* Fix: Importing Yoast advanced robots meta no longer throws a fatal error when the stored value is not a plain string
103 -* Fix: Page-cache warmer and performance-auditor requests are no longer throttled by OTTO rendering, which had been preventing some sites page caches from populating and made PageSpeed scores appear artificially low
104 -* Fix: Removed the redundant Index checkbox from Common Robots settings, fixed a case where No Index set via the meta box could be silently ignored when advanced robots data was present, and simplified noindex output to only include indexing/crawling directives
105 -* Fix: The SEO Health dashboard now reads the same SEO title and description a page actually uses, instead of showing OTTO value when the customer own sidebar value was what really rendered
106 -* Fix: The plugin REST API no longer returns 401 on sites with a strict logged-in-users-only REST restriction from a security plugin or snippet, which had been silently breaking publishing and syncing on those sites
85 += How do I turn OTTO off for one page? =
86 +You can exclude individual URLs from OTTO processing in the plugin's OTTO settings, so those pages render as they normally would without OTTO's changes.
107 87
108 -= 2.6.20 =
109 -* Improvement: The OTTO Debug comparison panel now shows the Meta Description when OTTO delivers it as raw header HTML instead of a structured replacement
110 -* Improvement: Added a tooltip to the Content Genius Synchronization card explaining that "Sync Now" sends the site's categories and authors so published articles are assigned correctly
111 -* Security: Added the missing permission and nonce checks to the Heartbeat Error Monitor's bulk actions
112 -* Fix: The trash icon on the "Remove" button in the Schema Markup meta box is aligned correctly again
113 -* Fix: Sitemaps are no longer corrupted by stray PHP notices or warnings emitted by other plugins, which previously produced invalid XML that search engines rejected
114 -* Fix: The "Default Page Builder" dropdown no longer renders its option labels invisible unless they are hovered
115 -* Fix: Corrected the malformed robots meta tag produced when SEO data is synced into Rank Math
116 -* Fix: Open Graph and Twitter tags are no longer stripped when the per-post "Enable Open Graph and Social Media Tags" toggle is off, so Yoast SEO and All in One SEO can supply their own again
117 -* Fix: The delete icon in the Robots.txt Backup History panel now uses a consistent color across WordPress versions
118 -* Fix: The Compatibility page no longer reports the site's active theme as "Not installed" when the theme's display name differs from its folder name
119 -* Fix: The Local Business logo "Add or Upload File" button opens the media library again
120 -* Fix: Bulk actions chosen from the control at the bottom of the Redirections, 404 Monitor and Heartbeat Error Monitor lists now apply instead of doing nothing
121 -* Fix: Saved Local Business details are now output as LocalBusiness structured data on the front end
122 -* Fix: The per-page "Disable OTTO" toggle now also suppresses previously stored OTTO titles and descriptions instead of continuing to serve them
123 -* Fix: Values entered in the "Advanced Robots Meta" meta box are kept after saving a post instead of resetting on refresh
124 -* Fix: The "no results" placeholder no longer appears under short checkbox lists in Sitemap Settings when nothing has been searched
125 -* Fix: A custom SEO title or meta description set in the SEO sidebar now always takes precedence on the live page, instead of being overridden by OTTO when OTTO is connected
88 += Can I manage 404 errors and redirects with this plugin? =
89 +Yes, along with a lot more - the plugin also includes media optimization, code snippets, code minification, cache busting, and much more.
126 90
127 -= 2.6.19 =
128 -* Improvement: Removed the unused legacy "Optimal Settings" page
129 -* Improvement: Reworked the Search Atlas connection to a pull-based flow so sites behind firewalls that block inbound callbacks can still connect reliably
130 -* Fix: Resolved a case where content failed to sync to WordPress due to a www/non-www hostname mismatch during connection
131 -* Fix: robots.txt no longer continues to reference sitemap URLs after the sitemaps have been deleted or disabled
132 -* Fix: Sitemap generation, including video and news sitemaps, no longer exhausts server memory on sites with large content catalogs
133 -* Fix: The video sitemap no longer produces invalid XML when a post description contains HTML entities or shortcodes
134 -* Fix: OTTO no longer breaks concatenated CSS/JS URLs (for example Jetpack Boost), so optimized pages render with their styles intact
135 -* Fix: "Delete All Sitemaps" now reliably removes all sitemaps even when one is served from a stale cache
136 -* Fix: Restored compatibility with the Enfold/Avia builder so the Accordion Toggle Title field accepts letters, not just numbers
137 -* Fix: Deleted robots.txt backup history entries no longer reappear after refreshing the page
91 +== Screenshots ==
92 +1. General Settings
138 93
139 -= 2.6.18 =
140 -* Improvement: Increased the White Label plugin-name limit so custom plugin names of up to 18 characters are no longer truncated
141 -* Improvement: Added explanatory tooltips across the admin settings so the purpose of each option is clear
142 -* Improvement: Made the API key error message readable when a stored key cannot be read and re-authentication is required
143 -* Security: The Search Atlas API key is now masked in the settings UI and encrypted at rest
144 -* Fix: Customer-set Open Graph and Twitter/social values now take priority over OTTO on optimized pages, and a social image is always output
145 -* Fix: Reverting a single optimized image no longer deletes its converted WebP file, and re-syncing content restores images that were previously broken
146 -* Fix: Bing IndexNow verification no longer fails with "key not found" on hosts that serve the key as a static file
147 -* Fix: robots.txt no longer advertises a sitemap URL when the XML sitemap is disabled or not generated
94 +== Upgrade Notice ==
95 += 2.6.22 =
96 +2.6.22 fixes OTTO breaking Divi-built pages and stops a partly finished update from taking your site's front end down. Update as soon as you can.
148 97
149 -= 2.6.17 =
150 -* Improvement: Fixed the Refresh Token button's oversized icon and misalignment on the settings page
151 -* Improvement: The Redirections search field now triggers a search when pressing Enter, not only when clicking the Search button
152 -* Fix: Prevented a fatal error when WordPress internally checks for a white screen after saving a theme file
153 -* Fix: Prevented a fatal error when clearing edge cache for a single URL
154 -* Fix: Prevented invalid `http://Array` canonical URLs from being output and cleaned up already-corrupted stored values
98 +== Changelog ==
99 += 2.7.1 =
100 +* Fix: The Changes Log admin page no longer shows misaligned headings or inconsistent toolbar control sizing
101 +* Fix: A "%" character in a saved settings value no longer fatals the page, and the plugin now survives partially-completed upgrades
102 +* Fix: Direct-access protection was added to PHP files that were missing it
103 +* Fix: Discouraged PHP functions were replaced with WordPress-native APIs across the codebase, confirmed dead code was removed, and the remaining intentional native calls are now documented
104 +* Fix: Audited and resolved SQL query safety findings across the plugin
105 +* Fix: Audited and resolved input sanitization and output escaping gaps across admin and public-facing code, including AJAX and settings save paths
106 +* Fix: Added missing nonce and capability checks across admin endpoints, AJAX handlers, and settings page actions
107 +* Fix: Redirects are now routed through safe WordPress redirect functions, data-directory writes are centralized, and legacy redirect rows with un-sanitized source URLs are healed automatically
108 +* Fix: Removed stray production debug logging and correctly scoped error handlers
109 +* Fix: The plugin FAQ now uses American spelling ("optimization"), matching the rest of the listing
110 +* Fix: Audited direct database queries, caching, and schema changes for WordPress.org compliance
111 +* Fix: Resolved internationalization findings so plugin text is properly translatable
112 +* Fix: Resolved the remaining zero-risk and newly-reported findings from ongoing WordPress.org Plugin Check scans
113 +* Improvement: Compatibility-checker plugin icons are now bundled locally instead of loaded from an external host
155 114
156 -= 2.6.16 =
157 -* Security: Whitelabel password is now encrypted at rest instead of stored in plain text
158 -* Security: Prevented path traversal from unvalidated slugs in imported ZIP manifests
159 -* Security: Validated file paths built from ZIP manifest slugs before reading them
160 -* Performance: Capped image-processing resource usage to prevent unbounded memory consumption
161 -* Performance: Added a maximum image dimensions setting that downscales oversized images before conversion
162 -* Performance: Cached image dimensions to avoid repeated file reads on every page render
163 -* Performance: Batched the content URL rewrite query to prevent database table locks
164 -* Performance: Raised the memory limit before heavy image processing to avoid out-of-memory failures
165 -* Performance: Reduced memory usage during HTML rendering on large pages
166 -* Performance: Prevented memory exhaustion caused by bot and vulnerability-scanner traffic
167 -* Performance: Prevented image conversion from exceeding PHP's maximum execution time during media optimization
168 -* Improvement: Surfaced the Focus Keyword as a read-only field in the Gutenberg SEO sidebar
169 -* Improvement: Excluded Website Studio / custom HTML pages from SEO audit, inventory, and analysis surfaces
170 -* Improvement: Hid SEO meta fields on Website Studio-synced pages and show a read-only notice instead
171 -* Improvement: Labeled Website Studio-synced pages with a post state in the admin Pages list
172 -* Improvement: Stopped admin notices from causing layout shift and viewport scroll when navigating between plugin features
173 -* Improvement: Fixed checkbox alignment with their labels on the Redirections screen
174 -* Improvement: Bundled the default plugin logo locally instead of hotlinking it
175 -* Improvement: Fixed icon alignment on the Schema Markup metabox
176 -* Improvement: Show a sitemap conflict notice on the Video and News sitemap tabs when another SEO plugin is active
177 -* Improvement: Fixed a color mismatch and text crowding on the Schema Markup metabox Remove button
178 -* Improvement: Fixed the "Hide Dashboard" option so it actually hides the dashboard from the admin menu, and corrected its help text
179 -* Improvement: Streamlined the plugin entry file for maintainability
180 -* Fix: Fixed several bugs surfaced by static analysis
181 -* Fix: Fixed broken thumbnails for orphaned images and cleaned up converted files when the originals are deleted
182 -* Fix: Made multi-page imports idempotent so re-importing no longer creates duplicate pages when a slug collides
183 -* Fix: MetaSync REST authentication now coexists with third-party JWT authentication plugins
184 -* Fix: Heartbeat status badge now reflects a stale or dead sync instead of always showing "Connected"
185 -* Fix: Purge page and edge cache after import to prevent stale-asset white screens on republish
186 -* Fix: Fixed white-label leaks where product names appeared across admin, Site Health, toolbar, and import screens
187 -* Fix: Restored the XML Sitemap and other REST responses that could return blank
188 -* Fix: Prevented OTTO from silently serving un-optimized HTML on Divi and other page-builder pages
189 -* Fix: Ensured canonical optimization is reliably applied
190 -* Fix: Stopped query strings from being stripped, which caused search and query-only URLs to serve the home page for logged-in and cache-bypass users
191 -* Fix: The post-edit Redirection metabox now applies per-post redirects on the frontend
192 -* Fix: Stopped serving schema markup when no schema has been deployed
193 -* Fix: The canonical metabox now emits the configured canonical URL
194 -* Fix: Prevented the CPU load gate from dropping sync jobs on hosts where CPU-core detection fails
195 -* Fix: The XML sitemap no longer hijacks sitemap URLs when disabled or deleted, allowing Rank Math, Yoast, and AIOSEO sitemaps to work
196 -* Fix: Purge page and edge cache when clearing the OTTO cache, so stale optimized markup (such as a hidden injected heading) is no longer served
197 -* Fix: Removed duplicate <meta name="description"> tags on OTTO-optimized pages when MetaSync is the only active SEO plugin
198 -* Fix: Stopped the meta description from being dropped when a synced third-party SEO plugin (Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO) has an empty description field
115 += 2.7.0 =
116 +* New Feature: Headless WordPress support — the WordPress backend and a decoupled public frontend now stay in sync through SSO and heartbeat, with SEO data exposed over WPGraphQL, frontend-aware canonical and og:url rehosting, taxonomy canonical overrides, bulk payload resolution, and a dedicated Headless Mode section in Advanced settings
117 +* New Feature: Safe OTTO Persistence restore — original Yoast, Rank Math and AIOSEO values are backed up before OTTO writes to them, nothing is written without explicit consent, and a restore action rolls every value back to its original state
118 +* New Feature: Language Alternates (hreflang) can now be switched on or off per post and page from the editor settings
119 +* New Feature: A global setting now controls whether OTTO or custom SEO values take priority across the site
120 +* Fix: Core infrastructure sweep — resolved deactivation data loss, wp-config fatals and media metadata corruption across the plugin
121 +* Fix: SEO Health now credits titles and descriptions that OTTO has already applied instead of reporting them as missing
122 +* Fix: Classic Editor post saves no longer discard persisted OTTO schema
123 +* Fix: OTTO titles and descriptions containing curly quotes or dashes now save correctly instead of failing silently
124 +* Fix: OTTO renders now keep third-party og:title and twitter:title instead of stripping them
125 +* Fix: Sitemaps no longer include URLs that redirect elsewhere, whether the redirect comes from MetaSync, Rank Math or Yoast
126 +* Fix: The Visual HTML Editor now refuses saves that cannot preserve the stored document, protecting landing pages and full-document templates
127 +* Fix: Redirect destination and loop guards now apply on every write path, closing the gaps that allowed self-referencing and looping redirects
128 +* Fix: Language Alternates no longer emit duplicate tags on WPML sites, always include a self-reference, and validate their entries
129 +* Fix: The Instant Indexing service account file can now be saved, with clear upload confirmation and the ability to remove or reselect it
130 +* Fix: Plugin updates no longer fatal on a stale admin class during a White Label import
131 +* Improvement: SEO Health missing title and description filters are now optimized for large catalogues
132 +* Improvement: SEO Health exclusion queries, counting and CSV export are optimized for sites with heavy post metadata
133 +* Improvement: Frontend assets are now loaded only where they are needed, and duplicate WebPage schema nodes are removed
134 +* Improvement: The third-party SEO plugin sync screen has been redesigned and now respects white-label branding
135 +* Improvement: The duplicate Instant Indexing admin page has been removed and its functionality consolidated into Indexation Control
136 +* Improvement: The duplicate Primary Category control has been removed from the MetaSync editor sidebar
137 +* Improvement: The redirection list no longer repeats the match type in the From column
138 +* Improvement: The Changes Log now distinguishes OTTO cleanup events from new SEO deployments, so log entries reflect what actually happened
199 139
200 -= 2.6.15 =
201 -* Improvement: Added a search icon to the SEO Health search field
202 -* Improvement: Fixed the sort-arrow placement in the SEO Health table column headers
203 -* Improvement: Prevented multi-page imports from nesting imported pages under existing unrelated (non-imported) parent pages
204 -* Fix: Stopped the plugin from removing featured images on sites that offload media with WP Stateless
205 -* Fix: Prevented og:description from auto-filling with raw page-builder shortcodes on Divi and Elementor pages, so social and link previews show clean text
206 -* Fix: Served the IndexNow key file dynamically instead of writing it to disk, so key verification works on read-only web roots and on nginx hosts that block direct access to static .txt files
207 -* Fix: Resolved the "IndexNow key not found" (400) error when configuring Bing IndexNow, so setup completes successfully
208 -* Fix: Made the Instant Indexing service-account JSON upload accept the file by its extension, so it saves reliably across all browsers and operating systems
209 -* Fix: Restored the white-label light logo in the admin header on light theme
140 += 2.6.26 =
141 +* Fix: Yoast schema conflict handling no longer emits invalid JSON-LD on OTTO-covered pages
142 +* Fix: Third-party SEO sync now reports success only when SEO data was actually written, preventing stale titles from being treated as current
143 +* Fix: The Gutenberg SEO sidebar no longer uses OTTO suggestions as field values, so pages are not silently frozen out of OTTO
144 +* Improvement: Breadcrumb settings are now managed from one dedicated settings page instead of duplicate controls
145 +* Fix: News and video sitemaps now use consistent source ordering and regenerate news entries within the required freshness window
146 +* Improvement: The Visual HTML Editor now bundles its own runtime, so it loads correctly for raw-HTML pages without relying on a CDN
147 +* Fix: Redirection and 404 list filters no longer trigger a selected bulk action accidentally
148 +* Fix: Open Graph opt-out now suppresses all matching MetaSync social output paths
149 +* Fix: The Gutenberg SEO sidebar no longer shows a duplicate URL Slug field
150 +* Fix: Social titles and descriptions no longer persist pre-filled post defaults, so renamed posts and edited excerpts update their social metadata correctly
151 +* Security: White Label JSON imports no longer lock out the settings password recovery flow, so Forgot Password keeps working when a new whitelabel-settings.json is deployed
210 152
211 -= 2.6.14 =
212 -* Improvement: Content Genius "User Roles to Sync" now lists only roles that can author content
213 -* Improvement: Added a dropdown arrow indicator to the Image Library "Bulk Actions" and "All Images" filter fields
214 -* Improvement: Added consistent top padding between Advanced Settings section headers and their content
215 -* Improvement: Stopped the OTTO debug toolbar from rendering twice on Oxygen Builder pages
216 -* Fix: Prevented OpenGraph description generation from rendering the full page in the head, which dropped Elementor loop-grid CSS and broke page layout
217 -* Fix: Scoped the OTTO Cache-Control private header to the HTTP render path so it no longer disables host/CDN caching site-wide
218 -* Fix: Scoped OTTO SiteGround no-cache to pages with suggestions, preventing a site-wide cache bypass and CPU spikes
219 -* Fix: Resolved a 500 error on plugin activate/deactivate on SiteGround and stopped OTTO from interfering with the Elementor editor
220 -* Fix: Fixed the Instant Indexing "Clear Configuration" button on the Indexation Control page
221 -
222 -= 2.6.13 =
223 -* Improvement: Made the Media Optimization "Optimize" and "Revert" buttons equal in size
224 -* Improvement: Fixed stacked filter dropdowns in the Changes Log filter bar
225 -* Improvement: Fixed the cache directory path overflowing its container on the Cache tab
226 -* Improvement: Improved breadcrumb code-box contrast in light mode and added click-to-copy on snippet boxes
227 -* Improvement: Added vertical spacing between the Auth Token field and Refresh Token button on the Settings page
228 -* Improvement: Added vertical spacing between settings form rows so blocks no longer merge together
229 -* Security: Wrapped admin nonce outputs in esc_attr() to prevent XSS in HTML attributes
230 -* Fix: Prevented lazy-load video iframe CSS from breaking page layout and hiding homepage content
231 -* Fix: Prevented a fatal "undefined constant" error during OTTO rendering on pre-2.6.11 installs
232 -* Fix: Corrected OTTO double-encoding of "&" in HTML attributes that broke theme icon fonts
233 -* Fix: Stopped OTTO from renumbering Divi column width classes and collapsing page layouts
234 -
235 -= 2.6.12 =
236 -* New Feature: The imported Webstudio(LPS) home page is now set as the WordPress front page
237 -* New Feature: Added persistent audit logging for Webstudio(LPS) ZIP imports
238 -* Improvement: Execution Settings fields now display side-by-side in a responsive two-column layout
239 -* Improvement: Hardened the White Label menu slug and fixed settings-save validation
240 -* Improvement: OTTO rendering is now skipped on custom and Webstudio(LPS)-imported pages
241 -* Improvement: Deleting a custom or Webstudio(LPS) page now cleans up shared assets and resets the front page when needed
242 -* Improvement: Webstudio(LPS) home imports now use the project UUID as the per-project deduplication key
243 -* Security: Added nonce and capability checks to the Instant Indexing AJAX handlers (Google GIAPI and Bing IndexNow)
244 -* Security: Added nonce and capability checks to the redirections list-table actions
245 -* Security: Added nonce and capability checks to the 404 Monitor list-table actions
246 -* Security: Hardened input sanitization for per-post snippets and the hero image URL
247 -* Fix: Prevented duplicate H1 headings on Content Genius synced posts
248 -* Fix: Resolved a fatal error during ZIP import caused by an undefined temporary-file helper in REST/MCP context
249 -* Fix: Prevented a fatal "class not found" error on plugin update when the installed directory name differs from the package slug
250 -* Fix: Batched SEO indexation option imports to prevent PHP memory exhaustion on large sites
251 -* Fix: Corrected connection status to show "Not Connected" after manual API key entry and Sync Now
252 -* Fix: Guarded get_current_screen() calls to prevent fatal errors in REST context
253 -* Fix: Execution Settings now reports the real server upload limit instead of a hardcoded 128 MB
254 -* Fix: Fixed a case where activating the plugin caused 404s on all pages except the home page
255 -* Fix: Prevented a TypeError when a non-string value was passed to meta element handling
256 -* Fix: The "Disable SEO Meta Box" setting now correctly hides the SEO meta box in the Classic editor
257 -* Fix: The "Disallow Empty Archives" toggle is now saved correctly on SEO Controls
258 -
259 -= 2.6.11 =
260 -* New Feature: Added SEO Title & Meta Description fields to the Classic editor, matching the Gutenberg sidebar
261 -* New Feature: Added a configurable OTTO cache TTL setting under Advanced Settings → Cache Management
262 -* New Feature: Added a ZIP upload endpoint and MCP tool for importing landing pages
263 -* New Feature: Import Open Graph and Twitter social titles and descriptions from Yoast, Rank Math, and AIOSEO
264 -* New Feature: Import Open Graph and Twitter social images from Yoast, Rank Math, and AIOSEO
265 -* Improvement: Added a pre-flight memory check before image conversion to avoid exhausting PHP memory
266 -* Improvement: Batch optimizer batch size now adapts to available server memory
267 -* Improvement: Replaced unbounded media queries with paginated queries in the batch optimizer
268 -* Improvement: Sub-size image conversion is now split across requests to reduce peak memory usage
269 -* Improvement: Cron batch processing now respects the server's max_execution_time limit
270 -* Improvement: WordPress core sitemap is automatically disabled while the MetaSync sitemap is active
271 -* Improvement: Redirect saves now warn when the destination URL does not resolve
272 -* Improvement: The MCP sitemap check now uses the plugin's virtual sitemap tracking instead of physical files
273 -* Improvement: 404 Monitor no longer logs WordPress system paths as broken links
274 -* Improvement: Added a magnifier icon to the Media Optimization search field
275 -* Fix: OTTO no longer corrupts inline JavaScript by collapsing modern operators during rendering
276 -* Fix: Resolved fatal errors on Divi sites during OTTO HTTP rendering and from a missing admin navigation class
277 -* Fix: Prevented fatal errors from missing dependencies — telemetry autoload, the 404 Monitor database class, the DOMDocument extension, and a removed Yoast SEO title separator method
278 -* Fix: OTTO titles, descriptions, and schema now persist reliably — saved even when unchanged, back-filled to SEO plugin fields, kept after un-deploy, and output when OTTO is off
279 -* Fix: Stopped duplicate Open Graph/Twitter tags and cleared social meta when duplicating a post
280 -* Fix: Archive pages now output their own canonical URL and og:url instead of the first post's
281 -* Fix: WebP picture tag rewriting now applies to Divi featured images
282 -* Fix: Sitemap now includes pages and custom post types when category/tag filters are set
283 -* Fix: Resolved a schema markup settings key inconsistency in the settings API
284 -* Fix: Settings saves no longer show a false error notice, meta-box checkboxes persist, and a race condition that could wipe settings was resolved
285 -* Fix: OTTO image alt text now applies when pages use relative image URLs
286 -* Fix: Polished admin UI — Optimization Rate stats card alignment, tab icon centering, and XML Sitemap checkbox spacing
287 -
288 -= 2.6.10 =
289 -* New Feature: Media Optimization — compress images and serve next-gen WebP/AVIF formats to improve page load speed
290 -* New Feature: Added post type, taxonomy, and URL exclusion controls across all sitemaps
291 -* New Feature: Added per-file Delete buttons for individual XML sitemaps (General, News, Video)
292 -* Improvement: Switched sitemap generation to virtual-only mode with regenerate-on-miss to resolve nginx 403 errors
293 -* Improvement: Renamed sitemap Save buttons to "Save & Generate Sitemap" across the General, News, and Video tabs
294 -* Improvement: Throttled bot crawl-log requests to reduce server load on high-traffic sites
295 -* Fix: Resolved a case where the plugin caused site outages on cart/checkout and non-GET requests
296 -* Fix: Restored meta boxes and SEO fields on custom post types
297 -* Fix: OTTO no longer reports as installed on projects with non-matching UUIDs
298 -* Fix: Preserved Divi's late-injected CSS during OTTO server-side rendering and fixed Divi blog/portfolio AJAX pagination
299 -* Fix: Respected Yoast SEO titles and descriptions when OTTO is undeployed
300 -* Fix: Scoped OTTO cache keys and rate limits per site on Multisite installs
301 -* Fix: Skipped OTTO rendering on XML endpoints to prevent invalid output
302 -* Fix: Sanitized malformed self-closing tags during OTTO rendering that could expand site navigation
303 -* Fix: Prevented duplicate H1 headings when content already contains the post title
304 -* Fix: Guarded the mime_content_type() call to prevent fatal errors on hosts without the fileinfo extension
305 -* Fix: Deduplicated URLs and filtered junk entries from the XML sitemap
306 -* Fix: The XML Sitemap sidebar now stays fixed instead of scrolling with the page
307 -* Fix: 404 Monitor date filters now persist across pagination and sorting and apply only when the filter button is clicked
308 -* Fix: Connection status no longer flips to "Not Connected" on idle plugin pages
309 -* Fix: Corrected WP Rocket compatibility render-mode detection
310 -* Fix: Suppressed admin notices from rendering inside the setup wizard header
311 -* Fix: Removed dangling breadcrumb references when stripping third-party BreadcrumbList schema
312 -* Fix: Breadcrumbs checkbox values now persist correctly when unchecked
313 -* Fix: Fixed the Quick Links table background and borders in dark mode
314 -* Fix: Fixed dashicon button icon misalignment on some sites
315 -* Fix: Tightened REST API auth callbacks and fixed primary category cleanup on custom post types
316 -* Fix: Fixed the perpetual Sync Now throttle message by separating the manual-sync cooldown from the heartbeat
317 -
318 -= 2.6.9 =
319 -* Security: Move API key authentication from query parameter to Authorization Bearer header
320 -* Security: Fix X-Forwarded-For IP spoofing in OTTO bot detector — trust Cloudflare header first
321 -* Security: Cache-Control changed from public to private to prevent CDN nonce sharing
322 -* Fix: OTTO heading replacement corrupted when heading contains inline elements (e.g. span tags)
323 -* Fix: SSO one-click auth fails on sites with external object cache
324 -* Fix: Guard against missing DOMDocument extension in check_and_fix_post_content
325 -* Fix: POST heartbeat before GET ping on manual API key save to register WPWebsiteHeartbeat
326 -* Fix: Strict-equality bug in is_virtual_mode() causing Virtual badge not to show after first request
327 -* Fix: Remove newline-to-br replacement that injects whitespace into synced content
328 -* Improvement: API key input field now reverts to previous valid key on validation failure
329 -* Improvement: Deployed OTTO titles no longer show on frontend when Disable OTTO for Logged in Users is enabled
330 -* Improvement: Robots.txt Disallow / warning now triggers correctly with fixed regex matching
331 -* Improvement: Robots.txt timestamps now respect WordPress timezone setting instead of hardcoded UTC
332 -
333 -= 2.6.8 =
334 -* Security: Use hash_equals() for timing-safe API key comparison in custom pages API
335 -* Security: Resolve 4 Snyk Code MEDIUM findings — DOM XSS and info exposure
336 -* Security: Fix open-redirect vulnerability in redirection plugin with domain validation
337 -* Fix: Original image permanently deleted before converted file is validated — data loss on Imagick memory failure
338 -* Fix: Light SA logo not visible on light theme
339 -* Fix: Strip OTTO post meta when WordPress pages are cloned or duplicated
340 -* Fix: Sitemap and LLMs.txt transients not invalidated when content is updated
341 -* Improvement: Make bot statistics table responsive at narrow viewports
342 -* Improvement: Refactor sitemap collect_all_urls() to eliminate N+1 query explosion
343 -* Improvement: Exclude Beaver Builder templates from sitemap generation
344 -* Improvement: Upgrade routine flag logic and unit tests for Beaver Builder template exclusion
345 -
346 -= 2.6.7 =
347 -- Fix: OTTO buffer caching empty/error pages
348 - - Fix: PHP lexicographic string comparison in execution time validation
349 - - Fix: Plugin causing server overload via unbounded cron accumulation
350 - - Fix: Replace TRUNCATE with bounded delete in 404 monitor add()
351 - - Fix: Add redirect-loop detection to edit and import paths
352 - - Fix: Non-atomic OTTO cache lock allowing concurrent workers to bypass lock
353 - - Fix: Remove duplicate inline JS causing double POST on excluded URL add
354 - - Fix: Replace TOCTOU rate limiter with atomic wp_cache_add/incr pattern
355 - - Fix: Fill empty catch blocks in OTTO render strategy with error_log and telemetry
356 - - Fix: Harden JWT verification and protect sensitive wp_options in MCP server
357 - - Fix: Breadcrumbs disable_schema checkbox state not persisting on save
358 - - Fix: OTTO title/schema override checks live suggestions when third-party SEO plugin active
359 - - Fix: Centralize cron-hook cleanup on plugin deactivation
360 - - Fix: API key validation fails when WordPress Home URL uses www subdomain
361 - - Fix: Add per-user transient caching to admin bar status indicator
362 - - Fix: Make sitemap generation memory-safe with streaming and filesystem fallbacks
363 - - Fix: Add static flag guard to eliminate redundant schema queries
364 - - Fix: Create Redirect button from 404 Monitor not opening redirection form
365 - - Security: Remediate 47 semgrep findings across plugin codebase
366 -
367 -= 2.6.6 =
368 -- Fix: Invalidate OTTO JS detection transient on settings save and cache clear
369 - - Fix: Harden MCP tool registration to prevent fatal error on missing class
370 - - Fix: Heartbeat public-hash cache-key mismatch
371 - - Fix: TypeError on strtolower() with array @type in OTTO crawl-notify endpoint
372 - - Fix: Gate admin JS loading to MetaSync pages only
373 - - Fix: Process OTTO webhook URLs in background via WP-Cron
374 - - Fix: Optimize sync history cleanup with fetch-then-delete pattern
375 - - Fix: Cache OTTO manual exclusion list with transient and add composite index
376 - - Fix: Use SELECT COUNT(*) instead of loading all records in get_count()
377 - - Fix: Remove blocking Facebook Graph API call from wp_head
378 - - Fix: Only load MetaSync admin CSS on plugin pages
379 - - Fix: Lazy-load MCP server and SEO-inventory controller for non-MCP requests
380 - - Fix: Broken SQL placeholder in get_attachment_by_name()
381 - - Fix: Refactor rate limiter to use per-key transients instead of wp_options blob
382 -
383 -= 2.6.5 =
384 -- Feat: Native-First SEO Write Layer — sync all MetaSync/OTTO optimizations to native WordPress SEO meta fields
385 - - Feat: Per-post advanced robots directives — nofollow, noarchive, nosnippet, noimageindex, max-snippet, max-image-preview, max-video-preview
386 - - Feat: Redirect health checker — MCP tool + admin panel
387 - - Feat: Redirect loop detection on create/save
388 - - Fix: Reduce memory footprint by gating heavy init on non-MetaSync AJAX requests
389 - - Fix: ArgumentCountError resolved by replacing printf with echo in code-snippets template
390 - - Fix: Unhook Elementor filters during MCP update_site_info under API key auth
391 - - Fix: Rename 16 non-prefixed AJAX actions to use metasync_ prefix
392 - - Fix: Promo sidebar overlap with main nav at narrow viewports
393 - - Fix: OTTO DOM corruption when page text contains less-than followed by digits
394 - - Fix: Restore case-sensitive SVG/HTML5 attributes after OTTO DOM processing
395 - - Fix: MetaSync status badge not updating on disconnect/reconnect
396 - - Fix: Remove duplicate canonical tags on sites without third-party SEO plugin
397 - - Fix: Submit Report button icon vertical alignment
398 - - Fix: 404 Monitor pagination layout and filter row overflow
399 - - Fix: Responsive layout for Redirections tablenav filters and search
400 -
401 -= 2.6.4 =
402 -- Fix: LLMs.txt settings now correctly persisted on save
403 - - Fix: Hidden diagnostic post no longer triggers Jetpack Social or RSS auto-share
404 - - Fix: mb_encode_numericentity() fatal on hosts without mbstring extension replaced with pure-PHP fallback
405 - - Fix: class-metasync-term-plugin-sync.php require_once guarded with file_exists to prevent fatal on Nexcess hosting
406 - - Fix: wp_tempnam() undefined fatal in Dimension Injector when called outside wp-admin context
407 - - Fix: WpeCommon::purge_url() undefined fatal in cache purge on WP Engine now guarded with method_exists
408 - - Fix: MCP_Tool_Cache_Purge_All class not found fatal guarded with class_exists check
409 - - Fix: Google Index require_once calls guarded with file_exists to prevent fatal when files are missing
410 - - Fix: PHP 8.1 add_submenu_page(null) deprecation fixed in import page and HTML visual editor
411 -
412 -= 2.6.3 =
413 -- Feature: BreadcrumbList schema auto-generated from post hierarchy with cross-plugin deduplication for Yoast, Rank Math, and AIOSEO
414 - - Feature: Hreflang language alternates support with WPML integration for multilingual sites
415 - - Feature: LLMs.txt generator with dedicated settings page and MCP tools
416 - - Feature: News sitemap and video sitemap generation
417 - - Feature: Taxonomy term SEO meta synced to Yoast, Rank Math, and AIOSEO for category and tag archive pages
418 - - Feature: Open Graph output extended with article timestamps, author, section, tags, and og:image dimensions
419 - - Feature: MCP tools for SEO plugin audit — read, diff, sync, and conflict detection across installed SEO plugins
420 - - Feature: MCP tools for OTTO pipeline — trigger optimization, check status, and verify SEO output
421 - - Feature: MCP cache-purge tools for per-URL and full-site cache invalidation
422 - - Feature: Whitelabel color personalization for admin UI
423 - - Improvement: Composer classmap autoloader covering all plugin classes, removing 55+ scattered require_once calls
424 - - Improvement: MCP rate limiter wired into all tool calls with proper 429 responses
425 - - Improvement: GA4 event tracking replaces Mixpanel for plugin analytics
426 - - Improvement: Execution time limit added to MCP database query tool to prevent long-running queries
427 - - Fix: OTTO title and meta replacement no longer strips dollar signs from values like $500
428 - - Fix: Google Instant Indexing now auto-submits on post publish
429 - - Fix: LLMs.txt generation now excludes noindex posts
430 - - Fix: Missing PHP DOM extension handled gracefully in HTML-to-builder converter
431 - - Fix: Yoast and AIOSEO term meta storage corrected; SEO conflict handler fixed for term archive pages
432 - - Fix: WP Engine cache integration no longer calls non-existent purge_url() method; Throwable errors now caught
433 - - Fix: Beaver Builder templates excluded from sitemap generation
434 - - Fix: Gutenberg blockquote block no longer shows invalid content error after OTTO applies changes
435 - - Fix: Redirections page filter and search controls no longer trigger add-redirection form validation
436 - - Fix: Settings page no longer shows Synced label and invalid API key error simultaneously
437 - - Fix: Unsaved changes notification close button now works correctly
438 - - Fix: Composer autoloader updated with missing class entries to prevent fatal errors on fresh installs
439 -
440 -= 2.6.2 =
441 -- Improvement: Whitelabel now supports separate logo uploads for light and dark admin themes
442 - - Improvement: Breadcrumbs settings panel redesigned with cleaner layout and more configuration options
443 - - Fix: Page title tags now update correctly when Yoast SEO is active
444 - - Fix: OTTO optimizations no longer disappear when Rank Math is installed alongside the plugin
445 - - Fix: Duplicate keywords meta tag no longer appears in page source after OTTO applies keyword recommendations
446 - - Fix: Theme builder selector no longer lists builders that are not installed or detected on the site
447 - - Fix: MCP server now returns descriptive error messages instead of generic failures
448 - - Fix: MCP server correctly handles post status and primary category fields
449 - - Fix: MCP server now supports Twitter card meta fields and bulk taxonomy term operations
450 - - Fix: Plugin sidebar icon and menu now match standard WordPress appearance
451 - - Fix: Long field labels in Settings no longer overflow their column
452 - - Fix: 404 Monitor bulk actions bar stays on one line instead of wrapping
453 - - Fix: Breadcrumbs settings section now shows its icon correctly
454 -
455 -= 2.6.1 =
456 -- Feature: Bulk SEO health dashboard — check pages missing meta title, description and schema
457 - - Feature: New schema types: LocalBusiness, HowTo, VideoObject
458 - - Feature: Extended schema types: Event, JobPosting, Review, Course, Organization, Person, WebSite
459 - - Feature: Breadcrumbs module with HTML output and BreadcrumbList schema
460 - - Feature: Primary category selector in post editor sidebar
461 - - Feature: Internal link suggestions in post editor
462 - - Feature: Site Verification page added to SEO navigation
463 - - Feature: CPU load awareness and deferral settings
464 - - Feature: Whitelabel-aware promo sidebar and quick links settings
465 - - Improvement: Replace all emoji icons with WordPress Dashicons across admin UI
466 - - Improvement: Compatibility page redesign: accordion rows, themes, CDN, troubleshooting section
467 - - Fix: Duplicate schema markup and meta descriptions on multiple pages
468 - - Fix: Sync handlers returning HTTP 200 with empty body on internal WP_Error — PHP 8 fatal prevented
469 - - Fix: Old UI flashing before new UI loads on page transition
470 - - Fix: UI misalignment on Dashboard and various admin pages
471 - - Fix: Schema markup not rendering correctly
472 - - Fix: NitroPack purge conflict on page-load path
473 - - Fix: Image alt-text fallback on Oxygen HTTP render path
474 - - Fix: Content Genius page sync full-width on Oxygen Builder
475 - - Fix: Crawl monitoring showing no data despite successful crawls
476 - - Fix: Oxygen Builder synced post content not visible on front-end
477 - - Fix: Restore Performance and CPU settings tab removed during refactor
478 - - Fix: Replace burst mode heartbeat with lightweight connection-ping
479 - - Fix: Render OTTO-persisted otto_jsonld in frontend schema output
480 - - Fix: schema_types returning empty array in wordpress_get_post_by_url
481 - - Fix: Correct Rate Now review URL and replace emoji star with Dashicon
482 - - Fix: Telemetry noise and whitelabel JSON decode bug
483 - - Fix: Add save button to Site Verification, Local Business, Code Snippets pages
484 - - Fix: Remove dead wp_ajax_metasync hook pointing to non-existent method
485 - - Fix: robots_txt_backups table missing on fresh activation
486 - - Fix: WP admin sidebar plugin icon vertical misalignment
487 -
488 -= 2.5.27 =
489 -- Fix: Image alt-text unreliable on Oxygen theme HTTP render path; added string-based fallback
490 -- Fix: Content Genius page sync renders full-width on Oxygen Builder
491 -- Fix: Apostrophe truncation in SEO extract functions causing content to be cut short
492 -- Fix: Crawl monitoring module shows no data despite successful crawl executions
493 -- Fix: Oxygen Builder synced post content not visible on front-end
494 -- Fix: CPU performance tab missing from Advanced Settings after refactor
495 -- Fix: JSON-LD schema deduplication: duplicate blocks on the same page
496 -- Fix: Schema/JSON-LD suppression for OTTO when third-party SEO plugins (Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO) are active
497 -- Fix: Remove dead `wp_ajax_metasync` hook pointing to non-existent `sync_items` method
498 -- Fix: Add missing `display_cpu_deferral_notice` method to `Metasync_Admin`
499 -- Fix: Oxygen Builder page template override guard in `create_page()` and `update_page()` (REST API)
500 -- Fix: Stale-options overwrite in `test_heartbeat_api_connection()`; replace burst-mode heavy heartbeat with lightweight connection-ping endpoint
501 -- Fix: Image alt-text string-based fallback in OTTO HTTP render path; Divi `data-et-multi-view` JSON attribute handling
502 -- Feature: Internal link suggestions in post editor sidebar
503 -- Feature: Replace burst-mode heavy heartbeat (`SyncCustomerParams`) with lightweight `connection-ping` endpoint — reduces payload and server load during key-pending state
504 -- Feature: MCP sync log: log changes, rollback, 90-day auto-clear, and manual clear button
505 -- Feature: Code minification and delivery (JS minifier)
506 -- Feature: CPU load awareness: adaptive deferral based on server load
507 -- Improvement: MCP `wordpress_get_post_by_url` extended to return full SEO metadata (title, description, schema, OG fields, focus keyword)
508 -- Improvement: MCP System diagnostics and read-only database access tools (`wordpress_get_system_info`, `wordpress_get_active_plugins`, `wordpress_get_cron_jobs`, `wordpress_db_query`)
509 -- Improvement: MCP `wordpress_get_seo_inventory` tool: bulk SEO health data across all posts in one call
510 -- Improvement: Log - fatal-only filtering — `capture_php_error()` now passes only `E_USER_ERROR` and `E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR`; warnings, notices, and deprecations are dropped
511 -- Improvement: Log - level gate in `send_to_sentry()` and `TelemetryManager::send_message()` — info/warning/debug events never reach the proxy
512 -- Improvement: Log - debug window reduced from 60 min to 15 min (900s transient TTL) for faster re-reporting of recurring fatal errors
513 -- Improvement: Logging cleanup - removed 15+ dead `log_heartbeat('info', ...)` calls (method already early-returns on `'info'`)
514 -- Improvement: Logging cleanup - removed operational noise from `Metasync_Rate_Limiter`, `Metasync_Cache_Purge`, and `Metasync_API_Backoff_Manager`
515 -
516 -= 2.5.26 =
517 -* Improvement: AIOSEO compatibility
518 -* Fix: preg_replace backreference injection in title deduplication (titles with \$N sequences)
519 -* Fix: Title tag deduplication and SEO plugin conflict handlers
520 -* Fix: API rate limiting causes stale cache and robots/canonical settings ignored
521 -* Fix: Dollar signs being stripped from image alt text
522 -* Fix: Heading deployment on Divi/page-builder sites
523 -* Fix: PHP 7.4 compatibility — polyfills for str_contains/str_starts_with/str_ends_with and match expression rewrites
524 -* Feature: NitroPack full flush + targeted object cache
525 -* Feature: WP Database & Object Caching cleanup
526 -
527 -= 2.5.25 =
528 -**Bug Fixes:**
529 -* Fix: OTTO persistence not syncing titles, descriptions, OG/Twitter fields were only written when persistence was enabled, but OTTO's own render filters read those same staging keys; added coverage for regular posts/pages; OG/Twitter persistence now also writes to RankMath and Yoast equivalents so SEO plugins pick up OTTO data; OG renderer falls back to OTTO staging keys when persistence keys are empty
530 -* Fix: DB column missing on older installs now self-heals all three required columns
531 -* Fix: Cap WP announce ping to max 5 per plugin activation lifecycle — removed unbounded cron retry; counter resets on fresh activation and clears on deactivation
532 -* Fix: Dollar signs stripped from image alt text during deployment
533 -* Fix: Heading deployment broken on some outdated Divi versions
534 -* Fix: One case of duplicate meta name="description tags when MetaSync and AIOSEO coexist
535 -* Fix: XML sitemap auto-update not triggering when posts published via Gutenberg
536 -* Fix: Divi header/footer hidden on blog posts synced via Content Genius
537 -
538 -= 2.5.24 =
539 -**Bug Fixes:**
540 -* Fix: Whitelabel slug not respected in admin links — \"Add Redirect\", \"404 Monitor\" tab, and \"Import from SEO Plugins\" buttons were using hardcoded `searchatlas-*` slugs instead of the configured WL slug
541 -* Fix: Hardcoded SearchAtlas/Search Atlas brand strings replaced with whitelabel-aware output across admin views, dev panel, site health checks, and MCP tool descriptions
542 -* Fix: \"SearchAtlas AI Pages\" dashboard widget title ignoring whitelabel plugin name setting
543 -* Fix: Whitelabel icon lost after exporting and importing the plugin on a different site — icon is now bundled inside the export ZIP and restored to the new site's uploads directory on import
544 -* Fix: Whitelabel icon not shown on WordPress Dashboard → Updates page — icon injected into the `update_plugins` site transient so the correct branded icon appears regardless of the update API response
545 -
546 -= 2.5.23 =
547 -**Bug Fixes:**
548 -* Fix: MetaSync WP plugin breaks Elementor front-end spacing — SimpleHtmlDOM `stripRN` was stripping whitespace between inline elements; now set to `false`
549 -* Fix: Elementor headings override Global Fonts after Content Genius sync — removed forced Roboto font so headings inherit site's Global Font settings
550 -* Fix: Elementor Canvas template incorrectly applied when syncing articles as posts
551 -* Fix: Admin bar status icon now reflects missing UUID as a distinct warning state (orange) rather than generic disconnected state
552 -
553 -**Improvements:**
554 -* Performance: Added transient cache to OTTO JS check to reduce overhead on every request
555 -* Improvement: Cache Purge — Added per-URL purge support
556 -* Improvement: Cache Purge — Query string normalization strips UTM/gclid/fbclid params before purge so all URL variants resolve to the same canonical URL
557 -* Improvement: Cache Purge — Edge CDN purge integrations targeted via configuration
558 -* Improvement: Remove non-publishable roles (Subscriber, Contributor) from Content Genius User Roles to Sync setting
559 -* Improvement: Validation message added when publishing AI Landing Pages with plain permalink structure
560 -
561 -**Features:**
562 -* Feature: WordPress Site Health Integration — MetaSync now registers checks in the WP Site Health panel
563 -* Feature: Media Optimization
564 -* Feature: Rate the Plugin notice — shows a dismissible prompt after 7 days of usage; hidden when whitelabel is enabled
565 -
566 -**Refactoring:**
567 -* Removed `instant-index/` vendor tree (~714 files); replaced Google SDK with native PHP implementation
568 -* Decomposed `Metasync_Admin` god object (17,849 lines) into 10 focused classes; admin reduced to ~3,986 lines
569 -* Decomposed `Metasync_Public` into focused classes; REST API routes extracted to `Metasync_Rest_Api`
570 -* Extracted 23 inline JavaScript blocks into proper `.js` files loaded via `wp_enqueue_script`
571 -
572 -= 2.5.22 =
573 -* Improvement: Heartbeat connection/pool logic to reduce the number of external requests
574 -* Improvement: Adapt scenarios of Idle WpRocket + Active Kinsta Cache that was preventing the cache to be purged.
575 -
576 -= 2.5.21 =
577 -###Features
578 - - Add hosting cache integration (WP Engine + Kinsta) with per-provider toggles in Advanced → Cache
579 - Management
580 - - Add WP Engine native cache purge (Varnish + Memcached) via `WpeCommon`
581 - - Add Kinsta native full-page cache purge via `KinstaCache::kinsta_cache_purge_full()`
582 -
583 - ###Bug Fixes
584 - - Fix: SEO placeholder tokens (%%title%%, %sitename%, #post_title#, etc.) now resolved to real values on
585 - import from Yoast / Rank Math / AIOSEO
586 - - Fix: Customer schema markup being injected into the global site header
587 - - Fix: WP Rocket compatibility — OTTO no longer disables WP Rocket JS/CSS optimization features
588 - - Fix: WP Rocket + Kinsta cache conflict causing meta title/description to revert
589 - - Fix: CSS injection methods (`enqueue_page_custom_css`, Elementor, Divi) missing from `Metasync_Public`
590 - - Fix: Plugin URI and Author URI fields silently discarding valid URLs
591 -
592 -= 2.5.20 =
593 -* Fixed a case where a empty Otto meta description was overwriting the existing one.
594 -
595 -= 2.5.19 =
596 -New Features
597 -
598 - - SEO Sidebar in Post Editor — Edit Meta Title, Meta Description and URL slug directly from the post/page
599 - editor sidebar
600 - - Bot Detection Layer for OTTO — Detects and tracks bots with statistics dashboard
601 - - Bing Instant Indexing — Submit URLs directly to Bing
602 - - Plugin Setup Wizard — Guided setup process for new users
603 - - Execution Settings — New controls under Advanced Settings
604 - - Debug Mode Auto-Disable & Safety Limits — Automatically disables after a set period
605 - - Enhanced Error Categorization — Improved monitoring with categorized error tracking
606 - - Virtual robots.txt / sitemap.xml — Served virtually when host blocks direct file writes
607 - - OTTO 404-Specific Filtering — Filter OTTO suggestions for 404 pages
608 - - Heartbeat reliability improvements
609 -
610 - Improvements
611 -
612 - - Schema Markup disable option — Can now be toggled per Post/Page Editor settings
613 - - Whitelabel form validation — Prevents partial saves without whitelabel mode activation
614 - - Host Blocking in whitelabel — Host blocking now covered by whitelabel settings
615 - - Support Token rate limiting — Properly enforced during login
616 - - Report Issue with Sentry User Feedback — Image attachments supported
617 - - MCP Tool API key auth — Fixed permission checks for API key-authenticated requests
618 -
619 - Bug Fixes
620 -
621 - - Fixed OTTO removing original meta description when no OTTO description deployed
622 - - Fixed plugin breaking Elementor front-end spacing when span tag was inner H1
623 - - Fixed WP Rocket + Kinsta cache conflict causing meta titles/descriptions to disappear
624 - - Fixed ALT text not applied on home page and other pages for Custom Theme
625 - - Fixed Plugin URI and Author URI not being saved
626 - - Fixed UI issues in admin screens
627 - - Fixed sync logs not showing newest info after filtering
628 - - Fixed exported whitelabel settings not uploading to another site
629 - - Fixed plugin settings hiding in plugin menu but not under WordPress General settings
630 - - Fixed Import SEO Data missing from access control list
631 -
632 - Stability / PHP 8.1+ Compatibility
633 -
634 - - 13 improvements with deprecated PHP functions below PHP V8.0
635 -
636 -= 2.5.18 =
637 -* Removed JWT-based temporary support access token system
638 -* Improved internal code documentation
639 -
640 -= 2.5.17 =
641 -* New: Administrator-Controlled Remote Support - Support access now requires explicit consent with secure, time-limited JWT tokens you generate and control
642 -* New: Support Access Management UI - Generate, view, and revoke support tokens directly from plugin settings
643 -* New: Email notifications when support tokens are generated, used, or revoked
644 -* Security: Connect to Search Atlas now uses time-limited, single-use tokens instead of persistent credentials
645 -* Security: Added rate limiting to Connect to Search Atlas authentication
646 -
647 -= 2.5.16 =
648 -* New: Administrator-Controlled Remote Support - Support access now requires explicit consent with secure, time-limited tokens you generate and control
649 -* Security: Enhanced Search Atlas SSO authentication with time-limited tokens
650 -* Security: Improved access control for administrative functions
651 -* Security: Added rate limiting to authentication endpoints
652 -* Improvement: Optimized token validation for better performance
653 -
654 -= 2.5.15 =
655 -* **Fix:** Improved compatibility with the **NitroPack** cache plugin.
656 -* **Fix:** Resolved a compatibility issue with the **Divi Timeline** widget.
657 -* **Fix:** Resolved a compatibility issue with the **Divi MultiView** widget.
658 -* **Fix:** Fixed an issue where static text in Advanced Settings displayed "OTTO/SA" instead of the **White Label** name.
659 -* **Fix:** Improved input validation within the **Redirection** form.
660 -* **Fix:** Fixed an issue where the **Cancel** button in the Redirection feature was not triggering.
661 -* **Fix:** Resolved an issue where **General Settings** would reset after a White Label password was set.
662 -* **Improvement:** Enhanced the filter and search modules in the **Redirection** section.
663 -* **Improvement:** When a new sitemap is generated, the **robots.txt** file will now automatically update with the correct link.
664 -* **Improvement:** Simplified plugin navigation for a better user experience.
665 -* **Improvement:** Removed deprecated files and unnecessary logs to optimize performance.
666 -* **Improvement:** Added **MCP** support.
667 -* **Improvement:** Added data persistence with **granularity** support.
668 -* **Improvement:** Improved notification messaging to better inform users about plugin updates.
669 -* **Feature:** Added full support for **Oxygen Builder**.
670 -* **Feature:** **Plugin Access Control:** Added a setting under Advanced Settings to define which user roles can access the plugin.
671 -* **Feature:** **Advanced Access Control:** White Label users can now disable specific settings or features per user role (**Settings \> White Label \> Advanced Access Control**).
672 -* **Feature:** Added a dedicated **Import SEO Data** screen.
673 -* **Feature:** Added an option to set all external links to `target="_blank"` (**Settings \> General \> Post/Page Settings**).
674 -* **Feature:** Added an option to add `rel="nofollow"` to all external links (**SEO \> Indexation \> Indexation Control**).
675 -* **Miscellaneous:** Minor cross-compatibility improvements for legacy PHP versions.
676 -
677 -= 2.5.14 =
678 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Formidable Form Builder
679 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Essentials Theme
680 -* **Fix:** Small adjustments in overall code for performance
681 -* **Improvement:** Improvement of OTTO SSR system
682 -* **Improvement:** Small adjustments in the UX
683 -* **Improvement:** Improvement of suggestions persistence in WP DB.
684 -
685 -= 2.5.13 =
686 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case where new published article was only showing headers
687 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Essentials Theme
688 -* **Fix:** Small adjustments in overall code for performance
689 -* **New Feature: Whitelabel Plugin Export -** We included a feature to export a version of the plugin with your WL info. You could now easily install the plugin through different hosts, without the need to manually update/include the WL settings.
690 -* **New Feature: Import from RankMath/Yoast/AIOSEO -** We included a feature to import Robots.txt, Sitemap.xml, Schemas and Indexation Options from SEO Plugins.
691 -* **New Feature: Advanced Settings -> Clear Transient Cache -** We included a feature to clear the transient cache used to boost page performance. The cache stores the deployed changes from the platform, avoiding unnecessary process to apply the changes.
692 -* **Improvement:** Small adjustments in OTTO SSR
693 -* **Improvement:** Small adjustments in Light Theme version
694 -* **Improvement:** We included a option in the Settings to Disable OTTO Toolbar.
695 -* **Improvement:** Otto Toolbar is Whitelabel friendly (Apply WL name)
696 -
697 -= 2.5.12 =
698 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Slider Revolution
699 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of duplication in content synced
700 -* **Fix:** Small adjustments in PHP Warnings being triggered
701 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of custom child theme triggering errors in error log
702 -* **New Feature: Light/Dark Theme -** We included a feature that allow users to switch the plugin colors to a light version.
703 -* **New Feature: Content Genius Authors -** We included a feature under settings where you could choose what user roles would be synced with Content Genius
704 -* **New Feature: OTTO Changes Viewer -** We included a feature to check what changes are being applied in a page optimized by OTTO.
705 -* **Improvement:** We improved the OTTO detection system.
706 -* **Improvement:** Changes in Robots.txt could be rollbacked with a historic of changes
707 -* **Improvement:** We included a option in the Indexation feature to disallow Category pages.
708 -* **Improvement:** Small optimizations in the code for page speed improvement.
709 -
710 -= 2.5.11 =
711 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Woocommerce
712 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of redirections not working when the target URL was deleted
713 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of Error Logs not displaying correctly
714 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of PHP Warning due outdated PHP version
715 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of custom child theme triggering errors in error log
716 -* **New Feature: Report a Issue -** We included a feature that allow users to notify Issues directly from the plugin.
717 -* **Improvement:** We improved the Whitelabel settings to hide specific features if needed.
718 -* **Improvement:** Improvements on system messages
719 -
720 -= 2.5.10 =
721 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Gravity Forms
722 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Elementor Pro
723 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with DIVI
724 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case where the post editor preview was blocked
725 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of original meta title and meta description being overwritten by OTTO
726 -* **New Feature: Custom Pages -** We included a feature that allow users to create custom pages bypassing existing Themes and Styles.
727 -* **New Feature:** **OTTO Excluded URLs -** We included under Compatibility Tab, a option to Turn off OTTO changes per URL.
728 -* **New Feature:** **Import Redirections -** Users could now import redirections from .csv file or directly from Yoast/RankMath/AIOSEO.
729 -* **Improvement:** We improved the Whitelabel settings to hide specific features if needed.
730 -* **Improvement:** Minor changes in core functions.
731 -* **Improvement:** Excluded from Sitemap generator URLs that aren't related with live pages.
732 -
733 -= 2.5.9 =
734 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case where the plugin was duplicanting the meta description tag
735 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case where the post editor was preventing user to save OG tags.
736 -* **New Feature:** We included in advanced settings a option to test the connectivity between host and the platform.
737 -* **New Feature:** Users could generate SITEMAP.xml directly in the plugin (This function will disable current sitemap.xml plugins)
738 -* **New Feature:** User could Enable/Disable storing OTTO Meta Title and Meta Description into the Database. When enabled, it will overwrite Meta Title and Meta Description of Yoast/RankMath, etc, and the old meta title and meta description
739 -* **Improvement:** We improved the Whitelabel settings to hide specific features if needed.
740 -* **Improvement:** Minor changes in cross-compatibility with outdated PHP versions.
741 -
742 -= 2.5.8 =
743 -* **Fix:** Some conditions was preventing saving new/edit posts directly from the editor
744 -* **Fix:** Non-standard tags found in body of the page, are being detect as plain text.
745 -* **New Feature:** White Label Clients could turn on/off Plugin features in Whitelabel Settings.
746 -* **Improvement:** Minor changes in cross-compatibility with outdated PHP versions.
747 -
748 -= 2.5.7 =
749 -
750 -
751 -= 2.5.6 =
752 -* **Prevention**: New error detection system.
753 -* **White Label**: 1-click Auth will sync the logo from the WL dashboard
754 -* **Fixes & UX**: Allow Rollback changes in Meta Title and Meta Description that was being stored in the Database.
755 -
756 -= 2.5.5 =
757 -* **Performance**: Significant improvement to dashboard loading speed.
758 -* **White Label**:
759 - * New dedicated White Label settings screen (Settings\>White Label).
760 - * Added password protection for White Label settings.
761 -* **Logging**: Introduced Sync Logs to display implemented website changes.
762 -* **Fixes & UX**: Minor UX adjustments and a fix for a false positive XSS issue in unused code.
763 -* **System**: Minor OTTO system optimizations to reduce disk space and memory usage.
764 -
765 -= 2.5.4 =
766 -* HotFix: In some cases, the **error log** was becoming too large, causing host performance to slow down.
767 -
768 -= 2.5.3 =
769 -* Included Compatibility Screen V.1, that shows most common Themes and plugins and compatibility
770 -* Improved error logs system
771 -
772 -= 2.5.2 =
773 -No changelog available.
774 -
775 -= 2.5.1 =
776 -* **Improved Dashboard Loading** for public dashboard URLs.
777 -* **Enhanced compatibility** with naked URLs (non-www) on the platform.
778 -* **Refined the Connection Status Bar.**
779 -* **Fixed a bug** where the Connection Tips Box didn't expand when clicked.
780 -* **Enabled the storage** of meta titles and descriptions in the database.
781 -* **Added an option** to disable the dashboard view from the settings page.
782 -* **Created a setting** to disable the Connection Status Bar from the admin bar.
783 -* **Implemented a new Telemetry system** to streamline bug detection.
784 -* **Resolved an issue** that caused error logs to be generated multiple times.
785 -* **Optimized the rendering of AMP pages** to prevent unrecognized HTML tags.
786 -
787 -= 2.5.1 =
788 -* **Improved Dashboard Loading** for public dashboard URLs.
789 -* **Enhanced compatibility** with naked URLs (non-www) on the platform.
790 -* **Refined the Connection Status Bar.**
791 -* **Fixed a bug** where the Connection Tips Box didn't expand when clicked.
792 -* **Enabled the storage** of meta titles and descriptions in the database.
793 -* **Added an option** to disable the dashboard view from the settings page.
794 -* **Created a setting** to disable the Connection Status Bar from the admin bar.
795 -* **Implemented a new Telemetry system** to streamline bug detection.
796 -* **Resolved an issue** that caused error logs to be generated multiple times.
797 -* **Optimized the rendering of AMP pages** to prevent unrecognized HTML tags.
798 -
799 -= 2.5.0 =
800 -* **Search Atlas SSO**
801 - * Users can now authenticate the plugin with a single click, eliminating manual setup steps and streamlining the entire process.
802 -* **OTTO One-Click Activation**
803 - * After successful authentication, if an OTTO project exists in Search Atlas, its configurations are automatically imported and applied within WordPress.
804 -* **White Label Branding**
805 - * The white label experience has been significantly improved. Upon one-click authentication, any configured white label settings are automatically imported. This includes:
806 - * Plugin Name
807 - * Logo
808 - * OTTO Name
809 - * Dashboard URL
810 - * From then on, all plugin connections reflect the customer’s white label branding. These settings are also accessible in a new **Advanced tab** within the plugin settings.
811 -* **Dashboard Access**
812 - * Direct access to the customer’s OTTO project dashboard is now available from within the plugin.
813 -* **Plugin Redesign**
814 - * The plugin has been fully rebranded with a refreshed design that aligns with the current Search Atlas dashboard, offering a more consistent and modern user experience.
815 -* **Reset Plugin**
816 - * A new option has been added to fully reset plugin configurations back to their default values.
817 -* **Error Logs**
818 - * Enhanced error logging is now available. When WordPress debug modes are enabled, the plugin can generate anonymous logs that may be shared with the specialist team for troubleshooting.
819 -* **Search Atlas SSO**
820 - * Users can now authenticate the plugin with a single click, eliminating manual setup steps and streamlining the entire process.
821 -* **OTTO One-Click Activation**
822 - * After successful authentication, if an OTTO project exists in Search Atlas, its configurations are automatically imported and applied within WordPress.
823 -* **White Label Branding**
824 - * The white label experience has been significantly improved. Upon one-click authentication, any configured white label settings are automatically imported. This includes:
825 - * Plugin Name
826 - * Logo
827 - * OTTO Name
828 - * Dashboard URL
829 - * From then on, all plugin connections reflect the customer’s white label branding. These settings are also accessible in a new **Advanced tab** within the plugin settings.
830 -* **Dashboard Access**
831 - * Direct access to the customer’s OTTO project dashboard is now available from within the plugin.
832 -* **Plugin Redesign**
833 - * The plugin has been fully rebranded with a refreshed design that aligns with the current Search Atlas dashboard, offering a more consistent and modern user experience.
834 -* **Reset Plugin**
835 - * A new option has been added to fully reset plugin configurations back to their default values.
836 -* **Error Logs**
837 - * Enhanced error logging is now available. When WordPress debug modes are enabled, the plugin can generate anonymous logs that may be shared with the specialist team for troubleshooting.
838 -* **Disable SSO**
839 - * Disable 1 Click WP Authentication from Dashboard
840 -
841 -BUG FIXES:
842 -
843 -* Disabled Canonical redirects generating loops
844 -* Check if URL could be crawled
845 -* Duplicated element with YITH plugin
846 -* FAQ format conflict with Theme Builder
847 -* Conflict with Hostify Booking Engine plugin
848 -* Old version of Elementro Pro breaking CSS
849 -
850 -= 2.4.4 =
851 -* Bug Fix: When user is logged via SSO, validate if the auth token is set
852 -
853 -= 2.4.3 =
854 -* HotFix 1: When user is logged via SSO, persist the session in the admin area
855 -
856 -= 2.4.2 =
857 -* Bug fix 1: large log size for heavy traffic sites
858 -
859 -= 2.4.1 =
860 -* Bugfix 1: Imported Posts published with duplicate images
861 -
862 -= 2.4.0 =
863 -* Feature 1: Single Sign On to WP from Dashboard
864 -* Feature 2: Modifying Existing Posts with CA AI
865 -* Improvement 1: Improved Error Handling for menu Image field
866 -* Improvement 2: Notification about permalink compatibility
867 -* Improvement 3: Remove outdate UI component (Clear Cache Button)
868 -* Improvement 4: Delete Zipped logs older than 30 days
869 -* Improvement 5: Displaying Block Quote elements from CA
870 -* Bug fix 1: Table of Contents not Working for some sites
871 -* Bug fix 2: FAQ Section not comming in correctly for some sites
872 -* Bug fix 3: Error warning while publishing to WP Elementor on some sites
873 -* Bug fix 4: Fatal Error triggered on invalid URI
874 -* Bug fix 5: Preserve redirection for forward slash ending urls
875 -
876 -= 2.3.11 =
877 -* Feature 1: Modifying Existing Posts with Content Assistant AI
878 -
879 -= 2.3.10 =
880 -* Bug fix 1: Critical Error with undeclared global Post Object
881 -
882 -= 2.3.8 =
883 -* Bug fix 1: Check out flow breaking on some sites
884 -
885 -= 2.3.7 =
886 -* Bug fix 1: Otto Interfering with some non-native Ajax requests
887 -
888 -= 2.3.6 =
889 -* Bug fix 1: Activating Otto SSR breaks UI on some sites
890 -
891 -= 2.3.5 =
892 -* Bug fix 1: Argument Count Error on some custom themes
893 -* Bug fix 2: Missing Title on some sites
894 -* Improvement 1: Serve Otto improved changes to Bot
895 -
896 -= 2.3.4 =
897 -* Bug fix 1: Error Viewing blog posts in some Nginx sites
898 -* Improvement 1: Otto Crawl monitoring
899 -* Improvement 2: Remove redundant requests to back end
900 -
901 -= 2.3.3 =
902 -* Bug fix 1: Checkout failure on some sites
903 -
904 -= 2.3.2 =
905 -* Bug fix 1: Fatal Error on empty tag attributes
906 -* Bug fix 2: Plugin Breaking Grid Page Sites
907 -
908 -= 2.3.1 =
909 -* Improvement 1: Real Time Server Side Rendering - No HTML Cache
910 -
911 -= 2.3.0 =
912 -* Bug fix 1: Fix 500 error when publishing a post
913 -* Bug fix 2: Fix OTTO SSR disabling the WordPress edit menu
914 -* Bug fix 3: Fix rest_forbidden error when publishing blog post
915 -* Bug fix 4: Fix OTTO breaking website layout (top-bar)
916 -* Improvement 1: Session Based Rendering
917 -* Improvement 2: Reset Heartbeat API calls to 5-minute intervals
918 -* Improvement 3: Update plugin layout and implement white-labelling
919 -* Improvement 4: Implement new caching mechanism
920 -
921 -= 2.2.7 =
922 -* Bug fix 1: Fix 429 page issue
923 -* Improvement 1: Disabling Otto on error pages like 404
924 -
925 -= 2.2.6 =
926 -* Improvement 1: Refactored CI/CD Pipelines and added releases
927 -
928 -= 2.2.5 =
929 -* Bug fix 1: Critical error on metasync logs page
930 -* Bug fix 2: Purchase process affected on Ecommerce Sites
931 -
932 -= 2.2.4 =
933 -* Bug fix 1: AI page builder formatting
934 -* Bug fix 2: Categories not syncing
935 -
936 -= 2.2.3 =
937 -* Bug Fix 1: Compatibility Improvements
938 -* Bug Fix 2: Hero Image not showing on some posts
939 -* Bug Fix 3: Post title missing on some posts
940 -
941 -= 2.2.2 =
942 -* Feature 1: Clear Otto Caches Button
943 -* Feature 2: Option to disable Otto for logged in Users
944 -* Bug fix 1: Hero Image not getting Updated
945 -
946 -= 2.2.1 =
947 -* Bugfix 1: Fix login Loop Issue on Sites with OTTO SSR
948 -* Bugfix 2: Fix Otto SSR Caching Problem on the Admin Side
949 -* Bugfix 3: Fix H1 rendering on published Posts
950 -
951 -= 2.2.0 =
952 -* Bugfix 1: Fix login Issues on Sites with OTTO SSR
953 -* Bugfix 2: Accepting UUID to activate OTTO on Wordpress
954 -* Feature 1: Alerting users to remove OTTO JS before activating OTTO SSR
955 -* Feature 2: Instant deployment of changes made on OTTO dashboard
956 -
957 -= 2.1.1 =
958 -* bugfix 1: Logging System - Fix Corrupted Zip Files
959 -
960 -= 2.1.0 =
961 -* Feature : Server Side Rendering of the Otto Pixel
962 -
963 -= 2.0.0 =
964 -* Feature 1: Metasync Specific Site Log Monitoring & Logging
965 -* Bugfix 1: Failed Image Syncing
966 -* Bugfix 2: Fix AI landing Page Visibility
967 -* Bugfix 3: Headings Coming over with #000000
968 -
969 -= 1.9.3 =
970 -* Fixed : Error Publishing Blog Article
971 -
972 -= 1.9.2 =
973 -* Fix : Renamed DB Migration Class to Prevent Conflict
974 -
975 -= 1.9.1 =
976 -* Feature 1: Stability Improvements
977 -
978 -= 1.9.0 =
979 -* Bug fixes
980 -* Fixed PHP 7.1.x compatibility issues
981 -
982 -= 1.8.9 =
983 -* Enhanced security measures
984 -
985 -= 1.8.8 =
986 -* Improved general page settings
987 -
988 -= 1.8.7 =
989 -* Enhanced compatibility with WordPress Dashboard
990 -
991 -= 1.8.6 =
992 -* Server-side improvements
993 -
994 -= 1.8.5 =
995 -* Additional server optimizations
996 -
997 -= 1.8.4 =
998 -* Resolved logic issues for white labels
999 -
1000 -= 1.8.3 =
1001 -* Fixed isset issues for white labels and public view
1002 -
1003 -= 1.8.2 =
1004 -* Addressed isset issues for white labels and error logging
1005 -
1006 -= 1.8.1 =
1007 -* Fixed isset issues for white labels
1008 -
1009 -= 1.8.0 =
1010 -* Fixed "Sync now" plugin list addition
1011 -
1012 -= 1.7.9 =
1013 -* Fixed content removal in Debug Log
1014 -
1015 -= 1.7.8 =
1016 -* Fixed content removal in Debug Log
1017 -
1018 -= 1.7.7 =
1019 -* Improved Default Debug Log
1020 -
1021 -= 1.7.6 =
1022 -* Enhanced Default Debug Log
1023 -
1024 -= 1.7.5 =
1025 -* Improved Debug functionality
1026 -
1027 -= 1.7.4 =
1028 -* General code improvements
1029 -
1030 -= 1.7.3 =
1031 -* Continued code enhancements
1032 -
1033 -= 1.7.2 =
1034 -* Fixed various errors
1035 -
1036 -= 1.7.1 =
1037 -* Addressed metasync error logging
1038 -
1039 -= 1.7.0 =
1040 -* Enhanced code and integrated Otto
1041 -
1042 -= 1.6.9 =
1043 -* Improved compatibility with Divi Child theme
1044 -
1045 -= 1.6.8 =
1046 -* Fixed issues with figure tags
1047 -
1048 -= 1.6.7 =
1049 -* Enhanced support for Iframe tags
1050 -
1051 -= 1.6.6 =
1052 -* Redirects updated after White Label changes
1053 -
1054 -= 1.6.5 =
1055 -* Code and White Label improvements
1056 -
1057 -= 1.6.4 =
1058 -* General code improvements
1059 -
1060 -= 1.6.3 =
1061 -* Continued code enhancements
1062 -
1063 -= 1.6.2 =
1064 -* Code improvements and menu renaming
1065 -
1066 -= 1.6.1 =
1067 -* Code enhancements and White Label updates
1068 -
1069 -= 1.6.0 =
1070 -* Code improvements and added Sub Pages functionality
1071 -
1072 -= 1.5.9 =
1073 -* Code improvements and HTML format fixes
1074 -
1075 -= 1.5.8 =
1076 -* Code improvements and HTML format fixes
1077 -
1078 -= 1.5.7 =
1079 -* Code enhancements and bug fixes
1080 -
1081 -= 1.5.6 =
1082 -* Code improvements and bug fixes
1083 -
1084 -= 1.5.5 =
1085 -* General code improvements
1086 -
1087 -= 1.5.4 =
1088 -* Code enhancements
1089 -* Fixed List Item components
1090 -
1091 -= 1.5.3 =
1092 -* Code improvements
1093 -* Integrated Divi
1094 -
1095 -= 1.5.2 =
1096 -* Code enhancements
1097 -* Fixed Elementor activation bug
1098 -
1099 -= 1.5.1 =
1100 -* General code improvements
1101 -
1102 -= 1.5.0 =
1103 -* Continued code enhancements
1104 -
1105 -= 1.4.9 =
1106 -* General code improvements
1107 -
1108 -= 1.4.8 =
1109 -* Added CSS for Search Atlas
1110 -* Code enhancements
1111 -
1112 -= 1.4.7 =
1113 -* Added Permalink Structure Validator
1114 -* Enhanced Page Editor checks
1115 -* Option to choose Page Editor
1116 -* Code improvements and bug fixes
1117 -
1118 -= 1.4.6 =
1119 -* Code enhancements and bug fixes
1120 -
1121 -= 1.4.5 =
1122 -* Code improvements and bug fixes
1123 -* Removed deprecated features from codebase
1124 -
1125 -= 1.4.4 =
1126 -* Code enhancements and bug fixes
1127 -* Added option to enable/disable features menu in General settings
1128 -
1129 -= 1.4.3 =
1130 -* Changed post permalink approach to prevent conflicts
1131 -* Updated page template to default instead of blank
1132 -* Set page parent to main if page doesn't exist
1133 -* Fixed permalink function in getPagesList
1134 -* Resolved minor bugs and improved code
1135 -
1136 -= 1.4.2 =
1137 -* Added new API endpoint `getPostByURL` to find posts by URL
1138 -* Updated README content and "Tested up to" attribute to latest version
1139 -* Updated `getPagesList` API to display all pages in JSON response
1140 -* Fixed bug in retrieving `post_id` in API codes
1141 -* Improved Pages management API for sub pages
1142 -
1143 -= 1.4.1 =
1144 -* Added three new API endpoints for creating pages
1145 -* Renamed heartbeat endpoints and functions
1146 -* Updated heartbeat categories and user sync limits and responses
1147 -* Updated plugin name and description
1148 -* Added plugin banner for marketplace page
1149 -* Removed Sitemaps feature, functions, and routes
1150 -* Added option to enable/disable Schema on Posts and Pages
1151 -* Improved General Settings UI/UX
1152 -* Fixed bugs and enhanced code
1153 -
1154 -= 1.4.0 =
1155 -* Feature: Basic Markdown support `[markdown] MARKDOWN CONTENT [/markdown]`
1156 -* Feature: Set a new Landing Page via API
1157 -* API code improvements and bug fixes
1158 -
1159 -= 1.3.4 =
1160 -* Enhanced Error Logs viewer and messages
1161 -* Added new error logs API
1162 -* Fixed `createPost` API code bug
1163 -
1164 -= 1.3.3 =
1165 -* Performance enhancements and bug fixes
1166 -
1167 -= 1.3.2 =
1168 -* Fixed bugs related to post and page images
1169 -
1170 -= 1.3.1 =
1171 -* Updated UI for HTML Accordion components
1172 -
1173 -= 1.3.0 =
1174 -* Editor/APIs: Added HTML Accordion support via shortcode `[accordion]CONTENT[/accordion]`
1175 -* APIs: Enabled editing drafts or published posts and pages multiple times without duplication via permalink
1176 -* APIs: Allowed manual addition of schema/scripts/styles to posts and pages
1177 -* APIs: Improved `deleteItem` endpoint code to comply with REST standards
1178 -* APIs: Numerous bug fixes and code enhancements for better performance and stability
1179 -
1180 -= 1.2.8 =
1181 -* Added new business type "Tree Services" to Business SEO page
1182 -
1183 -= 1.2.7 =
1184 -* Added Error Logs GET API endpoint
1185 -* Enabled functionality to trigger on-demand payload requests
1186 -* Added heartbeat HTTP request error information to Error Logs
1187 -* Set a limit of one thousand records for categories and users
1188 -
1189 -= 1.2.6 =
1190 -* Fixed issue displaying all fields in Optimal Settings
1191 -
1192 -= 1.2.5 =
1193 -* Enabled selecting the author of a post/page randomly in Create/Update item APIs
1194 -* Added ALT text for hero images in Create/Update item API payloads
1195 -* Set specific post dates within the last two months in Create API
1196 -* Added validation for `post_date` in Create/Update item APIs
1197 -* Refactored Create/Update item API code
1198 -
1199 -= 1.2.4 =
1200 -* Added feature and menu to enable/disable Open Graph, Facebook, and Twitter meta tags for all posts and pages
1201 -* Updated plugin version and README file
1202 -
1203 -= 1.2.3 =
1204 -* Enabled returning revisions for posts or pages in the update endpoint
1205 -* Added or updated post tags in Create and Update endpoints
1206 -* Included tags list in heartbeat API payload
1207 -
1208 -= 1.2.2 =
1209 -* Optimized Create and Update endpoints for media uploads
1210 -* Added redirection functionality in Create and Update endpoints
1211 -* Enabled/disabling comments in Create and Update APIs
1212 -* Fixed category updates in heartbeat API
1213 -* Resolved issue uploading previously unuploaded images to media in Create API
1214 -
1215 -= 1.2.1 =
1216 -* Added hero image attribute `hero_image_url` in Create or Update post endpoint
1217 -* Refactored image upload code to use URLs in Create/Update endpoints
1218 -* Updated plugin README file
1219 -
1220 -= 1.2.0 =
1221 -* Added post author in Create post endpoint
1222 -* Included users in heartbeat API with `users` attribute
1223 -* Assigned authors to attachments when uploading images to the media library
1224 -* Rebuilt post content tags based on HTML rules
1225 -
1226 -= 1.1.9 =
1227 -* Enabled saving images from URLs to the WordPress media library
1228 -* Added functionality to save images from URLs in Create/Update endpoints
1229 -* Implemented checks for existing images from URLs in Update endpoint
1230 -
1231 -= 1.1.8 =
1232 -* Corrected home URL storage in the 404 Monitor database
1233 -* Identified correct page URLs in the 404 Monitor for redirection
1234 -* Utilized correct URLs from the 404 Monitor for Redirection
1235 -
1236 -= 1.1.7 =
1237 -* Sent post categories as a list to backend requests
1238 -* Enabled auto-generation of the plugin's authorization key
1239 -* Displayed a message when the Search Atlas API key is not saved
1240 -
1241 -= 1.1.6 =
1242 -* Updated the title of General Settings
1243 -* Updated plugin screenshots
1244 -
1245 -= 1.1.5 =
1246 -* Added/Replaced categories for posts with a key to append categories in update items
1247 -* Synchronized post categories in Create/Update item endpoints
1248 -* Refactored code to sync customer website configurations and post categories
1249 -
1250 -= 1.1.4 =
1251 -* Fixed issue sending categories as JSON in heartbeat payload
1252 -* Removed special characters from category JSON
1253 -* Fixed heartbeat request interval settings
1254 -
1255 -= 1.1.3 =
1256 -* Removed login fields for obtaining JWT token from General Settings
1257 -* Removed dashboard link from the plugin
1258 -* Set heartbeat frequency to every 5 minutes
1259 -* Configured heartbeat requests to trigger on saving General Settings
1260 -
1261 -= 1.1.2 =
1262 -* Removed double quotes and forward slashes from JSON-LD Schema
1263 -
1264 -= 1.1.1 =
1265 -* Fixed article name issue in JSON-LD Schema
1266 -* Added plugin icon to the plugin directory
1267 -* Added plugin screenshots to the plugin directory
1268 -* Included changelogs in the plugin's README file
1269 -
1270 -= 1.1.0 =
1271 -* Added a button to manually force heartbeat sending to the server
1272 -* Displayed the last sync timestamp to monitor heartbeat status
1273 -* Added input field to save the Search Atlas API key in General Settings
1274 -* Included Search Atlas API key in the header of Heartbeat API
1275 -* Removed JWT token and Customer ID from Heartbeat Request
1276 -
1277 -= 1.0.9 =
1278 -* Added `meta_description` and `meta_robots` to the payload
1279 -* Fixed issue updating categories consistently in the payload
1280 -* Fixed issue adding two different `meta_robots` values in the header
1281 -* Included blog categories in the Heartbeat payload
1282 -
1283 -= 1.0.8 =
1284 -* Updated post/page permalinks during post updates via API payload
1285 -* Updated post categories during post updates via API payload
1286 -
1287 -= 1.0.7 =
1288 -* Added categories during post creation
1289 -* Included Permalink URL during page creation
1290 -* Set default post type to Post and post status to Publish
1291 -
1292 -= 1.0.6 =
1293 -* Added new sanitization for JSON-LD to echo in the header
1294 -* Removed third-party URLs from post data in the plugin
1295 -
1296 -= 1.0.5 =
1297 -* Created new `deleteItem` API to delete posts
1298 -* Refactored JSON-LD schema code to include all posts and pages
1299 -* Added prepare method in WHERE clause fields of queries
1300 -
1301 -= 1.0.4 =
1302 -* Added new sanitization for all POST and GET variables
1303 -* Refactored all plugin code
1304 -
1305 -= 1.0.3 =
1306 -* Added sanitization for all missing POST/REQUEST variables
1307 -* Implemented escape methods for all internal print variables
1308 -* Refactored all select boxes to use select options
1309 -* Removed redundant code from the plugin
1310 -
1311 -= 1.0.2 =
1312 -* Fixed issue excluding post IDs from sitemaps via API or General Settings
1313 -* Fixed issue sanitizing null values in common settings
1314 -
1315 -= 1.0.1 =
1316 -* Fixed invalid token issue in Heartbeat API
1317 -* Fixed exception handling in LinkGraph login response
1318 -
1319 -= 1.0.0 =
1320 -Initial release.
153 +Older release notes are available in the CHANGELOG.md file included with the plugin.