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- NEW: Product Feed now supports Easy Digital Downloads (simple + variable pricing)<\/li>\n
- FIX: EDD addon Settings button on license page linked to non-existent page<\/li>\n
- NEW: Content-Signal HTTP header now sent on all frontend pages (not just Markdown endpoint)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.5.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- FIX: WooCommerce hidden products (visibility=hidden) now excluded from llms.txt<\/li>\n
- FIX: WooCommerce hidden products now excluded from product feed XML<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.5.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- FIX: llms.txt cache not invalidated when settings are changed (exclude URLs, description, title, etc.)<\/li>\n
- FIX: Wildcard URL exclude patterns (e.g. \/shop\/*) never matched due to preg_quote escape bug<\/li>\n
- FIX: Plain path exclude patterns (e.g. \/warenkorb) only checked inside http-URL branch due to missing brace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.5.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- IMPROVEMENT: AI Score expanded from 7 to 11 checks \u2014 4 new content-quality checks<\/li>\n
- NEW: Opening Summary check (first paragraph 30\u201380 words)<\/li>\n
- NEW: Heading Structure check (\u22652 H2 + \u22651 H3)<\/li>\n
- NEW: Internal Linking check (\u22652 internal links)<\/li>\n
- NEW: FAQ Section detection (FAQ blocks, headings, and Q&A patterns)<\/li>\n
- Rebalanced check weights for better signal distribution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.5.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- NEW: Per-Page AI Visibility Score \u2014 editor metabox shows 0\u2013100 score with 7 AI readiness checks<\/li>\n
- NEW: Content Freshness Signals \u2014 Last-Modified header + article:modified_time OG meta (SEO-plugin aware)<\/li>\n
- IMPROVEMENT: Scanner now differentiates AI Training Bots (blocking = good) from AI Search Bots (blocking = bad)<\/li>\n
- IMPROVEMENT: Bot list expanded to 86 bots (+PhindBot, img2dataset, KangarooBot, Sidetrade, webz.io, Bingbot-AI)<\/li>\n
- IMPROVEMENT: Bot Analytics dashboard shows category badges (AI Training, AI Search, AI Agent, AI Enterprise)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.4.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- IMPROVEMENT: Keyword-optimized plugin display name for better wp.org discoverability<\/li>\n
- Updated plugin name to \"citelayer\u00ae \u2013 AI SEO & Visibility | llms.txt, Bot Analytics, Schema.org\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.4.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- FIX: Remaining PHPCS violations \u2014 file-level disables for template views and DB query files<\/li>\n
- FIX: Function call indentation in Compatibility.php<\/li>\n
- FIX: Inline phpcs:ignore for long translation strings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.4.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- FIX: Resolved all PHPCS WordPress Coding Standards violations<\/li>\n
- FIX: Short ternary operators replaced with explicit ternaries (ProductFeed, ProductFeedCheck, LLMS_TXT)<\/li>\n
- FIX: Yoda conditions, indentation, embedded PHP tag formatting<\/li>\n
- FIX: Trailing whitespace and line length violations<\/li>\n
- IMPROVEMENT: Added phpcs:disable\/enable blocks for mixed PHP\/HTML template methods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.4.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- NEW: AI Referral Tracking \u2014 track visitors arriving from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, You.com, Phind, Kagi, and Andi<\/li>\n
- NEW: \"AI Referrals\" dashboard tab with stat cards (Visits from AI, Top Source, Trend %), trend chart, top sources breakdown, and paginated referral log<\/li>\n
- NEW: Lightweight frontend tracking via sendBeacon \u2014 zero impact on page load performance<\/li>\n
- NEW: Rate-limited REST endpoint with origin validation and IP hashing (GDPR\/DSGVO compliant)<\/li>\n
- NEW: llms.txt now includes Markdown URLs for each page, helping LLMs discover optimized content versions<\/li>\n
- NEW: 90-day auto-cleanup for referral data (same as bot analytics)<\/li>\n
- IMPROVEMENT: SVG trend chart now supports custom colors (reusable across tabs)<\/li>\n
- 100% local \u2014 all referral data stored in your WordPress database, no external services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3.5<\/h4>\n\n\n- NEW: Bot Analytics \u2014 DB-backed AI bot visit tracking with real-time dashboard<\/li>\n
- NEW: Expanded bot database from 17 to 62 AI\/LLM bots (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, Cohere, HuggingFace, and more)<\/li>\n
- NEW: Bot categories (Confirmed AI, AI Assistant, AI Search, AI Enterprise, Possible AI)<\/li>\n
- NEW: Admin dashboard with stat cards (7d\/30d\/90d), SVG trend chart, and top bots visualization<\/li>\n
- NEW: AI Blind Spots \u2014 discover pages invisible to AI bots with AI Discovery Score (0-100)<\/li>\n
- NEW: CSV export for bot visit logs with date\/bot\/path filtering<\/li>\n
- NEW: Cache plugin detection (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, W3TC, WP Super Cache) with setup guides<\/li>\n
- NEW: 90-day auto-cleanup to prevent database bloat<\/li>\n
- FIX: Settings link on plugins page now points to correct dashboard URL<\/li>\n
- IMPROVEMENT: Clean uninstall \u2014 removes DB table, options, and transients on plugin deletion<\/li>\n
- 100% local \u2014 no external accounts or API calls needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3.4<\/h4>\n\n\n- FIX: AI Crawler Detection now works in all compatibility modes (including Rank Math enhance mode)<\/li>\n
- FIX: Per-post exclude meta box only shown when citelayer generates llms.txt<\/li>\n
- PERF: Batch noindex queries (N per-post queries \u2192 3-4 bulk queries)<\/li>\n
- PERF: Capped posts at 500\/type and products at 1000 (filterable)<\/li>\n
- PERF: Reduced Scanner HTTP timeouts from 10-15s to 5s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- NEW: AI Crawler Detection \u2014 see which AI bots visit your llms.txt (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and 14 more)<\/li>\n
- NEW: in HTML head for AI discoverability<\/li>\n
- NEW: Per-post exclude toggle \u2014 exclude individual pages from llms.txt via meta box<\/li>\n
- NEW: Custom title and description overrides for llms.txt header<\/li>\n
- NEW: Max words cap for llms-full.txt (default 500, configurable 50\u201310.000)<\/li>\n
- NEW: Taxonomy inclusion in llms-full.txt (categories, tags, custom taxonomies)<\/li>\n
- NEW: Meta inclusion in llms-full.txt (published\/modified dates, URL, WooCommerce SKU + price)<\/li>\n
- Privacy-first: All data stored locally, no external server calls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- NEW: llms-full.txt \u2014 full content export for deep AI understanding<\/li>\n
- NEW: Configurable post types for llms.txt (pages, posts, products, CPTs)<\/li>\n
- NEW: SEO noindex respect (Yoast, Rank Math, SEOPress, AIOSEO)<\/li>\n
- NEW: URL exclude patterns with wildcard support<\/li>\n
- Improved: Post type grouping with section headers<\/li>\n
- Improved: Proper > description blockquote per llmstxt.org spec<\/li>\n
- Improved: Admin page with post type selection and pattern examples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- NEW: XML Product Feed Generator \u2014 OpenAI Commerce Protocol compatible<\/li>\n
- Serves product feed at \/product-feed.xml<\/li>\n
- Supports simple, variable, and external products with variations<\/li>\n
- GTIN\/EAN auto-detection from common meta fields<\/li>\n
- WP-Cron scheduled regeneration (hourly\/daily\/weekly)<\/li>\n
- Transient-based caching with configurable TTL<\/li>\n
- New admin page: citelayer \u2192 Product Feed<\/li>\n
- Scanner: added Product Feed validation check<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- NEW: AI Readiness Scanner \u2014 comprehensive site audit for AI visibility<\/li>\n
- 7 automated checks: Schema.org, robots.txt (8 AI bots + Cloudflare), llms.txt, Content-Signal headers<\/li>\n
- WooCommerce checks: Product descriptions, images, stock status<\/li>\n
- Visual readiness score dashboard (0-100)<\/li>\n
- Async scanning via REST API<\/li>\n
- New admin page: citelayer \u2192 AI Scanner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- Rewritten plugin description \u2014 user-centric, benefit-driven (AI Visibility, GEO, AEO)<\/li>\n
- Updated FAQ in plain language<\/li>\n
- Optimized tags for WordPress.org discoverability<\/li>\n
- Updated plugin banner images<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed WordPress.org deploy trigger (SVN deploy now runs in same workflow as auto-tag)<\/li>\n
- Added manual deploy fallback with dry-run support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added automated WordPress.org SVN deploy workflow (deploy on GitHub Release)<\/li>\n
- Added plugin directory assets (icons, banners)<\/li>\n
- Added .distignore for clean SVN deployments<\/li>\n
- Added readme\/assets update workflow (update WordPress.org without new release)<\/li>\n
- Streamlined auto-tag workflow (ZIP build now handled by deploy action)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.9<\/h4>\n\n\n- Re-included composer.json in distribution ZIP (required when vendor\/ is present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.8<\/h4>\n\n\n- Removed vendor CLI binaries (bin\/html-to-markdown) from release ZIP<\/li>\n
- Excluded composer.json from distribution<\/li>\n
- Improved forbidden file detection in build workflow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.7<\/h4>\n\n\n- Lowered PHP requirement from 8.1 to 7.4 (code + vendor deps confirmed compatible)<\/li>\n
- Fixed deploy workflow: .gitattributes and README.md now excluded from production<\/li>\n
- Added PHP 7.4 to CI syntax check matrix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.6<\/h4>\n\n\n- Converted inline scripts to wp_add_inline_script() for WP Codex compliance<\/li>\n
- Extracted inline styles to external CSS files with wp_enqueue_style()<\/li>\n
- Updated contributor and Author URI metadata<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.5<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fix fatal error: rebuild vendor with composer --no-dev for release ZIP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.4<\/h4>\n\n\n- Exclude dev dependencies from release ZIP (phpstan, phpcs, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- Plugin name fix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Respecting WP \/ WordPress trade mark<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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- Tooling: phpcs.xml.dist, phpstan.neon, Composer Scripts (lint, fix, analyse)<\/li>\n
- CI: Strikte PHPCS- und PHPStan-Jobs (kein continue-on-error mehr)<\/li>\n
- Infrastructure: Pre-Commit-Hook f\u00fcr automatisches Code-Formatting<\/li>\n
- Fix: Schema.php \u2014 post_author Type-Cast f\u00fcr get_the_author_meta()<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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- Security: Admin email no longer exposed in llms.txt by default<\/li>\n
- UCP Discovery: Dynamic platform detection (WordPress vs WooCommerce)<\/li>\n
- WebMCP: Removed non-implemented endpoint references<\/li>\n
- WebMCP: Fixed option check consistency<\/li>\n
- Added PHPCS configuration (WordPress Coding Standards)<\/li>\n
- Added PHPStan Level 6 configuration<\/li>\n
- Comprehensive CI pipeline (syntax, PHPCS, PHPStan, integrity checks)<\/li>\n
- Removed development artifacts from repository<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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- Schema: No output in Conflict State<\/li>\n
- WebMCP context.json discovery endpoint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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- Yoast Fallback: Citelayer takes over when Yoast has no physical file<\/li>\n
- State-Reset on plugin deactivation<\/li>\n
- Improved AIOSEO detection (defined + class_exists checks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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- All classes refactored to Citelayer\\Plugin namespace<\/li>\n
- File structure: includes\/ \u2192 src\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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- UCP Discovery endpoint<\/li>\n
- Markdown for Agents with Content Negotiation<\/li>\n
- Content-Signal header configuration<\/li>\n
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