SEO Engine (Pro)
PluginChangelog 63
Every release, newest first, as the vendor published it in the plugin’s changelog.
0.9.6
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Support for the Divi button and blog blocks when parsing content for internal linking.
- Update: Sitemap translations now work with both WPML and Polylang.
- Fix: Polylang sitemaps now include all languages with the correct hreflang entries.
- Fix: Duplicate title checks now only consider valid post types.
0.9.5
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Hide or keep a post in search from the Content tab, which sets no index and removes it from the sitemap, with a bulk undo after hiding.
- Update: The Bulk SEO tab now refreshes its list right after an update.
- Fix: License check failures now show the actual reason and no longer freeze the admin for minutes when our server cannot be reached.
- Fix: Duplicate title detection now includes posts without an SEO title, near duplicates and custom post types.
- Fix: Yoast import showed raw text placeholders instead of the actual values.
- Fix: The AI visibility dashboard tile no longer sends "score" as the period.
- Fix: Generating an SEO title or excerpt now reports a failure when the result comes back empty, instead of always reporting success.
0.9.4
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: MCP tools to create, scan and delete AI Visibility brands.
- Fix: Settings export produced an empty file, and empty imports no longer wipe all settings.
- Update: Title scoring and prompt now account for the title suffix.
- Fix: Google token is stored as an option instead of a transient, with automatic migration.
- Fix: PHP warning caused by a null value during list checks.
0.9.3
New Not available yet- Add: Live active users, page views, visit duration and pages per visit to the Analytics dashboard.
- Add: Date ranges up to 10 years in Analytics.
0.9.2
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Matomo Analytics support for both cloud and self-hosted setups.
- Update: All analytics sources now use the same endpoints.
- Fix: Plausible Analytics not working in the free version.
0.9.1
New Improved Not available yet- Add: AI cache reset in Maintenance settings.
- Update: Private Analytics and Plausible options are no longer Pro-only.
- Update: Refined the topic completeness prompt for better scoring accuracy.
0.9.0
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: WooCommerce custom instructions setting.
- Fix: Posts endpoint rebuilt in three passes to stop out-of-memory crashes on 128M hosts.
- Fix: GA4 reports are now scoped and fail-safe, and the analytics cache key matches correctly.
- Update: Content SEO filters respond instantly with loading feedback, a proper error state, and paging resets when filters change.
- Update: Tested up to WordPress 7.1.
0.8.9
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: AI Engine integration that feeds its SEO block with AI bot visits, AI visibility and top AI bots.
- Update: Shared dashboard now syncs with the new Board and AI site analysis.
- Update: Minimum required PHP version is now 8.1.
- Fix: Orphan page check now works with relative URLs and uses a static cache.
- Fix: Slug structure test returns 100 for the home page, which has no slug.
- Fix: Readability check now uses the rendered HTML content.
- 🎵 Discuss with others about Seo Engine on the Discord.
- 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!
- 🥰 If you want to help us, check our Patreon. Thank you!
0.8.8
Improved Not available yet- Update: Mentioned Bogo alongside Polylang and WPML in the readme.
- Update: Reworked post type detection to use WordPress core functions instead of direct database queries.
0.8.7
Improved Fixed Not available yet- Fix: Bogo no longer limits queries to the site language, restoring the language filter, sitemap page count and internal link suggestions.
- Update: WooCommerce Assistant is now part of the Content SEO posts table, with bulk actions.
0.8.6
Improved Fixed Not available yet- Fix: MCP bulk tools no longer crash on large sites, and their SEO length checks are now consistent.
- Fix: mwseo_get_seo_statistics no longer crashes on large sites; the scan is now chunked and skips the content filter stack.
- Update: Google property and authentication checks are now handled separately.
- Update: Removed an unnecessary log entry.
0.8.5
New Not available yet- Add: Filter to override the language used for AI suggestions.
- Add: Bogo support for multilingual sites and centralised language handling.
0.8.4
New Improved Not available yet- Add: custom instructions support for Magic Fix.
- Update: AI Visibility module is now available in the Pro version only.
0.8.3
New Improved Not available yet- Add: AI Visibility module to track how brands rank across AI assistants (Pro).
- Update: Reworked the AI Visibility interface and made the scan safer and more reliable.
- Update: Turned the mentions count into a small coverage meter.
- Update: Extended SEO plugin compatibility mode to schema output and added a notice when another plugin renders the meta tags.
0.8.2
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: SEO plugin compatibility mode.
- Fix: JS-rendering false positive on content-dense pages.
- Add: Import redirections from Rank Math.
- Fix: Bulk tasks no longer stop on a failed entry, and only entries with a proposal value greater than zero are auto-selected.
- Update: Moved Quick Edit Suggest and undo buttons inside their fields.
- Update: WooCommerce AI assistant now works with any AI model.
- Fix: Ensure log file exists before opening to prevent warnings.
0.8.1
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Quick Edit button on posts and new NekoMoreMenu for card actions.
- Update: Embedded Content SEO screens renamed to "All Posts (SEO)" and "All Pages (SEO)", with their header removed.
- Add: Parsers for third-party themes and builders (e.g., Divi) as a fallback when Live Content is unavailable.
- Update: Live Content user agent and SSL settings for broader compatibility.
- Fix: Check for empty parsers option.
- Update: MCP tools now accept ID, post_id, or id interchangeably for the post identifier, matching AI Engine's wp_* tools.
0.8.0
Fixed Not available yet- Fix: Dashboard Search Visibility and Movers now query the active Search Console property, so multi-property sites no longer show empty stats.
0.7.9
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Update: Removed the Search Visibility ranking tracker and its Reverse Search companion, as Google closed the underlying API to new customers.
- Add: IndexNow support — publishing or updating a post now instantly notifies Bing, Yandex, and Naver, with a single toggle under Technical SEO (on by default).
- Add: Opportunity filters (Quick Wins, Low CTR, Invisible) and audience sorting (impressions, clicks, position, visitors, AI bots) to Content SEO.
- Fix: Google Search Console no longer auto-selects an unrelated property on agency accounts; it now only picks one matching the site's own domain.
- Fix: Analytics now filters out referral spam and drops GA4's "(not set)" and empty-host rows that inflated reports with fake visits.
- Add: A bot_type filter (ai, search, all) to bot traffic queries and the MCP tool, so a single call can answer how much AI traffic a site gets.
- Update: Published posts are now quietly re-scanned a few seconds after each save so scores no longer go stale, and the bulk scan MCP tool runs fast quick scans capped at 20 posts.
- Add: New mwseo_suggest_seo_excerpt MCP tool lets AI agents batch-fill missing meta descriptions.
- Update: Redesigned the dashboard with a Movers block, compact AI bots snapshot with analytics modal, Search Console visibility chart, and moved module toggles into Settings.
- Update: Rebuilt the Search Console tab around a weekly workflow with a performance chart, switchable opportunities workspace, and compact top-queries list.
- Update: Condensed the Content SEO toolbar and header into a single calm toolbar with overflow menu, and moved filter views and opportunity chips to the bottom bar.
- Update: Refreshed the readme to replace the retired Search Engine Ranking with Search Console Insights and Content Intelligence, and documented IndexNow and referral-spam filtering.
- 🎵 Discuss with others about Seo Engine on the Discord.
- 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!
- 🥰 If you want to help us, check our Patreon. Thank you!
0.7.8
Fixed Not available yet- Fix: Visitors panel now shows "No visits in the last 30 days" instead of empty bars on posts with no traffic.
0.7.7
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Per-post Google Search Console data throughout Content SEO, including row metrics, a Search pulse in the post editor, and a Search Visibility block on the dashboard.
- Add: Redesigned post card with an audience panel showing AI bots, Search Console, and a 30-day visitors chart, plus a to-do issue list with in-place score spinner and Reset issues action.
- Add: Language filter (Polylang/WPML) to Bulk SEO, matching the existing Content SEO filter.
- Add: "Last insight" timestamp next to the Daily Insights refresh button.
- Update: AI Content Intelligence checks are now gated behind Pro.
- Update: Search Console tab reworked into actionable sections: pages with issues, top queries with landing pages, and most-visited pages with their top query.
- Fix: Thin Content bulk list incorrectly showed "Will be hidden" on every row; unselected posts now correctly show as kept in search.
- Fix: Bulk SEO "Generate all" and "Apply selected" actions could not be stopped once started; the progress bar stop button now works.
- Fix: Reserved-height spinners added to the post card so Search and Visitors data no longer cause layout jumps while loading.
0.7.6
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Fix: Bulk SEO proposals not visible due to broken style variables.
- Update: Issue tooltips now include a resolve hint.
- Add: Expandable diff preview for grammar and alt proposals.
- Update: Thin-content noindex is now opt-in for well-scored posts.
0.7.5
New Improved Not available yet- Add: Bulk SEO tab for fixing SEO issues by type across multiple posts at once.
- Update: Content SEO redesigned as a full posts manager with a shared analysis toolbar.
- Update: Cleaner card layout in Content SEO.
- Update: Simpler, insights-first dashboard.
0.7.4
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Update: Improved logging for live content processing.
- Fix: Removed unused excluded taxonomies and tax query from post sitemap.
- Fix: Bulk Scan button now checks for AI Engine availability before proceeding.
- Add: Sitemap Types and Taxonomies clean up.
0.7.3
New Improved Not available yet- Update: Deprecated the llms.txt editor and removed the chunkability signal, following Google's May 2026 AI Optimization Guide.
- Add: First-hand originality check has been strengthened.
- Add: JavaScript-rendered content detector.
- Add: AI Overview cannibalization view in Search Console.
0.7.2
Improved Not available yet- Update: Redesigned the LLMs tab with live-status indicator, size and links stats, AI-generation and delete actions, and an explanatory notice about llms.txt.
- Update: The llms.txt template now seeds from real pages and recent posts instead of placeholder text.
0.7.1
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Google Search Console integration with OAuth, multi-property support (including Polylang/WPML multi-domain), and a new Search Console dashboard tab showing overview stats, quick wins, top pages, and top queries.
- Add: Several new MCP tools —
gsc_site_pulse,gsc_weekly_digest,quick_wins,post_pulse,status,suggest_seo_title,suggest_internal_links,generate_internal_link_placements, andget_orphan_pages. - Update: Reworked the Readability check as "Content Clarity," now scoring how easy a post is to skim and extract by AI bots, with concrete suggestions instead of a Flesch number. The check is off by default; existing internal data keys are preserved for API and MCP consumers.
- Fix:
og:typeno longer incorrectly emits "article" on the homepage when a static front page is set; it now correctly uses "website." - Fix: MCP tools now perform real text search, support site-wide aggregate for
get_issues, track Googlebot variants, and fall back to CrUX when PageSpeed is unavailable.
0.7.0
New Not available yet- Add: Redirections + 404 module — manage URL redirects, monitor 404 errors, and convert any 404 into a redirect with one click.
- Add: Optional auto 301 when a published post or page slug changes.
- Add: Regex match type for redirect rules (Pro).
0.6.5
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Google Setup documentation link.
- Add: Canonical URL support in the post editor.
- Fix: AI suggestions now use the post's actual language instead of the global language on Polylang/WPML sites.
- Update: Better UI/UX.
0.6.4
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Fix: Downgraded XSL version from 2.0 to 1.0 in sitemap stylesheets for broader compatibility.
- Update: Improved sitemap file path handling and file writing logic.
- Update: Refactored robots.txt and llms.txt handling to use dynamic paths and improved file writing logic.
- Update: Empty LLMs now use a template instead of an error message.
- Fix: Corrected NekoMessage variant.
- Update: Switched to AI Engine's new hasAI() and hasMCP() helpers; MCP no longer requires an API key.
- Add: UTF-8 BOM for llms.txt.
- 🎵 Discuss with others about Seo Engine on the Discord.
- 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!
- 🥰 If you want to help us, check our Patreon. Thank you!
0.6.3
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Fix: Corrected sitemap last modified dates so search engines receive accurate update information.
- Update: Improved sitemap generation to avoid unnecessary repeated processing.
- Update: Extended category handling to work with all relevant taxonomies.
- Add: Introduced bulk actions for categories to manage SEO settings more quickly.
- Update: Automatically disable dependent child features when the Technical SEO module is inactive to prevent confusion.
0.6.2
New Improved Not available yet- Add: Allow editing categories within the Technical SEO.
- Update: Improve sitemap generation response handling.
- Add: Introduce options to exclude specific content via custom sitemap exclude providers.
- Update: Change sitemap file path handling to store the site URL.
- Add: Include aggregate rating and reviews in product schema.
- Add: Show AI Engine status in a pill tooltip.
- Update: Define clear read/write access levels for all MCP tool definitions.
0.6.1
New Fixed Not available yet- Add: Enhanced "Internal Links" suggestions with section-aware recommendations.
- Fix: Adjusted the Edit SEO modal to respect configured title and excerpt length.
- Fix: Reduced false positives in the structure quality check.
- Fix: Improved internal link detection for Polylang multi-domain setups.
0.6.0
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Update: Relaxed SEO title length scoring to better support titles between 30–75 characters.
- Fix: Improved handling of non-English characters in AI-powered SEO suggestion.
- Update: Made grammar and originality checks less strict.
- Update: Reduced the penalty for missing internal links to avoid overly harsh SEO scores on shorter content.
- Fix: Skipped schema validation when the schema module is disabled.
- Update: Removed Archives, Category, and similar prefixes from archive pages.
- Fix: Corrected a field event from onChange to onBlur in the bot instructions.
- Add: Introduced new post selection options in the Settings for Content SEO.
- Add: Added a "no index" status option in the Post Editor.
- 🎵 Discuss with others about Seo Engine on the Discord.
- 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!
- 🥰 If you want to help us, check our Patreon. Thank you!
0.5.8
New Not available yet- Add: New "Page Title" section in Technical SEO settings with an option to disable automatic title generation.
- Add: New MCP tool
mwseo_get_post_analyticsto retrieve per-post analytics data from Google Analytics, Plausible, and Private Analytics.
0.5.7
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Update: Unified all SEO title and description length checks to use a display‑width approach that better reflects Google’s pixel-based limits, especially for CJK characters.
- Add: Introduced a new developer MCP tool,
mwseo_get_posts_needing_seo, and updated statistics with aposts_needing_attentioncount so AI agents and advanced workflows can reliably identify posts with truly problematic SEO lengths. - Fix: Ensure Google Analytics token refresh correctly updates all instances so MCP analytics no longer fail with expired tokens.
- Add: Introduce an llms.txt editor to manage and customize your LifterLMS configuration file from the dashboard.
- Add: Enable searching posts by meta fields so you can find content using additional metadata criteria.
0.5.5
New Not available yet- Add: Option to enable or disable checking for missing ALT texts.
- Add: Warning in the SEO editor when the site name length may impact Google.
0.5.4
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Option to enable or disable the title and description metadata.
- Update: Delete logs larger than 1MB and remove unnecessary log entries.
- Update: Better explain AI Engine's role and capabilities.
- Fix: Resolved a TypeError in the Insights tab.
- Fix: Corrected the analyze-on-update behavior.
- 🎵 Discuss with others about Seo Engine on the Discord.
- 🌴 Keep us motivated with a little review here. Thank you!
- 🥰 If you want to help us, check our Patreon. Thank you!
0.5.3
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Magic Fix for Featured Image with enforced 'seo' scope for AI requests.
- Add: Animated scoring and progressive penalty display.
- Add: "Semantic Alignment" option in Settings.
- Add: Sorted issues are now prioritized by impact.
- Add: Mouse wheel navigation between issues.
- Update: MeowCommon is now MeowKit.
- Update: Pillar bullets reset to gray during analysis; skipped checks now shown as gray.
- Update: REST used for Insights instead of Settings storage.
- Fix: Resolved concurrent analysis issues.
- Fix: Better page title validation.
- Fix: Duplicate issue reporting removed.
- Fix: Custom sitemap post types and taxonomies restored.
- Fix: Minor UI tweaks for Edit Post tabs (“Basic” / “SEO”).
- Fix: Resolved an issue with the Magic Fix for Internal Links.
- Fix: Corrected the detection of enabled checks.
0.5.1
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- 🥳 This is the biggest update in SEO Engine’s history! A complete redesign from the ground up! Every part of the plugin has been improved: UI, performance, intelligence, analytics, and the overall experience.
- Add: Magic Fix 2.0 with smarter ALT-text generation, internal-link suggestions, and a new “Find All Solutions” button.
- Fix: Grammar & typo fixer rebuilt with HTML-aware context matching and full-content caching.
- Info: Unified AI engine replaces the old Magic Fix system.
- Add: AI Agent instructions.
- Add: Plausible Analytics integration alongside Google Analytics and Private Analytics.
- Add: Daily Insights feature summarizing your SEO and traffic performance.
- Add: AI Bot Tracking to monitor visits from GPTBot, Claude, Gemini, and more.
- Add: New AI-powered checks for readability, topic completeness, structure quality, and originality.
- Add: Smart caching, in-place Quick & Full Analysis, and Clear AI Cache tool.
- Update: Revamped charts, improved filters, faster UI, and clearer scoring.
- Fix: Non-ASCII permalink encoding and analysis buffer issues resolved.
- Add: Meta Robots Tag validation and improved schema integrity checks.
- Fix: Canonical URL and structured-data handling across post types.
- Update: Simplified Maintenance section, lowered thresholds, and removed PHP warnings.
- Add: Autosave support for AI-generated product content plus improved Vision AI for WooCommerce.
- Fix: WooCommerce AI field mapping and error handling improved.
- Info: WooCommerce AI remains available for free following feedback.
- Add: Complete UI redesign for Content SEO and Scoring System — faster, cleaner, and modular.
- Update: Dashboard layout, icons, color system, and filters refined.
- Fix: Major performance boost with smarter caching and fewer API calls.
- Add: Smarter penalty-based scoring system with post-type thresholds.
- Update: Entire codebase modernized for stability, memory use, and Meow Apps architecture alignment.
- Add: CJK language support to improve SEO scoring accuracy for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean content.
- Update: Enhanced and consolidated MCP tools for a better user experience and streamlined functionality.
0.4.3
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Vision and product details features to WooCommerce AI (Pro).
- Add: Plausible Analytics integration (cloud and self-hosted).
- Update: Enhanced NekoHeader with dynamic section names.
- Fix: Post status dropdown now syncs correctly with internal filters.
0.4.2
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Status filter in Content SEO tab.
- Update: Replaced post type checkboxes with cleaner selectors.
- Add: Settings to customize content scan batch sizes.
- Fix: Issues with Content SEO status handling.
0.4.1
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Update: Reworked AI prompts to exclude header/footer for clearer outputs.
- Add: "Live Content" option to parse HTML content.
- Fix: Language selection for AI suggestions.
- Fix: Top Posts filtered by "All Countries" now show cumulative stats.
0.4.0
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration for AI assistants.
- Add: Comprehensive website health monitoring with PageSpeed Insights.
- Add: Advanced analytics with Core Web Vitals tracking.
- Add: Bulk SEO operations for efficient management.
- Add: SEO statistics dashboard with daily insights.
- Add: Duplicate title detection and missing SEO finder.
- Add: AI bot/agent tracking (GPTBot, Claude, Gemini, etc).
- Fix: Readability score calculation using Flesch Reading Ease.
- Fix: Insights API integration.
- Update: Complete UI modernization with better organization.
0.3.9
New Improved Not available yet- Update: Reorganized dashboard with modular navigation.
- Add: Import from Yoast and RankMath (titles, descriptions, keywords).
- Add: New scoring system with penalty-based calculation.
- Add: AI-powered checks (readability, topic completeness, personality).
0.3.8
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Polylang compatibility with post filtering and language detection.
- Add: Proper noindex marking for sitemap exclusions.
- Fix: Search interference with post selection.
- Update: Language selection displays actual language names.
0.3.7
New Fixed Not available yet- Add: Enhanced documentation and refactored settings tabs.
- Add: Magic Fix for ALT text, internal links, grammar fixes.
- Fix: Language handling in WooCommerce helper.
0.3.6
New Fixed Not available yet- Add: Better sitemap generation (faster than WordPress core).
- Add: Content depth analysis and structure quality checks.
- Fix: Various UI improvements and bug fixes.
0.3.5
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Search Engine Ranking (Pro).
- Update: Enhanced UI with better filtering and sorting.
- Fix: Minor stability improvements.
0.3.4
Fixed Not available yet- Fix: Excluded posts properly removed from sitemaps.
0.3.3
Fixed Not available yet- Fix: Better WooCommerce product support.
0.3.2
New Improved Not available yet- Add: Comprehensive logging system.
- Update: Mobile-responsive UI improvements.
0.3.1
Improved Not available yet- Update: Sitemap enhancements and fixes.
- Update: Social post improvements.
0.3.0
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Clear logs functionality.
- Fix: Common Dashboard visibility.
- Update: Style improvements and theme cleanup.
0.2.8
New Improved Not available yet- Update: Module-based settings organization.
- Add: Multi-search engine preparation.
- Add: Sitemap generation optimization settings.
0.2.6
New Fixed Security Not available yet- Add: Reverse Search with Google API.
- Add: Image ALT text suggestions.
- Fix: Security improvements and input sanitization.
0.2.4
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: WooCommerce Assistant.
- Add: Social Card previews (Open Graph, Twitter).
- Update: Analytics sorting by score.
- Fix: Post fetching for analytics charts.
0.2.3
New Improved Fixed Not available yet- Add: Social Cards feature.
- Fix: Sitemap generation.
- Update: Tab reorganization.
0.2.2
New Improved Security Not available yet- Add: Analyze feature with batch operations.
- Update: Sanitized options and improved error handling.
0.2.1
Improved Not available yet- Update: Renamed to SEO Engine!
0.1.8
New Fixed Not available yet- Add: Import/Export for data management.
- Add: AI Engine status indicator.
- Fix: Various stability improvements.
0.1.0
New Not available yet- Add: Magic Fix is working! 🎉
0.0.9
New Not available yet- Add: AI support for titles, descriptions, keywords.
- Add: SEO Score system.
0.0.1
Not available yet- First release.