Six months. 45 releases. Every fix, every feature, no marketing language.
First commit: Nov 2025First public: Jan 2026Commercial: Apr 2026Current: v4.0.8
Why so many May patches?
Between May 3 and 8, 2026, we ran four independent AI security audits in parallel
(Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, ChatGPT). Each finding closed = a new release. We chose
to publish every fix rather than bundle them into a single "looks-stable" v3.2 —
that's why you see five patch releases in eight days. Transparency over optics.
v4.0.8·uxrelease
Admin polish, clearer Lite/Pro flow, and Pro update channel
Polished the Aetos admin screens so third-party plugin notices are separated from Aetos cards and action buttons use one consistent style.
Clarified the Lite + Pro add-on model: Lite stays installed from WordPress.org, Pro is uploaded separately and unlocks the premium modules beside it.
Shipped the matching Pro add-on update channel with Aetos SEO Pro 1.0.2 for licensed customers.
Kept Lite positioning honest: the free plugin is not a page-capped teaser; you set the scan depth yourself, with 50 pages as the default and 0 for all pages.
v4.0.7·i18nquality
English admin language safety
Converted the remaining Settings, Findings, Dashboard, and scan-recovery copy to the explicit Aetos language switch.
Added English-safe fallbacks for older stored findings, so English admin screens and summary emails do not show Arabic plugin copy from legacy rows.
Made audit summary emails language-aware, including language, direction, category labels, severity labels, and the call-to-action.
v4.0.6·ux
Pro-aware dashboard copy
Updated Dashboard action labels and descriptions to recognize an active Aetos SEO Pro add-on while keeping the Lite-only wording unchanged for free installs.
Kept the audit behavior unchanged; this release focused on reducing confusion for licensed Pro sites.
v4.0.5·architecture
Add-on extension hooks
Added prefixed extension hooks so separately installed add-ons can register audit checks, score categories, and category labels without replacing Aetos SEO Lite.
Kept the complete Lite audit and all Lite results available without a license.
v4.0.4·i18nux
Language-aware AI prompts + English admin polish
Polished the English admin experience after the WordPress.org launch: copied AI prompts, quick settings labels, and brand header text now stay in English on English sites.
The Aetos UI language selector now shows language names in the active interface language, keeping English screens free from Arabic labels.
Updated the WordPress.org build to version 4.0.4 and kept the public listing, author display name, and download link aligned with the Aetos SEO brand.
v4.0.3·i18nrelease
Fully bilingual admin + listed on the WordPress.org directory
The free edition is now listed on the official WordPress.org plugin directory — install or update it straight from your WordPress admin (Plugins → Add New → search "Aetos SEO").
Completed the bilingual interface: every audit finding (its title, the "why it matters" note, and the fix steps) plus all admin labels now render 100% in English on English sites and 100% in Arabic (RTL) on Arabic sites, with no mixed-language screens.
Added English and Arabic screenshots to the directory listing, alongside the Aetos eagle icon and banner.
v4.0.2·release
First public release on WordPress.org
Aetos SEO (free edition) passed WordPress.org review and went public on the official directory.
Reworked how the plugin resolves file and directory locations to meet WordPress.org guidelines — it now uses the official WordPress path APIs throughout, with build-time guards so the old patterns cannot return.
v3.3.56·reliability
Audit reliability round 2 — every network probe now has a time limit
Fixed: on some hosts the audit could still stall during the technical checks. Every network probe the audit makes (broken links, exposed-file checks, sitemap checks) now runs under a strict time budget, so the audit finishes even on slow servers.
If an audit failed partway on your site before, update and run it again — it will complete.
v3.3.55·reliabilityperformance
Large-site audits no longer time out
Fixed: audits on large sites (hundreds of pages) could fail partway through — they now run much faster and finish.
Improved: the audit reuses the data it already gathered during the crawl instead of re-fetching every page, so it is lighter on your server and faster.
Fixed: the broken-link check now has a time limit, so a link-heavy site can no longer stall the whole audit.
v3.3.54·accuracyux
One coherent score + readable Arabic in your reports
Fixed: the overall score and the per-area scores (SEO, AEO, GEO, AIO, UX) now tell one consistent story — no more a high score at the top and a contradicting low score below.
Improved: Arabic page links now show in readable Arabic in your reports and AI handoff bundle, instead of scrambled %-encoded characters.
Improved: the AI handoff bundle now asks ChatGPT and Claude to reply in Arabic automatically when your site is Arabic.
Fixed: a false alert that counted normal plugin files as risky database backups.
v3.3.53·accuracyreliability
More accurate findings + cleaner categories
Improved: we removed duplicate findings, so each issue now appears once and clearly.
Fixed: a few findings were filed under the wrong category (like the HTTPS/security certificate and scheduled tasks) — they're now in the right section.
Improved: more reliable one-click auto-updates and cleaner site logs.
v3.3.52·uxi18n
The report and findings are now fully in Arabic
Improved: the report you download (HTML) is now fully in Arabic — title, summary, and sections — so it's easier to read and share with your team or client.
Improved: every finding and its category now reads in clear Arabic, without scattered English terms mid-sentence.
Improved: a few findings were reworded to be clearer and more precise (like page speed and voice search), so you know exactly what to do.
v3.3.49·reliabilityux
More accurate scans + fixed a false "update available" notice
Fixed: a notice that wrongly said Aetos itself needed an update right after you updated it — gone for good.
Improved: scan results are more accurate — findings that don't apply to your type of site are clearly marked as notes, not problems, and your score is no longer docked for things that are fine.
Improved: each finding now shows how many pages it affects, so you see the real scope at a glance.
Improved: the report you export into ChatGPT or Claude is cleaner and clearer, so the answers you get back are more accurate.
v3.3.48·reliability
Truer findings — fewer false alarms
Improved: fewer false alarms — the scan now tells intentional sibling pages apart from real duplication.
Improved: long, well-structured pages are no longer flagged as a problem.
Added: a check that catches when a file on your site is saved in a way that can confuse search engines.
Fixed: the run-to-run comparison now works, so you can track your site getting better over time.
v3.3.47·reliability
Higher accuracy + clearer progress tracking
Improved: removed findings that were showing up wrongly on healthy sites.
Improved: clearer progress tracking between scans — see what was fixed and what is still open.
v3.3.46·reliability
Fixed false alarms caused by an incomplete scan
Fixed: five cases where the scan reported a phantom problem when it couldn't read the whole site.
Improved: when a scan can't finish, it now tells you clearly instead of returning a misleading result.
v3.3.45·platformfeature
Current live version — Pro-aware auto-updater + dashboard hardening
Pro-aware auto-updater: one-click update from the WordPress plugins screen, license-aware
Worker recovers the license from the User-Agent when a manifest placeholder is left literal
Customer dashboard, ticketing, and in-WP messaging refinements across the v3.3.25–v3.3.45 weekly batches
Released on a weekly-batch cadence — see the in-plugin notice + email for each batch summary
Plugin scaffold (header, activation hook, admin menu placeholder)
WordPress coding standards baseline
Project name at this stage: "NSR Elmtagr SEO"
Updates reach you inside WordPress itself — you'll see an "update available" notice under Aetos SEO on the Plugins page, with the details for each release here on this page.
