RankX SEO – AI Product Descriptions, Meta & ALT Text for WooCommerce

Changelog

0.30.1

• Security: the products-per-page preference is saved only from the plugin’s own form (nonce and capability checked).

0.30.0

• Everything that runs on your site is now free and needs no account: image compression, SKU codes, product URL changes and FAQ import no longer use credits, and their screens open before you connect.
• The broken-link check is now opt-in (off by default).
• Security hardening: nonce and permission checks on every action, sanitized input, escaped output, and all scripts loaded through WordPress.
• Translations are delivered by translate.wordpress.org.

0.29.0

• New: «Report a problem» in the header of every RankX screen — describe the issue, attach a screenshot if you like, and we reply by email. You see exactly what technical details are sent with it.

0.28.4

• Phones: the plugin header wraps and site-health tables stack as cards, so no screen scrolls sideways.

0.28.3

• Site health: long URLs no longer push the screen sideways — paths and referrers are shown decoded and wrap inside their cell.

0.28.2

• One name everywhere: Full optimization = description + product SEO (meta title and description); “SEO only” replaces “Meta only”.

0.28.1

• Pay in your currency: Saudi riyal, US dollar, euro, British pound or UAE dirham — Arabic admins start in riyal, others in dollars, and your choice is remembered. The packs window is now “Buy credits” (one-time packs, credits never expire).

0.28.0

• Product optimization in three: Full (description + meta + FAQ + tags), Description only, Meta only — each its own button in the products list and its own bulk action. Meta only costs half of Full.
• New credit unit: packs give twice the credits for the same price, and every balance was doubled so nothing loses value.
• A meta-only run never touches the description, and a description-only run never clears the meta.

0.27.9

• llms.txt: lists in-stock best sellers (newest breaks ties), headings in your content language, category intros, a store-pages section (shipping, returns, contact), clean names and summaries that never stop mid-word.
• Category SEO: a short intro with the keyword and 2-3 internal links (the questions show under the products).

0.27.8

• Categories screen: a stray code comment no longer shows above the list.

0.27.7

• Categories and brands: the description at the top of the page keeps only the introduction (with its paragraphs), and the questions show in their own section under the products. Descriptions already written with the questions glued on top are repaired automatically.

0.27.6

• Background bulk runs work on hosts that stop a request once its sender disconnects: each background step handles one product within the host’s limit.

0.27.5

• Everything you start keeps going after you leave the page: a blog article becomes a post and a site audit saves its report in the background, and no request is cut off when you close the tab.

0.27.4

• Bulk runs keep their full speed after you close the page: the server runs its own three lanes, a product being written is never cut off by closing the tab, and an interrupted product is retried right away instead of the next time the page is opened.

0.27.3

• Products list: show 20, 50 or 100 products per page (remembered), and select every product that matches your filters across all pages for a bulk run.

0.27.2

• Bulk optimization runs three products at a time, with a progress card at the bottom of the screen showing what is being worked on now, what is done and what is left.
• Before a bulk run starts you are told if your balance cannot cover every selected item.

0.27.1

• Links you added from “Internal links” stay when the product is optimized again (shown in the preview, kept on save) — unless the linked product can no longer be bought.
• The SEO-impact verdict in the product box is shown in your admin language.

0.27.0

• New “RankX for this product” box under the product editor: the product’s Google numbers and verdict, its candidate keyword, its internal links, and its RankX state (optimized, FAQs, ALT, focus keyword, AEO) — read-only, with buttons to the right RankX screen.

0.26.4

• Internal links: each product in “Sells but nothing links to it” and “Two positions away” shows which pages already link to it.

0.26.3

• Internal links: both suggested destinations of a product can be added — the row stays with the second one after you add the first. Each added link now says which product’s description holds it, with a link to that page.

0.26.2

• Internal links: a product in “Description without links” keeps its second suggested destination after you add the first.

0.26.1

• Internal links: after adding or fixing a link every tab updates in place — no reload needed. “Description without links” lists only products that are a good source for a neighbor; the rest are counted in one line.

0.26.0

• New “Internal links” screen (free): products that sell but nothing links to, products two positions from page one, links to unavailable products, broken, wasted and dense links, descriptions without links — with a suggested source and a one-click “Add link”. Links you add are watched and measured (Google position 28 days before vs 14 days after).

0.25.9

• Auto mode shows the remaining work per operation with the credits each needs, and always says whether your balance covers it.

0.25.8

• Auto mode logs an out-of-credits stop once per pause instead of on every run.

0.25.7

• Tags: an apostrophe inside a word is kept (“Women’s Handbag” no longer becomes “Women s Handbag”), in generated tags and in tags you type.

0.25.6

• Auto mode: once credits run out it really stops — no paid call on each tick until the balance is back (a top-up resumes it on the next tick), an item refused for credits keeps its turn instead of waiting a week, a blog keyword is no longer lost, and every “Skipped” row in the log says why.

0.25.5

• Products table: a “✨ Optimized … ago” stamp under the SEO status tells apart the products RankX wrote (hover for the date and count); the Optimize button stays for a second pass.

0.25.4

• Bulk optimize: the batch is driven from the open admin page instead of waiting for WP-Cron (one product every ~15-20 seconds instead of one per minute), a reply lost in transit is fetched again at no cost, and a product whose background action was killed is retried once.

0.25.3

• Content language: a dropdown in the header lets you pin generated content to Arabic or English (default: the site language). The FAQ heading written into descriptions follows it.

0.25.2

• Auto mode history now shows actual image compression credit charges and before/after sizes, with clearer skip reasons. Activity and IndexNow histories show ten entries per page.

0.25.1

• Directory readiness: no request to the RankX service before the store is connected, IndexNow is now opt-in, safer file handling, input sanitization, and a complete readme with the external services disclosure.

0.25.0

• Full English interface; Arabic is now a bundled translation. The admin language follows each user’s WordPress profile language, and generated content keeps following the site language.

0.24.0 – 0.24.3

• Pay-as-you-go credits for local batch features, a working product/category schema switch, one FAQPage per page, and rank tracking with a free weekly check.

0.19.0 – 0.23.1

• Market country for all research, keyword volume in the blog writer, one visual identity across sections, a motivating overview, rank tracking as its own section, tags/FAQs/AEO as Auto mode operations, store chatbot conversation packs, and a clearer Auto mode switch.

0.14.0 – 0.18.6

• “Ask the SEO expert” assistant, Reports & alerts with a weekly email, store chatbot for shoppers, sold-out product alternatives, pro services, removing images from descriptions, and many chatbot fixes.

0.9.0 – 0.13.1

• SEO insights (Google position, competitor gap, keyword radar, AI visibility, rank tracking), tags, clearer product names, optimization modes, AEO optimization, SKU generator, and product table filters.

0.5.0 – 0.7.1

• SEO impact verdicts and recommendations, optimization for a target keyword, and FAQs written into the visible description with schema read from it.

0.4.0 – 0.4.3

• Full SEO overview report, Auto mode with gradual trust mode, first-run wizard, ten free local technical features, PNG to WebP conversion, and orphan products.

0.3.0

• SEO impact with Google Search Console and Analytics, free local image compression with backups, the technical audit, and credit packs.

0.2.0

• Categories, brands, image ALT text, keyword research and the blog writer; background bulk optimization; FAQPage and article schema.

0.1.0

• Initial release.