BeeClear Smart Link Manager

Changelog

2.1.10

• Compatibility: tested with WordPress 7.1 (7.1.2).
• Changed: the official plugin page is now https://beeclear.pl/en/plugins/smart-link-manager/: used as the Plugin URI, by the “Author: BeeClear” link on the plugin screens and in the post metabox, and by the premium links.
• Readme: clearer description of the free features and an updated overview of the premium version (AI connector via MCP, external rules, regex, priorities).

2.1.9

• Fixed: the scheduled overview scan ran only when it had been switched on by saving the settings form. With the setting written any other way (settings import, a database copy, an option update) no WP-Cron event existed and the scan never ran; the event is now brought in line with the setting on the next admin request (scheduled when on, cleared when off). Synced with Premium 2.2.6.

2.1.8

• Fixed: a rule linked a target that the content already links by hand (e.g. a phrase in a later paragraph got a second link to the same page). Links already in the content now count toward the per-target limit; URLs are compared by path, so absolute, relative and other-host links to the same permalink match. Synced with Premium 2.2.5.

2.1.7

• Fixed: auto-links pointed to the domain the link index was last rebuilt on (e.g. http://localhost when the rebuild ran from WP-Cron/WP-CLI, or a staging/tunnel host), because the index stored each target’s full URL. The index now keeps only the target post ID and the URL is resolved per request, so links follow the domain the site is opened on. Existing indexes work without a rebuild (the stored URL is ignored). Synced with Premium 2.2.4.
• Fixed: on the External linking screen the Title and Aria-label selects rendered empty and the post type checkboxes were missing, because their markup went through wp_kses_post(), which strips <option> and <input>. Saving that form then dropped title_mode/aria_mode (PHP “Undefined array key” warnings), removed the links’ title/aria-label, made the “custom” mode impossible to set and cleared per-rule post types. The markup is now allowed explicitly, and missing modes default to phrase both when saving and at render time.
• Fixed: importing an export file lost the external rules’ “Exclude by post ID” list (the export stores an array, the import accepted only a comma-separated string); both formats are accepted now.
• Fixed: saving external rules unslashed the input twice, stripping backslashes from regex phrases and context terms (e.g. \bfoo\d+\b); the input is unslashed once. These three fixes are synced with Premium 2.2.4.

2.1.6

• Fixed: on pages where auto-linking ran, the whole content could be wrapped in a stray <div> that leaked from the DOM parser (saveHTML appends a trailing newline, so the old unwrap check missed it). As a class-less child of a constrained block layout it capped the page to the theme’s content width, narrowing wide sections and pushing them off-centre. The wrapper is now stripped robustly by serializing the parser’s child nodes.

2.1.5

• Changed: the left-hand admin menu now shows the plugin name without the “BeeClear” prefix; the page title keeps the full name.

2.1.4

• Fixed: internal linking phrases were silently not saved when the metabox contained an empty phrase row. An empty row no longer aborts the save — blank rows are ignored and all valid phrases are stored reliably in both posts and pages.

2.1.3

• Updated release metadata for the next plugin distribution package.

2.1.2

• Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.0.

2.1.1

• Fixed WordPress.org readme metadata warnings for plugin tags and short description length.

2.1

• Added scheduled “Scan site” — run the overview scan automatically on a daily or weekly schedule via WP-Cron, with a configurable site-local time.
• Added file-based import and export — settings and rules are exported as a downloadable JSON file and imported by uploading a file, replacing the previous copy-paste textarea approach.
• Autolinking now skips DOM parsing entirely for pages that contain no phrase matching any active rule, reducing per-request processing time on sites with many rules.
• Overview and popup tables now load post titles and permalinks only for the visible page of results, reducing database queries for sites with many link targets.
• Rebuild and export operations now process posts in batches instead of loading all IDs at once, avoiding memory spikes on large databases.
• Overview scan worker now processes one batch per WP-Cron run, reducing peak server load.
• Auto-run scan after saving content is now disabled by default; can be re-enabled in settings.
• Default activity log limit is now 50 entries.
• Uninstall cleanup now uses delete_post_meta_by_key() for faster and more reliable removal of plugin meta across all posts.
• Fixed WordPress Plugin Check compliance: output escaping annotations, nonce verification comments, missing translators comments, and readme.txt format.

2.0.2

• Fixed the default link CSS class and added a new menu item.

2.0.1

• Improved scanner behavior for page scanning and index regeneration.

2.0

• Refactored index build process to use internal WordPress APIs instead of loopback HTTP requests.
• Added background scanning via WP-Cron with batch processing for large sites.
• Added lightweight AJAX status polling during rebuild operations.
• Improved admin interface and sortable rule tables.

1.8

• Fixed invalid HTML in admin column output.
• Removed duplicate admin_enqueue_scripts hook registration.
• Improved promo notice button wording.
• Removed aggressive reset of per-user promo dismissal on plugin activation.
• Removed error suppression operator from preg_match call.

1.7.5

• First public release.