EarlySEO product updates

EarlySEO Changelog

Latest EarlySEO product updates, improvements, and fixes. Recent releases are listed first and pulled directly from the maintained markdown file.

Last updated

May 29, 2026

Releases tracked

24

New features

84

Improvements and fixes

86

May 29, 2026

Better multilingual content and cleaner planner control

Areas: AI Content, Content Planner, Article Settings, Integrations

  • New: Added article preferences for first-person writing, TLDR sections, and table of contents.
  • New: Added planner item deletion, so unwanted planned articles can be removed before they are generated.
  • Improved: Improved multilingual article generation with better language handling and native-language dropdown labels.
  • Improved: Keyword ideas can now use selected audiences and competitors for more relevant topic suggestions.
  • Improved: The planner now shows a more useful upcoming content window, making future planning easier.
  • Improved: Strengthened image validation and clearer handling when an image cannot be generated safely or correctly.
  • Fixed: Improved Notion publishing reliability for articles with internal links.
  • Fixed: Improved recovery for planner items when generation had already created the related article.

May 22 to May 28, 2026

Support improvements and safer generation flows

Areas: Support, AI Generation, Dashboard, Image Generation, Billing

  • New: Added in-app support chat so users can reach support more easily.
  • New: Added title image mode support inside onboarding and article settings.
  • Improved: Dashboard metric trends now display more clearly.
  • Improved: Structured article outputs are cleaned before validation, improving generation stability.
  • Improved: Refreshed lifecycle email templates with cleaner formatting.
  • Fixed: Removed temporary login tools from the production app.
  • Fixed: Improved image preview handling so multiple previews are less likely to fail.

May 18 to May 21, 2026

Custom Shopify setup and advanced image style controls

Areas: Shopify, Image Generation, Article Design, Onboarding

  • New: Added custom Shopify app connection support for stores that need a more flexible setup.
  • New: Added improved Shopify connection checks, blog validation, and secure setup handling.
  • New: Added support for featured images in Shopify publishing.
  • New: Added style preset logo upload, template uploads, title image templates, watermark logos, and logo opacity controls.
  • New: Added image editing and background/template style options.
  • Improved: Added walkthrough documentation and video guidance for Shopify setup.
  • Improved: Image previews now process more reliably with clearer loading states.
  • Fixed: Cleaned up older image template handling and preview-state issues.

May 17, 2026

New home dashboard and growth summary experience

Areas: Dashboard, Reporting, SEO Insights, UX

  • New: Added a home dashboard with search performance metrics, article stats, top pages, scheduled content, and growth setup items.
  • New: Added article settings metrics, internal linking metrics, ready-to-publish counts, and authority indicators.
  • New: Added 3-month performance metrics for easier progress tracking.
  • New: Added a growth share card and share modal for turning site progress into a shareable visual.
  • Improved: Added better empty states and sidebar access to the new Home section.
  • Improved: Updated support and affiliate links in the sidebar.

May 12 to May 16, 2026

Smarter planning, search intelligence, and content readiness checks

Areas: Content Planner, AI Strategy, SEO Research, PSEO, Image Generation

  • New: Added intent-tier classification to help separate high-intent topics from informational ones.
  • New: Added ranking difficulty and opportunity scoring to help prioritize more realistic content ideas.
  • New: Added refresh candidate detection for pages that may need updates.
  • New: Added support for PSEO templates and reusable content blocks.
  • New: Added higher-quality visual generation options for article images.
  • Improved: Planner scheduling now mixes content types more naturally across the calendar.
  • Improved: Site-readiness checks help prevent content generation before required setup is complete.
  • Improved: Added stronger deduplication so similar article ideas are less likely to repeat.

May 1 to May 11, 2026

Indexing, SEO scoring, and cleanup improvements

Areas: Indexing, SEO Research, WordPress, Framer, Admin, Reliability

  • New: Added IndexNow settings, submission, and retry logic.
  • New: Added deeper search research capabilities for topic planning and content scoring.
  • New: Added cost-aware topic scoring using ranking and performance signals.
  • Improved: Improved WordPress and Framer article retrieval.
  • Improved: Added URL normalization to reduce duplicate or mismatched publishing URLs.
  • Improved: Strengthened internal linking and structured quality instructions.
  • Improved: Added cleanup and audit flows for cancelled sites and runaway generation cases.
  • Fixed: Reduced internal-link hallucinations and improved generated link accuracy.

April 30, 2026

Stronger research, billing accuracy, and WordPress sync reliability

Areas: Research, Billing, WordPress Plugin, Reliability

  • New: Added an additional search research mode for broader content planning.
  • New: Added external request tracking and caching to improve reliability and reduce repeat calls.
  • Improved: WordPress plugin sync now includes stronger article acknowledgement and filtering.
  • Improved: Billing-period logic was improved for yearly subscriptions.
  • Fixed: Added billing discrepancy repair handling for mismatched subscription states.
  • Fixed: Improved external research fallback and cache behavior.

April 15 to April 24, 2026

Better topic scoring, publishing safeguards, and indexing reliability

Areas: Planner, Publishing, Indexing, AI Content, Performance

  • New: Added topic scoring improvements for better planning decisions.
  • New: Added indexing improvements with performance tracking.
  • New: Added dry-run support for publishing configuration testing.
  • Improved: Paid-plan publication controls were improved.
  • Improved: Background jobs now check site readiness more carefully before generating or publishing.
  • Improved: Added stronger article validation and safer AI content formatting.
  • Improved: Added smarter retry and concurrency handling to reduce failed background tasks.
  • Fixed: Improved image generation handling and failure recovery.

April 9 to April 13, 2026

Content quality validation and image generation upgrades

Areas: AI Content, Image Generation, Validation, Research

  • New: Added stronger content validation for generated articles.
  • New: Added more image generation options for article visuals.
  • Improved: Improved image prompt handling and generated visual quality.
  • Improved: Refined content and research pipelines for better long-term reliability.
  • Fixed: Improved handling for generation errors during article and image creation.

April 2 to April 7, 2026

Billing, admin reporting, and free-plan visibility

Areas: Billing, Admin, Dashboard, Subscription Management

  • New: Added improved monthly and yearly subscription handling.
  • New: Added free-plan dashboard visibility.
  • Improved: Improved duplicate payment-event handling.
  • Improved: Admin reporting now groups users more clearly by site and status.
  • Fixed: Improved test-mode behavior and subscription-state edge cases.

March 25 to March 31, 2026

Publishing integrations and plugin readiness

Areas: WordPress, Shopify, Framer, Publishing, Integrations

  • New: Added custom publishing improvements for more flexible CMS workflows.
  • New: Added WordPress plugin deployment and documentation improvements.
  • Improved: Improved Shopify and Framer publishing reliability.
  • Improved: Added better article feedback handling and publishing-state tracking.
  • Improved: Added stable logo and branding handling across published pages.
  • Fixed: Improved plugin validation and publishing acknowledgement behavior.

March 21 to March 24, 2026

More reliable auto-generation, indexing, and content formatting

Areas: Planner, AI Content, Indexing, Email Templates, Reliability

  • New: Added automatic generation for the first two days of planned content.
  • New: Added active-trial generation support.
  • New: Added manual indexing submission improvements.
  • Improved: Added richer HTML email templates.
  • Improved: Improved SEO metadata handling and generated article documentation.
  • Improved: Added safer fallback behavior when a generation step fails.
  • Fixed: Improved image and content generation stability.

March 11 to March 17, 2026

Publishing fixes, analytics, and indexing expansion

Areas: Publishing, Analytics, Wix, WordPress, Indexing, Reliability

  • New: Added a website analytics script for tracking site activity.
  • New: Added selected-article publishing controls.
  • New: Added Wix member lookup support.
  • New: Added additional indexing support.
  • Improved: Added republishing safeguards and limits for safer publishing retries.
  • Improved: Improved integration checks before publishing.
  • Improved: Improved inactive, paused, failed, and expired subscription handling.
  • Fixed: Fixed duplicate H1 issues in Shopify and markdown publishing.
  • Fixed: Improved performance under heavier workloads.

March 7 to March 10, 2026

Trial flow, multi-integration publishing, and planning limits

Areas: Trials, Planner, Publishing, Email, Indexing

  • New: Added branded trial emails and trial activation handling.
  • New: Added indexing request tracking and retry support.
  • New: Added a 60-day planning cap for cleaner planner management.
  • Improved: Added optional EarlySEO branding in generated articles.
  • Improved: Improved Shopify, Webflow, WordPress.com, and multi-integration publishing flows.
  • Improved: Added automatic handling for planner items due today.
  • Improved: Added theme toggle improvements.

March 2 to March 6, 2026

Trials, pricing updates, admin tools, and safer planning

Areas: Billing, Trials, Planner, Admin, Content Quality

  • New: Added free trial checkout flow and trial welcome emails.
  • New: Added cancellation dialog, cancellation feedback, and retention-discount flows.
  • New: Added admin user management and analytics.
  • Improved: Added current-year content guidelines to keep generated content timely.
  • Improved: Added duplicate idea prevention and replanning safeguards.
  • Improved: Added stronger protection and abuse prevention for trial flows.
  • Improved: Updated pricing support for higher article-volume plans.

February 24 to February 28, 2026

Dark mode polish, team invitations, SEO metadata, and research support

Areas: Onboarding, Teams, SEO, Research, Integrations

  • New: Added team invitations with accept and revoke flows.
  • New: Added Open Graph and Twitter metadata for better sharing.
  • New: Added dynamic robots.txt and sitemap generation.
  • New: Added YouTube embed support inside articles.
  • New: Added expanded search research support for article planning.
  • Improved: Improved onboarding dark mode and theme toggle behavior.
  • Improved: Improved search performance property selection UI.
  • Improved: Added internal-link validation and URL sanitization for generated content.
  • Fixed: Improved access-control checks across app actions.

February 17 to February 23, 2026

Publishing modes, more human content, and reliability improvements

Areas: AI Content, WordPress, Notion, Publishing, Reliability, Documentation

  • New: Added a humanization step for AI-generated articles.
  • New: Added publish mode handling across integrations, including WordPress.com.
  • New: Added article publishing directly from the article viewer.
  • New: Added WordPress article styling for better formatting on synced posts.
  • New: Added richer Notion formatting support for published content.
  • Improved: Improved background processing for more reliable generation.
  • Improved: Added article recovery and stuck keyword recovery.
  • Improved: Added documentation pages and routing improvements.
  • Fixed: Improved connection stability and generation error handling.

February 14 to February 16, 2026

Onboarding checkout, generation logs, and richer article visuals

Areas: Onboarding, Billing, AI Content, Image Generation, Research

  • New: Added checkout flow for new sites during onboarding.
  • New: Added pending checkout tracking and confirmation on the success page.
  • New: Added generation activity logs for better visibility.
  • New: Added multi-image generation, inline images, infographic generation, and markdown table support.
  • Improved: Added deeper research context into article generation.
  • Improved: Improved planner pre-creation states and article viewing logic.
  • Fixed: Improved image handling for Framer and remote image sources.

February 5 to February 8, 2026

Shopify app work, WordPress plugin setup, and billing reliability

Areas: Shopify, WordPress, Webflow, Notion, Billing, Integrations

  • New: Added Shopify embedded app layout, app submission documentation, and test setup improvements.
  • New: Added WordPress integration page and plugin compliance notices.
  • Improved: Improved Shopify connection flow, session handling, and error redirects.
  • Improved: Improved Webflow field mapping, Notion setup, WordPress.com setup, and site-specific integration handling.
  • Improved: Added article and planner filters including date range support.
  • Fixed: Strengthened billing event handling and payment payload reliability.
  • Fixed: Fixed production drag-and-drop issues in the planner.

February 1 to February 4, 2026

Subscriptions, billing portal, article limits, and generation tracking

Areas: Billing, Subscriptions, Article Generation, Usage Tracking

  • New: Added subscription management for paid plans.
  • New: Added checkout sessions, billing portal access, subscription records, and payment-event handling.
  • New: Added yearly billing option and yearly discount calculations.
  • New: Added article usage tracking and subscription-based article limits.
  • New: Added generation logs for article status, image generation, and generation activity.
  • New: Added markdown support, tags, global article instructions, article style preferences, and rewrite support.
  • Improved: Improved customer creation logic during checkout.
  • Improved: Improved subscription state handling and product-plan mapping.

January 25 to January 31, 2026

AI engine, calendar planner, research tools, and rewrite workflow

Areas: AI Content, Planner, Research, Settings, Backlinks

  • New: Added a more flexible AI generation engine for articles, topics, outlines, FAQs, and content analysis.
  • New: Added website analysis during onboarding with AI suggestions.
  • New: Added AI keyword generation with content-type classification and SEO rules.
  • New: Added a calendar-style content planner with week grouping, drag-and-drop, polling, loading states, and articles-per-day controls.
  • New: Added business settings with language, country, and AI-generated business descriptions.
  • New: Added richer research inputs for article planning, entity context, and video references.
  • New: Added more article visual generation options.
  • New: Added article preview, rewrite flow, version history, rewrite counts, planner delete, and planner edit support.
  • New: Added backlink job handling and site access checks.
  • Improved: Improved data loading, caching, integration validation, settings UI, color picker behavior, and sidebar organization.

January 5 to January 6, 2026

Authentication redesign, onboarding polish, and search console integration

Areas: Auth, Onboarding, Branding, Search Console

  • New: Added redesigned signup with email and Google sign-in options.
  • New: Added confetti feedback after successful email submission.
  • New: Added Search Console integration with account connection and sitemap submission support.
  • Improved: Unified login and signup into a cleaner authentication flow.
  • Improved: Improved onboarding visuals, form feedback, mobile responsiveness, and accessibility.
  • Improved: Added updated branding assets, logo, favicon, and onboarding layout styling.

January 1 to January 2, 2026

Product foundation, setup cleanup, and launch readiness

Areas: Platform, Integrations, Compliance

  • New: Added icons for major integrations including Notion, Shopify, Squarespace, Webflow, Wix, WordPress.com, and WordPress.
  • New: Added Shopify app configuration for development and compliance.
  • Improved: Updated the privacy policy to include Shopify integration and compliance details.
  • Improved: Cleaned up setup configuration and removed unrelated settings.
  • Improved: Updated documentation and URLs to use the EarlySEO domain.
  • Fixed: Improved production build compatibility.

December 31, 2025

EarlySEO app foundation

Areas: Platform

  • New: Created the initial EarlySEO app foundation.
  • New: Moved the web app into the main product workspace.
  • New: Set up the initial product structure for future development.