Post Detail

May 7, 2026 in Business

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…”