Changelog — RankAl SEO

v2.0.0 Major Release April 2025

New Features

Added Google Gemma 4 as AI provider — free via Google AI Studio, no credit card
Magic AI now supports bulk generation with streaming architecture and pre-flight health checks
Added Writing Mode — full paragraph and content generation beyond just meta
FAQPage schema builder with drag-and-drop Q&A repeater in metabox
Custom prompt templates — save and reuse generation prompts per post type
Content AI usage stats dashboard with per-provider token tracking
Connect gate now optional — free users can skip account creation and use all free features immediately

Improvements

Sitemap generation rewritten — 3× faster on large sites (10,000+ posts)
SEO Audit now uses percentage-based scoring formula for more accurate results
Magic AI rate-limit handling: shows countdown timer and auto-retries on 429 errors
robots.txt now creates a physical file on disk with LOCK_EX flag
Plugin sidebar renamed to RankAl SEO [FREE/PRO] for clarity
Instant Index history log shows status per URL

Security

License HMAC token bypass protection — TOKEN_SALT validation on every verify call
Removed hardcoded OpenAI API key from rest-api.php
All AJAX handlers now use $wpdb->prepare() for SQL queries
Added nonce verification to force-disconnect webhook

v1.9.2 Patch February 2025

v1.9.0 Minor January 2025

v1.8.0 Minor November 2024

v1.7.0 Minor September 2024

v1.5.0 Minor July 2024