* NEW AI content-quality checks (content depth, heading structure, media in content, readability) now show in the editor's Content Analysis tab, not just in the Site Audit
* NEW "Test your URL" button is back in the Redirections metabox: check the destination's HTTP status and open it in a new tab
* NEW [PRO] "Test URL" button in the Redirections editor, prefilled with the Origin URL
* FIX Content Analysis performance issue with CDN/WAF
* FIX Title / Description dynamic tag editor no longer breaks words in the middle in free text
* FIX No more white screen when a file is momentarily unavailable during a plugin update
* NEW Brand new SEO dashboard and admin header: cleaner two-column layout, one-click module toggles, a guided "Get Started" with numbered steps, and quick access to Help, Display options and notifications (with counter badge) on every SEO page
* NEW Setup wizard fully redesigned: faster, mobile-friendly, and easier to follow from start to finish
* NEW Smarter SEO box: double-click your target keywords to edit them in place, Google keyword suggestions with autocomplete as you type, and clicking "Update" in the Block Editor now saves every section at once (Title, Description, Advanced, Social, Redirections, Content Analysis)
* NEW Content Analysis: new content quality & structure checks to help you write better articles, plus the ability to hide an issue you don't want to fix on a given page
* NEW One-click migration from SureRank, and a full migration from SmartCrawl (variables in your titles & descriptions are automatically translated)
* NEW Tools redesigned: Reset page with confirmation prompts so nothing happens by accident, and Import / Export with a cleaner layout, "export everything" by default, and a Cancel button on CSV exports
* NEW Appearance › Columns: live preview of your post lists with grouped checkboxes — see what you'll get before you save
* NEW Category URL settings now read directly from your WordPress permalink settings (no risk of mismatch)
* NEW Easier-to-remember date variables for schemas (ISO 8601 aliases)
* NEW Big accessibility upgrade across the whole SEO admin (WCAG 2.1 AA / RGAA 4.1 compliant), and the admin now matches your WordPress color scheme automatically
* NEW Cleaner dashboard: removed the Newsroom and SEO Ebooks sections
* NEW [PRO] Site Overview now shows your Google Analytics 4 and Matomo stats directly on the SEO dashboard, with period & metric filters, an interactive chart, and a sync button
* NEW [PRO] Video schema is auto-filled from the first YouTube video found in your post — no manual copy-paste
* NEW [PRO] Redirections: Quick Edit, search results that stay when you go back, search by destination URL, and a dedicated 404 view with a "Delete 404s" shortcut
* NEW [PRO] Friendlier empty states on Schemas and Broken Links screens (clear guidance when there's nothing yet)
* NEW [PRO] Site Audit: detects the new content quality & structure issues
* NEW [PRO] Better Search Console URL matching for multilingual sites (WPML / Polylang),
* NEW Developer filters: `seopress_search_console_match_url`, `seopress_search_console_match_post_id`, and `seopress_gtag_ec_item_id` to customize the product identifier sent to GA4
* INFO Tested up to WordPress 7.0
* FIX Google snippet preview now displays the correct title and description, and no longer shows the Elementor template instead of your actual post
* FIX Internal Linking tab no longer crashes the whole SEO box, and the tag picker no longer scrolls uncontrollably when hovering the last item
* FIX Title / meta description templates: spaces around variables are preserved on save, and custom field variables (%%_cf_*%%, %%_ct_*%%, %%_ucf_*%%) now work on the home page and blog page
* FIX White-label "remove help links" setting is now respected in the new admin header
* FIX SEOPress columns and bulk actions in your post lists are restored after toggling the metabox option (and no error when the bulk actions list is empty)
* FIX Notifications counter and "hide notification" behavior now work as expected
* FIX X (Twitter) handle is now cleaned up automatically in social tags
* FIX [PRO] Custom automatic schemas created in the new editor are now correctly displayed on the front-end, and the Knowledge Graph logo appears in the JSON-LD preview
* FIX [PRO] Redirections: URLs with accented / non-Latin characters are saved correctly, and sorting (hits, type, last hit…) + category counts now match what's shown in the list
* FIX [PRO] OpenAI "Test connection" now works again after OpenAI retired the previous endpoint
* FIX [PRO] AI metadata generation now uses the correct language per post on WPML / Polylang sites
* FIX [PRO] Article schema: X handle and domain are normalized in `sameAs`
* FIX [PRO] Breadcrumbs: display a name fallback when a crumb has no URL
* FIX [PRO] Translations now load correctly when running WP-CLI commands or cron jobs
* FIX [PRO] CSV export: cleaner error messages, no leftover data between exports
* NEW Save fallback when the REST API is blocked: SEO metabox sections now also persist on the regular post save through hidden inputs
* NEW Explicit error toast on the SEO metabox sections when a save fails (instead of falsely showing a success message)
* NEW [PRO] Save fallback extended to Pro sections for sites with REST blocked
* NEW Filters `seopress_metabox_opener_context` and `seopress_metabox_opener_priority` to control where the Classic Editor "SEO" metabox is rendered
* FIX Lower the Classic Editor "SEO" metabox priority from "high" to "default" so it no longer pushes other plugins' metaboxes down
* FIX Keep visited tabs mounted in the SEO metabox so in-flight values are preserved when switching tabs (no more lost input when typing in Title and switching to Advanced)
* NEW Option in Advanced > Appearance > Metaboxes to hide the SEO beacon on the frontend
* FIX Avada / Fusion Builder Live editor compatibility: do not mount the React beacon inside the builder iframe
* FIX Hide the React beacon on Avada's fusion_element layout CPT (mirrors the legacy metaboxes exclusion)
* FIX Lower the Block Editor metabox z-index so the WP admin submenu stays clickable when the metabox is open
* FIX Render saved target keywords as plain strings instead of [object Object] in the content analysis field
* FIX [PRO] Align Agent Ready signals with Cloudflare's checker: Content-Signal in robots.txt, rel="alternate" markdown link, full MCP/A2A cards, agent-skills index, markdown negotiation on home/blog index
* FIX [PRO] Preserve newlines when saving llms.txt content through the REST endpoint
* FIX [PRO] Update Claude AI models to the current generation (Sonnet 4.6 / Haiku 4.5) after Anthropic retired the previous IDs
* FIX AI issues with PRO
* FIX Manual custom schema save
* FIX Video sitemap performance
* FIX GA4 auth button
* FIX Mistral multimodal detection and update model list
* FIX PHP templates warnings
* FIX CPTs list
* FIX Instant indexing generate key button
* FIX Manual custom schema save
* FIX Video sitemap performance
* FIX GA4 auth button
* FIX Mistral multimodal detection and update model list
* FIX PHP templates warnings
* FIX CPTs list
* FIX Instant indexing generate key button
* NEW Brand new React-based settings UI for a faster and more modern administration experience (first iteration) 🎉
* NEW Add Seznam.cz site verification support
* NEW Add Person knowledge graph user ID field for more granular author attribution
* NEW Detect transliterated keywords in permalink slugs for better multilingual support
* NEW [PRO] Add WP-CLI license commands: activate, deactivate, status, update, reset
* NEW [PRO] Rewrite PageSpeed tab to match pagespeed.web.dev with improved UI and print support
* NEW [PRO] Add custom site URL field for Google Search Console
* NEW [PRO] Add real-time validation for redirection URLs with loop detection
* NEW [PRO] Add REST API endpoints for automatic schemas
* NEW [PRO] Add REST API endpoint for SEO alerts
* NEW [PRO] Add Bingbot crawl-delay quick-insert button in robots.txt editor
* NEW [PRO] Add custom capabilities for Broken Links list
* NEW [PRO] Add 'Add to category' bulk action for redirections
* NEW [PRO] Add delete button for AI provider API keys
* NEW [PRO] Auto-detect CSV separator for redirections import with confirmation modal
* NEW [PRO] Include all public post types in llms.txt with {{latest_posts:X,(post_types)}} syntax
* NEW [PRO] Enrich Author schema with social profiles and E-E-A-T linking
* NEW [PRO] Exclude URLs from 404 log
* INFO Prevent license modal reminder from showing unexpectedly
* INFO Improved feature toggles reliability
* INFO Improved freeze post date feature with real-time warning
* INFO [PRO] Add deprecated label to FAQ, HowTo and Course schemas
* INFO [PRO] Remove Elementor FAQ schema integration (deprecated by Google)
* INFO [PRO] Remove retired GPT models
* INFO [PRO] Optimize bulk deletion for redirections (50+ entries)
* INFO [PRO] Refactor breadcrumb check
* INFO [PRO] Update WP-CLI update logic
* INFO [PRO] Improved CSV redirections import with row validation and post-import feedback
* INFO [PRO] Invalidate EDD updater cache on license change
* FIX Undo action with FAQ v2 block
* FIX Use slugs instead of names in product_cat rewrite rules
* FIX Fatal error if WC $product isn't set
* FIX SEO score column showing stale data from previous analysis
* FIX Facebook ID field not saving correctly
* FIX Missing HTTP headers
* FIX REST settings endpoints returning null on fresh installs
* FIX Metabox preview failing with non-Latin slugs
* FIX Duplicate archive links in XML sitemap with Polylang multi-domain
* FIX Unsafe call_user_func_array with user-controlled input
* FIX PHP 8.5 compatibility
* FIX Custom schema detection in site audit
* FIX getPostTypes() and getTaxonomies() operator from 'or' to 'and' for publicly_queryable filtering
* FIX tagify.js.map missing from plugin package causing browser console 404 error
* FIX Undefined variable $seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date warning
* FIX SEO scores between content analysis metabox and post types column
* FIX [PRO] Microsoft Clarity tracking code regression
* FIX [PRO] AI hallucination when generating alt text
* FIX [PRO] AI language not applied when generating alt texts
* FIX [PRO] Site audit stuck after first batch
* FIX [PRO] Site audit rescan resetting ignored issues
* FIX [PRO] GA4 purchase filter breaking the filter chain
* FIX [PRO] Unauthorized download error during plugin updates
* FIX [PRO] Missing query string separator in regex redirects
* FIX [PRO] Regex redirections blocked by 404 log entries
* FIX [PRO] Video sitemap pagination and reduced regeneration aggressiveness
* FIX [PRO] AI media meta generation with per field action support
* FIX [PRO] Purge page cache after robots.txt settings are saved
* FIX [PRO] PHP 8.5 compatibility
* FIX [PRO] Undefined array key warnings
* FIX [PRO] Elementor editor save/preview broken due to missing editor context exclusions
* FIX [PRO] Matomo cron scheduling issue
* SECURITY Hardened REST API and AJAX endpoint security
* NEW Added option to freeze the post modification date, preventing WordPress from updating it when a post is saved 🎉
* NEW Import global settings from SmartCrawl
* NEW Ability to add your Facebook meta domain verification tag
* NEW Add a schema column (SEO, Advanced, Appearance, Columns to activate it)
* INFO Remove useless notifications
* INFO Improved migration process from Yoast for greater accuracy and ease
* INFO Remove deprecated AI models
* INFO Flushing XML sitemaps enhanced
* FIX Improved handling of taxonomy notice conditions
* FIX An issue with WPML causing XML sitemap errors in multidomain environments
* FIX An issue with WPML to translate the primary category ID
* FIX Empty canonical URL on homepage with "Your latest posts" setting
* FIX A compatibility issue with Elementor on save
* FIX Resolved an issue where GPT5.2 Vision failed to generate alt text correctly
* FIX A fatal error when user cancels the site audit
* FIX PHP Warnings
* NEW Raised the minimum required WordPress version to 6.2+
* NEW AI providers: MistralAI, Claude and Google Gemini to generate SEO metadata and alternative texts automagically (PRO)
* NEW Support for GPT 5.2 (PRO)
* NEW Generate Open Graph and X (Twitter) cards automatically with AI
* NEW llms.txt file to help AI understand your site (disclaimer: not yet officially supported by major search engines or AI platforms) (PRO)
* NEW Added the ProfilePage structured data type. To enable it automatically, navigate to SEO > PRO > Structured Data Types tab. (PRO)
* NEW 'seopress_pro_wc_schema_shipping_details_enabled' hook to enable/disable the shipping properties in product schema (https://www.seopress.org/support/ho...oocommerce-shippingdetails-schema-generation/)
* NEW 'seopress_pro_wc_schema_shipping_details' hook to filter the shipping properties in product schema (https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-the-shipping-properties-in-product-schema/)
* INFO Elementor integration has been removed. We now recommend enabling our universal SEO metabox to manage all your SEO needs within this page builder.
* INFO Switch universal metabox to WordPress bundled React
* INFO Added additional keywords to our blocks to improve discoverability
* INFO The export CSV tool now includes support for the "custom breadcrumbs" field
* FIX Undefined $og_title variable
* FIX An issue with GA4 stats in dashboard widget
* FIX Improved error handling for GA4 statistics in the dashboard widget
* FIX Improved MS Clarity script enqueuing
* FIX Available post types and taxonomies listed in our settings
* FIX Keywords in permalink for homepage
* FIX A CSS conflict with our metaboxes when WooCommerce is enabled
* FIX Warnings in plugin updater
* FIX An issue with shipping zones in the product schema for WooCommerce
* FIX A conflict with Admin Columns PRO 7.0
* FIX PHP warning in Video schema duration parsing
* FIX Issue with importing the primary category from Rank Math