What's New in SureRank

Hey everyone 👋

A small but useful improvement landed in 1.9.1 for WooCommerce store owners.

Fixes Worth knowing in this release

Product image alt text now fills itself in: If a WooCommerce product image has no alt text, SureRank now uses the image file name as a fallback automatically. Fewer blank alt attributes across your product catalogue, better accessibility, better image SEO, no extra work.

Update when you get a chance.

Hey everyone 👋

This is the biggest free release SureRank has shipped. Lot more new features that change how you work with SEO day to day not just what the plugin technically supports. Here is what landed.

What’s new

Edit SEO from Frontend
Access SureRank Meta Box and manage your SEO settings of that page right from your admin bar, no backend navigation needed.

Headless REST API
SureRank now serves SEO meta tags, schema, and social preview data through a public REST API. Headless front ends built on Next.js, Gatsby, Astro, or similar can fetch and render them natively.

Author SEO
Each Author from now on gets an ability set their SEO Title, Descritpion, Meta and Social data for their Archive Pages.

AI agent integration
Enable or disable MCP with a single toggle and connect your AI client through a new dedicated setup screen.

Also new: Post-type archive pages added to the XML sitemap. Focus keyword carries over during migration from other SEO plugins. Broken links checker has a URL ignore list for known-good links. Schema date picker now supports time selection.

Better than before

• Imported settings are sanitized and JSON-LD output hardened for safer migrations.

Fixes

• Archive page titles now follow your configured format and separator correctly.
• The homepage reachability check now correctly identifies HTTP error codes.
• Comment reply links no longer create duplicate ?replytocom URLs.
• SEO meta box now opens correctly on all taxonomy pages.

This release changes what SureRank can do, not just how well it does it.
Update when you are ready!

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Pro 1.8.0 builds on the foundation laid in Core 1.9.0 with features built specifically for how Pro users work custom schema with dynamic variable support, Role Manager coverage for the new headless API, and a Link Manager that finally stops crying wolf on valid links.

✨ What’s new

Custom JSON-LD Schema
Add custom JSON-LD schema directly inside SureRank. Create the schema structure your site needs, apply it to the right pages, and manage everything from one place without writing custom code or installing another schema plugin.

Headless REST API in Role Manager
The new Headless REST API setting can now be granted to specific roles through Role Manager. Give clients or team members exactly the access they need nothing more, nothing less.

Better than before

Link Manager stops flagging valid links
The link checker no longer follows redirects, so valid links that return a redirect are no longer reported as broken. If your link reports have been noisy, this cleans them up significantly.

Event schema date-time picker
Event schema now supports selecting both date and time through an improved picker consistent with the Core improvement and important for Event structured data that Google reads precisely.

Fixes

• CSV redirect imports created in Apple Numbers now import correctly.
• Link suggestion accordion is now hidden on front-end meta box views where it does not belong.
• Link suggestion tooltips now render correctly on the front end.
• Role Manager capability filters are now registered on the front end too.

A focused release that makes your Pro tools more reliable and more powerful. Update when you are ready.

Hey everyone 👋

This release puts more useful information right where you are already working. You can now get AI-powered schema suggestions without leaving the Schema tab, see Google’s indexing status directly inside the SEO meta box, and manage all your platform integrations from one dedicated page. A focused update with a few things worth stopping for.

What’s new

AI-powered schema recommendations
Open the Schema tab on any post or page and SureRank now analyzes your content and suggests the right schema types for it. No more opening a dropdown with 20 options and guessing which one fits.

Google indexing status in the SEO meta box
You can now see the Google Search Console URL Inspection status directly inside the SureRank meta box while editing. Indexed, not indexed, crawl issue visible without switching to Search Console.

New Integrations settings page
WooCommerce and Angie integrations now live on a dedicated settings page. One place to manage all platform connections as more integrations are added over time.

AI agent support via WordPress Abilities API
SureRank abilities are now registered through the WordPress Abilities API with MCP support. Compatible AI agents can read and update SEO meta, settings, sitemap, and robots.txt directly.

Better than before

• Cron detection is now accurate when WP-Cron is disabled false cron warnings on managed hosting are gone.
• SEOPress migrations now carry over the author sitemap toggle correctly.
• Translations updated across all supported languages in Premium.

Squashed

• TranslatePress sitemap compatibility is now complete, including correct handling of excluded path wildcards.
• PHP servers missing the mbstring extension no longer hit fatal errors in the analyzer.
• Migration now fully deactivates all supported plugins including The SEO Framework and Slim SEO.
• Users with Global Settings access no longer hit a permission error on Site Information settings.
• Role Manager now allows delegated roles to manage Integration toggles correctly.
• Pro now deactivates cleanly when the free plugin is deactivated first.

For developers

Three new filters in this release: surerank_freeze_modified_date to preserve the post modified date during programmatic updates, a filter to automatically open external links in a new tab with rel="noopener noreferrer", and filter-based white-label support for the sitemap top bar.

Solid update with things you will notice from the first post you open. Update when you are ready.

Hey everyone 👋

This SureRank update adds more guidance right where you work. You can now get AI-powered schema suggestions, check Google indexing status directly in the SEO meta box, and manage integrations from a dedicated settings page.

✨ What’s new

AI-powered schema suggestions
SureRank can now recommend the right schema type for your content in the Schema tab, helping you make better SEO decisions faster.

Indexing Status in the SEO Meta Box
You can now see Google Search Console URL Inspection status right inside the SEO meta box, so it’s easier to spot pages that are not indexed.

New Integrations settings page
WooCommerce and Angie integrations now live in a dedicated settings page, giving you one place to manage connected features. Soon it will have lot more controls

🔧 Better than before

• Cron detection is now more accurate when WP-Cron is disabled.
• TranslatePress sitemap compatibility is now more complete.
• Sites without mbstring no longer run into analyzer-related errors.
• Migration cleanup now works properly for all supported SEO plugins.
• Users with Global Settings access no longer hit a permission error in Site Information settings.

👩‍💻 For developers

This release also adds surerank_freeze_modified_date, a filter for opening external links in a new tab with rel=”noopener noreferrer”, and filter-based white-label support for the sitemap top bar.

Update when you’re ready.

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This update adds bulk CSV import support for redirections, improves multilingual link suggestions, and fixes a few compatibility issues across builders and database setups.

Let’s get into it.

What’s new

CSV import for redirection rules

You can now import redirection rules directly into Redirection Manager using a CSV file.

This is especially useful when migrating from another plugin or managing a large number of redirects during site updates or launches.

With this update, you can:

• Import multiple redirects at once
• Reduce manual setup work
• Move existing redirect rules more easily

Improvements

• Link suggestions in Link Manager are now language-aware, making internal link recommendations more relevant on multilingual sites.
• Improved Bricks + ACF compatibility in Link Manager for more reliable link detection inside builder content.

Fixes

• Fixed a Bricks compatibility issue that could cause 504 timeout errors after certain Bricks method changes.
• Fixed an issue where Link Manager submenu navigation was not registering correctly through the Pro filter.
• Fixed SQLite re-activation errors caused by existing database triggers.

We hope this update makes redirect management and internal linking smoother for your workflow.

Hey everyone 👋

This update improves the setup experience, cleans up parts of the editor UI, and fixes a few issues across popular builders and sitemap handling.

Let’s get into it.

What’s new

Guided setup with progress tracking

You’ll now see a guided setup flow inside Learn, along with chapter progress and automatic completion tracking.

This makes it easier to move through the setup process step by step without missing important SEO settings.

With this update, you can:

• Follow a clearer setup process
• Track what’s completed and what still needs attention
• Configure SureRank faster with less guesswork

Improvements

• Cleaned up the Classic Editor experience by moving the SureRank trigger into the Publish sidebar, keeping the editor less cluttered.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Bricks query-loop pages could trigger full front-end renders from meta hooks, which in some cases caused slow loads or 504 errors.
• Fixed a Divi 5 compatibility issue where the first tab could disappear when Image SEO was enabled.
• Fixed XML sitemap parse errors caused by unexpected output before the sitemap response.
• Fixed Event schema datetime formatting to ensure valid ISO 8601 output.
• Fixed a PHP 7.4 parse error related to cache rebuild backup reading.
• Fixed an issue where Link Manager submenu items appeared in the free version even though they are Pro-only.
• Fixed an unnecessary permalink redirect notice appearing in the Classic Editor.

We hope this update makes your SEO workflow a little smoother.

SureRank Premium v1.7.0 introduces automatic Open Graph image generation and full Breakdance builder support, giving you complete control over how your content appears across search and social.

New:

• Open Graph image generation, automatically create social share images for your pages and posts directly from SureRank Pro
• Added support for Breakdance builder with the SEO Metabox

Fixes:

• Fixed a TypeError in Sitemap that occurred when exclusion settings were null
• Fixed an issue where the SEO Metabox could be accessed from Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Type listing screens

Update to SureRank Premium v1.7.0 for automatic Open Graph image generation, Breakdance builder compatibility, and improved sitemap stability.

SureRank Core v1.7.3 adds native Breakdance builder compatibility and improves SEO Metabox reliability across pages, posts, and custom post types.

New:

• Added support for Breakdance builder with the SEO Metabox

Improvements:

• Improved compatibility with Open Graph image generation introduced in SureRank Pro

Fix:

• Fixed an issue where the SEO Metabox could be accessed from Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Type listing screens

Update to SureRank Core v1.7.3 for Breakdance builder support, improved Pro compatibility, and a more reliable SEO Metabox experience.

SureRank Premium v1.6.2 makes the AI generator and Link Manager fully language-aware, so your multilingual site gets accurate SEO in every language automatically.

New:

• SureRank Pro now works correctly when WP Ghost is active

Improvements:

• AI generator now generates meta tags and suggestions in the correct language per post
• Link Manager now manages links per post language across multilingual sites
• Resolved RTL layout issues for right-to-left language setups
• Fixed Gutenberg editor blocks crashing in certain configurations
• Role Manager now works correctly with instant indexing in all setups

Update to SureRank Premium v1.6.2 for language-aware AI, smarter Link Manager across multilingual sites, and improved editor stability.