Title: Dominant Publisher
Author: Casper Depli Thomsen
Published: <strong>October 1, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 1, 2026

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# Dominant Publisher

 By [Casper Depli Thomsen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casperdominant/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dominant-publisher.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dominant-publisher/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dominant-publisher/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dominant-publisher/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dominant-publisher/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dominant-publisher/)

## Description

Dominant Publisher adds an `seo` field to every REST-enabled post type (posts, pages
and custom post types), so external tools and publishing workflows can read and 
update SmartCrawl SEO metadata through the standard WordPress REST API.

**Fields**

 * `title` – the SEO title (stored in `_wds_title`)
 * `description` – the meta description (stored in `_wds_metadesc`)

**Example: update SEO data**

    ```
    POST /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/123

    { "seo": { "title": "My SEO title", "description": "My meta description." } }
    ```

**Security**

 * Updates require the `edit_post` capability for the target post.
 * All values are sanitized with `sanitize_text_field()` before saving.

This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by WPMU DEV or SmartCrawl. It works
with the post meta keys SmartCrawl uses.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `dominant-publisher` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory,
    or install the zip via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
 3. Read or write the `seo` field on any REST-enabled post type.

## FAQ

### Does this require SmartCrawl?

The plugin reads and writes the same post meta SmartCrawl uses, so it is intended
for sites running SmartCrawl. Without SmartCrawl the data is still stored but has
no effect on your front end.

### Which post types are supported?

All post types registered with `show_in_rest` set to true.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Dominant Publisher” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Casper Depli Thomsen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casperdominant/)
 *   [ Casper Depli Thomsen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bilbodog/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dominant-publisher/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dominant-publisher/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dominant-publisher/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dominant-publisher/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **1 day ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [headless](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/headless/)[meta](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/)
   [rest-api](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rest-api/)[seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dominant-publisher/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Casper Depli Thomsen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/casperdominant/)
 *   [ Casper Depli Thomsen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bilbodog/)

## Support

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