A known issue in the Search Atlas WordPress plugin causes Media Optimization and Code Minification settings to remain active after you run "Clear All Settings." Use the steps below to complete the reset manually while a fix is queued for the next plugin update.
🔍 What's Happening
When you click Clear All Settings in Advanced Settings → Reset Plugin Settings, the following settings are not cleared and remain in their previous state:
- Image Conversion (Media Optimization)
- Lazy Loading (Media Optimization)
- Dimension Injection (Media Optimization)
- All Code Minification settings (Note: the plugin settings do not contain a Code Minification section — available sections are Settings, LLMs.txt, SEO Controls, OTTO cache, Branding, Schema Markup, Search engine verification, Code snippets, and Local SEO.)
Both metasync_code_minification and metasync_media_optimization option keys are fully uncleared — not partially — so every sub-setting under each section, not just the master toggle, retains its previous state. Media optimization cache and batch data also remain, leaving the plugin in an inconsistent partial-reset state.
Affected versions: all current plugin versions prior to the upcoming fix release. Once the fix is released, the version number will be noted here.
🛠️ Workaround Steps
After running Clear All Settings, follow these steps to achieve a complete reset:
- Click Clear All Settings in Advanced Settings → Reset Plugin Settings to reset all other plugin settings.
- Navigate to the Media Optimization section in the plugin settings.
- Disable the Image Conversion, Lazy Loading, and Dimension Injection master toggles.
- Click Save in the Media Optimization section before navigating away.
- Navigate to the Code Minification section.
- Disable or reset every setting in that section. Confirm each toggle and option — including Minify CSS, Minify JS, Minify HTML, and any related sub-toggles — is in its default-off state.
- Click Save in the Code Minification section.
- Clear the Media Optimization cache and any pending batch data using the Clear Cache or Reset Batch controls in the Media Optimization section. If no such control is visible in your plugin version, contact Search Atlas Support to clear the cache and batch data on the backend.
After saving, your plugin is in the same fully reset state that Clear All Settings is intended to produce.
📡 Engineering Status
Our team is aware of this issue and a fix is actively in development. The correction is complete and awaiting release in the next plugin update. This article will be retired once the fix is confirmed live. The tracked fix (WP-357) addresses the uncleared metasync_media_optimization and metasync_code_minification option keys. Cleanup of leftover media optimization cache and batch data is tracked separately — continue to use the cache/batch step in the workaround above until that follow-up is confirmed shipped.
📞 When to Contact Support
Contact Search Atlas Support if:
- The workaround steps do not fully clear your settings.
- You experience unexpected behavior after completing the manual reset.
- You need help confirming your plugin is in a clean state before proceeding.
🌀 Our team is actively working on a fix shipping in the next plugin release — the workaround above fully resolves the issue in the meantime, and Search Atlas Support is available anytime if you need hands-on help.