AP Writer

Changelog

1.1.33

• New (opt-in, off by default): a small “Powered by AP Writer” credit at the end of articles. The link is rel=”nofollow sponsored” per Google’s widget-link guidelines and carries your referral code, so paid signups through it count toward your referral bonus.
• A generator meta tag is now output for technology-stack directories (no version number disclosed).

1.1.32

• Fixed: the “not tested with your version of WordPress” notice could appear even though the plugin is tested, because compatibility info was missing when running the latest version and version data was cached for up to 12 hours. The plugin now always reports its tested WordPress version, and “Check again” on the Updates screen refreshes the cache immediately.

1.1.31

• WordPress 7.1 compatibility confirmed (no jQuery UI or block-editor API dependencies; the classic meta box and all hooks used are unaffected by 7.1 changes).

1.1.30

• Keyword auto-generation now uses the same text model as article generation (the model selected in Article settings), instead of a fixed server-side default.

1.1.29

• The auto-generation schedule now inherits the Article-settings defaults (post status, length, featured-image on/off) as its initial values until you save the schedule settings for the first time. Saved schedule settings are unaffected.

1.1.28

• Fixed: in the keyword auto-generation dialog, confirming a Japanese IME conversion with Enter no longer starts generation immediately.

1.1.27

• Fixed: article decorations (in-content featured image, table of contents, related posts, reading time) were not applied on themes that render post content outside the standard loop (custom queries or direct filter application). A fallback path now handles such themes, with layered safeguards so decorations are still applied exactly once per request and never to excerpts, feeds, the REST API or other posts’ content. Standard themes are unaffected.

1.1.26

• New: automatic NOINDEX for articles with no search traffic (Settings → AI search). Requires Google Search Console. Only articles that have already been through a content refresh and still show zero search impressions after a grace period (30/60/90/180 days, your choice) are set to NOINDEX — at most one per week. If an article starts getting impressions again, NOINDEX is removed automatically the following week; you can also remove it manually from the Articles list at any time. Works with All in One SEO, Yoast SEO and Rank Math if installed, or a plain robots meta tag otherwise; NOINDEXed articles are excluded from the sitemap and llms.txt.

1.1.25

• Automatic content refresh now prioritizes articles using Google Search Console data when connected: it picks the article with the most room to climb the rankings (high impressions, just outside the top results) instead of always picking the oldest one. Falls back to oldest-first when Search Console isn’t connected.

1.1.24

• The AI model selector on the generate screen now shows approximate point costs per article for each model.

1.1.23

• ChatGPT (OpenAI) support: article generation with GPT-5.6 Terra (standard, low cost) and GPT-5.6 Sol (high quality), and featured images with GPT Image 2 / 1.5 / 1 Mini — selectable alongside the existing Claude and Gemini models.
• Fixed the selected text model not being sent correctly from the generate screen for model IDs containing dots.

1.1.22

• Claude Sonnet 5 is now available for article generation and is the default for new installs (same point cost as Sonnet 4.6). Existing saved model settings are unchanged.
• Opus 4.7 point costs corrected: an outdated price-table entry (from the Opus 4.1 era) was charging about 3x the intended “actual cost x 10” rule. Opus articles now use roughly 1/3 as many points (approx. 160 pt for a 2,500-character article).

1.1.21

• Featured-image generation fixed: Google retired the Imagen models from the Gemini API, which silently broke image generation. Image models are now the current Gemini image models (3.1 Flash / 3 Pro / 3.1 Flash Lite / 2.5 Flash); saved Imagen settings are migrated automatically and old plugin versions are remapped on the server.
• Fixed the manually selected image model not being sent correctly from the generate screen (model IDs containing dots were mangled).
• Point estimates for image generation updated to current model pricing.

1.1.20

• Article refresh: update an existing post with the latest information via AI — from the Articles list (“Refresh with AI”) or automatically once a week for the oldest stale post (Settings → AI search). The title and URL are kept; the body is rewritten with an answer-first structure and current information.
• AI traffic measurement: counts visitors arriving from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, Gemini and Claude (works behind page caches) and logs AI crawler visits. Data is stored only in your site’s database.
• Generated articles now follow an AI-search-optimized structure: a conclusion-first opening (with a definition sentence for concept topics), answer-first sections, question-style headings and comparison tables where appropriate, without inventing statistics.
• The Articles list now shows the last-updated date.

1.1.19

• New “AI search” settings tab with LLMO (AI search optimization) tools:
• Organization structured data on the front page, with official profile links (sameAs) that are also listed in llms.txt.
• robots.txt checker that shows whether major AI crawlers (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Bing, Google) can access your site, plus an optional policy to explicitly allow AI search crawlers and/or block AI training crawlers.
• Optional IndexNow notifications to Bing when posts are published or updated (off by default; ChatGPT search and Copilot rely on the Bing index).
• Article schema now includes publisher logo, sameAs, language and mainEntityOfPage.

1.1.18

• Generated articles now fill in standard SEO fields: the AI meta description is saved as the post excerpt, the featured image gets alt text, and 3-5 tags are added automatically.
• If All in One SEO, Yoast SEO or Rank Math is installed, the focus keyword and meta description are written to it automatically.

1.1.17

• The admin interface is now fully translatable and ships with English and Japanese. It follows the site language by default and can be overridden in Settings.
• New “Article output language” setting: AI articles, topic and keyword suggestions can now be generated in Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Spanish, French, German or Portuguese.

1.1.16

• Output escaping and input handling brought fully in line with WordPress coding standards.

1.1.15

• Internal-link insertion is no longer restricted by plan; it works whenever enabled.
• Admin scripts and styles are now enqueued via the WordPress API.
• Coding-standards and escaping improvements throughout the admin screens.

1.1.14

• WordPress 7.0 compatibility.
• Hardened admin input handling to follow WordPress coding standards.

1.1.13

• Security: safely handle HTML, images and structured data returned by the service (prevents arbitrary file writes and stored XSS).
• Added a per-post table-of-contents toggle in the editor.
• Capped the auto-generation keyword list to prevent unbounded growth.
• Fixed a case where a skipped test run was shown as success.

1.1.12

• Block the screen during a scheduled test run to prevent double submissions.
• Security hardening for HTML and images returned by the service.

1.1.11

• Added a default article length option in the settings.

1.1.10

• Added a modal to specify a theme when auto-generating keywords.

1.1.9

• Keyword and topic generation now reflect your site information.

1.1.8

• Weekday keyword lists are no longer consumed; an unused keyword is chosen at random.

1.1.7

• Detect expired Google Search Console connections and prompt to reconnect.

1.1.6

• Prevent duplicate keywords in auto-generation; fixed AI topic selection.

1.1.5

• Show the cause of API communication errors in the admin screen.

1.1.3

• Added a copyright-safe mode for featured images.

1.1.2

• Fixed issues in site learning, topic suggestions and article generation.

1.1.0

• Made the table of contents, article design, structured data and related posts available for free.
• Added a free-trial notice for unlicensed sites.
• Added a referral bonus feature.
• PHP 7.4 compatibility fixes.

1.0.0

• Initial release.