About this plugin
ProRank combines SEO, caching, image optimisation, structured data, internal linking, and site audits in one WordPress plugin. Features can be enabled individually, so you can use only the tools your site needs. ProRank includes: SEO titles, descriptions, schema, sitemaps, and redirects Page caching and asset optimisation Image compression, WebP delivery, and lazy loading Internal-link suggestions, reports, and broken-link checks Site audits covering SEO, performance, accessibility, and Core Web Vitals, with live findings and partial-report recovery AI discovery support through llms.txt, schema-map, /ask, and /mcp What changed in 1.6.0 Follow findings, categories, issue totals, and the overall score while a Site Audit is still crawling. Preserve usable partial reports when a long or stalled audit cannot finish every discovered URL. Exclude internal page-builder templates and non-public storage from every XML sitemap surface. Inspect cache, scheduler, generated-file storage, image encoder, CDN, object-cache, OPcache, and workload readiness from one performance health report. Pause cache warming and stale-page refresh work under host load or memory pressure, alongside capability-level profiles for 39 common performance plugins. Preview and migrate competitor SEO data with stronger field coverage, validation, conflict feedback, and rollback safety. The free plugin covers on-page SEO, technical SEO, SWR page caching, self-healing JavaScript learning, local image compression, Agentic SEO readiness, H1 and title-length repair workflows, AI metadata cleanup, object-cache health controls, and one-click migration from Yoast, AIOSEO, Rank Math, or SEOPress. ProRank Premium adds Keyword Research (Beta) powered by Ahrefs for Business and Agency plans, cloud image optimisation (WebP, AVIF, JXL), critical CSS extraction, unused CSS removal, AI-assisted content tools, richer AI Discovery modes, advanced analytics, local SEO, WooCommerce SEO, and agency features. ✍️ On-Page SEO SEO titles and meta descriptions Canonical URL controls Robots meta controls Open Graph and X (Twitter) cards Search result and social previews in the editor SEO revision history API for ProRank metadata changes Site basics, social profile, and site representation settings Breadcrumb settings and breadcrumb schema Search result priority controls for ordering site-search results by post type Bulk editing tools for SEO metadata H1 audit and guided repair for missing or duplicated main headings Title-length audit and per-page SEO title repair workflow 🏆 Schema & Rich Results Core schema settings for WebSite, Organization, Article, and Breadcrumbs FAQ, HowTo, Recipe, JobPosting, and Dataset Gutenberg blocks with automatic JSON-LD Schema output controls from the on-page SEO settings Local business schema with business type, opening hours, map coordinates, and price range Schema validation helpers 🤖 AI Discovery & AI Endpoints Site-wide JSON-LD @graph at /wp-json/prorank-seo/v1/schema-map Public NLWeb-compatible /ask endpoint with mode=list Public MCP-compatible /mcp endpoint over the same discovery data Shared on/off gate for /schema-map , /ask , and /mcp Agentic SEO readiness checks for llms.txt , AI discovery endpoints, agent-readable controls, and layout stability ProRank Premium adds authenticated BYOK summarize and generate modes on /ask and /mcp 🗺️ Sitemaps, Indexing & Technical SEO XML sitemap generation with content-type controls Video XML sitemap with automatic YouTube and Vimeo detection HTML sitemap generation Robots.txt controls and physical-file detection AI crawler blocking with per-vendor controls (OpenAI, Google AI, Anthropic, Perplexity, and more) Indexing controls and global noindex options Post index status REST checks for publish/noindex/canonical blockers URL cleanup tools Head cleanup tools RSS feed before/after content and attribution settings AI metadata leak detection and cleanup for editor attributes left in generated content Redirect manager with 301/302 redirects 404 monitoring and redirect suggestions IndexNow and search-engine ping support where configured 🔗 Content Analysis & Internal Linking Content analysis settings and editor integration Readability checks Headline analysis Numeric SEO/content score badges in the WordPress 7 post list Inclusive-language and prominent-words analysis Internal-link scan and suggestions Inbound and outbound link opportunities Broken-link checks Orphan detection Link reports and auto-linking rules Configured post-type scope respected across link reports and broken-link filters Optional internal-link click tracking 🩺 Audits & Monitoring Local site audit dashboard Issue history and audit tracking Core Web Vitals dashboard H1, title-length, AI metadata leak, font delivery, and bloat audit panels Accessibility audit tools Notifications and workflow guidance inside the plugin ⚡ Image Optimisation & Performance Local image optimisation Image SEO pattern tools for bulk alt text, attachment titles, and captions WebP-ready image workflow Lazy loading controls Performance presets for Standard, Aggressive, and E-commerce profiles Compatibility profiles for 39 common caching, asset, and image-optimisation plugins Runtime health reporting for cache, scheduler, storage, encoder, CDN, and host-workload readiness Page cache settings with URL, category, tag, and post-type exclusions Stale-while-revalidate page caching with background refresh controls WooCommerce cart, session, checkout, account, and Store API cache bypasses REST GET cache for safe public API routes Browser cache controls CSS and JavaScript optimisation Self-healing JavaScript learning that protects scripts ProRank has optimised Role-based asset-optimisation skips and content-visibility rendering controls HTML minification Missing thumbnail generation and upload big-image threshold controls Resource hints and Google Fonts local hosting Per-zone Heartbeat controls for frontend, admin dashboard, and post editor Cloudflare zone detection, dev-mode toggle, and clear-on-purge-all controls Font Delivery Health and Bloat diagnostics Object cache health and opt-in drop-in lifecycle controls for Redis or Memcached (server backend required; not bundled; never auto-enabled) Cache safety hardening with atomic .htaccess writes, variant-aware purges, bounded UCSS fallback handling, and a secret-gated raw-analysis bypass Unused media scan and confirmation-gated dry-run deletion endpoints Database cleanup endpoints with estimated savings previews, power tweaks, and server-side tuning checks 📦 Import, Export & Workflow Setup wizard Import from Yoast SEO, AIOSEO, Rank Math, and SEOPress Builder support for Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi Builder, Beaver Builder, SeedProd, and WPBakery Export and import settings Import preview, post counts, import type badges, and one-click rollback Settings snapshots and backups Module manager Support, feedback, and documentation screens 🚀 Upgrade to ProRank Premium ProRank Premium adds advanced workflows for larger sites, teams, and agencies: Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity integrations Content decay, AI brand insights, AI overviews, action opportunities, query fan-out planner, advanced analytics modules, and Keyword Research (Beta) powered by Ahrefs for Business and Agency plans Advanced content analysis and AI-assisted tools AI image attributes and AI performance doctor tools Visual schema builder and advanced schema controls Visual link map, content safeguard, and enhanced internal-linking workflows Local SEO modules including locations and KML sitemap support WooCommerce SEO modules including product schema, cart schema, shop optimisation, and visibility controls E-E-A-T monitoring and advanced audit workflows Advanced cloud image optimisation workflows Advanced performance modules including critical CSS, unused CSS, cache preload, Cache Coverage, Warm Cache Now, script management, font subsetting, video optimisation, speculation rules, INP/LCP optimisers, and view transitions Advanced technical SEO modules including author and news sitemaps, redirect logging, hreflang/internationalisation, ethical SEO, headless mode, and LLMs.txt support Business and agency features including Role Manager, client reporting, audit log, SEO roadmaps, white label, user manager, and SEO simulator See pricing and plans → 📚 Learn More Website Documentation Pricing Support Development & Build The human-readable source for JS/CSS lives in src/ and assets/ . Production bundles are generated into build/ . Build steps: 1. npm install 2. npm run build External Services ProRank SEO connects to external services only for features that need them. Requests are made only after an administrator enables or runs the relevant feature, except for normal WordPress-scheduled checks such as the notification feed. The Free plugin package is updated only through WordPress.org; it does not contain ProRank’s private Premium updater. ProRank API — Admin notifications, changelog checks, optional feedback submissions, optional cache diagnostics, security alerts, extension metadata, and cloud image optimization where explicitly enabled/available. Sends site URL, plugin version, license key or tier where configured, feedback fields when you submit feedback, image files when cloud optimization is enabled, and diagnostic/error context for security or cache checks. The ProRank API is not used to deliver Free plugin package updates. Terms | Privacy Google PageSpeed Insights API — Core Web Vitals and performance audits. Sends the analysed URL and optional API key. Terms | Privacy YouTube Data API — Optional video-sitemap metadata enrichment when you provide a YouTube API key. Sends the detected YouTube video IDs and your configured API key. Terms | Privacy Hosted video metadata — Video sitemaps can request public titles, descriptions, thumbnails, dates, and durations for detected Vimeo, Dailymotion, VideoPress, and TED videos. Sends only the detected public video URL; VideoPress also receives the requesting site host required by its oEmbed API. Requests use fixed provider endpoints, are cached, and run only while generating a sitemap containing those videos. Vimeo | Dailymotion | WordPress.com | TED Schema.org Validator — Schema validation. Sends the validated page URL. Terms IndexNow — Instant indexing notifications. Sends host, API key, and URLs. Protocol Sitemap Pings — Notifies Google and Bing of sitemap updates. Sends the sitemap URL. Google Fonts — Downloads fonts locally when local hosting is enabled. Sends the font request URL. Website Carbon API and Green Web Foundation API — Sustainability reports send page byte counts and the site’s hostname to estimate emissions and check green-hosting status. Requests run only when an administrator runs sustainability analysis and successful results are cached. Website Carbon Terms | Website Carbon Privacy | Green Web Foundation Privacy CDN provider APIs (optional) — After an administrator selects a provider and supplies credentials, ProRank can test the connection, detect a Cloudflare zone, manage supported Cloudflare settings, and purge cached URLs. Requests go directly from the WordPress server to the selected provider. They can include the configured zone, service, pull-zone or distribution ID; authentication token, key ID or signed authorization header; the site hostname; and URLs or paths selected for invalidation. An AWS secret key is used locally to sign CloudFront requests and is not transmitted verbatim. Requests occur only on an explicit connection/settings action or a cache purge while that provider is configured. ProRank does not upload or proxy site assets through prorank.io as part of these controls. Cloudflare Terms | Cloudflare Privacy | bunny.net Terms | bunny.net Privacy | Fastly Terms | Fastly Privacy | AWS Service Terms | AWS Privacy | KeyCDN Terms | KeyCDN Privacy Administrator-configured webhooks (optional) — A CDN purge webhook receives a connection-test request or a JSON purge action with the affected public URLs. Audit-alert webhooks receive the event and report fields selected by the administrator. Requests are sent only after an administrator saves and uses that endpoint. The endpoint is controlled by the site owner, so its terms and privacy policy are those of the chosen webhook operator. User-configured CDN URL rewriting (not a ProRank proxy) — When an administrator enters a CDN base URL, ProRank rewrites eligible URLs for static files already hosted by the site. This feature makes no server-side upload or proxy request. A visitor’s browser requests the rewritten asset directly from the administrator’s chosen CDN, which receives the visitor IP address, standard request headers, and requested asset path under that provider’s terms. Nothing is routed through prorank.io by this rewrite feature. Trustindex loader localization (optional) — When the matching performance governance feature is enabled and the site already includes a Trustindex widget loader, the WordPress server can retrieve that public loader URL, adapt it for deferred local delivery, and cache the resulting file under WordPress uploads. Trustindex receives the requested loader URL, the server IP address, and standard HTTP request data; ProRank does not send visitor form data or WordPress database content. Trustindex Terms | Trustindex Privacy Static hostnames for Google Maps, CAPTCHA providers, payment gateways, booking tools, WordPress emoji resources, and public CDNs also appear in ProRank’s compatibility, privacy, and sustainability catalogues. Those entries identify or protect resources already added by WordPress, the theme, or another plugin; the lists themselves do not load those services or send them data. Third Party Libraries axe-core (https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core), licensed under MPL-2.0 and bundled locally in assets/js/axe-core/axe.min.js . Privacy ProRank SEO does not collect personal data by default. All SEO data is stored locally in your WordPress database. Optional features like click tracking and RUM monitoring are disabled by default and only activate when you enable them. Privacy Policy