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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 +281 -19 2.3.0 → 2.11.0 View file →
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@
90 90 ],
91 91 'key_features' => [
92 92 'title' => 'Key Features',
93 93 'required' => true,
94 - '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.',
95 95 'max_length' => 300
96 96 ],
97 97 'architecture' => [
98 98 'title' => 'Architecture & Components',
@@ -203,8 +203,20 @@
203 203 */
204 204 private const DELIVERY_MODES = ['auto', 'static', 'dynamic'];
205 205
206 206 /**
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 + /**
207 219 * Business type templates for content generation
208 220 *
209 221 * @since 1.0.0
210 222 * @var array
@@ -296,8 +308,13 @@
296 308 'validation' => [],
297 309 'file_info' => []
298 310 ];
299 311
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 +
300 317 // Get current settings
301 318 $settings = $this->get_settings('site');
302 319
303 320 // Merge saved settings underneath the provided input so that empty or
@@ -541,8 +558,18 @@
541 558 if ('static' === $mode || 'dynamic' === $mode) {
542 559 return $mode;
543 560 }
544 561
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 +
545 572 // $is_apache also covers LiteSpeed, which reads .htaccess the same way.
546 573 if (empty($GLOBALS['is_apache'])) {
547 574 return 'dynamic';
548 575 }
@@ -1232,12 +1259,11 @@
1232 1259 }
1233 1260
1234 1261 if (null !== $content) {
1235 1262 // Get content preview (first 200 characters) with size safety
1236 - $status['content_preview'] = substr($content, 0, 200);
1237 - if (strlen($content) > 200) {
1238 - $status['content_preview'] .= '...';
1239 - }
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);
1240 1266 }
1241 1267
1242 1268 // Cache the result for 5 minutes to improve performance
1243 1269 set_transient($cache_key, $status, 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS);
@@ -1573,11 +1599,20 @@
1573 1599 }
1574 1600
1575 1601 // Check key features quality
1576 1602 if (!empty($user_input['key_features'])) {
1577 - $features = explode("\n", $user_input['key_features']);
1578 - $feature_count = count(array_filter($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']));
1579 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 + $validation['suggestions'][] = 'Put each key feature on its own line. Commas are treated as part of a feature, not as separators.';
1613 + }
1614 +
1580 1615 if ($feature_count < 3) {
1581 1616 $validation['warnings'][] = 'Consider adding more key features (3-8 recommended) for comprehensive AI understanding';
1582 1617 $validation['score'] -= 10;
1583 1618 } elseif ($feature_count > 10) {
@@ -2038,9 +2073,9 @@
2038 2073 ],
2039 2074 'key_features' => [
2040 2075 'type' => 'string',
2041 2076 'title' => 'Key Features',
2042 - '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.',
2043 2078 'default' => '',
2044 2079 'maxLength' => 500
2045 2080 ],
2046 2081 'target_audience' => [
@@ -2148,8 +2183,243 @@
2148 2183 return "> " . $description . "\n\n";
2149 2184 }
2150 2185
2151 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, $settings);
2419 + }
2420 +
2421 + /**
2152 2422 * Build additional details section
2153 2423 *
2154 2424 * @since 1.0.0
2155 2425 *
@@ -2167,18 +2437,10 @@
2167 2437 }
2168 2438
2169 2439 if (!empty($key_features)) {
2170 2440 $content .= "**Key Features:**\n";
2171 - // The UI field is a multi-line textarea and validation counts by
2172 - // newline, so split on newlines (and still tolerate commas) rather
2173 - // than commas only — otherwise newline-separated input collapses
2174 - // into one broken bullet.
2175 - $features = preg_split('/[\r\n,]+/', $key_features);
2176 - foreach ($features as $feature) {
2177 - $feature = trim($feature);
2178 - if (!empty($feature)) {
2179 - $content .= "- " . $feature . "\n";
2180 - }
2441 + foreach (self::split_key_features($key_features) as $feature) {
2442 + $content .= "- " . $feature . "\n";
2181 2443 }
2182 2444 $content .= "\n";
2183 2445 }
2184 2446
@@ -2212,9 +2474,9 @@
2212 2474 $content .= "- [Technical Stack]({$website_url}): Built with {$stack}\n";
2213 2475 }
2214 2476
2215 2477 if (!empty($user_input['development_approach'])) {
2216 - $approach_summary = wp_trim_words($user_input['development_approach'], 10);
2478 + $approach_summary = \ThinkRank\Core\Seo_Text::trim_words($user_input['development_approach'], 10);
2217 2479 $content .= "- [Development Guidelines]({$website_url}): {$approach_summary}\n";
2218 2480 }
2219 2481
2220 2482 // Add robots.txt reference