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ThinkRank AI SEO – AI SEO Plugin for WordPress: Schema, XML Sitemaps, Meta Tags, Search Console & Local SEO v2.11.0
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← All changes | includes/seo/class-llms-txt-manager.php +986 -52 2.0.0 → 2.11.0 View file →
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@
14 14 declare(strict_types=1);
15 15
16 16 namespace ThinkRank\SEO;
17 17
18 +// Prevent direct access
19 +if (!defined('ABSPATH')) {
20 + exit;
21 +}
22 +
18 23 // Ensure dependencies are loaded
19 24 if (!class_exists('ThinkRank\\SEO\\Abstract_SEO_Manager')) {
20 25 require_once THINKRANK_PLUGIN_DIR . 'includes/seo/class-abstract-seo-manager.php';
21 26 }
@@ -51,8 +56,27 @@
51 56 */
52 57 private bool $last_unpublish_failed = false;
53 58
54 59 /**
60 + * Message from the last save that switched delivery mode but could not move
61 + * the published document, or an empty string when the switch was clean.
62 + *
63 + * @since 2.1.0
64 + * @var string
65 + */
66 + private string $last_delivery_warning = '';
67 +
68 + /**
69 + * Whether the last save's delivery-mode switch failed outright, as opposed
70 + * to succeeding with a warning. Both set {@see delivery_switch_warning()},
71 + * and only one of them means /llms.txt is still on the old path.
72 + *
73 + * @since 2.1.0
74 + * @var bool
75 + */
76 + private bool $last_delivery_switch_failed = false;
77 +
78 + /**
55 79 * LLMs.txt content sections configuration
56 80 *
57 81 * @since 1.0.0
58 82 * @var array
@@ -66,9 +90,9 @@
66 90 ],
67 91 'key_features' => [
68 92 'title' => 'Key Features',
69 93 'required' => true,
70 - 'description' => 'Main features and functionality of the website',
94 + 'description' => 'Main features and functionality of the website, one feature per line. Commas are part of a feature, not separators.',
71 95 'max_length' => 300
72 96 ],
73 97 'architecture' => [
74 98 'title' => 'Architecture & Components',
@@ -119,8 +143,80 @@
119 143 */
120 144 private const HTACCESS_MARKER = 'ThinkRank llms.txt';
121 145
122 146 /**
147 + * Option holding the published llms.txt document.
148 + *
149 + * The published content lives here regardless of delivery mode, so the
150 + * dynamic route has an authoritative source that does not depend on a
151 + * physical file, and switching modes never loses the published document.
152 + *
153 + * @since 2.1.0
154 + * @var string
155 + */
156 + private const CONTENT_OPTION = 'thinkrank_llms_txt_content';
157 +
158 + /**
159 + * Option holding the Unix timestamp of the last publish.
160 + *
161 + * @since 2.1.0
162 + * @var string
163 + */
164 + private const PUBLISHED_AT_OPTION = 'thinkrank_llms_txt_published_at';
165 +
166 + /**
167 + * Option recording what the site's public URL really answers /llms.txt with.
168 + *
169 + * Shaped as ['home' => string, 'result' => 'charset'|'no_charset'|'unknown',
170 + * 'checked_at' => int] and keyed on the home URL, so a clone or a migration
171 + * re-checks instead of inheriting the verdict of the host it came from.
172 + *
173 + * @since 2.1.0
174 + * @var string
175 + */
176 + private const DELIVERY_PROBE_OPTION = 'thinkrank_llms_delivery_probe';
177 +
178 + /**
179 + * How long an inconclusive delivery check is left alone before retrying.
180 + *
181 + * A conclusive verdict stands until the document is published again; only
182 + * the "could not tell" answer — a blocked loopback, an HTTP-auth'd staging
183 + * site — is worth asking about a second time, and not often.
184 + *
185 + * @since 2.1.0
186 + * @var int
187 + */
188 + private const DELIVERY_PROBE_RETRY = DAY_IN_SECONDS;
189 +
190 + /**
191 + * Shown when the server answers the published file without a charset.
192 + *
193 + * @since 2.1.0
194 + * @var string
195 + */
196 + private const STATIC_CHARSET_WARNING = 'This server answers the published llms.txt without a character set, so accented characters and curly quotes arrive mis-decoded. Set Delivery Method to "Served by WordPress" to publish it as UTF-8.';
197 +
198 + /**
199 + * Delivery modes accepted by the `delivery_mode` setting.
200 + *
201 + * @since 2.1.0
202 + * @var string[]
203 + */
204 + private const DELIVERY_MODES = ['auto', 'static', 'dynamic'];
205 +
206 + /**
207 + * One-time marker for {@see LLMs_Txt_Manager::maybe_migrate_legacy_key_features()}.
208 + *
209 + * Public so the activator can record it on a fresh install, which has no
210 + * value saved under the old comma rule and must never be migrated.
211 + *
212 + * @since 2.10.0
213 + * @var string
214 + */
215 + public const KEY_FEATURES_MIGRATION_OPTION = 'thinkrank_llms_key_features_migration';
216 + public const KEY_FEATURES_MIGRATION_VERSION = '1';
217 +
218 + /**
123 219 * Business type templates for content generation
124 220 *
125 221 * @since 1.0.0
126 222 * @var array
@@ -212,8 +308,13 @@
212 308 'validation' => [],
213 309 'file_info' => []
214 310 ];
215 311
312 + // Generating from saved settings (the MCP ability passes an empty
313 + // payload) can happen before any admin request has run the upgrade,
314 + // so make sure a legacy comma list has been converted first.
315 + self::maybe_migrate_legacy_key_features();
316 +
216 317 // Get current settings
217 318 $settings = $this->get_settings('site');
218 319
219 320 // Merge saved settings underneath the provided input so that empty or
@@ -279,10 +380,18 @@
279 380 * @return bool
280 381 */
281 382 public function save_settings(string $context_type, ?int $context_id, array $settings): bool {
282 383 $this->last_unpublish_failed = false;
384 + $this->last_delivery_warning = '';
385 + $this->last_delivery_switch_failed = false;
386 + $previous_mode = $this->resolve_delivery_mode();
387 +
283 388 $result = parent::save_settings($context_type, $context_id, $settings);
284 389
390 + // The cached status carries the resolved delivery mode, so it goes stale
391 + // the moment settings change — even when nothing needs republishing.
392 + delete_transient('thinkrank_llms_file_status');
393 +
285 394 // When a save explicitly disables the feature, delete the published file.
286 395 if ($result && array_key_exists('enabled', $settings) && empty($settings['enabled'])) {
287 396 if (!$this->delete_llms_txt_file()) {
288 397 // The settings were persisted, but the physical file could not be
@@ -289,14 +398,124 @@
289 398 // removed, so /llms.txt may still be served. Record it so callers
290 399 // report a partial failure instead of an unqualified success.
291 400 $this->last_unpublish_failed = true;
292 401 }
402 +
403 + return $result;
293 404 }
294 405
406 + // The published document has to sit where the active mode serves it from,
407 + // or the site keeps answering on the old path: a leftover physical file
408 + // shadows the dynamic route on every stack, and a database-only document
409 + // is invisible to a stack now expecting a file. Reconciled on any save,
410 + // not just an explicit mode change, so a site whose auto-detection now
411 + // resolves differently — an nginx install upgrading into this fix with a
412 + // static file already on disk — heals the next time settings are saved.
413 + if ($result && $this->delivery_needs_reconcile($previous_mode)) {
414 + $this->republish_for_delivery_mode();
415 + }
416 +
295 417 return $result;
296 418 }
297 419
298 420 /**
421 + * Whether the published document is out of step with the active mode.
422 + *
423 + * @since 2.1.0
424 + *
425 + * @param string $previous_mode Mode in force before the save.
426 + * @return bool
427 + */
428 + private function delivery_needs_reconcile(string $previous_mode): bool {
429 + $mode = $this->resolve_delivery_mode();
430 + $file_exists = file_exists(ABSPATH . 'llms.txt');
431 +
432 + if ('dynamic' === $mode) {
433 + // A physical file would be served instead of the PHP route.
434 + return $file_exists;
435 + }
436 +
437 + // Static: a stored document with no file behind it is unreachable on a
438 + // stack that expects one. A mode flip also forces the charset block to
439 + // be (re)written for a file that predates it.
440 + return (!$file_exists && '' !== trim($this->get_published_content()))
441 + || $mode !== $previous_mode;
442 + }
443 +
444 + /**
445 + * Re-publish the current document under the active delivery mode.
446 + *
447 + * A no-op when nothing is published yet — this only moves an existing
448 + * document, it never publishes on the user's behalf.
449 + *
450 + * @since 2.1.0
451 + *
452 + * @return void
453 + */
454 + private function republish_for_delivery_mode(): void {
455 + $content = $this->get_published_content();
456 +
457 + if ('' === trim($content)) {
458 + // Published before the stored copy existed: recover it from the file.
459 + $llms_file = ABSPATH . 'llms.txt';
460 + if (file_exists($llms_file)) {
461 + $read_result = $this->safe_file_read($llms_file);
462 + if ($read_result['success']) {
463 + $content = $read_result['content'];
464 + }
465 + }
466 + }
467 +
468 + if ('' === trim($content)) {
469 + return;
470 + }
471 +
472 + $write = $this->write_llms_txt_to_file($content);
473 +
474 + // The switch itself failed (an unwritable root on the way to static, a
475 + // stuck file on the way to dynamic). The settings are saved, so report
476 + // it rather than letting the mode read as applied when it is not.
477 + if (empty($write['success'])) {
478 + $this->last_delivery_warning = isset($write['message']) && '' !== (string) $write['message']
479 + ? (string) $write['message']
480 + : 'The delivery method was saved, but the published llms.txt could not be moved to it.';
481 + $this->last_delivery_switch_failed = true;
482 + return;
483 + }
484 +
485 + // The switch worked, but static delivery on this server cannot carry the
486 + // charset the document needs. Only an explicitly chosen `static` gets
487 + // this far — `auto` moves itself to WordPress delivery instead.
488 + if (!empty($write['delivery_warning'])) {
489 + $this->last_delivery_warning = (string) $write['delivery_warning'];
490 + }
491 + }
492 +
493 + /**
494 + * Message from the last save whose delivery-mode switch could not be
495 + * applied to the already-published document, or '' when there was none.
496 + *
497 + * @since 2.1.0
498 + *
499 + * @return string
500 + */
501 + public function delivery_switch_warning(): string {
502 + return $this->last_delivery_warning;
503 + }
504 +
505 + /**
506 + * Whether the last save's warning was a failed switch rather than a
507 + * successful one the server cannot serve correctly.
508 + *
509 + * @since 2.1.0
510 + *
511 + * @return bool
512 + */
513 + public function delivery_switch_failed(): bool {
514 + return $this->last_delivery_switch_failed;
515 + }
516 +
517 + /**
299 518 * Whether the last save_settings() disabled the feature but could not remove
300 519 * the published llms.txt file (which may therefore still be served).
301 520 *
302 521 * @return bool
@@ -305,15 +524,370 @@
305 524 return $this->last_unpublish_failed;
306 525 }
307 526
308 527 /**
309 - * Remove the published llms.txt file and bust the status transient.
528 + * Resolve the effective delivery mode for /llms.txt.
310 529 *
311 - * @return bool True if the file is absent or was removed.
530 + * `static` publishes a physical ABSPATH/llms.txt and lets the web server
531 + * answer it; `dynamic` keeps the document in the database and lets the PHP
532 + * route in {@see serve_llms_txt()} answer it. `auto` picks static only on
533 + * Apache/LiteSpeed, the stacks that read the .htaccess charset block — on
534 + * nginx a physical file is served with a bare `Content-Type: text/plain`
535 + * that neither fix path can reach, which renders UTF-8 as mojibake (#419).
536 + *
537 + * $is_apache is not trusted on its own: WordPress reads it from
538 + * $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], which describes the server that runs PHP
539 + * rather than the one answering the public request. A reverse proxy hides
540 + * the difference — an nginx edge in front of an Apache backend reports
541 + * Apache, so `auto` chose the file that nginx then served with no charset,
542 + * which is the very defect the setting was added to avoid (#493). A
543 + * publish-time self-request settles what the detection cannot see, and its
544 + * verdict is what this consults; an explicit setting still wins outright.
545 + *
546 + * @since 2.1.0
547 + *
548 + * @param string|null $mode Optional. Raw setting value; read from the saved
549 + * settings when null.
550 + * @return string Either 'static' or 'dynamic'.
312 551 */
552 + public function resolve_delivery_mode(?string $mode = null): string {
553 + if (null === $mode) {
554 + $settings = $this->get_settings('site');
555 + $mode = (string) ($settings['delivery_mode'] ?? 'auto');
556 + }
557 +
558 + if ('static' === $mode || 'dynamic' === $mode) {
559 + return $mode;
560 + }
561 +
562 + // A root PHP cannot write to has no static path at all: publishing
563 + // would simply fail and /llms.txt would 404. The sitemap's `auto`
564 + // already resolves this way (#754); llms.txt did not, so on an
565 + // Apache/LiteSpeed host with a read-only root — a managed stack such as
566 + // Flywheel, where ABSPATH is the locked core folder — `auto` chose
567 + // static and then could not deliver it (#756).
568 + if (!wp_is_writable(ABSPATH)) {
569 + return 'dynamic';
570 + }
571 +
572 + // $is_apache also covers LiteSpeed, which reads .htaccess the same way.
573 + if (empty($GLOBALS['is_apache'])) {
574 + return 'dynamic';
575 + }
576 +
577 + // Detection says this stack reads the .htaccess charset block. Believe
578 + // it unless a self-request has caught the public URL answering without
579 + // a charset, which is what a reverse-proxied stack does (#493).
580 + return $this->static_delivery_drops_charset() ? 'dynamic' : 'static';
581 + }
582 +
583 + /**
584 + * Whether the recorded check caught the public URL dropping the charset.
585 + *
586 + * @since 2.1.0
587 + *
588 + * @return bool
589 + */
590 + private function static_delivery_drops_charset(): bool {
591 + return 'no_charset' === ($this->delivery_probe()['result'] ?? '');
592 + }
593 +
594 + /**
595 + * The delivery check recorded for this site, or [] when there is none.
596 + *
597 + * @since 2.1.0
598 + *
599 + * @return array
600 + */
601 + private function delivery_probe(): array {
602 + $probe = get_option(self::DELIVERY_PROBE_OPTION, []);
603 +
604 + if (!is_array($probe) || !isset($probe['result'])) {
605 + return [];
606 + }
607 +
608 + return ($probe['home'] ?? '') === home_url() ? $probe : [];
609 + }
610 +
611 + /**
612 + * Ask the site's own public URL what it answers /llms.txt with.
613 + *
614 + * @since 2.1.0
615 + *
616 + * @return string 'charset', 'no_charset', or 'unknown' when the response
617 + * could not be read and nothing should be concluded from it.
618 + */
619 + private function probe_static_delivery(): string {
620 + if (!function_exists('wp_remote_get')) {
621 + return 'unknown';
622 + }
623 +
624 + // The cache-buster stops a page cache from answering with a copy stored
625 + // before the file was written; a server ignores the query string when it
626 + // serves a physical file, so the response still shows the real headers.
627 + $url = add_query_arg(
628 + 'thinkrank-delivery-check',
629 + (string) time(),
630 + home_url('/llms.txt')
631 + );
632 +
633 + $response = wp_remote_get($url, [
634 + 'timeout' => 5,
635 + 'redirection' => 2,
636 + // A request to our own home URL, from which a single response header
637 + // is read. Staging and local installs routinely run on certificates
638 + // this host does not trust, and failing there would leave the very
639 + // sites most likely to be misconfigured unchecked.
640 + 'sslverify' => false,
641 + 'headers' => ['Cache-Control' => 'no-cache'],
642 + ]);
643 +
644 + if (is_wp_error($response) || 200 !== (int) wp_remote_retrieve_response_code($response)) {
645 + return 'unknown';
646 + }
647 +
648 + $content_type = wp_remote_retrieve_header($response, 'content-type');
649 +
650 + // A header sent more than once comes back as an array.
651 + if (is_array($content_type)) {
652 + $content_type = implode(' ', $content_type);
653 + }
654 +
655 + $content_type = trim((string) $content_type);
656 +
657 + // No Content-Type at all is the same problem: the browser is left to
658 + // guess the encoding.
659 + if ('' === $content_type) {
660 + return 'no_charset';
661 + }
662 +
663 + return false !== stripos($content_type, 'charset=') ? 'charset' : 'no_charset';
664 + }
665 +
666 + /**
667 + * Persist the outcome of a delivery check.
668 + *
669 + * @since 2.1.0
670 + *
671 + * @param string $verdict One of 'charset', 'no_charset', 'unknown'.
672 + * @return void
673 + */
674 + private function record_delivery_probe(string $verdict): void {
675 + update_option(self::DELIVERY_PROBE_OPTION, [
676 + 'home' => home_url(),
677 + 'result' => $verdict,
678 + 'checked_at' => time(),
679 + ], false);
680 + }
681 +
682 + /**
683 + * Confirm the published file is really served with a charset, and act on it.
684 + *
685 + * Static delivery leans on an .htaccess directive, so it is only ever as
686 + * good as the guess that the server reads .htaccess. This checks the guess
687 + * against the response the public URL actually returns: a site left on
688 + * `auto` is moved to WordPress delivery when the charset is missing — the
689 + * file has to go with it, or it would shadow the PHP route that carries the
690 + * charset — while a site that asked for `static` keeps its file and gets a
691 + * warning, because an explicit choice is not overruled.
692 + *
693 + * @since 2.1.0
694 + *
695 + * @param array $result Publish result to annotate.
696 + * @return array The annotated result.
697 + */
698 + private function verify_static_delivery(array $result): array {
699 + $verdict = $this->probe_static_delivery();
700 +
701 + $this->record_delivery_probe($verdict);
702 +
703 + if ('no_charset' !== $verdict) {
704 + return $result;
705 + }
706 +
707 + $settings = $this->get_settings('site');
708 + $explicit = 'static' === (string) ($settings['delivery_mode'] ?? 'auto');
709 +
710 + // Auto: resolve_delivery_mode() answers 'dynamic' from here on, so the
711 + // file it would otherwise leave behind has to be removed. The document
712 + // is already stored, so nothing is lost by deleting it.
713 + if (!$explicit && $this->delete_static_file()) {
714 + delete_transient('thinkrank_llms_file_status');
715 + $this->purge_llms_txt_caches();
716 +
717 + $result['delivery_mode'] = 'dynamic';
718 + $result['charset_pinned'] = true;
719 + $result['message'] = 'LLMs.txt published. This server answers a static file without a character set, so WordPress serves it as UTF-8 instead.';
720 + $result['permissions']['file_exists'] = false;
721 + $result['permissions']['file_writable'] = null;
722 +
723 + return $result;
724 + }
725 +
726 + $result['charset_pinned'] = false;
727 + $result['delivery_warning'] = self::STATIC_CHARSET_WARNING;
728 + $result['message'] = trim((string) $result['message'] . ' ' . self::STATIC_CHARSET_WARNING);
729 +
730 + return $result;
731 + }
732 +
733 + /**
734 + * Whether the delivery check may run on this request.
735 + *
736 + * It makes an HTTP request of its own, so it never runs on a front-end
737 + * page view — only where an administrator, the REST API, WP-CLI or cron is
738 + * already waiting on a status read.
739 + *
740 + * @since 2.1.0
741 + *
742 + * @return bool
743 + */
744 + private function delivery_probe_is_due(): bool {
745 + $interactive = is_admin()
746 + || (defined('REST_REQUEST') && REST_REQUEST)
747 + || (defined('WP_CLI') && WP_CLI)
748 + || (function_exists('wp_doing_cron') && wp_doing_cron());
749 +
750 + if (!$interactive) {
751 + return false;
752 + }
753 +
754 + $probe = $this->delivery_probe();
755 +
756 + if ([] === $probe) {
757 + return true;
758 + }
759 +
760 + if ('unknown' !== $probe['result']) {
761 + return false;
762 + }
763 +
764 + return (time() - (int) ($probe['checked_at'] ?? 0)) > self::DELIVERY_PROBE_RETRY;
765 + }
766 +
767 + /**
768 + * The published llms.txt document, or an empty string when unpublished.
769 + *
770 + * @since 2.1.0
771 + *
772 + * @return string
773 + */
774 + public function get_published_content(): string {
775 + $content = get_option(self::CONTENT_OPTION, '');
776 +
777 + return is_string($content) ? $content : '';
778 + }
779 +
780 + /**
781 + * Whether /llms.txt is currently being served, in either delivery mode.
782 + *
783 + * `static` publishes a file at ABSPATH; `dynamic` keeps the document in
784 + * an option and answers from serve_llms_txt(). Callers that only need
785 + * this yes/no must use it in preference to get_llms_txt_status(), which
786 + * resolves the delivery mode, may fire a loopback delivery probe, asks
787 + * the filesystem API whether ABSPATH is writable, reads the document and
788 + * writes a transient — far too much work for a boolean, and not
789 + * something a dashboard summary should be triggering.
790 + *
791 + * @since 2.2.1
792 + *
793 + * @return bool
794 + */
795 + public function is_published(): bool {
796 + return file_exists(ABSPATH . 'llms.txt')
797 + || '' !== trim($this->get_published_content());
798 + }
799 +
800 + /**
801 + * Ask the common page/CDN cache layers to drop their copy of /llms.txt.
802 + *
803 + * A cached response outlives a republish, so without this a mode switch or
804 + * a content change keeps serving the old document (and, on the static path,
805 + * the old headers). Every call is guarded — a site running none of these
806 + * simply gets the action hook, which integrations can use.
807 + *
808 + * @since 2.1.0
809 + *
810 + * @return void
811 + */
812 + private function purge_llms_txt_caches(): void {
813 + $url = home_url('/llms.txt');
814 +
815 + /**
816 + * Fires after the published llms.txt changes, so cache layers ThinkRank
817 + * does not know about can drop their copy.
818 + *
819 + * @since 2.1.0
820 + *
821 + * @param string $url Public URL of the llms.txt document.
822 + */
823 + do_action('thinkrank_llms_txt_updated', $url);
824 +
825 + // LiteSpeed Cache and Nginx Helper both listen on their own actions.
826 + // These are third-party hook names we fire, not ours to prefix.
827 + do_action('litespeed_purge_url', $url); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound
828 + do_action('rt_nginx_helper_purge_all'); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound
829 +
830 + if (function_exists('rocket_clean_files')) {
831 + rocket_clean_files([$url]);
832 + }
833 + if (function_exists('w3tc_flush_url')) {
834 + w3tc_flush_url($url);
835 + }
836 + if (function_exists('wpsc_delete_url_cache')) {
837 + wpsc_delete_url_cache($url);
838 + }
839 + }
840 +
841 + /**
842 + * Unpublish llms.txt: drop the stored document and any physical file.
843 + *
844 + * Both delivery modes are cleared, not just the active one, so a site that
845 + * published under one mode and switched to the other is left with nothing
846 + * still being served.
847 + *
848 + * @return bool True once nothing is left to serve.
849 + */
313 850 public function delete_llms_txt_file(): bool {
851 + delete_option(self::CONTENT_OPTION);
852 + delete_option(self::PUBLISHED_AT_OPTION);
853 +
854 + return $this->unpublish_static_file();
855 + }
856 +
857 + /**
858 + * Stop serving llms.txt, but keep the document.
859 + *
860 + * Deactivation needs this half: the physical file must go — it shadows the
861 + * next plugin's routes and advertises a plugin that is switched off — but
862 + * the user's prose has to survive so reactivation can republish it.
863 + * {@see \ThinkRank\Core\Activator::restore_webroot_artifacts()} does that.
864 + *
865 + * Deactivation previously called {@see delete_llms_txt_file()}, which drops
866 + * the stored document too, so a deactivate/reactivate round-trip silently
867 + * lost whatever the user had written.
868 + *
869 + * @since 2.1.0
870 + *
871 + * @return bool True once nothing is left on disk.
872 + */
873 + public function unpublish_static_file(): bool {
314 874 delete_transient('thinkrank_llms_file_status');
315 875
876 + $removed = $this->delete_static_file();
877 + $this->purge_llms_txt_caches();
878 +
879 + return $removed;
880 + }
881 +
882 + /**
883 + * Remove the physical ABSPATH/llms.txt and its .htaccess charset block.
884 + *
885 + * @since 2.1.0
886 + *
887 + * @return bool True if the file is absent or was removed.
888 + */
889 + private function delete_static_file(): bool {
316 890 $llms_file = ABSPATH . 'llms.txt';
317 891 if (!file_exists($llms_file)) {
318 892 $this->remove_htaccess_charset();
319 893 return true;
@@ -445,9 +1019,12 @@
445 1019
446 1020 $content = '';
447 1021 $llms_file = ABSPATH . 'llms.txt';
448 1022
449 - if (file_exists($llms_file)) {
1023 + // In static mode a physical file is what the server would normally hand
1024 + // back, so prefer its exact bytes; in dynamic mode there is no file and
1025 + // the stored document is the authoritative copy.
1026 + if ('static' === $this->resolve_delivery_mode() && file_exists($llms_file)) {
450 1027 $read_result = $this->safe_file_read($llms_file);
451 1028 if ($read_result['success']) {
452 1029 $content = $read_result['content'];
453 1030 }
@@ -453,8 +1030,12 @@
453 1030 }
454 1031 }
455 1032
456 1033 if ('' === trim($content)) {
1034 + $content = $this->get_published_content();
1035 + }
1036 +
1037 + if ('' === trim($content)) {
457 1038 $generated = $this->generate_llms_txt([]);
458 1039 $content = (string) ($generated['content'] ?? '');
459 1040 }
460 1041
@@ -496,10 +1077,39 @@
496 1077 $result['message'] = 'LLMs.txt is disabled. Enable it before publishing.';
497 1078 return $result;
498 1079 }
499 1080
1081 + $mode = $this->resolve_delivery_mode();
1082 + $result['delivery_mode'] = $mode;
1083 +
500 1084 $llms_file = ABSPATH . 'llms.txt';
1085 + $result['file_path'] = $llms_file;
501 1086
1087 + // Dynamic delivery: the document lives in the database and /llms.txt is
1088 + // answered by serve_llms_txt(), which sets `charset=utf-8` itself. A
1089 + // physical file would shadow that route on every stack, so any leftover
1090 + // from a previous static publish has to go.
1091 + if ('dynamic' === $mode) {
1092 + if (!$this->delete_static_file()) {
1093 + $result['message'] = 'A physical llms.txt is still present and could not be removed. It would be served instead of the dynamic route.';
1094 + return $result;
1095 + }
1096 +
1097 + $this->store_published_content($content);
1098 +
1099 + $result['success'] = true;
1100 + $result['message'] = 'LLMs.txt published. It is served by WordPress as UTF-8 text.';
1101 + $result['bytes_written'] = strlen($content);
1102 + $result['charset_pinned'] = true;
1103 + $result['permissions'] = [
1104 + 'directory_writable' => $this->is_directory_writable(ABSPATH),
1105 + 'file_exists' => false,
1106 + 'file_writable' => null,
1107 + ];
1108 +
1109 + return $result;
1110 + }
1111 +
502 1112 // Security: Validate file path to prevent path traversal attacks
503 1113 $real_llms_file = realpath(dirname($llms_file)) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . basename($llms_file);
504 1114 $allowed_dir = realpath(ABSPATH);
505 1115
@@ -507,10 +1117,8 @@
507 1117 $result['message'] = 'Invalid file path detected for security reasons.';
508 1118 return $result;
509 1119 }
510 1120
511 - $result['file_path'] = $llms_file;
512 -
513 1121 // Check directory permissions
514 1122 $result['permissions'] = [
515 1123 'directory_writable' => $this->is_directory_writable(ABSPATH),
516 1124 'file_exists' => file_exists($llms_file),
@@ -528,36 +1136,57 @@
528 1136 $result['message'] = 'Existing llms.txt file is not writable. Please check file permissions.';
529 1137 return $result;
530 1138 }
531 1139
532 - // Write new content using WP_Filesystem
533 - if (!$this->init_filesystem()) {
534 - $result['message'] = 'Could not initialize WordPress filesystem.';
535 - return $result;
536 - }
1140 + // Write new content using WP_Filesystem
1141 + if (!$this->init_filesystem()) {
1142 + $result['message'] = 'Could not initialize WordPress filesystem.';
1143 + return $result;
1144 + }
537 1145
538 - $write_success = $this->filesystem->put_contents($llms_file, $content, FS_CHMOD_FILE);
1146 + if (!$this->filesystem->put_contents($llms_file, $content, FS_CHMOD_FILE)) {
1147 + $result['message'] = 'Failed to write llms.txt file.';
1148 + return $result;
1149 + }
539 1150
540 - if ($write_success) {
541 - $result['success'] = true;
542 - $result['message'] = 'LLMs.txt file written successfully.';
543 - $result['bytes_written'] = strlen($content);
1151 + $result['success'] = true;
1152 + $result['message'] = 'LLMs.txt file written successfully.';
1153 + $result['bytes_written'] = strlen($content);
544 1154
545 - // Pin the served charset to UTF-8. Best effort: a site without a
546 - // writable .htaccess (or not on Apache/LiteSpeed) still gets a
547 - // correctly written file, so this must never fail the publish.
548 - $result['charset_pinned'] = $this->sync_htaccess_charset();
1155 + // Pin the served charset to UTF-8. Best effort: a site without a
1156 + // writable .htaccess (or not on Apache/LiteSpeed) still gets a
1157 + // correctly written file, so this must never fail the publish.
1158 + $result['charset_pinned'] = $this->sync_htaccess_charset();
549 1159
550 - // Invalidate file status cache since file has changed
551 - delete_transient('thinkrank_llms_file_status');
552 - } else {
553 - $result['message'] = 'Failed to write llms.txt file.';
554 - }
1160 + // Keep the stored copy in step with the file so a later switch to
1161 + // dynamic delivery serves the same document.
1162 + $this->store_published_content($content);
555 1163
556 - return $result;
1164 + // Detection said this server reads the .htaccess block. Check what the
1165 + // public URL really answers with before leaving the file in place — on a
1166 + // reverse-proxied stack the detection describes the wrong server (#493).
1167 + return $this->verify_static_delivery($result);
557 1168 }
558 1169
559 1170 /**
1171 + * Persist the published document and bust the caches that mirror it.
1172 + *
1173 + * @since 2.1.0
1174 + *
1175 + * @param string $content Published llms.txt content.
1176 + * @return void
1177 + */
1178 + private function store_published_content(string $content): void {
1179 + update_option(self::CONTENT_OPTION, $content, false);
1180 + update_option(self::PUBLISHED_AT_OPTION, time(), false);
1181 +
1182 + // Invalidate file status cache since the published document has changed
1183 + delete_transient('thinkrank_llms_file_status');
1184 +
1185 + $this->purge_llms_txt_caches();
1186 + }
1187 +
1188 + /**
560 1189 * Get LLMs.txt file status and information
561 1190 *
562 1191 * @since 1.0.0
563 1192 *
@@ -574,36 +1203,69 @@
574 1203 }
575 1204 }
576 1205
577 1206 $llms_file = ABSPATH . 'llms.txt';
1207 + $mode = $this->resolve_delivery_mode();
578 1208
1209 + // A site that published before this check existed — or whose server has
1210 + // changed under it — has never had its delivery confirmed. Do it here so
1211 + // an already-broken install heals without waiting for a republish; the
1212 + // recorded verdict and the status cache keep it to a couple of requests
1213 + // a day at most.
1214 + if ('static' === $mode && file_exists($llms_file) && $this->delivery_probe_is_due()) {
1215 + $this->verify_static_delivery(['message' => '']);
1216 + $mode = $this->resolve_delivery_mode();
1217 + }
1218 +
1219 + $stored = $this->get_published_content();
1220 +
579 1221 $status = [
580 1222 'file_exists' => file_exists($llms_file),
581 - 'file_path' => $llms_file,
1223 + // Whether /llms.txt is actually being served, either mode. Prefer
1224 + // this over file_exists, which is only meaningful in static mode.
1225 + 'published' => $this->is_published(),
1226 + 'delivery_mode' => $mode,
1227 + 'file_path' => 'dynamic' === $mode ? '' : $llms_file,
582 1228 'file_url' => home_url('/llms.txt'),
583 1229 'writable' => $this->is_directory_writable(dirname($llms_file)),
1230 + // Non-empty only when the site is on static delivery that the server
1231 + // is known to answer without a charset — i.e. an explicit `static`
1232 + // the plugin will not overrule, which is the user's to fix.
1233 + 'delivery_warning' => 'static' === $mode && $this->static_delivery_drops_charset()
1234 + ? self::STATIC_CHARSET_WARNING
1235 + : '',
584 1236 'last_modified' => null,
585 1237 'file_size' => null,
586 1238 'content_preview' => ''
587 1239 ];
588 1240
1241 + $content = null;
1242 +
589 1243 if ($status['file_exists']) {
590 1244 $status['last_modified'] = filemtime($llms_file);
591 1245 $status['file_size'] = filesize($llms_file);
592 1246
593 - // Get content preview (first 200 characters) with size safety
594 1247 $read_result = $this->safe_file_read($llms_file);
595 1248 if ($read_result['success']) {
596 - $status['content_preview'] = substr($read_result['content'], 0, 200);
597 - if (strlen($read_result['content']) > 200) {
598 - $status['content_preview'] .= '...';
599 - }
1249 + $content = $read_result['content'];
600 1250 } else {
601 1251 $status['content_preview'] = 'Error: ' . $read_result['error'];
602 1252 $status['read_error'] = $read_result['error'];
603 1253 }
1254 + } elseif ('' !== trim($stored)) {
1255 + $published_at = (int) get_option(self::PUBLISHED_AT_OPTION, 0);
1256 + $status['last_modified'] = $published_at > 0 ? $published_at : null;
1257 + $status['file_size'] = strlen($stored);
1258 + $content = $stored;
604 1259 }
605 1260
1261 + if (null !== $content) {
1262 + // Get content preview (first 200 characters) with size safety
1263 + // substr()/strlen() count BYTES, so this cut a multibyte character
1264 + // in half and shipped an invalid UTF-8 sequence in the preview (#687).
1265 + $status['content_preview'] = \ThinkRank\Core\Seo_Text::trim_to_length($content, 200);
1266 + }
1267 +
606 1268 // Cache the result for 5 minutes to improve performance
607 1269 set_transient($cache_key, $status, 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS);
608 1270
609 1271 return $status;
@@ -748,13 +1410,15 @@
748 1410 * Override parent sanitize_settings to preserve line breaks in link fields
749 1411 *
750 1412 * @since 1.0.0
751 1413 *
752 - * @param array $settings Settings to sanitize
1414 + * @param array $settings Settings to sanitize
1415 + * @param string $context_type Context the save is for.
753 1416 * @return array Sanitized settings
754 1417 */
755 - protected function sanitize_settings(array $settings): array {
1418 + protected function sanitize_settings(array $settings, string $context_type = 'site'): array {
756 1419 $sanitized = [];
1420 + $known = $this->get_known_setting_keys($context_type);
757 1421
758 1422 // Fields that should preserve line breaks
759 1423 $preserve_linebreaks = [
760 1424 'documentation_links',
@@ -771,8 +1435,27 @@
771 1435
772 1436 foreach ($settings as $key => $value) {
773 1437 $sanitized_key = sanitize_key($key);
774 1438
1439 + // Never store the REST envelope back as settings (see
1440 + // Abstract_Seo_Manager::RESERVED_ENVELOPE_KEYS).
1441 + if (in_array($sanitized_key, self::RESERVED_ENVELOPE_KEYS, true)) {
1442 + continue;
1443 + }
1444 +
1445 + // And nothing this manager does not declare (#452).
1446 + if (!$this->is_known_setting_key($sanitized_key, $known)) {
1447 + continue;
1448 + }
1449 +
1450 + // Constrain the delivery mode to the known enum so an unexpected
1451 + // value falls back to auto-detection rather than being stored.
1452 + if ('delivery_mode' === $sanitized_key) {
1453 + $mode = is_string($value) ? sanitize_key($value) : '';
1454 + $sanitized[$sanitized_key] = in_array($mode, self::DELIVERY_MODES, true) ? $mode : 'auto';
1455 + continue;
1456 + }
1457 +
775 1458 if (is_string($value)) {
776 1459 if (in_array($key, $preserve_linebreaks, true)) {
777 1460 // Use our custom sanitization that preserves line breaks
778 1461 if (in_array($key, ['documentation_links', 'technical_links', 'optional_links', 'custom_sections'], true)) {
@@ -916,11 +1599,20 @@
916 1599 }
917 1600
918 1601 // Check key features quality
919 1602 if (!empty($user_input['key_features'])) {
920 - $features = explode("\n", $user_input['key_features']);
921 - $feature_count = count(array_filter($features, 'trim'));
1603 + // The same splitter the generated file uses, so the count reported
1604 + // here and the bullets written out can never disagree (#765).
1605 + $feature_count = count(self::split_key_features((string) $user_input['key_features']));
922 1606
1607 + // A single line containing commas is ambiguous: it is either a
1608 + // legacy comma-separated list or one feature with a comma in it.
1609 + // Rather than guess and risk publishing "and Etsy" as a feature,
1610 + // say so and let the author decide.
1611 + if (self::looks_like_comma_list((string) $user_input['key_features'])) {
1612 + $validation['suggestions'][] = 'Put each key feature on its own line. Commas are treated as part of a feature, not as separators.';
1613 + }
1614 +
923 1615 if ($feature_count < 3) {
924 1616 $validation['warnings'][] = 'Consider adding more key features (3-8 recommended) for comprehensive AI understanding';
925 1617 $validation['score'] -= 10;
926 1618 } elseif ($feature_count > 10) {
@@ -1236,12 +1928,16 @@
1236 1928 $validation['score'] -= 5;
1237 1929 }
1238 1930 }
1239 1931
1240 - // Check file permissions if enabled
1241 - if (!empty($settings['enabled'])) {
1932 + // Check file permissions if enabled. Only the static delivery mode needs
1933 + // a writable root — dynamic delivery keeps the document in the database.
1934 + $mode = $this->resolve_delivery_mode(
1935 + isset($settings['delivery_mode']) ? (string) $settings['delivery_mode'] : null
1936 + );
1937 + if (!empty($settings['enabled']) && 'static' === $mode) {
1242 1938 if (!$this->is_directory_writable(ABSPATH)) {
1243 - $validation['warnings'][] = 'WordPress root directory is not writable, llms.txt cannot be automatically managed';
1939 + $validation['warnings'][] = 'WordPress root directory is not writable, llms.txt cannot be automatically managed. Switch delivery to "Served by WordPress" to publish without writing a file.';
1244 1940 $validation['score'] -= 10;
1245 1941 }
1246 1942 }
1247 1943
@@ -1276,9 +1972,10 @@
1276 1972
1277 1973 // Get file status
1278 1974 $output['file_status'] = $this->get_llms_txt_status();
1279 1975
1280 - // If file exists, get current content safely
1976 + // If a file is published, get its current content safely; otherwise fall
1977 + // back to the stored document that dynamic delivery serves.
1281 1978 if ($output['file_status']['file_exists']) {
1282 1979 $llms_file = ABSPATH . 'llms.txt';
1283 1980 $read_result = $this->safe_file_read($llms_file);
1284 1981 if ($read_result['success']) {
@@ -1286,8 +1983,10 @@
1286 1983 } else {
1287 1984 $output['llms_txt_content'] = '';
1288 1985 $output['file_read_error'] = $read_result['error'];
1289 1986 }
1987 + } else {
1988 + $output['llms_txt_content'] = $this->get_published_content();
1290 1989 }
1291 1990
1292 1991 // Add metadata
1293 1992 $output['metadata'] = [
@@ -1319,8 +2018,9 @@
1319 2018 'development_approach' => '',
1320 2019 'setup_instructions' => '',
1321 2020 'ai_context_custom' => '',
1322 2021 'auto_generate' => false,
2022 + 'delivery_mode' => 'auto',
1323 2023 'last_generated' => null,
1324 2024 // Structured sections for llms.txt spec compliance
1325 2025 'documentation_links' => '',
1326 2026 'technical_links' => '',
@@ -1373,9 +2073,9 @@
1373 2073 ],
1374 2074 'key_features' => [
1375 2075 'type' => 'string',
1376 2076 'title' => 'Key Features',
1377 - 'description' => 'Main features and functionality of your website',
2077 + 'description' => 'Main features and functionality of your website. One feature per line: a comma is treated as part of a feature, not as a separator.',
1378 2078 'default' => '',
1379 2079 'maxLength' => 500
1380 2080 ],
1381 2081 'target_audience' => [
@@ -1425,8 +2125,15 @@
1425 2125 'title' => 'Auto-generate',
1426 2126 'description' => 'Automatically regenerate llms.txt when settings change',
1427 2127 'default' => false
1428 2128 ],
2129 + 'delivery_mode' => [
2130 + 'type' => 'string',
2131 + 'title' => 'Delivery Method',
2132 + 'description' => 'How /llms.txt is served: "static" writes a physical file the web server answers, "dynamic" keeps the document in WordPress and serves it from PHP as UTF-8, "auto" picks static on Apache/LiteSpeed and dynamic elsewhere.',
2133 + 'enum' => self::DELIVERY_MODES,
2134 + 'default' => 'auto'
2135 + ],
1429 2136 'last_generated' => [
1430 2137 'type' => 'string',
1431 2138 'title' => 'Last Generated',
1432 2139 'description' => 'Timestamp of last generation',
@@ -1476,8 +2183,243 @@
1476 2183 return "> " . $description . "\n\n";
1477 2184 }
1478 2185
1479 2186 /**
2187 + * Split the Key Features field into individual features.
2188 + *
2189 + * One feature per line. Commas used to be delimiters too, which meant a
2190 + * single feature that happened to contain one — "Collect reviews from
2191 + * Trustpilot, Google, and Etsy" — was published as three bullets, one of
2192 + * them reading "and Etsy" (#765). Validation counted by newline only, so
2193 + * it reported one feature while the file showed three and never flagged
2194 + * the split.
2195 + *
2196 + * Commas are not a fallback delimiter even when the value has no newlines.
2197 + * A comma inside a feature is ordinary prose and far more likely than a
2198 + * deliberate comma-separated list, and guessing wrong publishes mangled
2199 + * text to the file AI crawlers read. A single-line value with commas is
2200 + * kept whole and validate_content_quality() suggests splitting it, which
2201 + * tells the user what to do instead of quietly deciding for them.
2202 + *
2203 + * The one splitter both generation and validation use, so the file and the
2204 + * feature count can no longer disagree.
2205 + *
2206 + * @since 2.10.0
2207 + *
2208 + * @param string $key_features Raw field value.
2209 + * @return string[] Trimmed features, empties removed.
2210 + */
2211 + public static function split_key_features(string $key_features): array {
2212 + $features = preg_split('/[\r\n]+/', $key_features);
2213 +
2214 + if (!is_array($features)) {
2215 + return [];
2216 + }
2217 +
2218 + $features = array_map('trim', $features);
2219 +
2220 + return array_values(array_filter($features, static fn(string $f): bool => '' !== $f));
2221 + }
2222 +
2223 + /**
2224 + * Whether a value looks like the old comma-separated list.
2225 + *
2226 + * One line, and a comma in it. That is either a legacy list saved before
2227 + * newlines became the delimiter, or a single feature containing a comma —
2228 + * indistinguishable from the outside, which is exactly why this prompts
2229 + * rather than splits.
2230 + *
2231 + * @since 2.10.0
2232 + *
2233 + * @param string $key_features Raw field value.
2234 + * @return bool
2235 + */
2236 + public static function looks_like_comma_list(string $key_features): bool {
2237 + $trimmed = trim($key_features);
2238 +
2239 + if ('' === $trimmed || false !== strpbrk($trimmed, "\r\n")) {
2240 + return false;
2241 + }
2242 +
2243 + return false !== strpos($trimmed, ',');
2244 + }
2245 +
2246 + /**
2247 + * Turn a single-line comma list into one feature per line.
2248 + *
2249 + * Returns null when the value is not something to convert: it already has
2250 + * line breaks, has no comma, or reads as one feature containing a series.
2251 + *
2252 + * Only for text that was written under a comma rule: values saved before
2253 + * newlines became the only delimiter (see
2254 + * {@see self::maybe_migrate_legacy_key_features()}), and AI replies that
2255 + * ignored the one-per-line instruction. Typed input never goes through
2256 + * this; split_key_features() still keeps a comma inside a feature (#765).
2257 + *
2258 + * A series is the one shape the old rule demonstrably mangled: "Collect
2259 + * reviews from Trustpilot, Google, and Etsy" became three bullets, the
2260 + * last reading "and Etsy". So a value is left whole when a segment after
2261 + * the first opens with a conjunction (the Oxford form), or when the final
2262 + * segment carries one ("..., Google and Etsy", the form the field's own
2263 + * placeholder uses). A plain list that happens to end "X and Y" is left
2264 + * whole too; validation still suggests splitting it, and one intact bullet
2265 + * is the safer wrong answer than a sentence cut into fragments.
2266 + *
2267 + * A comma between digits ("1,000 templates") is a thousands separator,
2268 + * not a delimiter.
2269 + *
2270 + * @since 2.10.0
2271 + *
2272 + * @param string $key_features Raw value.
2273 + * @return string|null Newline-separated features, or null to leave as is.
2274 + */
2275 + public static function comma_list_to_lines(string $key_features): ?string {
2276 + if (!self::looks_like_comma_list($key_features)) {
2277 + return null;
2278 + }
2279 +
2280 + $segments = preg_split('/\s*,(?!\d)\s*/', trim($key_features));
2281 +
2282 + if (!is_array($segments)) {
2283 + return null;
2284 + }
2285 +
2286 + $segments = array_values(array_filter(
2287 + array_map('trim', $segments),
2288 + static fn(string $s): bool => '' !== $s
2289 + ));
2290 +
2291 + if (count($segments) < 2) {
2292 + return null;
2293 + }
2294 +
2295 + foreach (array_slice($segments, 1) as $segment) {
2296 + if (preg_match('/^(?:(?:and|or|nor|plus)\b|&)/i', $segment)) {
2297 + return null;
2298 + }
2299 + }
2300 +
2301 + if (preg_match('/\s(?:and|or|&)\s/i', (string) end($segments))) {
2302 + return null;
2303 + }
2304 +
2305 + return implode("\n", $segments);
2306 + }
2307 +
2308 + /**
2309 + * Coerce an AI reply for Key Features into the one-per-line field value.
2310 + *
2311 + * The prompt asks for one feature per line, but models still answer with a
2312 + * JSON array or a comma-separated line. An array went through
2313 + * sanitize_textarea_field() as '' and the field silently kept its old
2314 + * value; a comma line was published as a single bullet now that commas are
2315 + * not delimiters. Both are normalised to lines here, before sanitising.
2316 + *
2317 + * @since 2.10.0
2318 + *
2319 + * @param mixed $value Decoded `key_features` from the reply.
2320 + * @return string Sanitised, newline-separated features.
2321 + */
2322 + public static function normalize_ai_key_features($value): string {
2323 + if (is_array($value)) {
2324 + $features = [];
2325 + foreach ($value as $item) {
2326 + if (is_scalar($item)) {
2327 + $item = trim((string) $item);
2328 + if ('' !== $item) {
2329 + $features[] = $item;
2330 + }
2331 + }
2332 + }
2333 + $value = implode("\n", $features);
2334 + } elseif (!is_scalar($value)) {
2335 + return '';
2336 + }
2337 +
2338 + $value = (string) $value;
2339 + $lines = self::comma_list_to_lines($value);
2340 +
2341 + return sanitize_textarea_field(null === $lines ? $value : $lines);
2342 + }
2343 +
2344 + /**
2345 + * Convert a Key Features value saved under the old comma rule, once.
2346 + *
2347 + * Up to 2.9.0 a comma separated features, so a site that saved
2348 + * "SEO audits, Schema markup, XML sitemaps" published three bullets. After
2349 + * #765 made newlines the only delimiter the same stored value regenerates
2350 + * as one bullet holding the whole line, a silent change to the file AI
2351 + * crawlers read. Rewriting the stored value as lines keeps that site's
2352 + * output what it was, in the form the field now documents.
2353 + *
2354 + * A migration rather than a runtime fallback on purpose: a fallback would
2355 + * keep treating commas as delimiters for every single-line value forever,
2356 + * which is the #765 bug. Here only values that were saved while commas
2357 + * really were delimiters are touched, exactly once; anything typed after
2358 + * this has run follows the new rule. comma_list_to_lines() still leaves a
2359 + * series such as the #765 value whole.
2360 + *
2361 + * Version-gated like Settings::retire_seeded_ai_provider(), and the marker
2362 + * is written first so a site that fails the write does not retry on every
2363 + * admin request. The activator records it on a fresh install.
2364 + *
2365 + * @since 2.10.0
2366 + *
2367 + * @return void
2368 + */
2369 + public static function maybe_migrate_legacy_key_features(): void {
2370 + if (get_option(self::KEY_FEATURES_MIGRATION_OPTION) === self::KEY_FEATURES_MIGRATION_VERSION) {
2371 + return;
2372 + }
2373 +
2374 + update_option(self::KEY_FEATURES_MIGRATION_OPTION, self::KEY_FEATURES_MIGRATION_VERSION, true);
2375 +
2376 + (new static())->migrate_stored_key_features();
2377 + }
2378 +
2379 + /**
2380 + * Rewrite the stored Key Features as lines when it is a legacy comma list.
2381 + *
2382 + * @since 2.10.0
2383 + *
2384 + * @return bool True when a value was converted and saved.
2385 + */
2386 + public function migrate_stored_key_features(): bool {
2387 + $stored = $this->get_stored_settings('site');
2388 +
2389 + if (!isset($stored['key_features']) || !is_string($stored['key_features'])) {
2390 + return false;
2391 + }
2392 +
2393 + $lines = self::comma_list_to_lines($stored['key_features']);
2394 +
2395 + if (null === $lines) {
2396 + return false;
2397 + }
2398 +
2399 + // validate_settings() rejects a payload without `enabled`, so carry the
2400 + // stored flag along. Written through the base save, not this class's,
2401 + // which would also reconcile the delivery mode: a stored-value rewrite
2402 + // must not republish anything.
2403 + return $this->write_migrated_key_features([
2404 + 'enabled' => $stored['enabled'] ?? true,
2405 + 'key_features' => $lines,
2406 + ]);
2407 + }
2408 +
2409 + /**
2410 + * Persist the converted value. Separate so tests can observe the write.
2411 + *
2412 + * @since 2.10.0
2413 + *
2414 + * @param array $settings `enabled` and `key_features`.
2415 + * @return bool
2416 + */
2417 + protected function write_migrated_key_features(array $settings): bool {
2418 + return parent::save_settings('site', null, $settings);
2419 + }
2420 +
2421 + /**
1480 2422 * Build additional details section
1481 2423 *
1482 2424 * @since 1.0.0
1483 2425 *
@@ -1495,18 +2437,10 @@
1495 2437 }
1496 2438
1497 2439 if (!empty($key_features)) {
1498 2440 $content .= "**Key Features:**\n";
1499 - // The UI field is a multi-line textarea and validation counts by
1500 - // newline, so split on newlines (and still tolerate commas) rather
1501 - // than commas only — otherwise newline-separated input collapses
1502 - // into one broken bullet.
1503 - $features = preg_split('/[\r\n,]+/', $key_features);
1504 - foreach ($features as $feature) {
1505 - $feature = trim($feature);
1506 - if (!empty($feature)) {
1507 - $content .= "- " . $feature . "\n";
1508 - }
2441 + foreach (self::split_key_features($key_features) as $feature) {
2442 + $content .= "- " . $feature . "\n";
1509 2443 }
1510 2444 $content .= "\n";
1511 2445 }
1512 2446
@@ -1540,9 +2474,9 @@
1540 2474 $content .= "- [Technical Stack]({$website_url}): Built with {$stack}\n";
1541 2475 }
1542 2476
1543 2477 if (!empty($user_input['development_approach'])) {
1544 - $approach_summary = wp_trim_words($user_input['development_approach'], 10);
2478 + $approach_summary = \ThinkRank\Core\Seo_Text::trim_words($user_input['development_approach'], 10);
1545 2479 $content .= "- [Development Guidelines]({$website_url}): {$approach_summary}\n";
1546 2480 }
1547 2481
1548 2482 // Add robots.txt reference