Rank Authority – The World’s Only Fully Automated AI Visibility Platform for Google & Every Major AI Search Engine

Rank Authority is a secure WordPress plugin that enables seamless integration between your WordPress site and the Rank Authority Dashboard. It provides REST API endpoints for publishing, updating, and deleting blog posts directly from your dashboard, plus IndexNow key-file support for search engine discovery workflows.

New in 1.0.55: GEO page and category templates now render on an explicit light surface (white card with dark base text). Generated GEO content assumes a light background, so themes that force a dark body background (e.g. a custom header with body { background: #000 }) were leaving the text invisible or near-black-on-black — the templates now guarantee readable contrast on any theme.

Previously in 1.0.54: Fixed the one-click self-update (POST /ra/v1/upgrade) leaving the plugin deactivated after a successful update. WordPress silently deactivates a plugin before swapping its files, and the REST-triggered path had no admin redirect to restore it — the plugin now records its active state and re-activates itself after the update (network-active sites included).

Previously in 1.0.53: Hardened server-side rendering (SSR) against page builders. Inline <script>, <style>, <svg>, and <noscript> blocks are now shielded from the HTML parser round-trip, so Elementor/Divi-style HTML widgets whose scripts contain markup (e.g. template literals with </div>) are preserved verbatim instead of leaking into the visible page. JSON-LD is unaffected and still updated in place.

Previously in 1.0.52: Fixed one-click self-update (POST /ra/v1/upgrade) wrongly reporting ”already up to date” on sites that were behind — it now checks wordpress.org directly and force-installs the latest package even when the cached update metadata is empty (e.g. a non-rank-authority folder name or a stale update check).

Previously in 1.0.51: Added an authenticated POST /ra/v1/posts/bulk-delete endpoint so the Rank Authority Dashboard can remove multiple posts/pages by slug in one request. Deleted URLs are now recorded and served an HTTP 410 Gone response (instead of a 404) to signal a permanent, intentional removal for faster, cleaner deindexing; the marker is automatically cleared if a URL is later reused by a published post.

Previously in 1.0.50: Publish (POST) now accepts an optional slug parameter so the Rank Authority Dashboard can set a custom post permalink when the user specifies one; WordPress still auto-suffixes collisions as usual.

Previously in 1.0.49: One-click plugin self-update via POST /ra/v1/upgrade, filesystem-method pre-check for FTP/SSH sites, and reverse-proxy HTTPS detection via X-Forwarded-Proto / X-Forwarded-SSL.

Previously in 1.0.47: SEO recommendations are now applied server-side (SSR). The optimized title, meta tags, content, and internal/external links are written directly into the page HTML on the server, so every crawler (including non-JS crawlers and social scrapers) sees the optimized markup. The dashboard toggle now controls whether recommendations are applied — the legacy client-side script is no longer injected. Body-level changes are scoped to the post content region, and the result integrates with full-page caches (e.g. WP Rocket) so it is what gets cached.

Previously in 1.0.46: Maintenance release consolidating stored JSON-LD schema rendering into output_schema_markup(); front-end schema and RankLink output behavior is unchanged from 1.0.45.

Previously in 1.0.45: RankLink front-end performance and accuracy pass—single-pass content scan shared between the schema graph and the head summary meta, cached site host/scheme on link normalization, and per-anchor placement attribution based on the enclosing wrapper instead of attribute-occurrence heuristics.

Previously in 1.0.44: RankLink support—internal-link markers survive sanitization, optional JSON-LD relatedLink / significantLink, REST aliases at /ra/v1/page/{id}, and front-end summary plus ?ra_highlight=1 QA styling.

Key Features

• Secure Token-Based Authentication: Uses Bearer token authentication for secure API access
• Publish Posts: Create new blog posts directly from the Rank Authority Dashboard
• Update Posts: Modify existing published posts with new content
• Delete Posts: Remove posts from your WordPress site
• IndexNow Key File Support: Configure and serve the IndexNow key file at /{key}.txt for compatible search engine discovery workflows
• Dashboard Bootstrap Connection: Let administrators complete first-time dashboard connections through an HTTPS-only bootstrap endpoint
• RSS / WebSub: RSS 2.0 feeds declare a PubSubHubbub (WebSub) hub link so update-friendly services can discover feed changes faster
• SEO Script Injection: Automatically injects SEO tracking scripts into your site header
• Owner Controls: Token owner can manage visibility and regenerate tokens
• HTTPS Required: All API requests require HTTPS for security

How It Works

1. Install and activate the plugin
2. Navigate to WordPress Admin → Rank Authority
3. Copy your unique connection token
4. Use the token in your Rank Authority Dashboard to connect your WordPress site
5. Start publishing content directly from your dashboard!

Security Features

• Bearer token authentication
• HTTPS requirement for all API requests
• Token regeneration capability
• Owner-based access controls

Support

For support, please visit https://rankauthority.com or email support@rankauthority.com

Credits

Developed by Rank Authority Website: https://rankauthority.com