Updates: WordPress Plugin Releases

🚀 WordPress Plugin 2.7.0 Updates

Version 2.7.0 adds headless WordPress support, safer OTTO data management, flexible SEO controls, and improvements that make the plugin more reliable. ✨ What's New - Headless WordPress support: Keep your WordPress backend and decoupled frontend synchronized through SSO and heartbeat. SEO data is available through WPGraphQL, with frontend-aware canonical and og:url handling, taxonomy canonical overrides, bulk payload resolution, and a dedicated Headless Mode section in Advanced settings. - Safer OTTO persistence: Original Yoast, Rank Math, and AIOSEO values are backed up before OTTO updates them. Nothing is changed without your explicit consent, and you can restore all values to their original state. - Per-page language controls: Enable or disable language alternates (hreflang) for individual posts and pages. - Global SEO priority: Choose whether OTTO or custom SEO values take priority across your site. - Improved SEO Health: Titles and descriptions already applied by OTTO are now recognized, and large catalogues with extensive post metadata are processed more efficiently. - Cleaner administration: The third-party SEO sync screen now supports white-label branding, Instant Indexing settings are consolidated in Indexation Control, and duplicate controls have been removed. 🛠️ How to Use It 1. Open the WordPress plugin settings and review the new Headless Mode options under Advanced if you use a decoupled frontend. 2. Review OTTO persistence settings and provide consent before allowing OTTO to update existing SEO values. 3. Use the restore action to return backed-up SEO values to their original state when needed. 4. Configure your global OTTO or custom SEO priority, then adjust language alternates from individual post or page editor settings. 5. Manage your Instant Indexing service account file from Indexation Control. 📋 What to Expect - Classic Editor saves preserve OTTO schema, and titles or descriptions containing curly quotes and dashes save correctly. - Third-party og:title and twitter:title values are preserved during OTTO renders. - Sitemaps exclude URLs that redirect elsewhere, and redirect safeguards prevent self-referencing or looping redirects. - Language alternates avoid duplicates, include a self-reference, and validate their entries, including on WPML sites. - The Visual HTML Editor prevents saves when the stored document cannot be preserved, protecting landing pages and full-document templates. - Deactivation, plugin updates, media metadata, white-label imports, frontend assets, and WebPage schema handling are more reliable. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

🎨 White-Label the SearchAtlas WordPress Plugin (v2.5.0)

Version 2.5.0 of the SearchAtlas WordPress plugin lets you install the plugin and rebrand both its in-WordPress interface and your OTTO dashboard with your own agency branding, so clients see only your company's name, logo, and colors. 📋 What's new in SearchAtlas WordPress plugin version 2.5.0 This release streamlines connection, expands white-label branding, and redesigns the interface to match the Search Atlas dashboard. Highlights: - Single Sign-On (SSO): authenticate the plugin with one click — no manual setup. - One-click OTTO activation: the plugin imports and applies your existing OTTO project configuration after you authenticate. - White-label branding: rebrand the plugin name, logo, OTTO AI name, color palette, and dashboard URL. Note: PDF reports currently still display SearchAtlas branding; a fix is in progress. - Direct dashboard access: open your OTTO project dashboard from inside the plugin. - Connection status labels, reset option, and error logs for faster setup and troubleshooting. 🚀 How do I install the SearchAtlas (MetaSync) plugin? Install the plugin under its original SearchAtlas name first, then apply white-label branding afterward. 1. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New. 2. Upload or search for the SearchAtlas (MetaSync) plugin and click Install Now. 3. Click Activate. 4. In the WordPress admin menu, open the SearchAtlas (MetaSync) plugin and click the Single Sign-On (SSO) button on its settings page. A Search Atlas login window opens; sign in (and approve the consent screen if prompted) to authenticate your account in one click. After authentication, the plugin imports your existing OTTO project configuration — including your project's API Key, OTTO UUID, and connection settings — and pre-populates the plugin with these values, linking it to your existing OTTO project rather than creating a new one. You're now ready to apply branding from the Branding settings page below. 🎨 Can I white-label the plugin UI itself, not just the dashboard? Yes. The SearchAtlas (MetaSync) plugin has built-in white-label support that rebrands both the plugin interface inside WordPress and your custom dashboard domain. 1. In your WordPress admin, open the Search Atlas plugin → Settings → Branding section (white-label). 2. Configure your branding fields: - Plugin Name — your agency name, shown in place of SearchAtlas. - Dashboard URL — your custom white-label dashboard domain. - Logos — upload both light and dark versions. - Plugin Description, Author, Menu Slug, Menu Icon — customize how the plugin appears in WordPress. - OTTO Name — rename OTTO to your preferred product name. 3. Save your changes on the Branding page. Once enabled, your clients see only your agency's branding in both the plugin UI and the custom white-label dashboard domain. Note: PDF reports currently still display SearchAtlas branding rather than your white-label branding; a fix for this is in progress. 🔑 How does Single Sign-On set up my API Key and OTTO UUID? When you log in via SSO, the plugin automatically populates both the API Key and OTTO UUID fields if a Search Atlas project already matches your WordPress domain. This removes manual copy-pasting and connects the plugin to the correct OTTO project immediately. If multiple projects exist, the plugin prompts you to confirm or select the right one, so you connect to the intended project without configuration errors. 🟢 How do I check whether the plugin is connected? The interface shows visual connection indicators in both the sidebar and the top navigation bar, so you can confirm status at a glance without opening settings: - Connected (green label): the plugin is authenticated and synced with your Search Atlas project. - Not Connected (gray label): the plugin has not been authenticated or has lost connection. 🛑 How do I disable the dashboard inside WordPress? If you prefer to manage projects only through the Search Atlas platform, you can disable the in-WordPress dashboard. - When disabled, the status displays as Dashboard Disabled. - Re-enable it at any time to open your OTTO project dashboard directly inside WordPress. 🛠️ How do I reset the plugin or generate error logs? - Reset Plugin: restore all plugin configurations to their default values in one step. - Error Logs: when WordPress debug mode is enabled, generate anonymous error logs to share with support and speed up troubleshooting. 🧯 Troubleshooting and known issues for the SearchAtlas plugin - White-label dashboard domain not loading: custom dashboard domains depend on DNS propagation, which can take time to complete. Verify your domain's DNS records point to the correct white-label endpoint, and allow propagation to finish before testing the dashboard. - Team member invites not received: confirm the invited email address is correct and check spam/junk folders. If the invite still doesn't arrive, resend it from the dashboard. - Navigation menu not expanding or displaying correctly: a known issue can cause the plugin's navigation menu to display incorrectly. Refresh the page or clear your browser cache; if the problem persists, generate error logs and contact support. - Reviewing error logs: with WordPress debug mode enabled, use the Error Logs option (see above) to generate anonymous logs, then share them with support to speed up troubleshooting. 🎯 You can now install the SearchAtlas (MetaSync) plugin, connect it with one-click SSO, and white-label both the plugin UI and your dashboard from the Branding settings page. Next, open the Branding section to add your Company Name, logos, colors, and OTTO AI name so your clients see only your agency.

WordPress Plugin Version 2.6.16 Released

WordPress Plugin 2.6.16 is now available with critical security patches, significant performance optimizations, and numerous bug fixes to improve stability and compatibility. How to Update to Version 2.6.16 To get the latest version of the Search Atlas WordPress Plugin, follow these steps: 1. Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard. 2. Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Locate Search Atlas in the list and click Update Now if an update is available, or enable auto-updates to receive future releases automatically. 4. Once updated, verify the version number shown under the plugin name reads 2.6.16. If you do not see the update available yet, try clearing your browser cache or waiting a few minutes for WordPress to sync with the plugin repository, then refresh the Plugins page. If you experience any issues after updating — such as broken thumbnails, memory errors, or authentication conflicts — deactivate and reactivate the plugin first. If the problem persists, contact our support team via the chat widget below. 🔒 Security Enhancements This release includes several important security improvements: - Whitelabel password is now encrypted at rest instead of stored in plain text - Prevented path traversal attacks from unvalidated slugs in imported ZIP manifests - Validated all file paths built from ZIP manifest slugs before reading them ⚡ Performance Improvements Significant optimizations have been made to reduce resource usage and prevent system failures: - Capped image-processing resource usage to prevent unbounded memory consumption - Added a maximum image dimensions setting that downscales oversized images before conversion - Cached image dimensions to avoid repeated file reads on every page render - Batched the content URL rewrite query to prevent database table locks - Raised the memory limit before heavy image processing to avoid out-of-memory failures - Reduced memory usage during HTML rendering on large pages - Prevented memory exhaustion caused by bot and vulnerability-scanner traffic - Prevented image conversion from exceeding PHP's maximum execution time during media optimization ✨ UI and UX Improvements Several usability enhancements have been implemented: - Surfaced the Focus Keyword as a read-only field in the Gutenberg SEO sidebar - Excluded Website Studio and custom HTML pages from SEO audit, inventory, and analysis surfaces - Hid SEO meta fields on Website Studio-synced pages and show a read-only notice instead - Labeled Website Studio-synced pages with a post state in the admin Pages list - Stopped admin notices from causing layout shift and viewport scroll when navigating between plugin features - Fixed checkbox alignment with their labels in Search Atlas → Settings (general options, including the Disable Redirection checkbox) - Bundled the default plugin logo locally instead of hotlinking it - Fixed icon alignment on the Schema Markup metabox - Fixed a color mismatch and text crowding on the Schema Markup metabox Remove button - Fixed the Hide Dashboard option so it actually hides the dashboard from the admin menu, and corrected its help text - Streamlined the plugin entry file for maintainability 🐛 Bug Fixes This release addresses numerous bugs to improve reliability and compatibility: - Fixed several bugs surfaced by static analysis - Fixed broken thumbnails for orphaned images and cleaned up converted files when the originals are deleted - Made multi-page imports idempotent so re-importing no longer creates duplicate pages when a slug collides - MetaSync REST authentication now coexists with third-party JWT authentication plugins - Heartbeat status badge now re

🔌 WordPress Plugin 2.7.1 Stability & Security Update

Version 2.7.1 of the Search Atlas WordPress plugin delivers a comprehensive round of security hardening, stability improvements, and code quality updates — making the plugin safer and more reliable for every site it's installed on. ✨ What's New This release focuses on making the plugin more robust and trustworthy across the board. Here's what changed for you: - Cleaner Changes Log page: The admin Changes Log screen now displays headings and toolbar controls in proper alignment, so the page is easier to read and navigate. - Settings with special characters now work correctly: If your saved settings contained a % character, the admin page could crash entirely. This is now resolved and the plugin also handles partially completed upgrades without errors. - Stronger security across the plugin: We audited and resolved several security areas, including how data is validated when it enters the plugin, how it's safely output to the browser, and how database queries are handled — all tightened to current best practices. - Improved admin action protection: Admin pages, settings forms, and background actions now include the proper verification checks to ensure only authorized users can perform sensitive operations. - Safer redirects and file handling: All redirects now use secure WordPress-native methods, file writes are handled in a centralized and consistent way, and any legacy redirect entries with unsafe URLs are automatically cleaned up. - Plugin icons load locally: Compatibility checker plugin icons are now bundled directly with the plugin instead of being fetched from an external server, improving load reliability and privacy. - Fully translatable text: All user-facing text in the plugin is now properly set up for translation, so the plugin works correctly in multilingual environments. - WordPress.org compliance: The plugin has been audited against WordPress.org Plugin Check standards, and all identified findings — including database query handling, caching, and schema practices — have been resolved. - General code cleanup: Debug logging that had no place in a live environment has been removed, and outdated or unused code has been cleaned up throughout the plugin. 🛠️ How to Use It 1. Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard. 2. Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. If an update is available for the Search Atlas plugin, click Update Now. 4. Once updated, verify the plugin is active and your settings are intact. 📋 What to Expect All fixes in this release are applied automatically once the plugin is updated — no configuration changes are required on your end. Existing settings, redirects, and data are preserved. Legacy redirect entries with unsafe source URLs will be cleaned up automatically in the background after updating. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

🚀 Search Atlas Plugin Dashboard Updates in WordPress

This article provides a complete walkthrough of the updates introduced in the Search Atlas Plugin Dashboard within WordPress. Every section has been enhanced for clarity, functionality, and smoother SEO workflows. Below is a detailed reference of everything that has changed, what each feature does, and how to use it. In the Search Atlas (WordPress plugin) → Settings area, you'll see navigation tabs that provide consistent access to: - Settings (General) - LLMs.txt - SEO Controls - OTTO cache - Branding - Schema Markup - Search engine verification - Code snippets - Local SEO The layout emphasizes clarity and centralizes all SEO-critical tools. 🏠 Dashboard (View-Only Analytics) The Dashboard loads a read-only version of the Search Atlas performance view. Once the site is connected under Settings → One-Click Authentication, users see: - Organic performance overview - Keyword visibility - Technical health indicators - Backlink summaries This section mirrors the Search Atlas UI but cannot be edited inside WordPress. It exists to give clients quick visibility without leaving WP-Admin. 🔧 Indexation Control This tool helps prevent WordPress from indexing pages that provide no SEO value. Options include: - Date archives - Tag archives - Author archives - Format-based archives - Any unnecessary auto-generated WP taxonomy pages Toggling these improves crawl budget and prevents thin or duplicate content. 🧩 Compatibility Tools This page lists supported page builders (Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi Builder, etc.), SEO plugins (Yoast, Rank Math, All in One SEO, etc.), and caching systems (LiteSpeed Cache, etc.). Host Blocking Test: The Run Test button checks whether the hosting provider is blocking API communication between WordPress and Search Atlas. If the test fails, it indicates server-side blocking of outbound calls, allowing support to diagnose sync or connection issues quickly. Auto-Exclude URL: This interface allows users to paste specific URLs that should not receive automated optimizations from the plugin. Useful when a specific page conflicts with automatic updates, the client wants manual control over a landing page, or a page template behaves differently under plugin automation. When excluded, the plugin silently skips that URL during sync or optimization runs. 🔄 Sync Log This is a chronological log where users can see WordPress updates pushed from Search Atlas, auto-recommendations delivered, contingency posts, and completed sync tasks with timestamps. This reassures users that the plugin is communicating and applying updates correctly. When no sync events exist, you'll see a message that sync events will appear once content or pages receive new updates — this helps verify whether the plugin is properly communicating with the Search Atlas cloud. 🔁 Redirections Manager One of the most expanded areas in this update. Main Redirections View: You can add a new redirect, import redirects from other SEO plugins, and filter by status, pattern type, redirect type, or keyword search. Each redirect row displays the From URL, To URL, redirect type (e.g., 307 Temporary Redirect), pattern (Exact Match, etc.), hits, status (active/inactive), last accessed timestamp, and quick actions (Edit, Deactivate, Delete). Add Redirection: Multiple source URLs can be added with Add Another. Destination URL match types include Exact, Starts With, Ends With, Wildcard, and Regex. Redirection type options include 301 Permanent Move, 302 Temporary Move, 307 Temporary Redirect, 410 Content Deleted, and 451 Content Unavailable for Legal Reasons. You can also add an optional description and set status to Active or Inactive before clicking Save or Cancel. Import From SEO Plugins: Search Atlas can import existing redirects from Redirection, Yoast SEO / Yoast SEO Premium, Rank Math, All-in-One SEO, and Simple 301 Redirects. If a plugin isn't detected on the site, it's labeled NOT FOUND to prevent accidental imports. This feature prevents duplicate redirects and automatically migrates previous configurations. 404 Error Monitor: Shows Total 404 Errors, Total Hits, Last 24 Hours Count, and Frequent Errors Count, plus a bar graph of the most frequent 404 URLs by hit count for quick troubleshooting. 🤖 Robots.txt Editor This lets users edit their robots.txt file directly. It includes: - A live editor for the robots.txt file inside WordPress - A file status indicator showing whether a robots file exists on the server - Automatic backup history each time changes are saved - An important notes panel warning against blocking your entire site (Disallow: /), noting that changes take effect immediately (though indexing delays may occur), and that some hosting providers override robots.txt files - Quick guide cards with examples of User-agent, Disallow, Allow, and Sitemap - A Validate button that checks for common issues 🗺️ XML Sitemap Generator The XML Sitemap panel has been reorganized for clarity. Sitemap Status shows whether the sitemap is Generated or Not Generated, URLs Indexed, whether Auto-update is Enabled or Disabled, the Last Generated timestamp, and the Sitemap URL. Sitemap Actions include Generate Sitemap Now (creates or updates your sitemap.xml file in the root directory), Disable Auto-Update (when enabled, the sitemap updates automatically when posts change), and Delete Sitemap (permanently deletes the sitemap.xml file from your server). Sitemap Preview shows the first 50 lines of the sitemap, including loc URLs, lastmod timestamps, changefreq, and priority, with a View Full Sitemap link to open the live file. 🧱 Custom HTML Pages This feature allows the creation of dedicated HTML pages that bypass the WordPress theme entirely. Use cases include custom landing pages, external tool-built marketing pages, raw HTML/CSS/JS experiments, A/B test pages, and standalone utility pages. How it works: click Add New Custom HTML Page, set a page title and slug, access the Custom HTML Settings panel, enable Raw HTML Mode (auto-enabled by default), upload a complete HTML file or paste HTML directly, then click Publish. These pages do not interfere with theme-based or builder-based pages (Elementor, Divi, etc.). ⚙️ Settings Updates General — One-Click Authentication: Shows current connection status (Synced), the API key used, an option to Re-authenticate or Disconnect Account, and an authentication timestamp. This section ensures the plugin stays securely connected to Search Atlas. Google Index API Integration: Lets users upload their Google Cloud JSON key to enable automatic indexation requests. With the Google Indexing API, every time content is synced, the corresponding URL is automatically sent to Google for indexing. Includes a requirements checklist (project enabled, permissions, domain verified, service account added), a JSON upload field, a manual paste option, and step-by-step instructions to obtain the JSON file. White Label Settings: Allows agencies to rebrand and control what clients can see. A White Label Settings password is required to enable protected options — if it's missing, the system prompts you to set one. Plugin Visibility Controls let you hide the Dashboard, Settings, Indexation Control, Redirect Manager, Robots.txt, Sync Log, Compatibility, and Advanced Settings from client users. Each toggle hides the corresponding menu item in the WordPress sidebar, which is useful for agencies managing SEO for clients who shouldn't access advanced tools. White-Label Export: White-label agencies can export the plugin pre-configured with their white-label settings. After filling out all branding fields, clicking the export option generates a ZIP file of the plugin including all white-label settings. When installed on another WordPress site, the plugin loads with all branding already applied, eliminating repetitive setup for large agencies. Advanced Settings include Cache Plugin Management (clear cache for supported caching plugins such as WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, and W3 Total Cache, with a message if none are detected), Error Log Management (clear WordPress error logs to free up space), and WordPress Debug Configuration (useful for troubleshooting connectivity issues). Import Settings From SEO Plugins: Search Atlas supports importing settings from other SEO tools across indexation control, redirections, robots.txt, and XML sitemap. Each of these modules includes an Import from SEO Plugins button; clicking it opens an importer screen that detects available SEO plugins and their data, with categories marked as available when importable data is found. Optimization Preview Toolbar: A toolbar shows exactly what changes Search Atlas applies to a specific URL. It appears by default and can be disabled in plugin settings, includes a Preview Original button to view the unmodified page, and highlights which elements Search Atlas modified, such as title, meta description, and schema. Content Genius Author Sync Controls: A setting lets users choose which WordPress user roles can be synced with Content Genius when publishing content, restricting available authors to specific roles (e.g., administrators, editors) and preventing content from being assigned to unintended accounts. Light Theme Mode: A light theme has been added to improve accessibility and accommodate user preferences; users can switch themes with a toggle button. Clear Suggestions Cache: An option in Advanced Settings lets users flush the plugin's stored recommendations cache when needed. ✅ Final Notes This update to the Search Atlas WordPress plugin enhances SEO workflow visibility, debugging and troubleshooting, URL and redirection control, indexation and sitemap management, white-labeling and client-facing permissions, integration with the Google Indexing API, and full HTML-page creation within WordPress. The updated Search Atlas WordPress Plugin provides deeper control, clearer diagnostics, and more automation for SEO tasks. With tools for indexation, redirections, robots.txt, sitemaps, custom pages, indexing API, and compatibility testing, it allows site owners and agencies to manage mission-critical SEO infrastructure directly inside WordPress. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

🔌 Search Atlas WordPress Plugin Version and Updates

About Search Atlas WordPress Plugin Updates Search Atlas regularly releases updates to its WordPress plugin to deliver new features, performance improvements, and security patches. Keeping your plugin up to date ensures the best experience and access to the latest Search Atlas capabilities. Note: Specific version numbers, release dates, and compatibility requirements change with each release. Always refer to your WordPress admin dashboard for the most current plugin version information — static figures are not published in help articles to avoid outdated guidance reaching you. How to Check Your Current Plugin Version 1. Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard at yoursite.com/wp-admin. 2. Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins in the left navigation menu. 3. Locate Search Atlas in the list. The version number currently installed is displayed beneath the plugin name. 4. If an update is available, WordPress will show an Update now link directly below the plugin entry. How to Update the Plugin We recommend taking a full site backup before applying any plugin update. 1. Back up your site. Use your hosting provider's backup tool or a dedicated backup plugin to create a full backup of your WordPress files and database. 2. Log in to WordPress. Go to your WordPress admin dashboard at yoursite.com/wp-admin. 3. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. Find the Search Atlas plugin in the list. 4. Apply the update. If an update is available, click Update now. WordPress will download and install the latest version automatically. 5. Verify the update. After the update completes, confirm the new version number is displayed under the plugin name and test your site to ensure everything is working as expected. Compatibility and Requirements Each plugin release specifies minimum WordPress and PHP version requirements. Before updating, check the plugin's detail page in your WordPress dashboard — click the plugin name to open its details — where the compatible WordPress and PHP versions are listed. If your hosting environment does not meet those requirements, update your hosting environment first to avoid activation issues. Finding Release Notes and Changelog The WordPress plugin repository lists version history and release notes for publicly released versions. To view the changelog, visit the Search Atlas plugin page on the WordPress.org plugin directory and click the Changelog tab. Troubleshooting After an Update If the plugin behaves unexpectedly after an update, try the following steps: - Deactivate and reactivate the plugin from Plugins → Installed Plugins. - Clear any site or server-side cache and reload your site. - Confirm your WordPress and PHP versions meet the plugin's stated compatibility requirements. - If the issue persists, restore your pre-update backup to return to a stable state while you investigate. When contacting support, have the following ready: your WordPress version, your PHP version, the Search Atlas plugin version you updated from and the version you updated to, and a description of the unexpected behavior including any error messages shown. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

🔌 WordPress Plugin Release Version 2.6.17

WordPress Plugin version 2.6.17 is now live, bringing targeted improvements to the settings interface and search functionality alongside important fixes that prevent fatal errors and invalid canonical URL output. ✨ What's New This release includes the following improvements and fixes: - Refresh Token button fix: The oversized icon and misalignment on the settings page have been corrected, giving the button a clean, properly proportioned appearance. - Redirections search improvement: The search field in the Redirections section now triggers a search when you press Enter, so you no longer need to click the Search button manually. - White screen fatal error fix: A fatal error that occurred when WordPress internally checked for a white screen after saving a theme file has been prevented. - Edge cache fatal error fix: A fatal error that could be triggered when clearing edge cache for a single URL has been resolved. - Invalid canonical URL fix: The plugin now prevents invalid Array canonical URLs from being output to the page and automatically cleans up any already-corrupted stored values. 🛠️ How to Use It 1. From your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Plugins and confirm the Search Atlas plugin is updated to version 2.6.17. 2. If the update has not applied automatically, click Update Now next to the Search Atlas plugin. 3. Once updated, visit the plugin settings page to verify the Refresh Token button displays correctly. 4. Navigate to the Redirections section and test the search field by typing a query and pressing Enter to confirm the improved behavior is active. 📋 What to Expect - No configuration changes are required after updating. - Previously stored invalid canonical URL values will be cleaned up automatically — no manual intervention is needed. - The fatal error fixes are preventative; if your site was already experiencing these errors, updating to 2.6.17 should resolve them. - All other plugin functionality remains unchanged. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

✍️ Content Genius WordPress Sync Scroll Fix

A scrolling issue that affected the Content Genius sync-to-WordPress workflow has been resolved as part of the Content Genius release on 2026-07-21 (bugfix CG-2738), ensuring a smoother editing and publishing experience. ✨ What's New Mouse wheel scroll was not functioning correctly when syncing content from Content Genius to WordPress. This bug (CG-2738) has been patched in the 2026-07-21 release. No action is required on your end — the fix is deployed automatically to the platform. 🛠️ What To Do If You're Still Experiencing This Issue Because the source details of this fix are limited, the steps below are general browser-side remediation steps that may help if you are still seeing scroll issues after the fix was deployed: 1. Open Content Genius and navigate to the content you want to publish. 2. Proceed with the WordPress sync workflow. 3. If scroll is still not responding, hard-refresh your browser (Ctrl+Shift+R on Windows, Cmd+Shift+R on Mac) to ensure the latest version of the platform is loaded. 4. If the issue persists, clear your browser cache and reload the page, then attempt the sync again. 5. If scrolling still does not work, try using a different supported browser to determine whether the issue is browser-specific. 📋 What to Expect Mouse wheel scroll should behave normally during the WordPress sync workflow following the 2026-07-21 release. If the problem continues after following the steps above, please have the following ready when contacting support: your browser name and version, the name of the content piece you were syncing, and any error messages or unexpected behavior you observed. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

🔌 WordPress Plugin 2.6.21 Updates and Fixes

Version 2.6.21 of the Search Atlas WordPress Plugin includes two meaningful improvements to help you manage your site's SEO more efficiently, along with a set of fixes that resolve caching, indexing, and syncing issues some sites were experiencing. ✨ What's New This release adds two improvements to your WordPress experience: - Sitemap zero-URL warning: The Sitemap Settings screen now displays a clear warning when a generated News or Video sitemap contains zero URLs. This makes it easy to tell at a glance whether an empty sitemap is intentional or the result of a misconfiguration. - SEO columns in Posts and Pages lists: You can now enable optional SEO Title, Meta Description, Noindex, and Nofollow columns directly in your WordPress Posts and Pages admin list. These columns are hidden by default and can be turned on through the Screen Options panel at the top of each list screen. 🛠️ How to Use It 1. To see the new SEO columns, go to your WordPress admin and open either the Posts or Pages list. 2. Click Screen Options in the top-right corner of the screen. 3. Check the boxes for SEO Title, Meta Description, Noindex, and/or Nofollow to add them to your list view. 4. To check your sitemap health, navigate to the Sitemap Settings screen and look for any zero-URL warnings on your News or Video sitemaps. 📋 What to Expect This release also resolves several issues that were affecting site performance, indexing accuracy, and publishing reliability: - Improved caching behavior: A redundant HTTP header was being added to responses, which could cause some CDN caches to bypass their edge cache and send every visitor directly to your server. This has been removed, so your CDN should now cache pages as expected. - Faster page cache population and accurate PageSpeed scores: Background requests used to warm your page cache and run performance audits were previously being slowed down by the plugin's rendering process. This caused some sites' caches to not fully populate and made PageSpeed scores appear lower than they actually were. Both now run without interference. - Accurate SEO Health dashboard readings: The SEO Health dashboard was sometimes displaying the plugin's own default SEO title and description instead of the values you had set yourself. It now correctly reflects the title and description that actually appear on your published pages. - Reliable publishing and syncing on restricted sites: Sites using a security plugin or custom code to restrict REST API access to logged-in users only were experiencing silent failures during publishing and syncing. This has been resolved and those actions now work correctly on restricted sites. - Noindex behavior is now consistent: A scenario where a Noindex directive set through the page meta box could be silently ignored when advanced robots settings were also present has been fixed. The Robots settings have also been simplified — the redundant Index checkbox has been removed, and noindex output now only includes indexing and crawling directives. - No more errors when importing robots settings from Yoast: Importing advanced robots meta data from Yoast SEO no longer causes a fatal error when the stored value is in an unexpected format. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

🔌 WordPress Plugin Version 2.6.23 Updates

Version 2.6.23 of the Search Atlas WordPress plugin delivers improvements and fixes that make OTTO SEO more reliable and compatible across site configurations. ✨ What's New This release includes the following confirmed improvement: - Automatic host compatibility detection: The plugin now automatically detects when your hosting environment is blocking communication with Search Atlas — both when the plugin is first activated and on a recurring basis. You no longer need to run this check manually. 🛠️ How to Use It 1. Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard. 2. Navigate to Plugins and check for an available update to the Search Atlas plugin. 3. Install version 2.6.23 when the update becomes available. 4. Once updated, the plugin will automatically run a host compatibility check — no manual action is needed. 📋 What to Expect After updating, the plugin will handle host compatibility detection automatically. If you have questions about this release or notice any unexpected behavior after updating, please reach out to our team. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

🔌 WordPress Plugin 2.6.20 Improvements & Fixes

Version 2.6.20 of the Search Atlas WordPress plugin delivers a meaningful improvement that gives you better visibility into what OTTO is outputting on your pages. ✨ What's New This release includes an improvement that gives you better visibility and control: - OTTO Debug panel now shows Meta Descriptions in all formats: When OTTO delivers a meta description as raw header HTML, it now appears correctly in the OTTO Debug comparison panel — so you always have a complete picture of what OTTO is outputting on your pages. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

🔌 WordPress Plugin Version 2.6.22 Updates

Version 2.6.22 of the Search Atlas WordPress plugin brings a more streamlined admin experience. See the details below for what changed in this release. ✨ What's New This release introduces improvements to the plugin's interface and functionality: - Simplified admin sidebar: The WordPress admin sidebar now displays a focused set of eight core menu items by default. 🛠️ How to Use It 1. Update the Search Atlas WordPress plugin to version 2.6.22 from your WordPress dashboard under Plugins → Updates. 2. Navigate to the Search Atlas menu in your WordPress admin sidebar to see the new streamlined menu. 📋 What to Expect This release is focused on delivering a cleaner, more organized admin experience. Additional improvements and fixes are included in this version — update to 2.6.22 to take advantage of all changes. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

📘 Search Atlas SEO WordPress Plugin — Version 2.6.1

The Search Atlas SEO plugin is the official WordPress integration for the Search Atlas platform — connecting your site to OTTO AI automation, Content Genius publishing, and a full suite of native SEO tools for metadata, schema, redirects, and media optimization. ⚙️ Requirements: PHP 8.2+ · WordPress 5.2+ 🆕 What's New in 2.6.1 Version 2.6.1 ships two headline additions on top of the 2.5.x foundation: Feature What it does Media Optimization Convert images to WebP/AVIF, enable native lazy loading, and auto-inject image dimensions — all from inside WordPress Bing Instant Indexing (IndexNow) Submit URLs to Bing automatically on publish using the IndexNow protocol Beaver Builder Sitemap Exclusion Beaver Builder template post types are automatically excluded from Search Atlas–generated sitemaps, matching legacy Rank Math behavior 🧩 Full Feature Overview 🔌 Connecting the Plugin To connect the plugin to your Search Atlas account, you need two separate credentials: - SearchAtlas API Key — a 32-character code found in the Search Atlas dashboard under Settings → API Keys. This authenticates the plugin to your overall Search Atlas account. - Project-specific Key — a separate key tied to the individual Search Atlas project you want this WordPress site to sync with. Find it on the project's settings page in the Search Atlas dashboard. Seeing an "API key could not be verified" error? This almost always means one of the two credentials is missing, swapped, or pasted from the wrong project. Confirm you've entered the 32-character SearchAtlas API Key in the API Key field and the project-specific key in the project field — not the same value in both. Once both keys are saved correctly, the plugin displays a successful connection status in your WordPress dashboard. ⚙️ OTTO — OTTO SEO Automation Engine OTTO is Search Atlas's server-side SEO engine. When OTTO Pixel is installed on your site, OTTO reads every page's SEO state, generates AI-optimized suggestions, and deploys fixes without touching your theme or database content. What OTTO manages through the plugin: - Title tags, meta descriptions, H1/H2/H3 — AI-generated and deployed per page - Open Graph and Twitter Card tags — for social media previews - Image alt text (media library) — generated and applied in bulk - NLP terms and missing keywords (page content) — semantic terms injected into the page body to improve topical relevance. Note: Bulk NLP term deployment may require multiple attempts in the current release. A fix is in progress. - FAQ schema — structured content blocks for rich snippets - Schema markup (JSON-LD) — Article, FAQ, Product, BreadcrumbList, LocalBusiness, and more - Canonical tags and html lang attributes - Internal link suggestions — strategic interlinking recommendations OTTO deployment modes: - OTTO Pixel — lightweight JavaScript snippet that applies fixes client-side (invisible to visitors, readable by search engines) - Cloudflare Worker — alternative deployment for sites using Cloudflare - OTTO Persistence — optionally writes OTTO's suggestions directly to native WordPress post meta fields (title, description, custom fields) for permanent storage OTTO Frontend Toolbar: Logged-in admins and editors see a per-page toggle in the WordPress frontend toolbar to enable or disable OTTO on specific pages without touching any settings panel. To remove a deployed fix: In your OTTO project, find the fix in the Deployed list and click Undeploy. Changes are removed from the front end immediately. ⚠️ Known issue: Atlas Brain may show WordPress plugin authentication as Pending even after the plugin shows a successful connection. This is a display sync issue under active fix; your deployment capabilities are not affected. ⚠️ Compatibility: OTTO is fully compatible with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, WP Rocket, Kinsta, and most major page builders. On Elementor sites, title tag and meta description updates deploy normally, but H1 tag updates must be made manually within Elementor. ✍️ Meta Tag Management The SEO sidebar and bulk editor give you full control over on-page metadata across every post, page, and custom post type. Per-post controls (Gutenbergsidebar): - SEO title and meta description with live character counter - Focus keyword - Canonical URL - Robots directives: noindex, nofollow, noarchive, noimageindex, nosnippet - Open Graph: title, description, image, URL, type - Twitter Card metadata Bulk editing: - Update meta titles and descriptions across hundreds of pages at once using AI-generated suggestions from Search Atlas - Primary Category Selector — when a post belongs to multiple categories, designate a primary category to control the breadcrumb path, canonical URL structure (when using /%category%/ permalinks), and sitemap URLs 🧱 Schema Markup A dedicated schema engine generates and injects JSON-LD structured data without touching your theme files. Supported schema types: - Article / BlogPosting - FAQPage - Product - BreadcrumbList - LocalBusiness - HowTo - VideoObject - Custom types via the schema editor How it works: - Override schema per post via the Gutenberg meta box - The plugin automatically deduplicates schema tags to prevent conflicts with other plugins, including Rank Math and Yoast - Validates JSON-LD output and reports errors before you publish 🔗 Redirect Manager A full redirect management system built into WordPress — no separate plugin needed. Supported redirect types: 301, 302, 307, 308 Pattern matching options: - Exact URL match - Contains (substring) - Starts with - Ends with - Regular expression (regex) Additional features: - Hit count tracking and last-accessed timestamps per redirect - Import redirects from Yoast SEO, Rank Math, or the Redirection plugin in one click - Create redirects directly from 404 error logs - Active/inactive toggle — disable rules without deleting them 🛑 404 Error Monitor The 404 Monitor automatically logs every broken URL request your site receives. - Tracks hit counts and user agents per broken URL - Sortable admin table with the most frequent errors at the top - One-click redirect creation — turn any 404 into a redirect without leaving the monitor screen - Useful for identifying broken backlinks, old content, or crawl errors discovered by Google 🤖 Robots.txt & XML Sitemap Robots.txt editor: - Edit your robots.txt virtually — works even if no physical file exists on the server - Add, remove, and validate crawl rules - Manage sitemap references - Automatic backup before any change XML Sitemap generator: - Automatically generates sitemaps for all post types and taxonomies - Splits into multiple files (up to 5,000 URLs per file) with a sitemap index - Updates automatically when content is published or modified - Exclude specific URLs from the sitemap - Fully compatible with Google Search Console submission Submit your sitemap index URL directly to Google Search Console after the plugin generates it. 🖼️ Media Optimization (New in 2.6.x) A performance module that improves Core Web Vitals scores directly from your WordPress admin. Image Format Conversion: - Convert existing images to WebP or AVIF - Enable native lazy loading on images - Auto-inject image dimensions 🎯 You now have a complete overview of what the Search Atlas SEO plugin version 2.6.1 can do. Install or update the plugin from your WordPress admin, enter your Search Atlas API Key and OTTO Pixel UUID under Search Atlas → Settings, and start deploying OTTO fixes to your live pages.

🚀 WordPress Plugin Update — Version 2.5.20

We've released WordPress Plugin v2.5.20, introducing new SEO controls, indexing improvements, bot detection, and advanced execution settings, along with several reliability and monitoring enhancements. Below is a breakdown of what's new and what's improved. 🆕 New Features 🔎 SEO Sidebar in Post Editor You can now edit your: - Meta Title - Meta Description - URL Slug directly from the WordPress Post/Page Editor sidebar. This makes on-page SEO adjustments faster and eliminates the need to switch between screens. 🤖 Bot Detection Layer for OTTO We've added a Bot Detection & Filtering system with a statistics dashboard. What this enables: - View traffic from bots - Whitelist trusted bots (e.g., Googlebot, Bingbot) - Blacklist aggressive or unwanted bots - Prevent OTTO from processing pages when specific bots are detected — "processing" here means OTTO will skip injecting optimizations and executing its scripts for blacklisted bots, which reduces server load and unnecessary API calls This feature helps preserve hosting resources and improve performance, especially on high-traffic sites Transparency note on OTTO content injection: OTTO may inject supporting SEO elements (such as keyword lists or FAQ sections) into your pages. This content is topically relevant, visible to users, and is not hidden via display:none or similar techniques — it does not constitute a black-hat SEO practice. 🌐 Bing Instant Indexing (IndexNow API) You can now submit URLs directly to Bing using the IndexNow API. To enable: 1. Generate your IndexNow API key from Bing 2. Paste it into the plugin settings 3. Choose which post types to submit 4. Optionally override other plugins submitting to Bing — enabling this disables IndexNow submissions from other installed SEO plugins (e.g., Yoast, Rank Math) so that only Search Atlas handles Bing submissions, preventing duplicate or conflicting pings This ensures faster indexing for updated or newly published content What's live in 2.5.20 vs. what's coming soon: URL submission to Bing via IndexNow is fully available in this release. However, per-URL submission status (accepted / pending / failed) is not yet visible in the plugin UI. Status visibility is actively being worked on and will surface in a future update — please set expectations accordingly when submitting URLs. Known UI behavior — Custom URL Based Indexing: When you add URLs via Custom URL Based Indexing, the URL list may not visually refresh to show the newly added entry. If a URL appears to be missing after submission, use the search function within the list to confirm it was added successfully. A fix for the automatic list refresh is in progress. IndexNow quotas & OTTO slot timing: IndexNow submissions count against Bing's per-domain quota, which resets on Bing's schedule (typically daily). OTTO slot availability is separate and tied to your plan; if a site is placed in deep freeze, its OTTO slot is not released immediately — slot release happens once the freeze is lifted. If you're unsure about your current credit balance, slot state, or reset timing, please contact support. 🧭 Plugin Setup Wizard New users now benefit from a guided setup experience to configure core plugin features quickly and correctly. ⚙️ Execution Settings (Advanced) A new advanced control panel under Advanced Settings allows users to configure: - Maximum execution time - Memory limits - Log size - API throttle controls - Queue cleanup behavior This is primarily intended for advanced users or enterprise environments running multiple WordPress instances. 🐞 Debug Mode (Auto-Disable & Safety Controls) Debug Mode can now: - Temporarily override host settings to display PHP errors - Automatically disable after a set period (for safety) Primarily designed for troubleshooting and support scenarios. 📊 Enhanced Error Categorization Improved internal monitoring with categorized error tracking to make issue identification faster and more precise. 🤖 Bot Detection & Filtering (OTTO) The Bot Detection & Filtering layer allows you to manage how OTTO interacts with bot traffic, helping reduce unnecessary API calls and improve processing efficiency. You can access it from: Search Atlas → Plugin → Settings → Bot Detection & Filtering 🧠 Disable OTTO for Bot Traffic Disable OTTO for Bot Traffic stops OTTO from processing requests when blacklisted or unwanted bots are detected, conserving server resources and avoiding unnecessary API calls for non-human traffic. Known issue — Site Audit + manual (pixel) installation: For sites using the manual script (pixel) installation method, the Site Audit dashboard crawler may not correctly reflect OTTO-deployed meta titles even when JS rendering is enabled. The titles are still being deployed correctly on the live site — only the Site Audit reporting is affected. A fix is in progress; please reach out to support if dashboard data looks inconsistent for a pixel-installed site.

🔌 WordPress Plugin Update: Version 2.6.12

Version 2.6.12 of the Search Atlas WordPress Plugin improves Webstudio Landing Page Studio (LPS) page handling, hardens security across key features, and fixes a wide range of stability issues. After updating, you can manage imported pages, OTTO rendering, and SEO settings more reliably and securely. 🆕 What's new in version 2.6.12 This release focuses on Webstudio imports and the overall plugin experience. - Webstudio home page as front page: An imported Webstudio home page is now automatically set as your WordPress front page. - Persistent audit logging: Webstudio ZIP imports now keep a persistent audit log for better traceability. View import history in Plugin Settings > Import Logs to track when and by whom Webstudio bundles were imported. - White Label hardening: The plugin now prevents settings lock-out caused by invalid white_label_plugin_menu_slug values and validates this value on save. - Smarter OTTO rendering: OTTO server-side SEO rendering, which adds structured data and meta tags, is now skipped on custom and Webstudio pages that already ship complete SEO implementations. This prevents OTTO from injecting unwanted SEO markup and resolves cases where custom HTML was injected unexpectedly. - Cleaner page deletion: Deleting a custom or Webstudio page now cleans up shared assets and resets the front page when needed. - Project-based deduplication: Each Webstudio project is now tracked separately, reducing false duplicate warnings across multiple sites that use the same project. 🔒 Security improvements in this release This version adds protection against unauthorized access and cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. - Added nonce and capability checks to the Instant Indexing AJAX handlers (Google GIAPI and Bing IndexNow), the redirections list-table actions, and the 404 Monitor list-table actions. - Hardened input sanitization for per-post snippets and the hero image URL. 🛠️ Stability and behavior fixes This release also corrects several errors and inconsistent behaviors. - Stability fixes: Resolved fatal errors during ZIP import, on plugin update when the directory name differs from the package slug, and in REST context from get_current_screen() calls. Also prevented a TypeError when non-string values were passed to meta element handling. - Performance: Batched SEO indexation option imports to prevent PHP memory exhaustion on large sites. Execution Settings now reports the real server upload limit instead of a hardcoded 128 MB. - Behavior corrections: Prevented duplicate H1 headings on Content Genius synced posts, fixed connection status to correctly show "Not Connected" after manual API key entry and Sync Now, and resolved a case where activating the plugin caused 404s on all pages except the home page. - Settings fixes: The "Disable SEO Meta Box" setting now correctly hides the SEO meta box in the Classic editor, and the "Disallow Empty Archives" toggle now saves correctly on SEO Controls. 🌀 You now know what version 2.6.12 changes across Webstudio imports, OTTO rendering, security, and stability. Update to the latest version of the Search Atlas WordPress Plugin to apply these improvements, and contact our support team if you have questions.