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Release Notes v1.5.2

[1.5.2] – 2026-03-11

Added

  • Add Google Search Console index status to the editor sidebar with URL Inspection API integration, cached results, and a manual Refresh button (prc-schema-seo)
  • Add IndexNow protocol support notifying Bing, Yandex, Seznam, and Naver on publish, update, unpublish, and trash with batch submission and noindex guard (prc-schema-seo)
  • Add IndexNow and Google Index admin columns with sorting, filtering, and CSV export (prc-schema-seo)
  • Add IndexNow submission indicator dot to the Search panel (prc-schema-seo)
  • Add untrash action to IndexNow updates (prc-schema-seo)
  • Add URL inspection URL translation for local dev environments (prc-schema-seo)
  • Add frontend admin bar Help Center for logged-in users with React mount and existing Panel component
  • Add GitHub username meta field for user profiles and screenshot cleanup cron in Help Center
  • Add markdown-for-agents integration for Religious Landscape Study, serving chart data as markdown tables
  • Add RLS markdown sitemap at /religious-landscape-study/markdown with YAML frontmatter and grouped sections
  • Add state and metro area links to the Geography sitemap section
  • Add markdown callbacks for interactive blocks: core/details, core/tabs, prc-block/tabs, accordions, collapsibles, timelines, table-of-contents, and feature-loader
  • Add Link title and Content-Disposition headers to markdown responses
  • Add prc_llms_txt_sections filter so plugins can append to llms.txt output
  • Add home page meta tag support and pagination suffix for paginated archives
  • Add Pew-Knight Initiative collection URL with interactivity for Knight Co-Branded style
  • Add Playwright E2E test suite for prc-spoken-article (REST API, editor sidebar, post meta)
  • Add RTC compatibility audit for all PRC plugins
  • Add time-use clock controller interactive with scrolly integration (#1936)
  • Add cgroupv2 Docker workaround for Cursor Cloud VMs

Changed

  • Refactor IndexNow API key handling to use platform config instead of self-generating keys (prc-schema-seo)
  • Refactor SEO token resolution to delegate title/description patterns to Token_Resolver
  • Refactor tracking pixel integration from wp_head to wp_enqueue_scripts with proper asset management
  • Refactor Logo Block to simplify SVG handling, map styles to SVG files, and support stable-white variants
  • Refactor Parsely_Meta to use raw post title instead of template-wrapped SEO title
  • Refactor Grid_Column block styles, remove unused StyleEngine
  • Refactor query handling in publication listing to prevent duplicate visibility checks and skip sitemap requests
  • Refactor Markdown_Response to streamline title retrieval and consolidate header emission
  • Make Markdown_Converter::blocks_to_markdown() public for callback reuse
  • Update table of contents scroll behavior with proper offsets for admin bar on mobile and desktop
  • Update user roles JSON to v1.5, add srm_manage_redirects permission for producers
  • Update default dialog size to medium when no size is set
  • Enhance sitemap caching with taxonomy cache invalidation hooks
  • Ensure core/details uses custom icons on iOS instead of fallback glyphs

Removed

  • Remove Google gtag tracking pixel script and related assets

Fixed

  • Fix self-referencing canonicals on paginated archive pages per Google's updated guidance
  • Fix term meta tags cache invalidation for paginated entries using version-counter strategy
  • Fix noindex logic for paginated pages, scoping to uncovered archive types only
  • Fix paginated front page by 301-redirecting /page/N/ to home
  • Fix noindex enforcement in staging environments and for non-public sites
  • Fix incomplete quoted-string escaping in Link header title parameter
  • Fix HTML entity decoding in SEO meta tags, markdown output, and RLS content
  • Fix stale markdown race condition when switching Help Center articles
  • Fix Apple News duplicate dateline and newsletter signup
  • Fix mobile TOC anchor scroll overshooting and close details on link click
  • Fix logo block Cumulative Layout Shift and Decoded dark mode
  • Fix chart wizard AI request format for JSON schema
  • Fix devcontainer for Cursor codespaces
  • Fix recursive URL search in Apple News component tree

Chores

  • Ensure all 47 prc-* plugins have GPL v2 licenses
  • Bump immutable across 16 directories
  • Bump league/commonmark 2.8.0 to 2.8.1
  • Update plugin configuration for superpowers, 1password, notion-workspace, and slack integrations

Full Changelog: v1.5.1…v1.5.2

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