NexalSEO changelog

Every release of the free Nexal SEO plugin and the Nexal SEO Pro add-on, newest first. See what each feature does — and the reasoning behind it — in the documentation.

Add new feature · Fix bug fix · Change change or removal

Nexal SEO Free

1.27.7 Jul 2026

Fix Refreshed the suggested AI models for every provider — Gemini and Anthropic’s old defaults pointed at model snapshots the providers have since retired, so the default “Re-analyze with AI” pick could fail. Now uses the current Gemini 2.5 family, Claude Haiku 4.5 / Sonnet 5 / Opus 4.8, and current Groq / OpenRouter lineups.
Note Documented that Groq blocks datacenter/hosting IPs by design, so server-side calls from a WordPress host can be refused even with a valid key — use another provider or ask Groq to allowlist your server.

1.27.6 Jul 2026

Fix The AI, Social, Local SEO and Breadcrumbs settings tabs could silently discard values the very first time they were saved on a site. Fixed the double-sanitize behaviour that caused it; confirmed with an end-to-end save on a fresh install.

1.27.5 Jul 2026

Fix The Yoast / Rank Math importer could silently stop after the first batch of ~40 posts. Fixed the batch-redirect chain so full imports complete.
Add Import now also brings over category, tag and WooCommerce product-category/tag SEO titles, descriptions and focus keywords — not just posts and pages.

1.27.4 Jul 2026

Fix Visiting /sitemap.xml or /llms.txt while the feature was turned off served the homepage with a 200 status instead of a proper 404. Now returns a correct 404 and logs it.
Fix llms.txt titles/excerpts could show raw HTML entities in the plain-text output.

1.27.3 Jul 2026

Add llms.txt is now viewable and directly editable in a text box — save your own version or reset to the auto-generated one.
Add “Write with AI” button drafts an llms.txt from your schema identity, pages and recent posts, grouped by topic, using your own AI provider. Manual trigger only.

1.27.1 – 1.27.2 Jul 2026

Add Optional /llms.txt for AI crawlers, enabled from the AI tab.
Fix Serve llms.txt virtually through a rewrite rule so it appears reliably regardless of hosting/filesystem setup.

1.27.0 Jul 2026

Add Full French, German, Spanish and Russian translations (PHP and block-editor JS), with the semantic engine’s stop-words and question detection extended to match.
Change Removed the Webmaster Tools module (Search Console / Bing connection and verification meta tags) and its stored credentials.

1.26.x 2026

Change Redesigned the admin UI to a clean, native-wp-admin style — one accent colour, plain header, standard tabs and cards.
Add “Monitor H1” setting, breadcrumb auto-insert conflict detection, custom-post-type support for the metabox and score column, and an uninstall.php that fully cleans up on deletion.

1.20.0 2026

Add Local SEO module: LocalBusiness structured data, NAP consistency scanner, and a geo/local-SEO checklist.

1.18.0 2026

Change Rebuilt schema output as one connected entity @graph (Organization, WebSite, Article, Product, BreadcrumbList) instead of separate, disconnected JSON-LD blocks.

1.0 – 1.17 Initial

Add Focus keyword, SEO title and meta description for posts, pages, products and terms; the modular dashboard and tabbed settings; Open Graph / Twitter Card output; the local semantic content-analysis engine; and the XML Sitemap, Redirections, 404 Monitor, Schema, Breadcrumbs and WooCommerce-audit modules, plus opt-in bring-your-own-key AI assist.

Nexal SEO Pro Pro

1.0.4 Jul 2026

Fix Refreshed the suggested AI models to current provider snapshots (same fix as the free plugin’s 1.27.7).

1.0.3 Jul 2026

Fix First-time save of the AI / Social / Local SEO / Breadcrumbs tabs no longer discards values (same fix as the free plugin’s 1.27.6).

1.0.2 Jul 2026

Fix Yoast / Rank Math import batch chain no longer stops after the first batch.
Add Import now covers category, tag and product-category/tag SEO data.

1.0.0 – 1.0.1 Jul 2026

Add First release of the Pro add-on: the full shared toolset (titles & meta, semantic analysis, schema, social, redirections, 404 monitor, breadcrumbs, Local SEO, WooCommerce audit, AI assist), namespaced to run safely alongside the free plugin.
Add “Coming soon” previews of the five internal-linking / topical-authority engines — Semantic Anchor Router, Macro & Micro Context Connector, Crawl Depth Minimizer, Automated Entity Infeeder and Bulk Cluster Migrator — plus advanced Local SEO and WooCommerce tools.
Change The XML sitemap and llms.txt are intentionally left to the free plugin, so only one plugin ever serves those URLs.

The five Pro engines are documented — with the Google patents each is built on — on the documentation page.