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WPSSO Core Premium

JS Morisset

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Lifetime License:

Get Premium features, updates, and support for the lifetime of your registered WordPress Sites. See more about the license terms.

No Risk 30 Day Refund Policy

1 x WordPress Site for $69.00 ea
2 x WordPress Sites for $55.00 ea; suggested for WP Engine and hosting services with production and staging sites
3 x WordPress Sites for $45.00 ea; suggested for Pantheon and hosting services with production, development and test sites
5 x WordPress Sites for $36.00 ea
10 x WordPress Sites for $28.00 ea
15 x WordPress Sites for $24.00 ea
25 x WordPress Sites for $21.00 ea
35 x WordPress Sites for $20.00 ea
50 x WordPress Sites for $19.00 ea
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Version Information

  • Plugin Name: WPSSO Core Premium
  • Stable Version: 18.18.1
  • Author: JS Morisset
  • Description: Present your content at its best for social sites and search results, no matter how URLs are shared, reshared, messaged, posted, embedded, or crawled.
  • License: Nontransferable License for WordPress Site Address URL
  • Requires PHP: 7.4.33 or newer
  • Requires WordPress: 5.9 or newer
  • Tested Up To WordPress: 6.7.1
  • Tested Up To WooCommerce: 9.4.1
  • Last Updated: 10 hours ago

Release Schedule

New versions of the plugin are released approximately every week (more or less). New features are added, tested, and released incrementally, instead of grouping them together in a major version release. When minor bugs fixes and/or code improvements are applied, new versions are also released. This release schedule keeps the code stable and reliable, at the cost of more frequent updates.

See release early, release often (RERO) software development philosophy on Wikipedia for more information on the benefits of smaller / more frequent releases.

Version Numbering

Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]

  • {major} = Major structural code changes and/or incompatible API changes (ie. breaking changes).hanges).
  • {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
  • {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
  • {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate).

Standard Edition Repositories

Development Version Updates

WPSSO Core Premium edition customers have access to development, alpha, beta, and release candidate version updates:

Under the SSO > Update Manager settings page, select the "Development and Up" (for example) version filter for the WPSSO Core plugin and/or its add-ons. When new development versions are available, they will automatically appear under your WordPress Dashboard > Updates page. You can reselect the "Stable / Production" version filter at any time to reinstall the latest stable version.

WPSSO Core Standard edition users (ie. the plugin hosted on WordPress.org) have access to the latest development version under the Advanced Options section.

Changelog / Release Notes

Version 18.18.1 (2024/11/21)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Adjusted disk cache file expiration time from 1 month to 1 week.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Updated default WPSSO_CACHE_FILES_EXP_SECS constant to WEEK_IN_SECONDS.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v7.1.0 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.18.0 (2024/11/11)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Improved performance when creating markup for WooCommerce shipping offers.
    • Updated the format of debug messages for more compact logging.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Added a new SucomCache->shutdown_stats() method.
    • Added a new WpssoIntegEcomWooCommerce->get_zone_shipping_destinations() method.
    • Refactored caching in WpssoIntegEcomWooCommerce->add_mt_shipping_offers().
    • Refactored caching in WpssoIntegEcomWooCommerce->is_variation_selectable_attribute().
    • Refactored caching in WpssoUtilWooCommerce->is_mod_variable().
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v7.1.0 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.17.0 (2024/11/06)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Improved memory usage for comment/post/term/user metadata defaults.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Refactored caching in WpssoAbstractWpMeta->get_defaults().
    • Refactored caching in WpssoAbstractWpMeta->get_head_info().
    • Refactored caching in WpssoAdmin->get_side_col_boxes().
    • Refactored caching in WpssoSchema->add_person_data().
    • Refactored caching in WpssoUtil->get_image_url_info().
    • Refactored caching in SucomUtil->is_term_tax_slug().
    • Updated default WPSSO_CACHE_ARRAY_FIFO_MAX value to 8.
    • Updated default WPSSO_CACHE_REFRESH_MAX_TIME value to 1800.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v7.1.0 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.16.1 (2024/11/02)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • None.
  • Bugfixes
    • Fixed incorrect abort time limit for background cache refresh.
  • Developer Notes
    • Added new optional debug constants:
      • WPSSO_AJAX_DEBUG_HTML
      • WPSSO_AJAX_DEBUG_LOG
      • WPSSO_CRON_DEBUG_HTML
      • WPSSO_CRON_DEBUG_LOG
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.16.0 (2024/11/01)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Added WooCommerce store base location to Schema shippingDestination markup for postal codes.
    • Added a "Clear Expired Transients" action in the SSO > Tools and Actions page.
    • Added progress information to the notification message when refreshing the cache.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Added a $cache_exp_secs argument to the WpssoUtilCache->get_running_task() method (to double-check the transient expiration time).
    • Added is_string() checks after each content filter to make sure the returned value is a string (and not null).
    • Updated WpssoIntegEcomWooCommerce->add_mt_shipping_offers() to add the WooCommerce store base location country for postal codes.
    • Updated WpssoUtilCache->show_refresh_running() to include progress information in the notification message.
    • Updated WpssoUtilCache->refresh() to save progress information for each object processed.
    • Refactored WpssoUtilCache->task_update() to write progress information to the task transient.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.15.0 (2024/10/22)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Added a post cache clearing hook when WooCommerce changes the product metadata.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Added a new WpssoIntegEcomWooCommerce->clear_product_cache() method hooked to the 'woocommerce_product_object_updated_props' action.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.14.0 (2024/10/15)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Improved sanitation of Schema gtin property values.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Refactored the WpssoSchema::check_prop_value_gtin() method.
    • Added a '_wpsso_head_info_schema_review_rating' metadata value when a Schema Review rating is available:
      • Added a 'schema_review_rating' column settings array in WpssoConfig::$cf.
      • Added a 'schema:review:rating' internal meta tag in SucomUtil::get_mt_og_seed().
      • Added a new WpssoSchema->add_schema_mt_og() private method.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.13.0 (2024/10/12)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Added numeric formatting to the WordPress Dashboard > WPSSO Cache Status metabox "Count" column.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Removed number_format_i18n() formatting in the WpssoUtilCache->get_db_transients_size_mb() method.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.12.1 (2024/10/07)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • None.
  • Bugfixes
    • Fixed a non-numeric value warning in the WpssoAdminDashboard->show_metabox_cache_status() method.
  • Developer Notes
    • Removed number_format_i18n() formatting in the SucomCache->get_cache_files_size_mb() method.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.12.0 (2024/10/04)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Added a "Cache Folder" section in the WordPress Dashboard > WPSSO Cache Status metabox.
    • Added a notice in the WordPress Dashboard > WPSSO Cache Status metabox when wp_using_ext_object_cache() returns true.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Added a $read_cache argument to the WpssoAdmin->get_ext_file_content() method.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.11.0 (2024/10/01)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Added a new SSO > Tools and Actions > Clear Short URL Transients button.
    • Include the SSO > Tools and Actions > Clear Database Transients and Clear Short URL Transients buttons even if wp_using_ext_object_cache() is true.
  • Bugfixes
    • Fixed an incorrect transient key match in WpssoUtilCache->get_db_transients_subset().
  • Developer Notes
    • None.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.10.0 (2024/09/21)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Updated WPSSO dashboard metaboxes to skip creating content when hidden.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Added a new WpssoUser::is_metabox_hidden() method.
    • Added a new WpssoUtilMetabox::show_is_hidden_content() method.
    • Updated default WPSSO_SELECT_PERSON_NAMES_MAX constant value from 100 to 200.
    • Updated WpssoAdmin::sort_active_plugins() to sort WPSSO plugins before JSM plugins.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.9.0 (2024/09/19)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Added French translations for the SSO > Troubleshooting page.
    • Improved speed of the database query to calculate the total transient sizes.
    • Improved the WordPress Dashboard > WPSSO Cache Status metabox transient labels.
  • Bugfixes
    • Fixed missing error message when Bitly monthly usage limit has been exceeded.
  • Developer Notes
    • Added a new 'wpsso_wc_shipping_zone_methods' filter.
    • Added a new 'wpsso_wc_shipping_zone_offer' filter.
    • Added a new 'wpsso_wc_shipping_zones' filter.
    • Refactored the WpssoUtilCache->get_db_transients_size_mb() method.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

Version 18.8.0 (2024/09/15)

  • New Features
    • None.
  • Improvements
    • Updated minimum PHP version from 7.2.34 to 7.4.33.
    • Updated minimum WordPress version from 5.8 to 5.9.
  • Bugfixes
    • None.
  • Developer Notes
    • Added support for an update transaction status in the update option data.
  • Requires At Least
    • PHP v7.4.33.
    • WordPress v5.9.
    • WPSSO Update Manager v6.0.1 (for Premium edition).

29 comments on “WPSSO Core Premium”

  7. Rated 5 out of 5


    After ages trying to figure out how to fine tune the SEO of my website and failing miserable I came across this plugin. That just has all the settings I needed a more. At first the warning flashes seemed intimidating but its just trying to help by shouting THIS IS NOT DONE FIX IT. They you do and then no more warning message.

  8. Rated 5 out of 5


    Have used numerous plugins that claim to be able to boost our SEO optimization, etc etc. Ended up with WPSSO over year ago and wish we’d started using it earlier. 

    While it is not the easiest plugin to utilize initially as you really do need to have a basic understanding of Schema types and how they are best utilized and implemented. However, once you get it dialed in, WPSSO Core and the various Premium editions we use have really helped with our visibility with search engines as well as social media sites understanding our content. 

    Plus, the support for the Premium level is fantastic! Nothing is without a few hiccups, and the WPSSO team does a stellar job of working with me to improve the plugin when needed. 

  21. Rated 5 out of 5

    I simply agree with some other reviews, and would rather say I agree and point others to those reviews:

    Support has been wonderful.
    – I requested a feature to rename the admin menu page titles, and the developer add support for those filters in only some hours, and responded back to me, to update to the dev release to try. Lol, awesome!

    The plugin is super helpful for Seo and Schema.

    Just great for metadata control and learning.
    – I agree with this in principal, that plugins like this, or even all plugins, should tend to know more than those who are using it.

    I also want to say, that I’m glad this has a simple UI, where other seo related premium plugins have started invading the WordPress UI, with all sort of fanciness, but just unnecessary as well, and it has gotten carried away. When it comes to editing my pages, posts, etc., my WordPress UI has remained the same, and so now with WPSSO, it can continue to feel that way.

    I upgraded to premium almost immediately. I was just glad to think about getting rid of other seo plugins, lol.

    And it is so nice, that as of to date, was able to get a flat price for a license. Something that I can refer to clients or include in their price package, for single license or multiple licenses.

  25. Rated 5 out of 5

    The out-of-the-box defaults encouraged by the author are enough to give anyone a quick leg up in local SEO. The real power of this plugin, though, is how configurable it truly is. Someone truly dedicated to making the search engines do tricks can rocket their site to the top of the localized SERP feature pages with the options in this plugin.

    Also, the author is amazing. At one point I was wanting to integrate with a jobs plugin to be able to add Job meta to the individual job listings. I reached out to the author to ask about getting support, they asked what plugin it was, and got back to me within about four hours to ask me to test their changes in a pre-release beta they’d cut just for the feature I’d requested. I had support for the jobs plugin I was needing to integrate within less than a day!

    I’ve been working with WP for many years, and I have experience with many, many SEO plugins. I promise you won’t be disappointed with this one.

  26. Rated 5 out of 5

    The After-Sales Service is perfect! JS Morisset’s responses are always quick and very precise whenever we have a concern.
    No EAN / GTIN-13 numbers of products in shema.org?
    Do you have WPSSO Core (Premium)?
    In Woocommerce you have created your EAN / GTIN-13 codes in “Attributes” of products?? So disable the “WPSSO product metadata for WooCommerce SEO” addon. Then go to “Advanced Settings” of the SSO-Social and Search Optimization plugin, Metadata / Product Attributes section, and type the name of your ean/gtin13 attribute in the “GTIN-13 (EAN) attribute name” box. Then, go to the “Custom fields” tab and delete the data in the “Custom field GTIN-13 (EAN) of product” box.
    –
    Le Service Après-vente est parfait ! Les réponses de JS Morisset sont toujours rapides et très précises à chaque fois que nous avons un souci.
    Pas de numéros EAN / GTIN-13 des produits dans shema.org ?
    Vous avez WPSSO Core (Premium)?
    Dans Woocommerce vous avez créé vos codes EAN / GTIN-13 dans “Attributs” de produits? Alors désactivez l’addon “WPSSO métadonnées de produit pour le SEO WooCommerce”. Ensuite allez dans “Réglages avancés” du plugin SSO-Optimisation sociale et de recherche, section Métadonnées / Attributs de produit, et tapez le nom de votre attribut ean/gtin13 dans la case “Nom d’attribut GTIN-13 (EAN)”. Puis, allez dans l’onglet “Champs personnalisés” et effacez la donnée qui est dans la case “Champ pers. GTIN-13 (EAN) de produit”.

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