ProRank SEO – All-in-One SEO & Performance for WordPress

Changelog

1.2.0

• Added /wp-json/prorank-seo/v1/schema-map: site-wide JSON-LD @graph with deduplication, caching, and pagination
• Added /wp-json/prorank-seo/v1/ask in NLWeb list mode for natural-language queries against the graph
• Added /wp-json/prorank-seo/v1/mcp as an MCP-compatible agent endpoint (JSON-RPC 2.0) over the same data
• Added a shared SchemaMapGate so /schema-map, /ask, and /mcp open and close together
• Added:
  • Added AI Discovery endpoint at /wp-json/prorank-seo/v1/schema-map with stable @id deduplication and cache invalidation on post/schema writes.
  • Added /wp-json/prorank-seo/v1/ask supporting mode=list (public).
  • Added /wp-json/prorank-seo/v1/mcp supporting MCP core methods (initialize, tools/list, tools/call, prompts/list, prompts/get, notifications, ping).
  • Added a shared on/off gate so the three endpoints serve or close together; when closed they return HTTP 404 with a raw schema_map_disabled body.
  • Added the ask tool (mode=list) and list_sites tool to /mcp tools/list.
• Improved:
  • Improved JSON-RPC 2.0 conformance on /mcp: empty batch, scalar body, invalid-id, version, and method validation all return spec-shaped errors.

1.1.5

• Fixed shared Module Manager state sync in On-Page SEO and Technical SEO admin pages
• Improved responsive image delivery with better sub-size coverage and carousel-aware sizing
• Improved icon-font optimisation, resource hints, and builder-page lazy media handling
• Improved third-party defer handling so GTM matching is more reliable on real-world markup
• Improved:
  • Improved responsive image delivery with better sub-size coverage and carousel-aware sizes for boxed layouts.
  • Improved icon-font optimisation, resource hints, and builder-page lazy media handling across the performance stack.
  • Improved third-party defer handling so GTM matching is more reliable on real-world markup.
• Fixed:
  • Fixed shared Module Manager state sync in On-Page SEO and Technical SEO admin pages.

1.1.4

• Improved Article.author schema with richer E-E-A-T author fields from saved profile metadata
• Improved author/archive title and description rendering so personal-brand collisions collapse cleanly
• Added shared HowTo schema foundations used by upcoming targeted schema workflows
• Added:
  • Added shared HowTo schema foundations for reusable structured-data generation paths.
• Improved:
  • Improved Article.author schema with richer E-E-A-T fields from saved author profile metadata.
  • Improved archive title and description rendering so personal-brand collisions collapse cleanly.

1.1.3

• Improved admin performance so dashboard and admin-bar SEO summaries return cached audit data before any cloud pagination work runs
• Improved dashboard API responsiveness by avoiding unnecessary audit-summary refreshes when a valid transient already exists
• Improved third-party performance handling, browser-cache delivery, and compatibility defaults across the free plugin
• Improved:
  • Improved admin performance so dashboard and admin-bar SEO summaries return cached audit data before any cloud pagination work runs.
  • Improved dashboard API responsiveness by avoiding unnecessary audit-summary refreshes when a valid transient already exists.
  • Improved third-party performance handling, browser-cache delivery, and compatibility defaults across the free plugin.

1.1.2

• Improved browser-cache delivery so safe anonymous HTML responses can use configurable cache headers instead of always forcing revalidation
• Improved Nginx cache guidance in Performance settings with a clearer generated snippet workflow for browser-cache enforcement
• Improved performance optimisation coverage across delayed and deferred asset handling and stronger compatibility defaults for common WordPress stacks
• Improved:
  • Improved browser-cache delivery so safe anonymous HTML responses can use configurable cache headers instead of always forcing revalidation
  • Improved Nginx cache guidance in Performance settings with a clearer generated snippet workflow for browser-cache enforcement
  • Improved performance optimisation coverage across delayed and deferred asset handling and stronger compatibility defaults for common WordPress stacks

1.1.1

• Fixed missing sprintf imports that broke some admin pages after 1.1.0 update
• Fixed:
  • Fixed missing sprintf imports that could break some ProRank admin screens after updating to 1.1.0.

1.1.0

• Added advanced settings UI for code injection, CDN URL rewriting, Google Maps blocking, and performance governance controls
• Added third-party governance controls for Google services, review widgets, consent scripts, and identity widgets
• Improved cache stability with recurring keep-warm scheduling for core URLs to reduce cold-cache score swings
• Fixed Woo archive metadata duplication, image optimisation edge cases, UCSS runtime issues, and other performance regressions found during live migrations
• Added:
  • Added advanced settings UI for code injection, CDN URL rewriting, Google Maps blocking, and performance governance controls
  • Added third-party governance controls for Google services, review widgets, consent scripts, and identity widgets
• Improved:
  • Improved cache stability with recurring keep-warm scheduling for core URLs to reduce cold-cache score swings
  • Improved performance reliability across delayed-script handling, cache warming, and advanced settings coverage
• Fixed:
  • Fixed Woo archive metadata duplication, image optimisation edge cases, UCSS runtime issues, and other performance regressions found during live migrations

1.0.10

• Fixed front-page Open Graph title and description handling
• Improved taxonomy meta description fallbacks
• Fixed admin-bar cache clearing so HTML cache purges more reliably
• Refreshed free release packaging from the restored source tree
• Improved:
  • Improved front-page and taxonomy metadata fallbacks so more pages inherit the expected title and description values
  • Improved free-plugin release packaging consistency from the restored local source tree
• Fixed:
  • Fixed front-page Open Graph title and description handling so stored metadata is used more reliably
  • Fixed admin-bar cache clearing so ProRank HTML cache purges fully instead of leaving stale output behind

1.0.9

• Improved editor meta workflows, title analysis clarity, and suggestion handling
• Improved Internal Linking report presentation and scan-history clarity
• Improved Performance settings normalization and image/performance feedback
• Improved install, update, and admin reliability in the free plugin
• Improved:
  • Improved editor SEO workflows with clearer analysis labeling, cleaner suggestion handling, and more reliable meta-box behavior
  • Improved Internal Linking report presentation, scan-history clarity, and operational data consistency
  • Improved Performance settings normalization, capability reporting, and admin reliability across free workflows
  • Improved install and update consistency so the free plugin behaves more reliably after upgrades
• Fixed:
  • Fixed free-plugin labels and admin behavior so the editor, linking, and performance tools stay more consistent after install and update
  • Fixed multiple shared UI and data-state issues that affected editor, linking, and performance surfaces in the free plugin

1.0.8

• Added Elementor, Divi Builder, and Beaver Builder support
• Improved imports from Yoast SEO, AIOSEO, Rank Math, and SEOPress
• Improved keyword import compatibility when switching SEO plugins
• Improved Import & Export workflow
• Added:
  • Added Elementor, Divi Builder, and Beaver Builder support with live SEO editing in each builder
• Improved:
  • Improved imports from Yoast SEO, AIOSEO, Rank Math, and SEOPress
  • Improved keyword import compatibility when switching SEO plugins
  • Improved Import & Export workflow with post counts and import type badges

1.0.7

• Updated free dashboard, module pages, widgets, and editor panels with the refreshed design system and clearer empty states
• Added direct post-level SEO controls from Quick Edit and the ProRank admin bar for canonical and robots directives
• Improved internal linking, schema preview, social/search previews, and Core Web Vitals feedback across the free workflow
• Added:
  • Added admin-bar post controls for canonical URL and robots toggles on singular post and page screens
  • Added Quick Edit and Bulk Edit support for canonical URL and common robots directives in the free plugin
  • Added Link Map Lite as a real Internal Linking tab in free
• Improved:
  • Improved free dashboard, dashboard widget, and header messaging so empty states explain what data is available and where it comes from
  • Improved editor search, social, schema, and content-analysis previews with more realistic fallbacks and clearer feedback
  • Improved internal-linking scans, link-map routing, support backups, and notification onboarding links
• Fixed:
  • Fixed multiple free admin routing issues affecting Internal Linking, Import/Export, Site Audit settings, and onboarding shortcuts
  • Fixed schema preview route failures, broken support-page header rendering, backup download handling, and On-Page SEO media modal loading
  • Fixed misleading free premium-lock UI so the free package presents only working free functionality

1.0.6

• Dashboard, admin bar, widget, and Site Audit now prefer the newest completed audit across local and cloud
• Cloud audit history and issue totals are normalized more reliably instead of showing stale or truncated counts
• Added safer builder-aware JS defer and CSS async fallback behavior
• Improved:
  • Improved audit score selection so the latest completed audit is surfaced consistently across plugin UI surfaces
  • Improved cloud audit scoring and checker accuracy to reduce duplicate and false-positive penalties
  • Improved builder compatibility for low-risk performance fallbacks
• Fixed:
  • Fixed stale local audit summaries overriding newer cloud audit results in the dashboard, widget, and admin bar
  • Fixed cloud history and issue reporting so counts stay aligned instead of showing truncated or misleading totals
  • Fixed performance state drift, lazyload/runtime sync, and several frontend optimization regressions

1.0.5

• The WordPress posts page now uses its saved ProRank title and description
• Rendered author and date archive links are cleaned up more reliably in final HTML output
• URL cleanup settings now stay aligned more reliably between grouped settings and legacy storage
• Improved:
  • Improved URL cleanup compatibility so grouped settings and legacy per-option settings stay aligned
  • Improved rendered archive-link detection for author and date archive URLs in builder-generated HTML
• Fixed:
  • Fixed the WordPress posts page using the wrong fallback title instead of the saved ProRank title
  • Fixed rendered archive-link cleanup so author/date link policies apply more reliably to final HTML output

1.0.4

• Noindex taxonomy archives are now removed correctly from XML sitemaps
• The WordPress posts page now uses its saved ProRank meta description
• New optional URL cleanup control can normalize same-site author, date, category, and tag archive links in rendered HTML
• Added:
  • Added an optional URL cleanup setting to normalize rendered same-site author, date, category, and tag archive links so builder output respects your site trailing-slash format
• Improved:
  • Improved taxonomy sitemap exclusion compatibility across grouped settings, legacy settings, and legacy term-meta values
• Fixed:
  • Fixed noindex taxonomy archives still appearing in XML sitemaps
  • Fixed the WordPress posts page using the wrong fallback meta description instead of the saved ProRank description
  • Fixed package consistency for the free release so shipped version metadata and archive structure match the published release

1.0.3

• Bulk image optimisation now recovers more reliably when background queues stall on slower hosts
• Future image backups are stored in a safer non-public directory
• Restore feedback now explains when legacy backup files are missing
• Improved:
  • Bulk image optimisation now resumes existing jobs more cleanly and handles stalled shared-host queues better
  • Local image optimisation guidance is clearer when WebP must be enabled before a bulk run
• Fixed:
  • Fixed browser-assisted recovery for stalled image-optimisation jobs
  • Fixed bulk-job resume and stop-state handling so stopped jobs do not restart incorrectly
  • Fixed image-optimisation stats so modern-ready counts reflect real outputs instead of stale flags
  • Fixed future image backup storage and restore messaging for missing legacy backup files

1.0.2

• Fixed broken admin pages caused by missing JavaScript chunks in the 1.0.1 WP.org package
• Refreshed build directory to remove stale assets
• Updated plugin title to ProRank SEO – All-in-One SEO & Performance for WordPress
• Improved:
  • Updated plugin title for better WordPress.org search visibility
• Fixed:
  • Corrected the WordPress.org package build so admin pages no longer fail with missing JavaScript chunks
  • Refreshed the published build directory from a clean package to avoid stale assets in the plugin ZIP

1.0.1

• Improved editor meta box and internal-linking workflows
• Refined site audit, sitemap, redirects, notifications, and support screens
• Updated free plugin description and premium upgrade messaging
• Added:
  • Automatic daily cleanup for internal-link click tracking data
• Improved:
  • Setup wizard, notifications feed, and support pages
  • Site Basics, social profile, site representation, and site policy handling
  • Titles and Meta, breadcrumbs, schema markup, redirects, XML sitemap, and HTML sitemap workflows
  • Image optimisation, caching, asset optimisation, database tools, and Core Web Vitals screens
• Fixed:
  • Bulk editor routing and editor meta box preview defaults
  • Inbound internal-link suggestions reappearing after apply
  • Premium feature description links and changelog alignment on prorank.io
• Removed:
  • Dead duplicate source files and stale internal development leftovers from the free package