All notable changes to Smart SEO Booster will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
- WordPress 6.8 compatibility and testing
- Comprehensive 20+ point SEO analysis framework
- PageSpeed Insights-style modern interface design
- Advanced content quality assessment algorithms
- Image optimization analysis and recommendations
- Social media optimization checks (Open Graph, Twitter Cards)
- Technical SEO validation (robots.txt, SSL, URL structure)
- Security enhancements with proper nonce verification
- Input sanitization and output escaping throughout
- Comprehensive error handling and user feedback
- Enhanced WordPress coding standards compliance
- Performance optimizations for large sites
- Security: Added nonce verification for all form submissions
- Security: Implemented proper input sanitization and output escaping
- Security: Enhanced user capability checks throughout admin area
- Performance: Optimized database queries and caching
- UI/UX: Modern WordPress admin design consistency
- Accessibility: Enhanced keyboard navigation and screen reader support
- Code quality: Full PSR-12 and WordPress coding standards compliance
- All PHP warnings and notices in audit report template
- Undefined variable errors in comprehensive analysis
- Compatibility issues with latest WordPress versions
- Template file loading with proper security checks
- Asset loading with proper versioning for cache busting
- Implemented WordPress security best practices
- Added proper user capability verification
- Enhanced data validation and sanitization
- Prevented direct file access throughout plugin
- Complete UI redesign with WordPress admin consistency
- Advanced schema markup detection and validation
- Internal and external link analysis functionality
- Broken link detection algorithms
- Content structure analysis and recommendations
- Enhanced scoring algorithm with weighted factors
- Modern CSS with WordPress admin color variables
- Responsive design for mobile and tablet devices
- Menu structure reorganization for better user experience
- Plugin architecture refactoring for modularity
- Database queries optimization for better performance
- Template system enhancement for easier customization
- Compatibility issues with WordPress 6.4+
- PHP 8.0+ compatibility improvements
- Template loading errors in certain configurations
- CSS conflicts with admin themes
- Basic SEO audit functionality
- Title and meta description analysis
- Image alt text validation
- H1 tag structure analysis
- Basic robots.txt validation
- Initial plugin settings framework
- Plugin architecture for better extensibility
- Error handling and user feedback
- Code documentation and comments
- Minor bugs in data processing
- Template rendering issues
- Localization string corrections
- Initial release of Smart SEO Booster
- Dynamic JSON-LD schema injection for multiple types
- Basic content audit features
- Internal link analysis functionality
- WordPress admin dashboard integration
- Localization support with .pot file
- Basic settings and configuration options
- Schema types: Article, FAQ, LocalBusiness, Organization, ProfilePage
- Content metrics: word count, headings, image coverage
- Link analysis: internal link mapping and quality assessment
- Admin interface: clean, intuitive dashboard design
- Compatibility: WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 7.4+
- Major versions (x.0.0): Significant feature additions, major UI changes, or breaking changes
- Minor versions (x.y.0): New features, enhancements, or notable improvements
- Patch versions (x.y.z): Bug fixes, security updates, or minor improvements
- Latest major version: Full support with new features and security updates
- Previous major version: Security updates and critical bug fixes for 12 months
- Older versions: Community support only
- Current target: WordPress 5.0 - 6.8+
- PHP requirement: 7.4 - 8.3+
- Testing matrix: Latest 3 WordPress versions with PHP 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Security vulnerabilities are addressed with highest priority. Users are encouraged to update immediately when security releases are available.
We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines for details on:
- Code standards and style guides
- Testing requirements
- Submission process
- Bug reporting guidelines