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Search Atlas SEO – OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress / 2.7.2
Search Atlas SEO – OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress v2.7.2
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@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
11 11 * @link https://searchatlas.com/
12 12 * @since 1.0.0
13 13 *
14 14 * @wordpress-plugin
15 - * Plugin Name: Search Atlas: The Premier AI SEO Plugin for Instant Optimization
15 + * Plugin Name: Search Atlas SEO - OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress
16 16 * Plugin URI: https://searchatlas.com/
17 17 * Description: Search Atlas SEO is an intuitive WordPress Plugin that transforms the most complicated, most labor-intensive SEO tasks into streamlined, straightforward processes. With a few clicks, the meta-bulk update feature automates the re-optimization of meta tags using AI to increase clicks. Stay up-to-date with the freshest Google Search data for your entire site or targeted URLs within the Meta Sync plug-in page.
18 - * Version: 2.6.24
18 + * Version: 2.7.2
19 19 * Requires PHP: 8.1
20 20 * Author: Search Atlas
21 21 * Author URI: https://searchatlas.com
22 22 * License: GPL v3
@@ -35,14 +35,31 @@
35 35 // Canonical sanitizer — required explicitly (not via the committed classmap)
36 36 // so it is guaranteed loadable everywhere canonicals are read or written.
37 37 require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/class-metasync-canonical-sanitizer.php';
38 38
39 +// Editor-settings feature flags — required explicitly for the same reason: they
40 +// gate output in the OTTO buffer and in third-party filter callbacks, both of
41 +// which can run before the classmap has resolved anything else.
42 +require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/class-metasync-feature-flags.php';
43 +Metasync_Feature_Flags::register_invalidation();
44 +
45 +// Consent gate and write-once backup for third-party SEO storage — required
46 +// explicitly for the same reason: every writer into Yoast / Rank Math / AIOSEO
47 +// consults it, and a class that fails to load would read as "no consent" and
48 +// silently stop those writes.
49 +require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/class-metasync-seo-backup.php';
50 +
51 +// Loaded beside the backup class because it is the only reader of what that
52 +// class writes. Restore is inert until something calls it, so loading it early
53 +// costs nothing and keeps the pair together.
54 +require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/class-metasync-seo-restore.php';
55 +
39 56 /**
40 57 * Currently plugin version.
41 58 * Start at version 1.0.0 and use SemVer - https://semver.org
42 59 * Rename this for your plugin and update it as you release new versions.
43 60 */
44 -$metasync_version = '2.6.24';
61 +$metasync_version = '2.7.2';
45 62 define('METASYNC_VERSION', preg_match('/^\d+\.\d+/', $metasync_version) ? $metasync_version : '9.9.9');
46 63 /**
47 64 * Define the current required php version
48 65 * This will be used to validate whether the user can install the plugin or not
@@ -78,8 +95,18 @@
78 95 define('METASYNC_GA4_MEASUREMENT_ID', 'G-SBLWW1EMTJ');
79 96 define('METASYNC_GA4_API_SECRET', 'nMGs22mxQ3qVUy-aInqfZA');
80 97
81 98 /**
99 + * PostHog product analytics configuration.
100 + * The write key is a public project key embedded by design (same precedent
101 + * as the GA4 secret above); set METASYNC_POSTHOG_API_KEY in the environment
102 + * to override it - including to an empty string, which disables PostHog.
103 + */
104 +define('METASYNC_POSTHOG_HOST', 'https://posthog.internal.searchatlas.com');
105 +$metasync_posthog_key = getenv('METASYNC_POSTHOG_API_KEY');
106 +define('METASYNC_POSTHOG_API_KEY', false !== $metasync_posthog_key ? $metasync_posthog_key : 'phc_ntSayCJE7Ad9eBHRG6ygBaY4BJMa8rFjXcXESun9ftkh'); // gitleaks:allow -- public write-only PostHog project key
107 +
108 +/**
82 109 * Define whether to show the plugin status in WordPress admin top navigation bar
83 110 * Set to false to hide the status indicator
84 111 */
85 112 define('METASYNC_SHOW_ADMIN_BAR_STATUS', true);
@@ -128,10 +155,10 @@
128 155 }
129 156 if (!defined('DOING_AJAX') || !DOING_AJAX) {
130 157 return ($result = false);
131 158 }
132 - $action = isset($_POST['action']) ? sanitize_text_field(wp_unslash($_POST['action']))
133 - : (isset($_GET['action']) ? sanitize_text_field(wp_unslash($_GET['action'])) : '');
159 + $action = isset($_POST['action']) ? sanitize_text_field(wp_unslash($_POST['action'])) // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing -- read-only action-name prefix check during boot
160 + : (isset($_GET['action']) ? sanitize_text_field(wp_unslash($_GET['action'])) : ''); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended -- read-only action-name prefix check during boot
134 161 if ($action === '') {
135 162 return ($result = true);
136 163 }
137 164 if (strpos($action, 'metasync_') === 0 || strpos($action, 'meta_sync_') === 0 || $action === 'sample-permalink') {
@@ -171,8 +198,9 @@
171 198
172 199 // Phase 2 — these files have file-level side effects (add_action outside class body)
173 200 // and must remain as explicit require_once until refactored.
174 201 require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'includes/class-metasync-api-backoff-rest.php';
202 +require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'includes/class-metasync-data-store.php';
175 203 require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'includes/class-metasync-error-logger.php';
176 204
177 205 // Shared helpers (custom/LPS page detection + query exclusion) — loaded in all
178 206 // request contexts (admin, REST, MCP, AJAX) so every SEO surface uses one rule.
@@ -235,9 +263,9 @@
235 263 #craft the message
236 264 sprintf(
237 265 '%s requires WordPress version %s or later. You are currently using version %s. Please update WordPress to activate this plugin.',
238 266 esc_html($plugin_name),
239 - METASYNC_MIN_WP,
267 + esc_html(METASYNC_MIN_WP),
240 268 esc_html($wp_version)
241 269 ),
242 270
243 271 #the plugin title as page title
@@ -257,9 +285,9 @@
257 285 #craft the message
258 286 sprintf(
259 287 '%s requires PHP version %s or later. You are currently using version %s. Please update PHP to activate this plugin.',
260 288 esc_html($plugin_name),
261 - METASYNC_MIN_PHP,
289 + esc_html(METASYNC_MIN_PHP),
262 290 esc_html($php_version)
263 291 ),
264 292
265 293 #the plugin title as page title
@@ -285,8 +313,12 @@
285 313 Metasync_Cache_Purge::purge_all('plugin_activation');
286 314
287 315 // Migrate physical sitemap files on activation.
288 316 metasync_migrate_physical_sitemaps();
317 +
318 + // Consent-gated analytics: the activation event only fires if the user
319 + // previously opted in (re-activation) — a brand-new install is OFF.
320 + Metasync_PostHog::get_instance()->track('plugin_activated', array());
289 321 }
290 322
291 323 // Log-sync removed - error monitoring now handled by Sentry
292 324 // require_once plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . 'log-sync/log-sync.php';
@@ -351,19 +383,90 @@
351 383 if (empty($candidates)) {
352 384 return;
353 385 }
354 386
387 + // Ownership gate: other plugins (Yoast and friends) write files with the
388 + // exact same names (sitemap_index.xml, sitemap1.xml, ...), so a name match
389 + // alone must never authorize deleting a physical file. A file is only
390 + // migrated when this plugin left evidence it wrote it.
391 + $tracked_names = [];
392 + $tracked_files = get_option('metasync_sitemap_files', []);
393 + if (is_array($tracked_files)) {
394 + foreach ($tracked_files as $entry) {
395 + $name = is_array($entry) && isset($entry['filename']) ? $entry['filename'] : $entry;
396 + if (is_string($name) && '' !== $name) {
397 + $tracked_names[] = $name;
398 + }
399 + }
400 + }
355 401 $virtual_index = get_option('metasync_sitemap_virtual_index', []);
402 + if (!is_array($virtual_index)) {
403 + $virtual_index = [];
404 + }
405 + $parked_names = array_keys($virtual_index);
406 + $generator_ran = !empty($tracked_names) && false !== get_option('metasync_sitemap_last_generated');
407 +
408 + $ours = [];
409 + $metasync_files_found = false;
410 + foreach ($candidates as $file) {
411 + $bn = basename($file);
412 +
413 + // A parked name proves MetaSync owned the file at an earlier point, but
414 + // an expired transient no longer proves that a file currently on disk
415 + // is ours. A different plugin may have recreated the same basename.
416 + if (in_array($bn, $parked_names, true)) {
417 + if (false !== get_transient('metasync_vsm_' . md5($bn))) {
418 + continue;
419 + }
420 + continue;
421 + }
422 +
423 + // Chunk, index, news, and video files are migratable only when their
424 + // exact basename is recorded by MetaSync's generator/configuration.
425 + if (in_array($bn, $tracked_names, true) && $generator_ran) {
426 + $ours[] = $file;
427 + $metasync_files_found = true;
428 + continue;
429 + }
430 +
431 + if ($bn === 'news-sitemap.xml' && null !== get_option('metasync_news_sitemap_settings', null)) {
432 + $ours[] = $file;
433 + $metasync_files_found = true;
434 + continue;
435 + }
436 + if ($bn === 'video-sitemap.xml' && null !== get_option('metasync_video_sitemap_settings', null)) {
437 + $ours[] = $file;
438 + $metasync_files_found = true;
439 + }
440 + }
441 +
442 + // Do not infer ownership of sitemap_index.xml from another sitemap: Yoast,
443 + // Rank Math, and other SEO plugins commonly use the same root filename.
444 + // It must be explicitly recorded in MetaSync's tracked file list.
445 + $ours = array_values(array_unique($ours));
446 +
447 + if (empty($ours)) {
448 + return;
449 + }
450 +
356 451 $migrated_files = [];
357 452
358 - foreach ($candidates as $file) {
453 + foreach ($ours as $file) {
359 454 $bn = basename($file);
360 455 $content = @file_get_contents($file);
361 456 if (false !== $content) {
362 457 $tkey = 'metasync_vsm_' . md5($bn);
363 - set_transient($tkey, $content, 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS);
458 + // The news sitemap's entries are only valid inside Google News'
459 + // 48-hour window, so it must not be migrated in under a 30-day
460 + // TTL — that would re-introduce the staleness the generator's
461 + // own bounded TTL exists to prevent. Regenerate-on-miss rebuilds
462 + // it with a fresh date_query when this expires.
463 + $ttl = ('news-sitemap.xml' === $bn) ? (int) (DAY_IN_SECONDS / 4) : 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
464 + set_transient($tkey, $content, $ttl);
364 465 if (false !== get_transient($tkey)) {
365 - @unlink($file);
466 + // The parked transient doubles as a 30-day backup of the
467 + // content before the file is removed from disk.
468 + @wp_delete_file($file);
366 469 $virtual_index[$bn] = $tkey;
367 470 if ($bn !== 'sitemap_index.xml' && $bn !== 'news-sitemap.xml' && $bn !== 'video-sitemap.xml') {
368 471 $migrated_files[] = [
369 472 'filename' => $bn,
@@ -394,10 +497,17 @@
394 497
395 498 $current_version = get_option('metasync_version', '0.0.0');
396 499 $plugin_version = METASYNC_VERSION;
397 500
398 - // If versions don't match, run migration
399 - if (version_compare($current_version, $plugin_version, '<')) {
501 + // If versions don't match, run migration. Dev builds store the 9.9.9
502 + // placeholder version, which compares greater than every real release —
503 + // once stored, a plain "<" comparison never fires again and migrations
504 + // are silently skipped forever. Also enter when the stored version is the
505 + // placeholder but the running version is a real release, so the migration
506 + // runner's dev-build escape hatch becomes reachable and the stored version
507 + // is corrected to the real release.
508 + if (version_compare($current_version, $plugin_version, '<')
509 + || ('9.9.9' === $current_version && '9.9.9' !== $plugin_version)) {
400 510 // Import whitelabel settings only if the JSON file is new or changed
401 511 // (prevents overwriting admin UI changes on every version check)
402 512 Metasync_Activator::check_whitelabel_settings_update();
403 513
@@ -403,8 +513,13 @@
403 513
404 514 // Run version-specific migrations first
405 515 MetaSync_DBMigration::run_version_migrations($current_version, $plugin_version);
406 516
517 + // The developer endpoint-switching panel has been removed. Reset its
518 + // persisted staging mode so upgrades cannot keep routing API requests
519 + // to staging without a visible warning or a supported recovery path.
520 + delete_option('metasync_dev_endpoint_mode');
521 +
407 522 // Migration for v2.7.0+: Remove AI Agent, switch to plugin auth token, make MCP always-on
408 523 if (version_compare($current_version, '2.7.0', '<')) {
409 524 // Remove old MCP API key option
410 525 delete_option('metasync_mcp_api_key');
@@ -450,8 +565,23 @@
450 565 MetaSync_DBMigration::cleanup_corrupted_canonicals();
451 566 update_option('metasync_canonical_cleanup_done', 'done', false);
452 567 }
453 568
569 + // One-time repair of Local Business logos corrupted to "http://<id>".
570 + // The sanitizer fix stopped new corruption; this restores the
571 + // attachment ID on sites that saved a logo before it. The corrupted
572 + // value encodes the original ID exactly, so the rewrite is lossless.
573 + // Claimed via add_option() — it fails when the row already exists, so
574 + // concurrent requests can't run the repair twice, and the claim lands
575 + // BEFORE the work: the repair itself is idempotent, and the read-side
576 + // normalisation in the schema output and admin preview already
577 + // protects output if a run is interrupted.
578 + if (false === get_option('metasync_local_seo_logo_repair_done')
579 + && add_option('metasync_local_seo_logo_repair_done', 'running', '', false)) {
580 + MetaSync_DBMigration::repair_corrupted_local_seo_logo();
581 + update_option('metasync_local_seo_logo_repair_done', 'done', false);
582 + }
583 +
454 584 // Migrate physical sitemap files on version update.
455 585 metasync_migrate_physical_sitemaps();
456 586
457 587 // Run full migration to ensure all tables are up to date
@@ -574,8 +704,13 @@
574 704 }
575 705 $checked = true;
576 706
577 707 require_once plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . 'includes/class-metasync-activator.php';
708 +
709 + // Surface a persistently failing White Label import instead of
710 + // retrying it silently on every admin request.
711 + add_action('admin_notices', array('Metasync_Activator', 'render_whitelabel_import_failure_notice'));
712 +
578 713 Metasync_Activator::check_whitelabel_settings_update();
579 714 }
580 715
581 716 // Retry package imports on an authorized admin request when an update completed
@@ -631,9 +766,17 @@
631 766 echo '<script>window.__SA_DYO_INITIALIZED__=true;</script>' . "\n";
632 767 }
633 768 add_action('wp_head', 'metasync_output_dyo_init_flag', 1);
634 769
635 -// Runtime feature initialisers (GA4, API backoff, review notice, JWT accessor, debug mode) extracted to keep this entry file lean.
770 +// Shared analytics helper is loaded in all request contexts so server-side feature
771 +// events can use the same consent gate as admin analytics.
772 +require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'includes/class-metasync-posthog.php';
773 +require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'includes/class-metasync-analytics-consent-notice.php';
774 +
775 +/**
776 + * Runtime feature initialisers (GA4, API backoff, review notice, JWT accessor,
777 + * debug mode) extracted to keep this entry file lean.
778 + */
636 779 require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'includes/metasync-runtime-init.php';
637 780
638 781 /**
639 782 * Append a "Website Studio" post state to LPS-synced / MetaSync custom pages in