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Idea: editor-side SERP/social preview panel — I opened a core issue (emdash#2227) for the enabler #3

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@DavidPivert

Hi Joost — first, thanks for this plugin. We run its output layer (selectively) on a production EmDash site and it's solid.

One thing we've been missing is the editor-side half of a Yoast-style experience: a live Google/SERP snippet preview, social-card preview, and content analysis, right in the content editor. We actually built a working version of the UI (SERP preview with pixel truncation, OG/X cards, and a Schema.org type picker with live JSON-LD).

The wall we hit isn't your plugin — it's EmDash core: a plugin fieldWidget can only see its own field, never the surrounding document (title, body, other fields), so real content analysis is impossible today. I opened a feature request for the missing primitive — an editor-panel extension point with full-document context:

emdash-cms/emdash#2227emdash-cms/emdash#2227

Two things I wanted to raise with you specifically:

  1. Would you be up for weighing in / +1'ing #2227? Your perspective as the person who built Yoast carries real weight with the EmDash team, and this primitive would unblock an editor-side SEO experience for any plugin — yours included.
  2. If it lands, would an editor preview/analysis panel be something you'd want in this plugin? If so, I'd be glad to contribute the UI we've already built (or help shape the API). No expectation either way — mostly want to make sure the core ask has the right backing.

Screenshots of what we built are in #2227. Happy to share more.

— David Pivert

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