Changelog

Hotfix

• Fixed: Export now correctly includes all selected options when "Post SEO Data" is checked

Enhanced Backup System

• New: Full Post Meta export — all 48 SEO meta keys per post
• New: Batched export for large sites (up to 1,000 posts)
• New: Three import modes — Overwrite, Skip Existing, Merge
• New: Cross-site post matching — matches by ID first, falls back to slug
• New: Maximum 5 automatic backups limit with oldest auto-deletion
• Improved: Import now properly handles post meta restoration
• Improved: Backup file includes post meta section for complete site transfer

Security & Bug Fixes

• Fixed: PRO license validation now properly checks before rendering Bulk Generator page
• Fixed: AI Content Score AJAX handlers now validate license before processing
• Fixed: Metabox PRO UI shows "Activate License" prompt when license is not active
• Improved: Consistent license checking pattern across all PRO features

New PRO Features

• New: Video Sitemap — automatic video detection for YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, Bunny Stream (PRO)
• New: Manual Video Fields — add videos not in content, override auto-detected metadata (PRO)
• New: Video Sitemap XSL Stylesheet — human-readable display (PRO)
• New: Generate All with AI — one click generates SEO title, meta description, OG meta, Twitter meta, and focus keywords (PRO)
• New: AI Bulk Generator — batch generate SEO for hundreds of posts at once (PRO)
• New: AI Content Score — 15 optimization checks for AI search engines (PRO)

Improvements

• Improved: Dashboard with PRO features integration
• Improved: Metabox with AI generation buttons
• Fixed: Manual videos now correctly appear in video sitemap

UX Improvements

• Added: Toast notification system — modern slide-in notifications replace inline alerts
• Added: Sticky Save Bar — unsaved changes warning with one-click save across all settings pages
• Added: beforeunload warning prevents accidental data loss when navigating away

Dashboard Improvements

• Added: AI Activity Feed — shows last 5 AI bot visits with URLs and timestamps
• Added: Quick Index — submit URLs to IndexNow directly from Dashboard
• Added: IndexNow Stats widget with submission history
• Improved: New 6-column grid layout with dedicated sidebar for AI and IndexNow widgets
• Improved: Responsive design for 1400px, 1200px, and mobile breakpoints

Migration Improvements

• Improved: Rank Math migration now imports Knowledge Graph settings (Site type, Organization/Person name)
• Improved: Rank Math migration now imports Breadcrumbs settings (Separator, Home label)
• Improved: Proper conversion of Rank Math "company" type to "organization"
• Fixed: SQL error when migrating from Rank Math without Redirections module enabled

Migration Improvements

• Improved: Yoast SEO migration now imports Knowledge Graph settings (Site represents, Company name, Email, Phone, Person name)
• Improved: Yoast SEO migration now imports Social Profiles (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest)
• Improved: Yoast SEO migration now imports Breadcrumbs settings (Separator, Home label, Prefix)
• Improved: Breadcrumbs module auto-enables if Yoast had breadcrumbs enabled

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Setup Wizard now correctly saves all module settings (Image SEO, External Links, 404 Monitor)
• Fixed: All modules now enabled by default on fresh installation
• Fixed: dbDelta duplicate key warning on plugin reactivation
• Fixed: Plugin Check warnings resolved

New

• Added: uninstall.php for proper cleanup when plugin is deleted (removes all options, meta, tables, transients)

New Features

• Added: AI Crawler Analytics — Dashboard widget showing visits from AI bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc.)
• Added: Batched logging for performance (minimizes database writes)
• Added: Track top visited URLs by AI crawlers
• Added: 7-day visit statistics

Reliability

• Improved: Sitemap and LLMs.txt now use dynamic rewrite rules — work instantly after activation without requiring permalink flush
• Improved: No more "sitemap.xml not found" issues on fresh installations

Performance

• Improved: Admin assets (CSS/JS) now load only on Prime SEO pages
• Improved: Post columns CSS loads only on post list screens (edit.php)
• Improved: All scripts now use modern defer loading strategy (WP 6.3+)
• Reduced: Admin page load time on non-SEO pages

Bug Fix

• Fixed: Sitemap and LLMs.txt rewrite rules now properly flush on plugin activation/update

New Features

• Added: Cornerstone Content support — mark important pages for higher sitemap priority
• Added: Cornerstone column in posts/pages list with star icon
• Added: Filter posts by cornerstone status in admin list

Schema Improvements

• Fixed: Product Schema now correctly shows BackOrder status instead of InStock for backorder items
• Added: OnlineBusiness schema type for digital businesses without physical location
• Added: OnlineStore schema type for e-commerce sites without physical stores
• Added: Recipe schema fields in metabox (prep time, cook time, servings, cuisine, category)
• Added: Event schema fields in metabox (start/end date, venue, address, attendance mode, URL)
• Added: Book schema type with full metabox support (author, ISBN, publication date, format, pages, edition, publisher, language)

Initial Release

• AI Bots Manager — control access for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google Gemini, and 12 more AI crawlers
• LLMs.txt Generator — auto-generate AI-friendly site description
• SEO Metabox with tabbed interface, SEO score, Google Preview, and content analysis
• Dashboard with modern Bento Grid design and module toggles
• Redirect Manager (301/302/307/410/451) with regex support and hit tracking
• 404 Monitor with auto-logging and one-click redirect creation
• XML Sitemap with sitemap index architecture and image support
• Schema Markup (JSON-LD) — Organization, Article, FAQ, HowTo, Recipe, Event, Product, LocalBusiness, and more
• Robots.txt Editor with 5 templates
• Image SEO (auto ALT/TITLE attributes)
• External Links Manager (nofollow, new tab)
• Breadcrumbs with BreadcrumbList schema
• Instant Indexing via IndexNow API
• Migration from Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO, and SEOPress
• Import/Export with backup management
• Setup Wizard for easy first-time configuration