Article Checker Pro
Plugin Purpose
A WordPress content audit plugin for checking SEO quality, readability, EEAT, AI Overview readiness, thin content risk, entity usage, citations, and content improvement opportunities.

Development Features / Changelog
Early Core Version
Features:
- Content audit dashboard
- SEO score
- Readability score
- Content Sense score
- AI Overview score
- EEAT score
- Research score
- Performance score
- Humanity score
- Word count detection
- Entity count detection
- Citation count detection
- Audit result panels
- Post/page attachment system
v2.5.x Series
Features:
- Impact simulator
- Audit score breakdown
- Content improvement recommendations
- Better audit UI
- Post search dropdown
- Attach audit to post/page
- Restore previous audit revision planning
- Guidance panels
v2.5.9 — Impact Simulator
Features:
- Impact simulator module
- Predictive scoring idea for content changes
- Improvement impact preview
- Better dashboard reporting
Reported issue:
- Load and Run Audit button not working
- Audit stuck on “Running…”
v2.6.x Series
Focus: Stability and audit execution.
Features/fixes:
- Audit run bug fixes
- Admin JS fixes
- PHP parse error fixes
- Engine file fixes
- Safer audit processing
- Better handling of stuck “Running…” audits
- Improved admin script loading
v2.7.3 — Premium UI + Speed Mode
Features:
- Premium admin UI
- Speed Mode
- Faster audit processing
- GSC integration foundation
- Intent detection
- EEAT partial detection
- AI readiness checks
- Entity detection
- Improved score cards
- Cleaner dashboard interface
Phase 1 — Thin Content Governor
Features:
- Thin content detection
- Word count threshold logic
- Pages under 600 words restricted from high scores
- AI Overview score capped at 65 for thin content
- EEAT score capped at 60 for thin content
- Overall score capped at 70 for thin content
- Thin pages cannot show green score
- Service page stricter EEAT rules
- UI badge: “Thin Content Governor Active”
Phase 2 — SERP Pattern / Intent Coverage
Features:
- Intent detection:
- Informational
- Commercial
- Transactional
- Local
- SERP pattern expectation checks
- Missing section suggestions
- Detection for:
- Definition section
- Steps section
- Pricing section
- Comparison section
- Pros and cons
- Tools
- Alternatives
- FAQ
- Example recommendation: “Add pricing section”
Phase 3 — Claim Verification and Citation Integrity
Features:
- Claim detection
- Citation integrity checks
- Trust signal analysis
- Research quality checks
- Weak claim warnings
- Citation improvement guidance
Later Planned/Added Phases
Content Freshness Logic
- Update urgency score
- Suggested review frequency
- Outdated content warnings
- Freshness opportunity notes
Conversion Readiness
- CTA clarity check
- Trust proof check
- Objection handling detection
- Commercial content readiness score
Expanded EEAT
- Author credential check
- Reviewed-by detection
- First-hand experience signal check
- Editorial transparency check
Brand Voice and Tone
- Optional tone guidance
- Repetitive phrase detection
- Robotic writing pattern warnings
- AI-format signal checking
UI/Action Features
Features:
- “How to Improve” guidance panels
- “Insert TL;DR” button
- “Insert Quick Answers” button
- “Add FAQ + Schema” button
- Applied state: “Applied ✓”
- Diff/undo preview planning
- Post/page search dropdown
- Audit history/revision restore planning
Known issues during dev:
- Some versions had PHP parse errors
- Some versions had admin JS errors
- Some buttons did not apply content changes
- Audit sometimes stuck at “Running…”