=== SureRank SEO Pro ===
Contributors: brainstormforce
Tags: seo, schema, sitemap, meta tags, social media
Requires at least: 6.4
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.8.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Powerful, lightweight SEO plugin to manage search and social previews, generate XML sitemap, add schema markup - and optimize content.

== Description ==

Powerful, lightweight SEO plugin to manage search and social previews, generate XML sitemap, add schema markup - and optimize content.

== Changelog ==
= 1.8.2 - 28-July-2026 =
* New: Sitemap - Added on-the-fly and scheduled (cron) generation modes for video, news, author, and HTML sitemaps.
* New: HTML Sitemap - Added customization options for ordering, SEO titles, and dates.
* New: Site SEO Audit - Added a "Fix It All For Me" wizard.
* Improvement: Security - Pro AI endpoints now enforce object-level post and attachment permission checks.
* Fix: Sitemap - The sitemap cache now rebuilds when no-index settings change.
* Fix: IndexNow - Submissions now work for non-public post types.
* Fix: Schema - The Custom JSON-LD check is skipped when that schema type is disabled.
= 1.8.1 - 7-July-2026 =
* Improvement: Security - Imported redirect URLs from third-party plugins are now validated before they're stored.
* Improvement: Security - Hardened the Link Manager against stored XSS in preserved anchor attributes.
* Improvement: Security - Redirect target URLs are validated and redirect REST parameters sanitized.
* Improvement: Security - AI-generated image alt text is sanitized before saving.
* Improvement: Security - Added CSRF protection to cleanup actions.
* Fix: Sitemap - The sitemap cache now rebuilds when you change exclude or include settings.
= 1.8.0 - 17-June-2026 =
* New: Custom JSON-LD Schema - The Pro Custom JSON-LD schema type, with smart-tag (dynamic variable) support.
* New: Role Manager - The Headless REST API setting can now be granted to roles through Role Manager.
* Improvement: Link Manager - The link checker no longer follows redirects, so valid links are no longer reported as 404s.
* Improvement: Robots.txt - Refreshed the "Fix it for me" guide content.
* Improvement: Schema - Event Schema now supports selecting both date and time through an improved date-time picker.
* Fix: Redirections - Support CSV redirect imports created in Apple Numbers.
* Fix: Link Suggestions - Hidden the link-suggestions accordion on front-end meta box views.
* Fix: Link Suggestions - Tooltips now render correctly inside the shadow root on the front end.
* Fix: Role Manager - Capability filters are now registered on the front end too.
= 1.7.2 - 04-June-2026 =
* Improvement: Migration - The SEOPress author sitemap toggle is now migrated during import.
* Improvement: Translations - Updated translations for all supported languages.
* Fix: Role Manager - Integration toggles are now allowed through the role-manager settings filter, so delegated roles can manage them.
* Fix: Lifecycle - Pro now deactivates in sync with the free plugin, preventing errors when the free plugin is deactivated first.
= 1.7.1 - 20-May-2026 =
* New: Redirections - CSV import for redirection rules in Redirection Manager.
* Improvement: Multilingual - Link Manager now scopes suggestions by post language.
* Improvement: Compatibility - Bricks builder ACF field extraction for Link Manager.
* Fix: Compatibility - 504 gateway timeout on Bricks pages caused by renamed Bricks methods.
* Fix: Link Manager - Submenu navigation items now register via Pro filter.
* Fix: Database - SQLite trigger "already exists" error on plugin re-activation.
= 1.7.0 - 30-April-2026 =
* New: Open Graph image generation.
* New: Compatibility - Added support for Breakdance builder with SEO Metabox.
* Fix: Sitemap - Fixed a TypeError that occurred when exclusion settings were null.
* Fix: SEO Metabox - Fixed an issue where the Meta Box could be accessed from the All Pages, Posts, and CPT listing pages.
= 1.6.2 - 27-April-2026 =
* New: Compatibility - Added support for the WP Ghost plugin.
* Improvement: Multilingual - AI generator and Link Manager now respect the post's language.
* Improvement: RTL - Resolved RTL issues found while testing Force UI components.
* Fix: Role Manager - Added instant indexing keys to the allow-list.
* Fix: Editor - Fixed Gutenberg blocks crashing and Role Manager not working in some cases.
= 1.6.1 - 15-April-2026 =
* Fix: Admin dashboard UI fixes in RTL version.
= 1.6.0 - 10-April-2026 =
* New: Link Manager.
* New: Migration - Ability to migrate from the AIOSEO plugin to SureRank.
* New: Migration - Ability to migrate from the Slim SEO plugin to SureRank.
* Improvement: Auto-activate or install free plugin when activating Pro plugin.
* Improvement: Compatibility with the Divi 5 builder.
* Improvement: Bricks builder compatibility with SEO Checks.
* Improvement: Performance improvements.
* Improvement: Redirect new installs to onboarding flow.
* Fix: Breadcrumbs feature enablement in Slim SEO migration.
* Fix: Licensing not loading in all contexts for REST API availability.
* Fix: Video and Author sitemap issues.
* Fix: AIOSEO migration news and video sitemap issues.

= 1.5.0 - 18-March-2026 =
* New: Forum Schema.
* New: Migration - Ability to migrate from the Squirrly SEO plugin to SureRank.
* Improvement: Link Suggestions support added to the Bricks block editor.
* Improvement: Link Suggestions support added to the Elementor page builder.

= 1.4.1 - 27-February-2026 =
* Fix: Compatibility issue with the Role Manager feature.

= 1.4.0 - 25-February-2026 =
* New: Introduced new feature Role Manager to control access to SureRank settings based on user roles.
* Improvement: Generate alt text automatically on image upload.
* Improvement: Link Suggestion now supports all RichText blocks available in Gutenberg and added classic editor compatibility.
* Improvement: UI/UX enhancements.

== 1.3.0 - 09-February-2026 ==
* New: Added support for Custom Fields in Schema Markup.
* Improvement: Added Link Suggestions loading automatically on page load.

= 1.2.0 - 14-January-2026 =
* New: Introducing Breadcrumbs to help users navigate and improve site's SEO.
* New: Ability to add or remove Schema field with a better control.
* New: Introduced an admin notice with "Add Redirection" trigger when a published post or category being deleted to add a redirection easily.
* New: Introduced CPT Archive meta templates support for getting better appearance under search results.
* Improvement: Optimized the embedding saving logic to prevent over usage of database size.
* Improvement: UI sets of multiple fields has been improved with better user experience for edit Schema.
* Fix: Extended Meta Template does not get restored after clearing post-level meta fields.

= 1.1.0 - 22-December-2025 =
* New: Added LocalBusiness schema to improve local SEO visibility.
* New: Added Google Indexing support to help pages get indexed faster.
* New: Introduced Whitelabel Email Summary.
* Improvement: Added bulk alt text generation in the Media List View.
* Improvement: Improved license request handling across all WordPress admin pages.

= 1.0.0 - 25-November-2025 =
* New: Image Alt Text Generation using AI.
* New: Introduced Link Suggestions to help improve internal linking across your content.
* New: Introduced Author Sitemap to enhance visibility for author archive pages.
* Fix: Fixed Pro Sitemaps pagination issue.
* Fix: Improved parsing of videos in the Video Sitemap.

= 1.0.0-beta.2 - 22-October-2025 =
* New: Book Schema
* New: Claim Review Schema
* New: Job Posting Schema
* New: Recipe Schema
* New: Service Schema

= 1.0.0-beta.1 - 13-October-2025 =
* New: Site-Level Checks – Added the ability to fix detected issues using SureRank AI.
* New: Page-Level Checks – Added the ability to fix detected issues using SureRank AI.
* New: Bulk Actions – Added the ability to generate SEO meta titles and descriptions in bulk using SureRank AI.
* New: Dataset Schema support.
* New: Event Schema support.
* New: Movie Schema support.
* New: Podcast Schema support.
* New: Software Application Schema support.
* New: Video Schema support.

= 1.0.0-alpha.3 - 23-September-2025 =
* New: HowTo Schema
* New: Course Schema
* New: News Sitemap
* New: Automatic redirections
* Improvement: Ability to migrate Extended Meta Templates from Rank Math, Yoast & SEOPress to SureRank using Migration feature.
* Improvement: Enhanced the UI/UX

= 1.0.0-alpha.2 - 04-September-2025 =
* New: Video Sitemap
* New: Ability to submit the pages to Instant Indexing API right from SureRank.
* New: Ability to migrate redirections from Yoast to SureRank using Migration feature.
* New: Ability to migrate redirections from Rank Math to SureRank using Migration feature.
* New: Ability to migrate redirections from SEOPress to SureRank using Migration feature.

= 1.0.0-alpha.1 - 18-August-2025 =
* Initial release

== Upgrade Notice ==
= 1.0.0 =
Initial release
