=== RankingArticles ===
Contributors: surgesoftware
Tags: seo, ai, content, schema, autopilot
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Publish fact-checked, SEO- and GEO-optimised articles from RankingArticles straight into WordPress.

== Description ==

RankingArticles researches keywords, writes articles in 15+ languages (including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati and Punjabi), fact-checks every claim against sources, and publishes here with:

* Meta title, description and focus keyword (Yoast SEO and Rank Math supported; standalone output otherwise)
* JSON-LD schema: BlogPosting, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, HowTo
* Featured image with alt text
* Categories and tags
* Draft-only mode for human review

The app connects through a secure REST endpoint authenticated with an API key (only a SHA-256 hash is stored in your database).

== Installation ==

1. Upload the zip via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, then activate.
2. Go to Settings → RankingArticles and copy the API key (shown once).
3. In the Surge app: Sites → your site → Connect → WordPress, paste your site URL and the key, click Test.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does it publish automatically? =
Only if you allow it in both the app (Autopilot → Auto-publish) and here (Allow live publishing). Otherwise posts arrive as drafts.

= What data leaves my site? =
Only the list of published post/page titles and URLs (for internal linking) when the app requests it.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* First release.
* Serves the llms.txt pushed from the app at /llms.txt.
* Counts daily visits from AI crawlers (GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot ...) — counts only, no IPs.
