Code quality pass: DocBlocks on all trait files, settings page i18n coverage expanded.<\/p>","4.17.4":"
PCP compliance pass \u2014 resolves all WordPress.org Plugin Check errors and warnings.<\/p>","4.17.3":"
Settings page now stays on the current tab after saving.<\/p>","4.17.2":"
Fix: Generate & Sync now correctly trims link counts downward in all cases.<\/p>","4.17.1":"
Generate Missing and Sync Counts merged into one Generate & Sync button.<\/p>","4.17.0":"
Related Articles table post links now open the live post for previewing related links.<\/p>","4.16.9":"
Fix: Related Articles table post links now open the correct post editor.<\/p>","4.16.8":"
Fix: table no longer blanks out when Generate Missing finds nothing to process.<\/p>","4.16.7":"
Sync Counts can now fill additional slots when you increase the link count setting.<\/p>","4.16.6":"
Fix: Related Articles link count settings now save correctly.<\/p>","4.16.5":"
New: Sync Counts button instantly normalises all Related Articles link counts to match your current settings.<\/p>","4.16.4":"
Fix: Generate Missing now correctly finds pending posts regardless of which filter the table is currently showing.<\/p>","4.16.3":"
Fix: Related Articles batch now correctly updates row counts live and reloads with the right filter.<\/p>","4.16.2":"
Fix: Refresh Stale batch now reliably finds and processes posts.<\/p>","4.16.1":"
Fix: batch operations now read directly from the visible table rows, resolving persistent "No posts to process" issue.<\/p>","4.16.0":"
Fix: Refresh Stale now correctly finds and reprocesses completed posts.<\/p>","4.15.9":"
Refresh Stale batch rewritten \u2014 more robust page-by-page processing, fixes "No posts to process" in certain environments.<\/p>","4.15.8":"
Bug fix: Refresh Stale now genuinely regenerates all posts with current settings.<\/p>","4.15.7":"
Bug fix: Related Articles batch now processes all posts, not just the first 50.<\/p>","4.15.6":"
New: manually edit any post's meta description inline from the AI Tools table.<\/p>","4.15.5":"
Code quality and i18n improvements; no functional changes.<\/p>","4.15.4":"
PCP compliance fix: JSON-LD schema output now uses WordPress API, eliminating the critical echoed script tag violation.<\/p>","4.15.3":"
Bug fix: eliminates PHP warning from batch scheduler log display.<\/p>","4.15.2":"
Scoring progress now shows post count (e.g. "Post 23 of 186") in the status bar.<\/p>","4.15.1":"
Generate Missing now reliably scores unscored posts in a second phase with its own fresh post fetch.<\/p>","4.15.0":"
Generate Missing now also calculates SEO scores for any unscored posts in a second pass.<\/p>","4.14.9":"
All data columns in the AI Tools post table are now sortable by clicking the header.<\/p>","4.14.8":"
Bug fix: homepage SEO score now persists across page reloads.<\/p>","4.14.7":"
AI Tools post table now has a Date column and sortable headers for Post, Date, and SEO Score.<\/p>","4.14.6":"
Swapped Categories and Scheduled Batch tab order in settings page.<\/p>","4.0.0 \u2013 4.14.6":"
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CloudScale SEO AI Optimizer is a completely free SEO plugin built for technical bloggers and site owners who want full control without the overhead of Yoast or RankMath. There is no Pro version, no upsells, no feature gates, and no licence keys.<\/p>\n\n
It handles the essentials cleanly and adds a full AI toolkit that uses either the Anthropic Claude API or the Google Gemini API to generate meta descriptions, ALT text, summaries, SEO scores, focus keywords, internal links, and related articles \u2014 all from WP Admin, with no extra subscriptions required.<\/p>\n\n
This plugin connects to external AI APIs to generate meta descriptions and ALT text. Connections are made when you use the AI Meta Writer or ALT Text Generator buttons in WP Admin, and optionally on a scheduled basis via WP Cron.<\/p>\n\n
Service:<\/strong> Anthropic PBC\nWebsite:<\/strong> https:\/\/anthropic.com\nEndpoint:<\/strong> https:\/\/api.anthropic.com\/v1\/messages\nData sent:<\/strong> Post title and post content (up to 6,000 characters), plus your configured system prompt\nWhen data is sent:<\/strong> Only when you click Generate, Fix, or the Generate with Claude button in the post editor, when the scheduled batch runs for posts without a meta description, or automatically on post publish\/update when Auto Pipeline is enabled in AI Tools settings.\nAPI key:<\/strong> You must supply your own Anthropic API key. The key is stored in your WordPress database and is never transmitted anywhere except directly to api.anthropic.com.<\/p>\n\n Anthropic Privacy Policy: https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/privacy\nAnthropic Terms of Service: https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/terms\nAnthropic API documentation: https:\/\/docs.anthropic.com<\/p>\n\n Service:<\/strong> Google LLC\nWebsite:<\/strong> https:\/\/ai.google.dev\nEndpoint:<\/strong> https:\/\/generativelanguage.googleapis.com\/v1beta\/models\/\nData sent:<\/strong> Post title and post content (up to 6,000 characters), plus your configured system prompt\nWhen data is sent:<\/strong> Only when you click Generate, Fix, or the scheduled batch runs, when Gemini is selected as your AI provider, or automatically on post publish\/update when Auto Pipeline is enabled in AI Tools settings.\nAPI key:<\/strong> You must supply your own Google AI API key. The key is stored in your WordPress database and is never transmitted anywhere except directly to Google.<\/p>\n\n Google Privacy Policy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\nGoogle Terms of Service: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\nGemini API documentation: https:\/\/ai.google.dev\/docs<\/p>\n\n Service:<\/strong> Google LLC\nWebsites:<\/strong> https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com, https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\nWhen contacted:<\/strong> Only when you use the Font Display Optimizer's \"Download Fonts\" feature in WP Admin (Performance tab). This feature downloads Google Fonts files to your server so they can be served locally.\nData sent:<\/strong> The URL of the Google Font stylesheet registered on your site. No personal data or post content is transmitted.\nPurpose:<\/strong> To copy font files from Google's CDN to your own server, eliminating the external Google Fonts request from your frontend pages (improves GDPR compliance and Core Web Vitals).<\/p>\n\n Google Privacy Policy: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\nGoogle Terms of Service: https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms<\/p>\n\n What it does:<\/strong> When you use the Broken Link Checker in WP Admin, the plugin extracts all outbound hyperlinks from your published posts and pages, then sends an HTTP HEAD request from your server to each unique URL to check its status.\nData sent:<\/strong> Only the URL itself is fetched \u2014 no post content, no user data. Standard HTTP headers (User-Agent identifying your site) are sent with each request.\nWhen it fires:<\/strong> Only when you open the Broken Link Checker tab and start a scan. No automatic or scheduled scanning.\nNote:<\/strong> There is no separate terms of service for outbound HTTP HEAD requests \u2014 your server is simply fetching publicly reachable URLs listed in your own content.<\/p>\n\n\n Important:<\/strong> Deactivate any other SEO plugins (Yoast, RankMath, All in One SEO) before using this plugin to avoid duplicate meta tags in your page output.<\/p>\n\n\n Only if you want to use the AI Meta Writer or ALT Text Generator features. The core SEO functionality (canonical URLs, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards, structured data, custom titles and descriptions) works without any API key.<\/p><\/dd>\n Both work well. Anthropic Claude tends to produce slightly more nuanced descriptions. Google Gemini Flash is extremely fast and cost effective for large sites. You can switch providers at any time without losing any generated content.<\/p><\/dd>\n Generating descriptions for a typical 200 post blog costs approximately $1.20 to $1.50 using Claude Sonnet, or under $0.50 using Gemini Flash. Both providers charge per token. You control your own API key and billing directly with each provider.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Running two SEO plugins simultaneously produces duplicate meta tags. Deactivate your existing SEO plugin before activating this one.<\/p><\/dd>\n In WordPress post meta, using the key _cs_seo_desc. Titles use _cs_seo_title. OG images use _cs_seo_ogimg. These are standard post meta fields that persist if you deactivate the plugin.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The AI Meta Writer section includes a fully editable system prompt. The character range you configure in the min\/max fields is injected automatically at call time.<\/p><\/dd>\n The plugin measures the returned description before saving it. If it is outside your configured range, it automatically sends a correction request to the AI with the exact character count and direction. The corrected version is what gets saved.<\/p><\/dd>\n The plugin scans your theme and plugin CSS files for @font-face rules and injects font-display: swap to prevent fonts from blocking page rendering. It also adds metric overrides to reduce layout shift when fonts load. All changes create a backup that you can undo with one click. Enable these features in the Performance tab.<\/p><\/dd>\n Adding the defer attribute to script tags allows them to download in parallel with HTML parsing and execute only after the document is ready. jQuery and other commonly problematic scripts are excluded automatically. You can add additional exclusions by script handle or URL substring.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The Scheduled Batch tab lets you select which days of the week to run automatic generation. The batch runs at midnight server time and only processes posts that do not yet have a meta description. It never overwrites existing ones.<\/p><\/dd>\n Auto Pipeline fires a background process the moment a post is published. It runs every AI step in sequence: meta description, SEO score, focus keyword, ALT text for all post images, AI-suggested internal links, AI summary box, and Related Articles. The process runs in a separate PHP request so it does not slow down the publish action. You can also trigger a re-run manually from the post metabox using the \"Re-run AI Automation\" button.<\/p><\/dd>\n Selecting Automatic tells the plugin to always use the current recommended model for your chosen provider (currently claude-sonnet-4-6 for Anthropic and gemini-2.0-flash for Google). When Anthropic or Google release a better default model the plugin will automatically switch without any settings change on your part. Users who have already pinned a specific model are not affected.<\/p><\/dd>\nGoogle Gemini API<\/h4>\n\n
Google Fonts CDN<\/h4>\n\n
Broken Link Checker (server-side URL probing)<\/h4>\n\n
sslverify<\/code> is disabled for these requests so that sites with expired or self-signed certificates can be checked. Requests to loopback, link-local, and private IP ranges are blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Do I need an API key?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Which AI provider should I choose?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How much does the API cost?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Will this conflict with Yoast or RankMath?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Where are my meta descriptions stored?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I use a custom system prompt?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What happens if the generated description is the wrong length?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How does font display optimization work?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How does JavaScript deferral work?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I schedule automatic description generation?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What does Auto Pipeline do?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
What is the Automatic model option?<\/h3><\/dt>\n