| @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ | ||
| 3 | 3 | Tags: seo, ai seo, schema, xml sitemap, google search console |
| 4 | 4 | Requires at least: 6.0 |
| 5 | 5 | Tested up to: 7.1 |
| 6 | 6 | Requires PHP: 7.4 |
| 7 | -Stable tag: 2.8.0 | |
| 7 | +Stable tag: 2.14.1 | |
| 8 | 8 | License: GPLv2 or later |
| 9 | 9 | License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html |
| 10 | 10 | |
| 11 | 11 | WordPress SEO plugin with AI SEO: meta descriptions, schema, XML sitemaps, Search Console, llms.txt, AEO & GEO. Your AI SEO assistant runs it via MCP. |
| @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ | ||
| 18 | 18 | |
| 19 | 19 | * **Your assistant runs it directly.** A built-in, self-hosted MCP server connects your AI assistant - no companion plugin, no terminal. No other WordPress SEO plugin ships one. |
| 20 | 20 | * **Every AI feature is included at a flat price, with no credit meter.** Bring your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, OpenRouter): no monthly AI credits to buy, meter, or watch expire - in free and in Pro alike. |
| 21 | 21 | |
| 22 | -Switching? The Setup Wizard **imports your data from Yoast SEO, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, and Squirrly SEO**. ThinkRank works where you build - **Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Oxygen/Breakdance, and the Classic Editor** - and on multilingual sites running **WPML, Polylang or TranslatePress**. | |
| 22 | +Switching? The Setup Wizard **imports your data from Yoast SEO, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress, Squirrly SEO, and Slim SEO**. ThinkRank works where you build - **Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Oxygen/Breakdance, and the Classic Editor** - and on multilingual sites running **WPML, Polylang or TranslatePress**. | |
| 23 | 23 | |
| 24 | 24 | = Watch: SEO in the Assistant Era = |
| 25 | 25 | |
| 26 | 26 | SEO creator WP Simple Hacks on how AI assistants and answer engines are changing day-to-day SEO work: |
| @@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ | ||
| 35 | 35 | * **Ask for SEO in plain language:** "Write an SEO title and meta description for this post", "Which posts are missing SEO metadata?", "Add FAQ schema to this page", "Check Search Console opportunities for pages with high impressions and low CTR." |
| 36 | 36 | * **35+ SEO tools** exposed over MCP - metadata, schema, site identity, sitemaps, robots.txt and robots meta, image SEO, social meta, instant indexing, llms.txt, SEO scores and opportunities. |
| 37 | 37 | * **Safe by default** - off until an admin enables it, revocable in one click, with a connection health check and dry-run previews of SEO imports. |
| 38 | 38 | |
| 39 | -= Migrate from Rank Math, Yoast SEO, AIOSEO, SEOPress or Squirrly = | |
| 39 | += Migrate from Rank Math, Yoast SEO, AIOSEO, SEOPress, Squirrly or Slim SEO = | |
| 40 | 40 | |
| 41 | -The Setup Wizard detects your current SEO plugin and imports metadata, schema, sitemap, image SEO and title-format settings from **Rank Math SEO, Yoast SEO, All in One SEO (AIOSEO), SEOPress, and Squirrly SEO** - then deactivates the old plugin once its data is safely migrated. | |
| 41 | +The Setup Wizard detects your current SEO plugin and imports metadata, schema, sitemap, image SEO and title-format settings from **Rank Math SEO, Yoast SEO, All in One SEO (AIOSEO), SEOPress, Squirrly SEO, and Slim SEO** - then deactivates the old plugin once its data is safely migrated. | |
| 42 | 42 | |
| 43 | 43 | Looking for a **Rank Math, Yoast SEO, AIOSEO or SEOPress alternative** because of upsell notices, metered AI credits or per-site pricing? This migration path is built for exactly that switch. |
| 44 | 44 | |
| 45 | 45 | = AI SEO Metadata Generator: Meta Tags, SEO Titles and Meta Descriptions = |
| @@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ | ||
| 136 | 136 | * AI SEO titles and meta descriptions, schema markup and structured data, XML sitemaps, robots.txt and llms.txt in one plugin |
| 137 | 137 | * A Site SEO Analyzer that needs no Google connection, and accurate SEO scores on Elementor, Divi and Oxygen/Breakdance pages |
| 138 | 138 | * AEO and GEO groundwork for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews |
| 139 | 139 | * Multilingual SEO with correct hreflang for WPML and Polylang |
| 140 | -* One-click migration from Rank Math, Yoast SEO, AIOSEO, SEOPress and Squirrly SEO | |
| 140 | +* One-click migration from Rank Math, Yoast SEO, AIOSEO, SEOPress, Squirrly SEO and Slim SEO | |
| 141 | 141 | * Built for bloggers, publishers, agencies, WooCommerce stores and teams that work through an AI assistant |
| 142 | 142 | |
| 143 | 143 | == Installation == |
| 144 | 144 | |
| @@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ | ||
| 154 | 154 | 4. Run the ThinkRank Setup Wizard. |
| 155 | 155 | |
| 156 | 156 | **Setup Workflow** |
| 157 | 157 | 1. Open the ThinkRank Setup Wizard. |
| 158 | -2. Import existing SEO data from Rank Math, Yoast SEO, AIOSEO, SEOPress, or Squirrly SEO if needed. | |
| 158 | +2. Import existing SEO data from Rank Math, Yoast SEO, AIOSEO, SEOPress, Squirrly SEO, or Slim SEO if needed. | |
| 159 | 159 | 3. Choose your AI provider and enter your API key for AI features. |
| 160 | 160 | 4. Configure metadata, schema, XML sitemaps, robots meta, canonical URLs, social meta, Search Console, GA4, and llms.txt. |
| 161 | 161 | 5. (Optional) Enable the MCP server under ThinkRank → MCP and connect Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor. |
| 162 | 162 | |
| @@ -247,11 +247,11 @@ | ||
| 247 | 247 | = Is ThinkRank a Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO or SEOPress alternative? = |
| 248 | 248 | |
| 249 | 249 | Yes. ThinkRank covers the core SEO those plugins cover - metadata, schema, XML sitemaps, robots meta, canonical URLs, Search Console and GA4 insights - plus two things they don't sell at any price: an AI-assistant connection that operates the plugin directly, and AI features at a flat price with your own key instead of metered credits. The Setup Wizard imports your existing Rank Math, Yoast, AIOSEO, or SEOPress data and can deactivate the old plugin once migration completes. |
| 250 | 250 | |
| 251 | -= Can I migrate from AIOSEO, SEOPress or Squirrly SEO? = | |
| 251 | += Can I migrate from AIOSEO, SEOPress, Squirrly SEO or Slim SEO? = | |
| 252 | 252 | |
| 253 | -Yes. ThinkRank's Setup Wizard imports supported SEO data from All in One SEO (AIOSEO), SEOPress and Squirrly SEO, along with Rank Math and Yoast SEO - including title formats, Knowledge Graph details, role permissions, author archive settings, IndexNow keys, breadcrumb settings, and social defaults. | |
| 253 | +Yes. ThinkRank's Setup Wizard imports supported SEO data from All in One SEO (AIOSEO), SEOPress, Squirrly SEO and Slim SEO (including Slim SEO Pro's focus keywords and schemas), along with Rank Math and Yoast SEO - including title formats, Knowledge Graph details, role permissions, author archive settings, IndexNow keys, breadcrumb settings, and social defaults. | |
| 254 | 254 | |
| 255 | 255 | = Does ThinkRank include a redirect manager, 404 monitor, or internal linking? = |
| 256 | 256 | |
| 257 | 257 | Redirect management, 404 monitoring, the broken link checker, and AI internal linking are available in ThinkRank Pro. The free plugin shows these sections with an option to upgrade. |
| @@ -284,8 +284,12 @@ | ||
| 284 | 284 | * Anthropic (api.anthropic.com): [Terms](https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms), [Privacy](https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy) |
| 285 | 285 | * Google Gemini (generativelanguage.googleapis.com): [Terms](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms), [Privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) |
| 286 | 286 | * OpenRouter (openrouter.ai): [Terms](https://openrouter.ai/terms), [Privacy](https://openrouter.ai/privacy) |
| 287 | 287 | |
| 288 | += OpenAI-compatible endpoint you configure = | |
| 289 | + | |
| 290 | +Optional. If you choose the "Custom endpoint" AI provider and enter a base URL, the AI features above send the same content - and the API key you enter, if any - to that URL instead of to a provider above. Nothing is sent until you configure it, and where it goes is entirely your choice: a model on your own server (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM), your Azure OpenAI deployment, your company gateway, or a hosted service. ThinkRank has no relationship with that endpoint, so its own terms and privacy policy apply. | |
| 291 | + | |
| 288 | 292 | = ThinkRank Google connection (api.thinkrank.ai) = |
| 289 | 293 | |
| 290 | 294 | Clicking Connect Google (Search Console, GA4) signs in through api.thinkrank.ai, which holds ThinkRank's Google app credentials. It receives your site URL and a one-time sign-in code on connect, and your Google refresh token whenever the access token is renewed. [Terms](https://thinkrank.ai/terms-and-conditions/), [Privacy](https://thinkrank.ai/privacy-policy/) |
| 291 | 295 | |
| @@ -322,76 +326,78 @@ | ||
| 322 | 326 | 9. AI Content Brief Generator with competitor analysis and content gaps. |
| 323 | 327 | |
| 324 | 328 | == Changelog == |
| 325 | 329 | |
| 326 | -= 2.8.0 = | |
| 327 | -Release Date: 2026-09-21 | |
| 330 | += 2.14.1 = | |
| 331 | +Release Date: 2026-10-07 | |
| 328 | 332 | |
| 329 | -- New: Import your SEO data from Squirrly SEO | |
| 330 | -- Improved: Email reports redesigned, with site traffic and AI assistant cards when connected | |
| 331 | -- Changed: Email reports pause until Search Console is connected, and the panel says so | |
| 332 | -- Changed: Email report subjects lead with your Google clicks and their change | |
| 333 | -- Fixed: Migrations discarded imported title formats and the default social image | |
| 334 | -- Fixed: Migrations lost category and tag noindex, focus keywords and social fields | |
| 335 | -- Fixed: Re-scan on the Migration screen now finds newly installed SEO plugins | |
| 336 | -- Fixed: Minor migration issues with sparse snapshots, deleted content and sitemap exclusions | |
| 333 | +- Improved: AI Provider settings no longer repeat the sidebar's setup and privacy cards | |
| 334 | +- Fixed: Redeploying schema no longer removes your Organization when a logo is set | |
| 335 | +- Fixed: Sitemaps and IndexNow no longer submit noindexed or redirected URLs | |
| 336 | +- Fixed: The sitemap index drops sitemaps from a plugin that was just deactivated | |
| 337 | +- Fixed: Breakdance and Oxygen 6 pages are read as page text, not raw data | |
| 338 | +- Fixed: Page builder content keeps its page order in descriptions and scoring | |
| 339 | +- Fixed: Bricks and Elementor headings on their default tag now count as subheadings | |
| 340 | +- Fixed: SEO Analyzer AI Search checks now read pages built with a page builder | |
| 341 | +- Fixed: Email reports flag Search Console errors and stay accurate on large sites | |
| 342 | +- Fixed: SureRank is now detected as a second SEO plugin | |
| 337 | 343 | |
| 338 | -= 2.7.0 = | |
| 339 | -Release Date: 2026-09-17 | |
| 344 | += 2.14.0 = | |
| 345 | +Release Date: 2026-10-06 | |
| 340 | 346 | |
| 341 | -- New: Hide a post from this site's own search results and archive listings | |
| 342 | -- New: RSS feed controls: excerpt only, a link back to the source post, and noindex for feeds | |
| 343 | -- New: Extra og:image tags, so a share has a fallback when the first image fails validation | |
| 344 | -- New: Post embeds carry your SEO title, description and social image | |
| 345 | -- New: A canonical URL scheme setting for sites behind a proxy that terminates TLS | |
| 346 | -- New: Brand the XML sitemap stylesheet with your logo and two colours | |
| 347 | -- New: URLs asking for content that does not exist now answer 404 instead of the page | |
| 348 | -- Changed: Archive titles drop the "Category:" label and strip markup, and your alternate site name is published as schema | |
| 349 | -- Fixed: Turning Schema off now stops every schema producer, including blocks and page builders | |
| 350 | -- Fixed: Non-Latin titles and descriptions are no longer cut short, plus minor sitemap, feed and database fixes | |
| 347 | +- New: Optional FAQ schema from Oxygen and Breakdance accordions, switched on in Schema Settings | |
| 348 | +- Improved: Role Manager keeps role and capability names in view, with a card layout on phones | |
| 349 | +- Improved: Clearer screen reader labels in Bulk Snippets, Thin Content and Advanced Robots Meta | |
| 350 | +- Fixed: The editor SEO score now updates when you edit the title, description or keywords on any tab | |
| 351 | +- Fixed: Content Analysis word count, readability and content quality now match the calculated score | |
| 352 | +- Fixed: Content Type Matrix No-index can be set back to Inherit, and pinned rows are counted | |
| 353 | +- Fixed: robots.txt now lists exactly the sitemaps your site currently publishes | |
| 354 | +- Fixed: Alt text updates now clear five more page caches, including Cache Enabler and SiteGround | |
| 355 | +- Fixed: Media no longer appears in Bulk SEO Optimization when attachment pages are turned off | |
| 356 | +- Fixed: MCP connection check catches more host blocks, and FAQ tools no longer write to Oxygen pages | |
| 351 | 357 | |
| 352 | -= 2.6.0 = | |
| 353 | -Release Date: 2026-09-15 | |
| 358 | += 2.13.0 = | |
| 359 | +Release Date: 2026-10-04 | |
| 354 | 360 | |
| 355 | -- New: Pages publish every schema you deploy, not just the first two | |
| 356 | -- Changed: Admin screens load the Inter font from your site instead of Google Fonts | |
| 357 | -- Changed: Email reports go out every 30 days to the admin email; schedule, recipients and branding are in ThinkRank Pro | |
| 358 | -- Changed: Posts take up to five focus keywords; ThinkRank Pro adds more | |
| 359 | -- Changed: Automatic AI metadata, the GA4 tag installer and SEO insights moved to ThinkRank Pro | |
| 360 | -- Removed: Brand Visibility | |
| 361 | +- New: Import your SEO data from Slim SEO, including Slim SEO Pro's focus keywords | |
| 362 | +- New: Homepage Meta Description setting in Site Identity | |
| 363 | +- Improved: Imported titles keep their variables, so a site rename or new separator still applies | |
| 364 | +- Fixed: Organization schema edits now appear on the page without a manual redeploy | |
| 365 | +- Fixed: Imported homepage descriptions and social profiles now appear on the site | |
| 366 | +- Fixed: Quick Setup now imports 404 logs and names every data type it imports | |
| 367 | +- Fixed: Minor migration issues with term titles, separators and cleanup warnings | |
| 361 | 368 | |
| 362 | -= 2.5.0 = | |
| 363 | -Release Date: 2026-09-10 | |
| 369 | += 2.12.0 = | |
| 370 | +Release Date: 2026-10-01 | |
| 364 | 371 | |
| 365 | -- New: AI Search (GEO) category in the Site SEO Audit, with one-click fixes | |
| 366 | -- New: Audit findings list the exact pages and images affected | |
| 367 | -- New: Allow or block individual AI crawlers in robots.txt | |
| 368 | -- New: Automatic nofollow and new-tab for external links, with an exception list | |
| 369 | -- New: Per-content-type matrix to turn SEO features on or off | |
| 370 | -- New: Beaver Builder support, with FAQ, How-To and Table of Contents modules | |
| 371 | -- Improved: Test Connection checks your AI model as well as your key | |
| 372 | -- Fixed: Saving the Posts or Pages SEO screen reset matrix switches | |
| 373 | -- Fixed: Turning product schema off also removed WooCommerce's own product data | |
| 374 | -- Fixed: Minor Site SEO Audit, sitemap and robots.txt issues | |
| 372 | +- Improved: Alt text updates clear Elementor and page caches, and name any cache to clear by hand | |
| 373 | +- Fixed: Related-posts shortcodes no longer swap the post in the Classic Editor or skew its score | |
| 374 | +- Fixed: Content Analysis no longer measures only the FAQ block on a post that has one | |
| 375 | +- Fixed: Page-builder posts no longer save "No content" for readability and content quality | |
| 376 | +- Fixed: Open Graph tags now include the size, type and alt of large featured images | |
| 377 | +- Fixed: Schema deployed from the Schema Manager now appears on sites running MySQL 5.7 | |
| 378 | +- Fixed: The sitemap index no longer lists sitemaps that contain no URLs | |
| 379 | +- Fixed: Re-downloading an uploaded export file now keeps the Pro data it carried | |
| 375 | 380 | |
| 376 | -= 2.4.0 = | |
| 377 | -Release Date: 2026-09-08 | |
| 381 | += 2.11.0 = | |
| 382 | +Release Date: 2026-09-29 | |
| 378 | 383 | |
| 379 | -- New: FAQ, How-To and Table of Contents elements for Bricks Builder | |
| 380 | -- New: Option to use SEO titles in breadcrumbs | |
| 381 | -- Improved: SEO score rates Core Web Vitals and Mobile Experience from real measurements | |
| 382 | -- Improved: XML Sitemap screen warns when automatic regeneration fails or falls behind | |
| 383 | -- Fixed: Duplicate and hidden FAQ structured data on Bricks pages | |
| 384 | -- Fixed: Favicons are now generated at the correct sizes | |
| 385 | -- Fixed: 404 pages printed the matched post's meta tags | |
| 386 | -- Fixed: A failed PageSpeed audit counted as a score of zero | |
| 387 | -- Fixed: Minor breadcrumb, sitemap, video sitemap and audit issues | |
| 384 | +- New: Basic / Advanced mode: keep only the everyday SEO sections in the menu, and switch any time | |
| 385 | +- New: A gauge per focus keyword in the editor shows where it is placed and re-scores as you type | |
| 386 | +- New: MCP agents can read and write a post's FAQ, published as the FAQ block and FAQPage schema | |
| 387 | +- New: Product tokens for titles and descriptions (price, SKU, stock status, brand), kept on migration | |
| 388 | +- Changed: MCP agents can set a post's search and archive visibility, not only read it | |
| 389 | +- Fixed: Scheduled posts, Quick Edit and classic editor saves now queue a sitemap rebuild | |
| 390 | +- Fixed: Sitemap rebuilds on large sites no longer run out of memory or stall until a manual rebuild | |
| 391 | +- Fixed: Unresolved template tokens no longer print literally in titles and descriptions | |
| 392 | +- Fixed: A keyword ending a heading or paragraph now counts as placed there | |
| 388 | 393 | |
| 389 | 394 | [See changelog for all versions](https://thinkrank.ai/changelog/). |
| 390 | 395 | |
| 391 | 396 | == Upgrade Notice == |
| 392 | 397 | |
| 393 | -= 2.8.0 = | |
| 394 | -Adds import from Squirrly SEO and redesigned email reports that pause until Search Console is connected. Fixes migrations dropping title formats, the default social image and category SEO. Recommended for all sites. | |
| 398 | += 2.14.1 = | |
| 399 | +Sitemaps and IndexNow now skip noindexed and redirected URLs, page builder content is read in page order, and email reports flag Search Console errors and count large sites correctly. Recommended for all sites. | |
| 395 | 400 | |
| 396 | -= 2.7.0 = | |
| 397 | -Adds per-post search and archive visibility, RSS feed controls, alternative og:image tags, SEO metadata on post embeds, a canonical URL scheme setting and sitemap branding. Fixes the Schema master switch and non-Latin title and description truncation. Recommended for all sites. | |
| 401 | += 2.14.0 = | |
| 402 | +Adds optional FAQ schema from Oxygen and Breakdance accordions. The editor score now stays live on every tab, Content Analysis matches the calculated score, and robots.txt lists only live sitemaps. Recommended for all sites. | |
| 403 | + | |
