Changelog

1.6.0

16 October 2026.

New: the editor sidebar's SEO suggestions list up to five published posts on the same subject to link to, found from the brief's primary phrase, supporting terms, and topic.
New: costs are estimated from each model's list price, so Usage and cost, each job's estimated cost, and the monthly cost ceilings work without entering prices. Prices entered in Settings still apply to every model.
New: newer models to choose from: GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Luna, Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Haiku 5.5, Gemini 4 Argon, Gemini 3.8 Flash, and Grok 4.7. The recommended model for each provider is unchanged. See compatibility.
New: every AI Blog Writer screen has a link to rate the plugin on WordPress.org, at the top until you hide it, and in the footer.
Improved: job pages show readable names for the job's status and for each line of provider usage, including the add-on's checks.
Fix: "GPT-5.6" is now GPT-5.6 Sol, the name OpenAI uses for that model; sites set to it switch automatically. Gemini 3.5 Flash, which Google no longer offers, leaves the model list.

9 October 2026.

New: "Need a topic? Get ideas" on New article suggests six specific topics for your subject that your recent posts don't already cover, and "Suggest keywords for this topic" proposes a primary phrase, supporting terms, the search intent, and reader questions.
New: "Regenerate using selected sources" in the editor sidebar's Rewrite one section rebuilds a section from the sources you tick, cites them, and lists any claim it removed. Rewrite previews now show their warnings.
New: "Preview this style" on Writer profiles writes a short opening in the profile's voice before you use it for a whole article.
New: error messages link to "How to fix this" on the Troubleshooting page, and a job that waits more than two minutes to start points to the WP-Cron help.
New: the plugin's screens are available in German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese, following each user's WordPress language. Articles are still written in the language set in the brief.
New: optional, anonymous usage data, off by default. An administrator can turn it on from the first-run screen or Settings → Usage data; Diagnostics shows exactly what is waiting to be sent and can delete what was sent. See what is sent.
Improved: in Checks, unsupported claims and broken links come first, and weakly supported claims are folded under a count.
Fix: in Guided mode, "Approve and draft" now keeps outline edits that were not saved first.

7 October 2026.

Improved: drafts give opinions as the writer profile's author, in the first person when the profile suits it. They still never claim test rides, trips, or other experiences that did not happen.
Improved: sections no longer all end the same way, and the article ends once, with the author's verdict, instead of a summary followed by another conclusion.
Fix: no call-to-action section is added when the brief's Call to action field is empty.

7 October 2026.

Improved: drafts read more like a specialist wrote them. They are written in the selected writer profile's voice (matching its writing sample), avoid common AI phrasing, and name real products and examples. Notes about missing sources or unconfirmed figures go to the draft's warnings instead of the article text.
New: tips on New article and Writer profiles explain how source URLs and a specific writer profile improve the result, and the profile fields show example answers.
New: every job has its own page that lists the brief it was created from, and the job list shows each topic. "Reuse this brief" opens New article with that brief filled in, ready to adjust.
Improved: the AI Blog Writer panels in the post editor's Post tab open the first time you see them.

6 October 2026.

New: Posts → Add New points to AI Blog Writer. A notice at the top and an "AI Blog Writer" panel in the Post tab open the New article brief, with the post title carried over as the topic. The notice can be turned off for good with "Don't show again".
New: on a generated post, the Post tab shows the job number and a button that opens the AI Blog Writer sidebar with sources, checks, and section rewrites.

6 October 2026.

Fix: no more "Translation loading for the luis-rita-ai-blog-writer domain was triggered too early" notice on WordPress 6.7 and later when debugging is on

6 October 2026.

The plugin's screens mention the optional AI Blog Writer Pro add-on where it helps: New article, finished drafts, Settings and the Plugins screen. Each mention can be dismissed, they disappear once the add-on is installed, and nothing is sent anywhere

2 October 2026.

Other plugins can now extend AI Blog Writer with extra brief fields, automatic research, post-draft checks and more SEO integrations. Nothing changes until such a plugin is installed
After your third completed draft, a one-time prompt asks for a WordPress.org review. Either answer hides it for good

30 September 2026.

Fix: editors can now save writer profiles by linking them to an existing Author account. Administrators can also create a new author account or link an existing one
New author accounts get hyphenated logins instead of logins with spaces
Documentation and Support links on the plugin's row in the Plugins screen
The plugin's homepage link now points to sourcedwriter.com

Initial public release on WordPress.org, 30 September 2026.

Bring-your-own-key drafting with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI models
Delegated and Guided workflows with user-supplied sources, outline review and provenance
Writer profiles linked to WordPress author accounts
Optional Rank Math metadata integration
Usage tracking with optional estimated cost ceilings
Retention cleanup, privacy export and erasure, and opt-in data removal on uninstall
Single-site and network activation support