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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, sitemap, google instant indexing, schema, 404 monitor
4 -Donate link: http://searchatlas.com
5 -Requires at least: 5.2
6 -Tested up to: 6.8.1
7 -Requires PHP: 7.1
8 -Stable tag: 2.6.5
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 -Search Atlas SEO is a user-friendly WordPress plugin that simplifies complex and time-consuming SEO tasks into efficient, easy-to-manage processes. With just a few clicks, the meta-bulk update feature leverages AI to automatically optimize meta tags, enhancing click-through rates. Keep your site or specific URLs up-to-date with the latest Google Search data directly from the Search Atlas SEO plugin page.
11 +AI-powered SEO & GEO for WordPress: OTTO auto-optimizes meta, schema & content, and helps you rank on Google and in AI search.
13 12
14 13 == Description ==
15 -### Search Atlas SEO - Top WordPress Plugin for SEO & AI Integration
16 -**Comprehensive WordPress SEO Plugin with AI-Powered Optimization & One-Click Publishing**
17 14
18 -**SEO is the most effective strategy for driving organic traffic.** We've enhanced our award-winning SEO software, **Search Atlas**, with cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) integrations to deliver the most powerful WordPress plugin available. Features like one-click publishing, bulk meta updates, and schema markup enable website owners to attract more search traffic and build a high-ranking website effortlessly.
15 +**AI-powered SEO for WordPress — built for Google rankings and the new era of AI search.**
19 16
20 -## LEARN MORE ABOUT THE Search Atlas PLATFORM
17 +Search Atlas connects your WordPress site to the Search Atlas platform and its OTTO AI optimization engine, automating the technical SEO work that used to take hours. Optimize for traditional search engines and for AI answer engines (GEO — Generative Engine Optimization), publish content in one click, and manage your entire on-page SEO from a single dashboard.
21 18
22 -Often hailed as **the best marketing investment** a website can make, SEO provides website owners with the means to boost their web traffic significantly. Traditionally, SEO has been a specialized field requiring technical expertise. **Search Atlas SEO by Search Atlas democratizes SEO, putting every aspect of optimization at the fingertips of every website owner with the power of AI**.
19 +### OTTO — AI SEO on autopilot
20 +OTTO server-side optimizes your pages for search crawlers and AI engines: meta titles and descriptions, image alt text, headings, and internal links are applied automatically, without changing your theme. Roll fixes out across up to 100 pages at once, exclude any URL, and optionally save optimizations into native WordPress fields so they persist even if you switch tools.
23 21
24 -Search Atlas SEO transforms intricate and laborious SEO tasks into streamlined processes. With a few clicks, the **meta-bulk update** feature uses AI to re-optimize meta tags, increasing click rates. Stay informed with **the latest Google Search data** for your entire site or specific URLs directly within the Search Atlas SEO plugin interface.
22 +### Get found in AI search (GEO)
23 +A built-in /llms.txt endpoint serves clean, AI-readable content to AI crawlers such as ChatGPT and Perplexity — so your site can surface in AI answers and AI Overviews, not just classic search results.
25 24
26 -Utilize the Search Atlas Content Suite to **generate fully optimized AI-driven content in minutes** and publish it to your WordPress site with a single click. Easily create multiple redirects, identify and resolve indexing errors, and submit sitemaps effortlessly.
25 +### One-click publishing from Search Atlas
26 +Push blog posts, landing pages, and content updates straight from the Search Atlas dashboard to WordPress — complete with optimized titles, meta descriptions, image alt text, formatted headings, and internal links.
27 27
28 -Save time. Optimize your site seamlessly. Produce high-ranking content.
28 +### Bulk AI optimization
29 +- AI bulk meta updates — rewrite titles and descriptions across your whole site in one pass
30 +- AI alt-text generation & auditing — find missing or weak alt text and fix it library-wide
31 +- Bulk status and content operations to manage many posts at once
29 32
30 -### Superior AI Content for Optimal SEO
33 +### A complete on-page SEO toolkit
34 +- 13 schema / structured-data types (Article, FAQ, Product, Recipe, Event, LocalBusiness, HowTo, VideoObject, and more) with JSON-LD output
35 +- XML sitemaps, including dedicated news and video sitemaps
36 +- Virtual robots.txt editor — manage rules with no file editing
37 +- Redirection manager — 5 match types (exact, wildcard, regex, contains, start/end) and 4 status codes (301/302/307/308), with automatic redirects on slug changes
38 +- 404 monitoring with hit tracking and smart redirect suggestions
39 +- Breadcrumb schema, canonical URLs, and hreflang (multi-language) support
40 +- Open Graph and Twitter Card meta with automatic de-duplication
31 41
32 -Search Atlas features an **integrated AI content creator** that streamlines the content creation process. From developing your **content calendar** to conducting **keyword research** and producing **exceptional blogs, landing pages, product descriptions**, and more, our SEO tools with built-in AI help you **build a library of high-ranking published pages in a fraction of the time**.
42 +### Instant indexing
43 +Submit new and updated URLs directly to Google (Instant Indexing API) and Bing (IndexNow) for faster crawling — one at a time or in bulk.
33 44
34 -### One-Click Publishing of Content to Your WordPress Site from the LinkGraph Dashboard
35 -- Instantly publish new blog posts, content updates, and landing pages to your WordPress site from the LinkGraph dashboard
36 -- Includes optimized meta descriptions and meta titles
37 -- Incorporates images with appropriate alt text
38 -- Features formatted header tags, bullet points, and hyperlinks
45 +### MCP server — control WordPress with AI agents
46 +A built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server exposes 138 tools across 31 categories, letting AI assistants create and edit content, manage SEO and schema, submit URLs for indexing, handle redirects, and audit your site — secured with API-key or token authentication.
39 47
40 -### Bulk Update Title Tags and Meta Descriptions on Your WordPress Site Using AI
41 -- Quickly optimize meta tags for landing pages, blogs, and other webpages in bulk
42 -- Utilizes Google's GPT-3 AI technology to generate engaging, relevant meta tags
43 -- Automatically updates tags across your website
48 +### Media & performance
49 +- Convert images to WebP/AVIF, smart lazy-loading, and automatic width/height attributes to reduce layout shift (CLS)
50 +- Automatic cache purging for popular caching plugins (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, WP Fastest Cache, and more)
51 +- Edge/CDN cache purging for Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, and Sucuri
44 52
45 -### Features
46 -1. Local Business SEO
47 -2. Google Instant Indexing
48 -3. Google Search Console Integration
49 -4. Redirection Management
50 -5. 404 Error Monitoring
51 -6. Error Logging
52 -7. Search Engine Verification
53 -8. Custom Code Snippets
54 -9. Optimal Settings Configuration
55 -10. Global SEO Settings
53 +### Works with your stack
54 +- Page builders: Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Oxygen, and Beaver Builder
55 +- WooCommerce breadcrumbs and shop pages
56 +- Coexistence and migration with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and All in One SEO
57 +- Google Search Console and GA4 integration
58 +- Agency-ready white-label settings to show or hide features per client
56 59
60 +### Search Atlas account & external service
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/).
62 +
57 63 == Installation ==
58 -1. Upload the `metasync` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
59 -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.
60 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 +
61 71 == Frequently Asked Questions ==
72 +
62 73 = What does the Search Atlas SEO plugin do? =
63 -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.
64 75
65 -== Screenshots ==
66 -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.
67 78
68 -== Upgrade Notice ==
69 -= 1.4.1 =
70 -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.
71 81
72 -== Changelog ==
73 -= 2.6.5 =
74 -- Feat: Native-First SEO Write Layer — sync all MetaSync/OTTO optimizations to native WordPress SEO meta fields
75 - - Feat: Per-post advanced robots directives — nofollow, noarchive, nosnippet, noimageindex, max-snippet, max-image-preview, max-video-preview
76 - - Feat: Redirect health checker — MCP tool + admin panel
77 - - Feat: Redirect loop detection on create/save
78 - - Fix: Reduce memory footprint by gating heavy init on non-MetaSync AJAX requests
79 - - Fix: ArgumentCountError resolved by replacing printf with echo in code-snippets template
80 - - Fix: Unhook Elementor filters during MCP update_site_info under API key auth
81 - - Fix: Rename 16 non-prefixed AJAX actions to use metasync_ prefix
82 - - Fix: Promo sidebar overlap with main nav at narrow viewports
83 - - Fix: OTTO DOM corruption when page text contains less-than followed by digits
84 - - Fix: Restore case-sensitive SVG/HTML5 attributes after OTTO DOM processing
85 - - Fix: MetaSync status badge not updating on disconnect/reconnect
86 - - Fix: Remove duplicate canonical tags on sites without third-party SEO plugin
87 - - Fix: Submit Report button icon vertical alignment
88 - - Fix: 404 Monitor pagination layout and filter row overflow
89 - - Fix: Responsive layout for Redirections tablenav filters and search
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.
90 84
91 -= 2.6.4 =
92 -- Fix: LLMs.txt settings now correctly persisted on save
93 - - Fix: Hidden diagnostic post no longer triggers Jetpack Social or RSS auto-share
94 - - Fix: mb_encode_numericentity() fatal on hosts without mbstring extension replaced with pure-PHP fallback
95 - - Fix: class-metasync-term-plugin-sync.php require_once guarded with file_exists to prevent fatal on Nexcess hosting
96 - - Fix: wp_tempnam() undefined fatal in Dimension Injector when called outside wp-admin context
97 - - Fix: WpeCommon::purge_url() undefined fatal in cache purge on WP Engine now guarded with method_exists
98 - - Fix: MCP_Tool_Cache_Purge_All class not found fatal guarded with class_exists check
99 - - Fix: Google Index require_once calls guarded with file_exists to prevent fatal when files are missing
100 - - Fix: PHP 8.1 add_submenu_page(null) deprecation fixed in import page and HTML visual editor
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.
101 87
102 -= 2.6.3 =
103 -- Feature: BreadcrumbList schema auto-generated from post hierarchy with cross-plugin deduplication for Yoast, Rank Math, and AIOSEO
104 - - Feature: Hreflang language alternates support with WPML integration for multilingual sites
105 - - Feature: LLMs.txt generator with dedicated settings page and MCP tools
106 - - Feature: News sitemap and video sitemap generation
107 - - Feature: Taxonomy term SEO meta synced to Yoast, Rank Math, and AIOSEO for category and tag archive pages
108 - - Feature: Open Graph output extended with article timestamps, author, section, tags, and og:image dimensions
109 - - Feature: MCP tools for SEO plugin audit — read, diff, sync, and conflict detection across installed SEO plugins
110 - - Feature: MCP tools for OTTO pipeline — trigger optimization, check status, and verify SEO output
111 - - Feature: MCP cache-purge tools for per-URL and full-site cache invalidation
112 - - Feature: Whitelabel color personalization for admin UI
113 - - Improvement: Composer classmap autoloader covering all plugin classes, removing 55+ scattered require_once calls
114 - - Improvement: MCP rate limiter wired into all tool calls with proper 429 responses
115 - - Improvement: GA4 event tracking replaces Mixpanel for plugin analytics
116 - - Improvement: Execution time limit added to MCP database query tool to prevent long-running queries
117 - - Fix: OTTO title and meta replacement no longer strips dollar signs from values like $500
118 - - Fix: Google Instant Indexing now auto-submits on post publish
119 - - Fix: LLMs.txt generation now excludes noindex posts
120 - - Fix: Missing PHP DOM extension handled gracefully in HTML-to-builder converter
121 - - Fix: Yoast and AIOSEO term meta storage corrected; SEO conflict handler fixed for term archive pages
122 - - Fix: WP Engine cache integration no longer calls non-existent purge_url() method; Throwable errors now caught
123 - - Fix: Beaver Builder templates excluded from sitemap generation
124 - - Fix: Gutenberg blockquote block no longer shows invalid content error after OTTO applies changes
125 - - Fix: Redirections page filter and search controls no longer trigger add-redirection form validation
126 - - Fix: Settings page no longer shows Synced label and invalid API key error simultaneously
127 - - Fix: Unsaved changes notification close button now works correctly
128 - - Fix: Composer autoloader updated with missing class entries to prevent fatal errors on fresh installs
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.
129 90
130 -= 2.6.2 =
131 -- Improvement: Whitelabel now supports separate logo uploads for light and dark admin themes
132 - - Improvement: Breadcrumbs settings panel redesigned with cleaner layout and more configuration options
133 - - Fix: Page title tags now update correctly when Yoast SEO is active
134 - - Fix: OTTO optimizations no longer disappear when Rank Math is installed alongside the plugin
135 - - Fix: Duplicate keywords meta tag no longer appears in page source after OTTO applies keyword recommendations
136 - - Fix: Theme builder selector no longer lists builders that are not installed or detected on the site
137 - - Fix: MCP server now returns descriptive error messages instead of generic failures
138 - - Fix: MCP server correctly handles post status and primary category fields
139 - - Fix: MCP server now supports Twitter card meta fields and bulk taxonomy term operations
140 - - Fix: Plugin sidebar icon and menu now match standard WordPress appearance
141 - - Fix: Long field labels in Settings no longer overflow their column
142 - - Fix: 404 Monitor bulk actions bar stays on one line instead of wrapping
143 - - Fix: Breadcrumbs settings section now shows its icon correctly
91 +== Screenshots ==
92 +1. General Settings
144 93
145 -= 2.6.1 =
146 -- Feature: Bulk SEO health dashboard — check pages missing meta title, description and schema
147 - - Feature: New schema types: LocalBusiness, HowTo, VideoObject
148 - - Feature: Extended schema types: Event, JobPosting, Review, Course, Organization, Person, WebSite
149 - - Feature: Breadcrumbs module with HTML output and BreadcrumbList schema
150 - - Feature: Primary category selector in post editor sidebar
151 - - Feature: Internal link suggestions in post editor
152 - - Feature: Site Verification page added to SEO navigation
153 - - Feature: CPU load awareness and deferral settings
154 - - Feature: Whitelabel-aware promo sidebar and quick links settings
155 - - Improvement: Replace all emoji icons with WordPress Dashicons across admin UI
156 - - Improvement: Compatibility page redesign: accordion rows, themes, CDN, troubleshooting section
157 - - Fix: Duplicate schema markup and meta descriptions on multiple pages
158 - - Fix: Sync handlers returning HTTP 200 with empty body on internal WP_Error — PHP 8 fatal prevented
159 - - Fix: Old UI flashing before new UI loads on page transition
160 - - Fix: UI misalignment on Dashboard and various admin pages
161 - - Fix: Schema markup not rendering correctly
162 - - Fix: NitroPack purge conflict on page-load path
163 - - Fix: Image alt-text fallback on Oxygen HTTP render path
164 - - Fix: Content Genius page sync full-width on Oxygen Builder
165 - - Fix: Crawl monitoring showing no data despite successful crawls
166 - - Fix: Oxygen Builder synced post content not visible on front-end
167 - - Fix: Restore Performance and CPU settings tab removed during refactor
168 - - Fix: Replace burst mode heartbeat with lightweight connection-ping
169 - - Fix: Render OTTO-persisted otto_jsonld in frontend schema output
170 - - Fix: schema_types returning empty array in wordpress_get_post_by_url
171 - - Fix: Correct Rate Now review URL and replace emoji star with Dashicon
172 - - Fix: Telemetry noise and whitelabel JSON decode bug
173 - - Fix: Add save button to Site Verification, Local Business, Code Snippets pages
174 - - Fix: Remove dead wp_ajax_metasync hook pointing to non-existent method
175 - - Fix: robots_txt_backups table missing on fresh activation
176 - - Fix: WP admin sidebar plugin icon vertical misalignment
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.
177 97
178 -= 2.5.27 =
179 -- Fix: Image alt-text unreliable on Oxygen theme HTTP render path; added string-based fallback
180 -- Fix: Content Genius page sync renders full-width on Oxygen Builder
181 -- Fix: Apostrophe truncation in SEO extract functions causing content to be cut short
182 -- Fix: Crawl monitoring module shows no data despite successful crawl executions
183 -- Fix: Oxygen Builder synced post content not visible on front-end
184 -- Fix: CPU performance tab missing from Advanced Settings after refactor
185 -- Fix: JSON-LD schema deduplication: duplicate blocks on the same page
186 -- Fix: Schema/JSON-LD suppression for OTTO when third-party SEO plugins (Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO) are active
187 -- Fix: Remove dead `wp_ajax_metasync` hook pointing to non-existent `sync_items` method
188 -- Fix: Add missing `display_cpu_deferral_notice` method to `Metasync_Admin`
189 -- Fix: Oxygen Builder page template override guard in `create_page()` and `update_page()` (REST API)
190 -- Fix: Stale-options overwrite in `test_heartbeat_api_connection()`; replace burst-mode heavy heartbeat with lightweight connection-ping endpoint
191 -- Fix: Image alt-text string-based fallback in OTTO HTTP render path; Divi `data-et-multi-view` JSON attribute handling
192 -- Feature: Internal link suggestions in post editor sidebar
193 -- Feature: Replace burst-mode heavy heartbeat (`SyncCustomerParams`) with lightweight `connection-ping` endpoint — reduces payload and server load during key-pending state
194 -- Feature: MCP sync log: log changes, rollback, 90-day auto-clear, and manual clear button
195 -- Feature: Code minification and delivery (JS minifier)
196 -- Feature: CPU load awareness: adaptive deferral based on server load
197 -- Improvement: MCP `wordpress_get_post_by_url` extended to return full SEO metadata (title, description, schema, OG fields, focus keyword)
198 -- 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`)
199 -- Improvement: MCP `wordpress_get_seo_inventory` tool: bulk SEO health data across all posts in one call
200 -- Improvement: Log - fatal-only filtering — `capture_php_error()` now passes only `E_USER_ERROR` and `E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR`; warnings, notices, and deprecations are dropped
201 -- Improvement: Log - level gate in `send_to_sentry()` and `TelemetryManager::send_message()` — info/warning/debug events never reach the proxy
202 -- Improvement: Log - debug window reduced from 60 min to 15 min (900s transient TTL) for faster re-reporting of recurring fatal errors
203 -- Improvement: Logging cleanup - removed 15+ dead `log_heartbeat('info', ...)` calls (method already early-returns on `'info'`)
204 -- Improvement: Logging cleanup - removed operational noise from `Metasync_Rate_Limiter`, `Metasync_Cache_Purge`, and `Metasync_API_Backoff_Manager`
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
205 114
206 -= 2.5.26 =
207 -* Improvement: AIOSEO compatibility
208 -* Fix: preg_replace backreference injection in title deduplication (titles with \$N sequences)
209 -* Fix: Title tag deduplication and SEO plugin conflict handlers
210 -* Fix: API rate limiting causes stale cache and robots/canonical settings ignored
211 -* Fix: Dollar signs being stripped from image alt text
212 -* Fix: Heading deployment on Divi/page-builder sites
213 -* Fix: PHP 7.4 compatibility — polyfills for str_contains/str_starts_with/str_ends_with and match expression rewrites
214 -* Feature: NitroPack full flush + targeted object cache
215 -* Feature: WP Database & Object Caching cleanup
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
216 139
217 -= 2.5.25 =
218 -**Bug Fixes:**
219 -* 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
220 -* Fix: DB column missing on older installs now self-heals all three required columns
221 -* 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
222 -* Fix: Dollar signs stripped from image alt text during deployment
223 -* Fix: Heading deployment broken on some outdated Divi versions
224 -* Fix: One case of duplicate meta name="description tags when MetaSync and AIOSEO coexist
225 -* Fix: XML sitemap auto-update not triggering when posts published via Gutenberg
226 -* Fix: Divi header/footer hidden on blog posts synced via Content Genius
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
227 152
228 -= 2.5.24 =
229 -**Bug Fixes:**
230 -* 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
231 -* Fix: Hardcoded SearchAtlas/Search Atlas brand strings replaced with whitelabel-aware output across admin views, dev panel, site health checks, and MCP tool descriptions
232 -* Fix: \"SearchAtlas AI Pages\" dashboard widget title ignoring whitelabel plugin name setting
233 -* 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
234 -* 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
235 -
236 -= 2.5.23 =
237 -**Bug Fixes:**
238 -* Fix: MetaSync WP plugin breaks Elementor front-end spacing — SimpleHtmlDOM `stripRN` was stripping whitespace between inline elements; now set to `false`
239 -* Fix: Elementor headings override Global Fonts after Content Genius sync — removed forced Roboto font so headings inherit site's Global Font settings
240 -* Fix: Elementor Canvas template incorrectly applied when syncing articles as posts
241 -* Fix: Admin bar status icon now reflects missing UUID as a distinct warning state (orange) rather than generic disconnected state
242 -
243 -**Improvements:**
244 -* Performance: Added transient cache to OTTO JS check to reduce overhead on every request
245 -* Improvement: Cache Purge — Added per-URL purge support
246 -* Improvement: Cache Purge — Query string normalization strips UTM/gclid/fbclid params before purge so all URL variants resolve to the same canonical URL
247 -* Improvement: Cache Purge — Edge CDN purge integrations targeted via configuration
248 -* Improvement: Remove non-publishable roles (Subscriber, Contributor) from Content Genius User Roles to Sync setting
249 -* Improvement: Validation message added when publishing AI Landing Pages with plain permalink structure
250 -
251 -**Features:**
252 -* Feature: WordPress Site Health Integration — MetaSync now registers checks in the WP Site Health panel
253 -* Feature: Media Optimization
254 -* Feature: Rate the Plugin notice — shows a dismissible prompt after 7 days of usage; hidden when whitelabel is enabled
255 -
256 -**Refactoring:**
257 -* Removed `instant-index/` vendor tree (~714 files); replaced Google SDK with native PHP implementation
258 -* Decomposed `Metasync_Admin` god object (17,849 lines) into 10 focused classes; admin reduced to ~3,986 lines
259 -* Decomposed `Metasync_Public` into focused classes; REST API routes extracted to `Metasync_Rest_Api`
260 -* Extracted 23 inline JavaScript blocks into proper `.js` files loaded via `wp_enqueue_script`
261 -
262 -= 2.5.22 =
263 -* Improvement: Heartbeat connection/pool logic to reduce the number of external requests
264 -* Improvement: Adapt scenarios of Idle WpRocket + Active Kinsta Cache that was preventing the cache to be purged.
265 -
266 -= 2.5.21 =
267 -###Features
268 - - Add hosting cache integration (WP Engine + Kinsta) with per-provider toggles in Advanced → Cache
269 - Management
270 - - Add WP Engine native cache purge (Varnish + Memcached) via `WpeCommon`
271 - - Add Kinsta native full-page cache purge via `KinstaCache::kinsta_cache_purge_full()`
272 -
273 - ###Bug Fixes
274 - - Fix: SEO placeholder tokens (%%title%%, %sitename%, #post_title#, etc.) now resolved to real values on
275 - import from Yoast / Rank Math / AIOSEO
276 - - Fix: Customer schema markup being injected into the global site header
277 - - Fix: WP Rocket compatibility — OTTO no longer disables WP Rocket JS/CSS optimization features
278 - - Fix: WP Rocket + Kinsta cache conflict causing meta title/description to revert
279 - - Fix: CSS injection methods (`enqueue_page_custom_css`, Elementor, Divi) missing from `Metasync_Public`
280 - - Fix: Plugin URI and Author URI fields silently discarding valid URLs
281 -
282 -= 2.5.20 =
283 -* Fixed a case where a empty Otto meta description was overwriting the existing one.
284 -
285 -= 2.5.19 =
286 -New Features
287 -
288 - - SEO Sidebar in Post Editor — Edit Meta Title, Meta Description and URL slug directly from the post/page
289 - editor sidebar
290 - - Bot Detection Layer for OTTO — Detects and tracks bots with statistics dashboard
291 - - Bing Instant Indexing — Submit URLs directly to Bing
292 - - Plugin Setup Wizard — Guided setup process for new users
293 - - Execution Settings — New controls under Advanced Settings
294 - - Debug Mode Auto-Disable & Safety Limits — Automatically disables after a set period
295 - - Enhanced Error Categorization — Improved monitoring with categorized error tracking
296 - - Virtual robots.txt / sitemap.xml — Served virtually when host blocks direct file writes
297 - - OTTO 404-Specific Filtering — Filter OTTO suggestions for 404 pages
298 - - Heartbeat reliability improvements
299 -
300 - Improvements
301 -
302 - - Schema Markup disable option — Can now be toggled per Post/Page Editor settings
303 - - Whitelabel form validation — Prevents partial saves without whitelabel mode activation
304 - - Host Blocking in whitelabel — Host blocking now covered by whitelabel settings
305 - - Support Token rate limiting — Properly enforced during login
306 - - Report Issue with Sentry User Feedback — Image attachments supported
307 - - MCP Tool API key auth — Fixed permission checks for API key-authenticated requests
308 -
309 - Bug Fixes
310 -
311 - - Fixed OTTO removing original meta description when no OTTO description deployed
312 - - Fixed plugin breaking Elementor front-end spacing when span tag was inner H1
313 - - Fixed WP Rocket + Kinsta cache conflict causing meta titles/descriptions to disappear
314 - - Fixed ALT text not applied on home page and other pages for Custom Theme
315 - - Fixed Plugin URI and Author URI not being saved
316 - - Fixed UI issues in admin screens
317 - - Fixed sync logs not showing newest info after filtering
318 - - Fixed exported whitelabel settings not uploading to another site
319 - - Fixed plugin settings hiding in plugin menu but not under WordPress General settings
320 - - Fixed Import SEO Data missing from access control list
321 -
322 - Stability / PHP 8.1+ Compatibility
323 -
324 - - 13 improvements with deprecated PHP functions below PHP V8.0
325 -
326 -= 2.5.18 =
327 -* Removed JWT-based temporary support access token system
328 -* Improved internal code documentation
329 -
330 -= 2.5.17 =
331 -* New: Administrator-Controlled Remote Support - Support access now requires explicit consent with secure, time-limited JWT tokens you generate and control
332 -* New: Support Access Management UI - Generate, view, and revoke support tokens directly from plugin settings
333 -* New: Email notifications when support tokens are generated, used, or revoked
334 -* Security: Connect to Search Atlas now uses time-limited, single-use tokens instead of persistent credentials
335 -* Security: Added rate limiting to Connect to Search Atlas authentication
336 -
337 -= 2.5.16 =
338 -* New: Administrator-Controlled Remote Support - Support access now requires explicit consent with secure, time-limited tokens you generate and control
339 -* Security: Enhanced Search Atlas SSO authentication with time-limited tokens
340 -* Security: Improved access control for administrative functions
341 -* Security: Added rate limiting to authentication endpoints
342 -* Improvement: Optimized token validation for better performance
343 -
344 -= 2.5.15 =
345 -* **Fix:** Improved compatibility with the **NitroPack** cache plugin.
346 -* **Fix:** Resolved a compatibility issue with the **Divi Timeline** widget.
347 -* **Fix:** Resolved a compatibility issue with the **Divi MultiView** widget.
348 -* **Fix:** Fixed an issue where static text in Advanced Settings displayed "OTTO/SA" instead of the **White Label** name.
349 -* **Fix:** Improved input validation within the **Redirection** form.
350 -* **Fix:** Fixed an issue where the **Cancel** button in the Redirection feature was not triggering.
351 -* **Fix:** Resolved an issue where **General Settings** would reset after a White Label password was set.
352 -* **Improvement:** Enhanced the filter and search modules in the **Redirection** section.
353 -* **Improvement:** When a new sitemap is generated, the **robots.txt** file will now automatically update with the correct link.
354 -* **Improvement:** Simplified plugin navigation for a better user experience.
355 -* **Improvement:** Removed deprecated files and unnecessary logs to optimize performance.
356 -* **Improvement:** Added **MCP** support.
357 -* **Improvement:** Added data persistence with **granularity** support.
358 -* **Improvement:** Improved notification messaging to better inform users about plugin updates.
359 -* **Feature:** Added full support for **Oxygen Builder**.
360 -* **Feature:** **Plugin Access Control:** Added a setting under Advanced Settings to define which user roles can access the plugin.
361 -* **Feature:** **Advanced Access Control:** White Label users can now disable specific settings or features per user role (**Settings \> White Label \> Advanced Access Control**).
362 -* **Feature:** Added a dedicated **Import SEO Data** screen.
363 -* **Feature:** Added an option to set all external links to `target="_blank"` (**Settings \> General \> Post/Page Settings**).
364 -* **Feature:** Added an option to add `rel="nofollow"` to all external links (**SEO \> Indexation \> Indexation Control**).
365 -* **Miscellaneous:** Minor cross-compatibility improvements for legacy PHP versions.
366 -
367 -= 2.5.14 =
368 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Formidable Form Builder
369 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Essentials Theme
370 -* **Fix:** Small adjustments in overall code for performance
371 -* **Improvement:** Improvement of OTTO SSR system
372 -* **Improvement:** Small adjustments in the UX
373 -* **Improvement:** Improvement of suggestions persistence in WP DB.
374 -
375 -= 2.5.13 =
376 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case where new published article was only showing headers
377 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Essentials Theme
378 -* **Fix:** Small adjustments in overall code for performance
379 -* **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.
380 -* **New Feature: Import from RankMath/Yoast/AIOSEO -** We included a feature to import Robots.txt, Sitemap.xml, Schemas and Indexation Options from SEO Plugins.
381 -* **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.
382 -* **Improvement:** Small adjustments in OTTO SSR
383 -* **Improvement:** Small adjustments in Light Theme version
384 -* **Improvement:** We included a option in the Settings to Disable OTTO Toolbar.
385 -* **Improvement:** Otto Toolbar is Whitelabel friendly (Apply WL name)
386 -
387 -= 2.5.12 =
388 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Slider Revolution
389 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of duplication in content synced
390 -* **Fix:** Small adjustments in PHP Warnings being triggered
391 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of custom child theme triggering errors in error log
392 -* **New Feature: Light/Dark Theme -** We included a feature that allow users to switch the plugin colors to a light version.
393 -* **New Feature: Content Genius Authors -** We included a feature under settings where you could choose what user roles would be synced with Content Genius
394 -* **New Feature: OTTO Changes Viewer -** We included a feature to check what changes are being applied in a page optimized by OTTO.
395 -* **Improvement:** We improved the OTTO detection system.
396 -* **Improvement:** Changes in Robots.txt could be rollbacked with a historic of changes
397 -* **Improvement:** We included a option in the Indexation feature to disallow Category pages.
398 -* **Improvement:** Small optimizations in the code for page speed improvement.
399 -
400 -= 2.5.11 =
401 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Woocommerce
402 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of redirections not working when the target URL was deleted
403 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of Error Logs not displaying correctly
404 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of PHP Warning due outdated PHP version
405 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of custom child theme triggering errors in error log
406 -* **New Feature: Report a Issue -** We included a feature that allow users to notify Issues directly from the plugin.
407 -* **Improvement:** We improved the Whitelabel settings to hide specific features if needed.
408 -* **Improvement:** Improvements on system messages
409 -
410 -= 2.5.10 =
411 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Gravity Forms
412 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with Elementor Pro
413 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of compatibility with DIVI
414 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case where the post editor preview was blocked
415 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case of original meta title and meta description being overwritten by OTTO
416 -* **New Feature: Custom Pages -** We included a feature that allow users to create custom pages bypassing existing Themes and Styles.
417 -* **New Feature:** **OTTO Excluded URLs -** We included under Compatibility Tab, a option to Turn off OTTO changes per URL.
418 -* **New Feature:** **Import Redirections -** Users could now import redirections from .csv file or directly from Yoast/RankMath/AIOSEO.
419 -* **Improvement:** We improved the Whitelabel settings to hide specific features if needed.
420 -* **Improvement:** Minor changes in core functions.
421 -* **Improvement:** Excluded from Sitemap generator URLs that aren't related with live pages.
422 -
423 -= 2.5.9 =
424 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case where the plugin was duplicanting the meta description tag
425 -* **Fix:** Fixed a case where the post editor was preventing user to save OG tags.
426 -* **New Feature:** We included in advanced settings a option to test the connectivity between host and the platform.
427 -* **New Feature:** Users could generate SITEMAP.xml directly in the plugin (This function will disable current sitemap.xml plugins)
428 -* **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
429 -* **Improvement:** We improved the Whitelabel settings to hide specific features if needed.
430 -* **Improvement:** Minor changes in cross-compatibility with outdated PHP versions.
431 -
432 -= 2.5.8 =
433 -* **Fix:** Some conditions was preventing saving new/edit posts directly from the editor
434 -* **Fix:** Non-standard tags found in body of the page, are being detect as plain text.
435 -* **New Feature:** White Label Clients could turn on/off Plugin features in Whitelabel Settings.
436 -* **Improvement:** Minor changes in cross-compatibility with outdated PHP versions.
437 -
438 -= 2.5.7 =
439 -
440 -
441 -= 2.5.6 =
442 -* **Prevention**: New error detection system.
443 -* **White Label**: 1-click Auth will sync the logo from the WL dashboard
444 -* **Fixes & UX**: Allow Rollback changes in Meta Title and Meta Description that was being stored in the Database.
445 -
446 -= 2.5.5 =
447 -* **Performance**: Significant improvement to dashboard loading speed.
448 -* **White Label**:
449 - * New dedicated White Label settings screen (Settings\>White Label).
450 - * Added password protection for White Label settings.
451 -* **Logging**: Introduced Sync Logs to display implemented website changes.
452 -* **Fixes & UX**: Minor UX adjustments and a fix for a false positive XSS issue in unused code.
453 -* **System**: Minor OTTO system optimizations to reduce disk space and memory usage.
454 -
455 -= 2.5.4 =
456 -* HotFix: In some cases, the **error log** was becoming too large, causing host performance to slow down.
457 -
458 -= 2.5.3 =
459 -* Included Compatibility Screen V.1, that shows most common Themes and plugins and compatibility
460 -* Improved error logs system
461 -
462 -= 2.5.2 =
463 -No changelog available.
464 -
465 -= 2.5.1 =
466 -* **Improved Dashboard Loading** for public dashboard URLs.
467 -* **Enhanced compatibility** with naked URLs (non-www) on the platform.
468 -* **Refined the Connection Status Bar.**
469 -* **Fixed a bug** where the Connection Tips Box didn't expand when clicked.
470 -* **Enabled the storage** of meta titles and descriptions in the database.
471 -* **Added an option** to disable the dashboard view from the settings page.
472 -* **Created a setting** to disable the Connection Status Bar from the admin bar.
473 -* **Implemented a new Telemetry system** to streamline bug detection.
474 -* **Resolved an issue** that caused error logs to be generated multiple times.
475 -* **Optimized the rendering of AMP pages** to prevent unrecognized HTML tags.
476 -
477 -= 2.5.1 =
478 -* **Improved Dashboard Loading** for public dashboard URLs.
479 -* **Enhanced compatibility** with naked URLs (non-www) on the platform.
480 -* **Refined the Connection Status Bar.**
481 -* **Fixed a bug** where the Connection Tips Box didn't expand when clicked.
482 -* **Enabled the storage** of meta titles and descriptions in the database.
483 -* **Added an option** to disable the dashboard view from the settings page.
484 -* **Created a setting** to disable the Connection Status Bar from the admin bar.
485 -* **Implemented a new Telemetry system** to streamline bug detection.
486 -* **Resolved an issue** that caused error logs to be generated multiple times.
487 -* **Optimized the rendering of AMP pages** to prevent unrecognized HTML tags.
488 -
489 -= 2.5.0 =
490 -* **Search Atlas SSO**
491 - * Users can now authenticate the plugin with a single click, eliminating manual setup steps and streamlining the entire process.
492 -* **OTTO One-Click Activation**
493 - * After successful authentication, if an OTTO project exists in Search Atlas, its configurations are automatically imported and applied within WordPress.
494 -* **White Label Branding**
495 - * The white label experience has been significantly improved. Upon one-click authentication, any configured white label settings are automatically imported. This includes:
496 - * Plugin Name
497 - * Logo
498 - * OTTO Name
499 - * Dashboard URL
500 - * 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.
501 -* **Dashboard Access**
502 - * Direct access to the customer’s OTTO project dashboard is now available from within the plugin.
503 -* **Plugin Redesign**
504 - * 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.
505 -* **Reset Plugin**
506 - * A new option has been added to fully reset plugin configurations back to their default values.
507 -* **Error Logs**
508 - * 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.
509 -* **Search Atlas SSO**
510 - * Users can now authenticate the plugin with a single click, eliminating manual setup steps and streamlining the entire process.
511 -* **OTTO One-Click Activation**
512 - * After successful authentication, if an OTTO project exists in Search Atlas, its configurations are automatically imported and applied within WordPress.
513 -* **White Label Branding**
514 - * The white label experience has been significantly improved. Upon one-click authentication, any configured white label settings are automatically imported. This includes:
515 - * Plugin Name
516 - * Logo
517 - * OTTO Name
518 - * Dashboard URL
519 - * 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.
520 -* **Dashboard Access**
521 - * Direct access to the customer’s OTTO project dashboard is now available from within the plugin.
522 -* **Plugin Redesign**
523 - * 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.
524 -* **Reset Plugin**
525 - * A new option has been added to fully reset plugin configurations back to their default values.
526 -* **Error Logs**
527 - * 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.
528 -* **Disable SSO**
529 - * Disable 1 Click WP Authentication from Dashboard
530 -
531 -BUG FIXES:
532 -
533 -* Disabled Canonical redirects generating loops
534 -* Check if URL could be crawled
535 -* Duplicated element with YITH plugin
536 -* FAQ format conflict with Theme Builder
537 -* Conflict with Hostify Booking Engine plugin
538 -* Old version of Elementro Pro breaking CSS
539 -
540 -= 2.4.4 =
541 -* Bug Fix: When user is logged via SSO, validate if the auth token is set
542 -
543 -= 2.4.3 =
544 -* HotFix 1: When user is logged via SSO, persist the session in the admin area
545 -
546 -= 2.4.2 =
547 -* Bug fix 1: large log size for heavy traffic sites
548 -
549 -= 2.4.1 =
550 -* Bugfix 1: Imported Posts published with duplicate images
551 -
552 -= 2.4.0 =
553 -* Feature 1: Single Sign On to WP from Dashboard
554 -* Feature 2: Modifying Existing Posts with CA AI
555 -* Improvement 1: Improved Error Handling for menu Image field
556 -* Improvement 2: Notification about permalink compatibility
557 -* Improvement 3: Remove outdate UI component (Clear Cache Button)
558 -* Improvement 4: Delete Zipped logs older than 30 days
559 -* Improvement 5: Displaying Block Quote elements from CA
560 -* Bug fix 1: Table of Contents not Working for some sites
561 -* Bug fix 2: FAQ Section not comming in correctly for some sites
562 -* Bug fix 3: Error warning while publishing to WP Elementor on some sites
563 -* Bug fix 4: Fatal Error triggered on invalid URI
564 -* Bug fix 5: Preserve redirection for forward slash ending urls
565 -
566 -= 2.3.11 =
567 -* Feature 1: Modifying Existing Posts with Content Assistant AI
568 -
569 -= 2.3.10 =
570 -* Bug fix 1: Critical Error with undeclared global Post Object
571 -
572 -= 2.3.8 =
573 -* Bug fix 1: Check out flow breaking on some sites
574 -
575 -= 2.3.7 =
576 -* Bug fix 1: Otto Interfering with some non-native Ajax requests
577 -
578 -= 2.3.6 =
579 -* Bug fix 1: Activating Otto SSR breaks UI on some sites
580 -
581 -= 2.3.5 =
582 -* Bug fix 1: Argument Count Error on some custom themes
583 -* Bug fix 2: Missing Title on some sites
584 -* Improvement 1: Serve Otto improved changes to Bot
585 -
586 -= 2.3.4 =
587 -* Bug fix 1: Error Viewing blog posts in some Nginx sites
588 -* Improvement 1: Otto Crawl monitoring
589 -* Improvement 2: Remove redundant requests to back end
590 -
591 -= 2.3.3 =
592 -* Bug fix 1: Checkout failure on some sites
593 -
594 -= 2.3.2 =
595 -* Bug fix 1: Fatal Error on empty tag attributes
596 -* Bug fix 2: Plugin Breaking Grid Page Sites
597 -
598 -= 2.3.1 =
599 -* Improvement 1: Real Time Server Side Rendering - No HTML Cache
600 -
601 -= 2.3.0 =
602 -* Bug fix 1: Fix 500 error when publishing a post
603 -* Bug fix 2: Fix OTTO SSR disabling the WordPress edit menu
604 -* Bug fix 3: Fix rest_forbidden error when publishing blog post
605 -* Bug fix 4: Fix OTTO breaking website layout (top-bar)
606 -* Improvement 1: Session Based Rendering
607 -* Improvement 2: Reset Heartbeat API calls to 5-minute intervals
608 -* Improvement 3: Update plugin layout and implement white-labelling
609 -* Improvement 4: Implement new caching mechanism
610 -
611 -= 2.2.7 =
612 -* Bug fix 1: Fix 429 page issue
613 -* Improvement 1: Disabling Otto on error pages like 404
614 -
615 -= 2.2.6 =
616 -* Improvement 1: Refactored CI/CD Pipelines and added releases
617 -
618 -= 2.2.5 =
619 -* Bug fix 1: Critical error on metasync logs page
620 -* Bug fix 2: Purchase process affected on Ecommerce Sites
621 -
622 -= 2.2.4 =
623 -* Bug fix 1: AI page builder formatting
624 -* Bug fix 2: Categories not syncing
625 -
626 -= 2.2.3 =
627 -* Bug Fix 1: Compatibility Improvements
628 -* Bug Fix 2: Hero Image not showing on some posts
629 -* Bug Fix 3: Post title missing on some posts
630 -
631 -= 2.2.2 =
632 -* Feature 1: Clear Otto Caches Button
633 -* Feature 2: Option to disable Otto for logged in Users
634 -* Bug fix 1: Hero Image not getting Updated
635 -
636 -= 2.2.1 =
637 -* Bugfix 1: Fix login Loop Issue on Sites with OTTO SSR
638 -* Bugfix 2: Fix Otto SSR Caching Problem on the Admin Side
639 -* Bugfix 3: Fix H1 rendering on published Posts
640 -
641 -= 2.2.0 =
642 -* Bugfix 1: Fix login Issues on Sites with OTTO SSR
643 -* Bugfix 2: Accepting UUID to activate OTTO on Wordpress
644 -* Feature 1: Alerting users to remove OTTO JS before activating OTTO SSR
645 -* Feature 2: Instant deployment of changes made on OTTO dashboard
646 -
647 -= 2.1.1 =
648 -* bugfix 1: Logging System - Fix Corrupted Zip Files
649 -
650 -= 2.1.0 =
651 -* Feature : Server Side Rendering of the Otto Pixel
652 -
653 -= 2.0.0 =
654 -* Feature 1: Metasync Specific Site Log Monitoring & Logging
655 -* Bugfix 1: Failed Image Syncing
656 -* Bugfix 2: Fix AI landing Page Visibility
657 -* Bugfix 3: Headings Coming over with #000000
658 -
659 -= 1.9.3 =
660 -* Fixed : Error Publishing Blog Article
661 -
662 -= 1.9.2 =
663 -* Fix : Renamed DB Migration Class to Prevent Conflict
664 -
665 -= 1.9.1 =
666 -* Feature 1: Stability Improvements
667 -
668 -= 1.9.0 =
669 -* Bug fixes
670 -* Fixed PHP 7.1.x compatibility issues
671 -
672 -= 1.8.9 =
673 -* Enhanced security measures
674 -
675 -= 1.8.8 =
676 -* Improved general page settings
677 -
678 -= 1.8.7 =
679 -* Enhanced compatibility with WordPress Dashboard
680 -
681 -= 1.8.6 =
682 -* Server-side improvements
683 -
684 -= 1.8.5 =
685 -* Additional server optimizations
686 -
687 -= 1.8.4 =
688 -* Resolved logic issues for white labels
689 -
690 -= 1.8.3 =
691 -* Fixed isset issues for white labels and public view
692 -
693 -= 1.8.2 =
694 -* Addressed isset issues for white labels and error logging
695 -
696 -= 1.8.1 =
697 -* Fixed isset issues for white labels
698 -
699 -= 1.8.0 =
700 -* Fixed "Sync now" plugin list addition
701 -
702 -= 1.7.9 =
703 -* Fixed content removal in Debug Log
704 -
705 -= 1.7.8 =
706 -* Fixed content removal in Debug Log
707 -
708 -= 1.7.7 =
709 -* Improved Default Debug Log
710 -
711 -= 1.7.6 =
712 -* Enhanced Default Debug Log
713 -
714 -= 1.7.5 =
715 -* Improved Debug functionality
716 -
717 -= 1.7.4 =
718 -* General code improvements
719 -
720 -= 1.7.3 =
721 -* Continued code enhancements
722 -
723 -= 1.7.2 =
724 -* Fixed various errors
725 -
726 -= 1.7.1 =
727 -* Addressed metasync error logging
728 -
729 -= 1.7.0 =
730 -* Enhanced code and integrated Otto
731 -
732 -= 1.6.9 =
733 -* Improved compatibility with Divi Child theme
734 -
735 -= 1.6.8 =
736 -* Fixed issues with figure tags
737 -
738 -= 1.6.7 =
739 -* Enhanced support for Iframe tags
740 -
741 -= 1.6.6 =
742 -* Redirects updated after White Label changes
743 -
744 -= 1.6.5 =
745 -* Code and White Label improvements
746 -
747 -= 1.6.4 =
748 -* General code improvements
749 -
750 -= 1.6.3 =
751 -* Continued code enhancements
752 -
753 -= 1.6.2 =
754 -* Code improvements and menu renaming
755 -
756 -= 1.6.1 =
757 -* Code enhancements and White Label updates
758 -
759 -= 1.6.0 =
760 -* Code improvements and added Sub Pages functionality
761 -
762 -= 1.5.9 =
763 -* Code improvements and HTML format fixes
764 -
765 -= 1.5.8 =
766 -* Code improvements and HTML format fixes
767 -
768 -= 1.5.7 =
769 -* Code enhancements and bug fixes
770 -
771 -= 1.5.6 =
772 -* Code improvements and bug fixes
773 -
774 -= 1.5.5 =
775 -* General code improvements
776 -
777 -= 1.5.4 =
778 -* Code enhancements
779 -* Fixed List Item components
780 -
781 -= 1.5.3 =
782 -* Code improvements
783 -* Integrated Divi
784 -
785 -= 1.5.2 =
786 -* Code enhancements
787 -* Fixed Elementor activation bug
788 -
789 -= 1.5.1 =
790 -* General code improvements
791 -
792 -= 1.5.0 =
793 -* Continued code enhancements
794 -
795 -= 1.4.9 =
796 -* General code improvements
797 -
798 -= 1.4.8 =
799 -* Added CSS for Search Atlas
800 -* Code enhancements
801 -
802 -= 1.4.7 =
803 -* Added Permalink Structure Validator
804 -* Enhanced Page Editor checks
805 -* Option to choose Page Editor
806 -* Code improvements and bug fixes
807 -
808 -= 1.4.6 =
809 -* Code enhancements and bug fixes
810 -
811 -= 1.4.5 =
812 -* Code improvements and bug fixes
813 -* Removed deprecated features from codebase
814 -
815 -= 1.4.4 =
816 -* Code enhancements and bug fixes
817 -* Added option to enable/disable features menu in General settings
818 -
819 -= 1.4.3 =
820 -* Changed post permalink approach to prevent conflicts
821 -* Updated page template to default instead of blank
822 -* Set page parent to main if page doesn't exist
823 -* Fixed permalink function in getPagesList
824 -* Resolved minor bugs and improved code
825 -
826 -= 1.4.2 =
827 -* Added new API endpoint `getPostByURL` to find posts by URL
828 -* Updated README content and "Tested up to" attribute to latest version
829 -* Updated `getPagesList` API to display all pages in JSON response
830 -* Fixed bug in retrieving `post_id` in API codes
831 -* Improved Pages management API for sub pages
832 -
833 -= 1.4.1 =
834 -* Added three new API endpoints for creating pages
835 -* Renamed heartbeat endpoints and functions
836 -* Updated heartbeat categories and user sync limits and responses
837 -* Updated plugin name and description
838 -* Added plugin banner for marketplace page
839 -* Removed Sitemaps feature, functions, and routes
840 -* Added option to enable/disable Schema on Posts and Pages
841 -* Improved General Settings UI/UX
842 -* Fixed bugs and enhanced code
843 -
844 -= 1.4.0 =
845 -* Feature: Basic Markdown support `[markdown] MARKDOWN CONTENT [/markdown]`
846 -* Feature: Set a new Landing Page via API
847 -* API code improvements and bug fixes
848 -
849 -= 1.3.4 =
850 -* Enhanced Error Logs viewer and messages
851 -* Added new error logs API
852 -* Fixed `createPost` API code bug
853 -
854 -= 1.3.3 =
855 -* Performance enhancements and bug fixes
856 -
857 -= 1.3.2 =
858 -* Fixed bugs related to post and page images
859 -
860 -= 1.3.1 =
861 -* Updated UI for HTML Accordion components
862 -
863 -= 1.3.0 =
864 -* Editor/APIs: Added HTML Accordion support via shortcode `[accordion]CONTENT[/accordion]`
865 -* APIs: Enabled editing drafts or published posts and pages multiple times without duplication via permalink
866 -* APIs: Allowed manual addition of schema/scripts/styles to posts and pages
867 -* APIs: Improved `deleteItem` endpoint code to comply with REST standards
868 -* APIs: Numerous bug fixes and code enhancements for better performance and stability
869 -
870 -= 1.2.8 =
871 -* Added new business type "Tree Services" to Business SEO page
872 -
873 -= 1.2.7 =
874 -* Added Error Logs GET API endpoint
875 -* Enabled functionality to trigger on-demand payload requests
876 -* Added heartbeat HTTP request error information to Error Logs
877 -* Set a limit of one thousand records for categories and users
878 -
879 -= 1.2.6 =
880 -* Fixed issue displaying all fields in Optimal Settings
881 -
882 -= 1.2.5 =
883 -* Enabled selecting the author of a post/page randomly in Create/Update item APIs
884 -* Added ALT text for hero images in Create/Update item API payloads
885 -* Set specific post dates within the last two months in Create API
886 -* Added validation for `post_date` in Create/Update item APIs
887 -* Refactored Create/Update item API code
888 -
889 -= 1.2.4 =
890 -* Added feature and menu to enable/disable Open Graph, Facebook, and Twitter meta tags for all posts and pages
891 -* Updated plugin version and README file
892 -
893 -= 1.2.3 =
894 -* Enabled returning revisions for posts or pages in the update endpoint
895 -* Added or updated post tags in Create and Update endpoints
896 -* Included tags list in heartbeat API payload
897 -
898 -= 1.2.2 =
899 -* Optimized Create and Update endpoints for media uploads
900 -* Added redirection functionality in Create and Update endpoints
901 -* Enabled/disabling comments in Create and Update APIs
902 -* Fixed category updates in heartbeat API
903 -* Resolved issue uploading previously unuploaded images to media in Create API
904 -
905 -= 1.2.1 =
906 -* Added hero image attribute `hero_image_url` in Create or Update post endpoint
907 -* Refactored image upload code to use URLs in Create/Update endpoints
908 -* Updated plugin README file
909 -
910 -= 1.2.0 =
911 -* Added post author in Create post endpoint
912 -* Included users in heartbeat API with `users` attribute
913 -* Assigned authors to attachments when uploading images to the media library
914 -* Rebuilt post content tags based on HTML rules
915 -
916 -= 1.1.9 =
917 -* Enabled saving images from URLs to the WordPress media library
918 -* Added functionality to save images from URLs in Create/Update endpoints
919 -* Implemented checks for existing images from URLs in Update endpoint
920 -
921 -= 1.1.8 =
922 -* Corrected home URL storage in the 404 Monitor database
923 -* Identified correct page URLs in the 404 Monitor for redirection
924 -* Utilized correct URLs from the 404 Monitor for Redirection
925 -
926 -= 1.1.7 =
927 -* Sent post categories as a list to backend requests
928 -* Enabled auto-generation of the plugin's authorization key
929 -* Displayed a message when the Search Atlas API key is not saved
930 -
931 -= 1.1.6 =
932 -* Updated the title of General Settings
933 -* Updated plugin screenshots
934 -
935 -= 1.1.5 =
936 -* Added/Replaced categories for posts with a key to append categories in update items
937 -* Synchronized post categories in Create/Update item endpoints
938 -* Refactored code to sync customer website configurations and post categories
939 -
940 -= 1.1.4 =
941 -* Fixed issue sending categories as JSON in heartbeat payload
942 -* Removed special characters from category JSON
943 -* Fixed heartbeat request interval settings
944 -
945 -= 1.1.3 =
946 -* Removed login fields for obtaining JWT token from General Settings
947 -* Removed dashboard link from the plugin
948 -* Set heartbeat frequency to every 5 minutes
949 -* Configured heartbeat requests to trigger on saving General Settings
950 -
951 -= 1.1.2 =
952 -* Removed double quotes and forward slashes from JSON-LD Schema
953 -
954 -= 1.1.1 =
955 -* Fixed article name issue in JSON-LD Schema
956 -* Added plugin icon to the plugin directory
957 -* Added plugin screenshots to the plugin directory
958 -* Included changelogs in the plugin's README file
959 -
960 -= 1.1.0 =
961 -* Added a button to manually force heartbeat sending to the server
962 -* Displayed the last sync timestamp to monitor heartbeat status
963 -* Added input field to save the Search Atlas API key in General Settings
964 -* Included Search Atlas API key in the header of Heartbeat API
965 -* Removed JWT token and Customer ID from Heartbeat Request
966 -
967 -= 1.0.9 =
968 -* Added `meta_description` and `meta_robots` to the payload
969 -* Fixed issue updating categories consistently in the payload
970 -* Fixed issue adding two different `meta_robots` values in the header
971 -* Included blog categories in the Heartbeat payload
972 -
973 -= 1.0.8 =
974 -* Updated post/page permalinks during post updates via API payload
975 -* Updated post categories during post updates via API payload
976 -
977 -= 1.0.7 =
978 -* Added categories during post creation
979 -* Included Permalink URL during page creation
980 -* Set default post type to Post and post status to Publish
981 -
982 -= 1.0.6 =
983 -* Added new sanitization for JSON-LD to echo in the header
984 -* Removed third-party URLs from post data in the plugin
985 -
986 -= 1.0.5 =
987 -* Created new `deleteItem` API to delete posts
988 -* Refactored JSON-LD schema code to include all posts and pages
989 -* Added prepare method in WHERE clause fields of queries
990 -
991 -= 1.0.4 =
992 -* Added new sanitization for all POST and GET variables
993 -* Refactored all plugin code
994 -
995 -= 1.0.3 =
996 -* Added sanitization for all missing POST/REQUEST variables
997 -* Implemented escape methods for all internal print variables
998 -* Refactored all select boxes to use select options
999 -* Removed redundant code from the plugin
1000 -
1001 -= 1.0.2 =
1002 -* Fixed issue excluding post IDs from sitemaps via API or General Settings
1003 -* Fixed issue sanitizing null values in common settings
1004 -
1005 -= 1.0.1 =
1006 -* Fixed invalid token issue in Heartbeat API
1007 -* Fixed exception handling in LinkGraph login response
1008 -
1009 -= 1.0.0 =
1010 -Initial release.
153 +Older release notes are available in the CHANGELOG.md file included with the plugin.