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RankMath

MARKETING
Velocity6.3

Rank Math wires its SEO plugin into AI assistants and repackages Content AI usage.

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Current state
Rank Math is on a steady bi-weekly release cadence that has turned decisively toward AI. The last month introduced Rank Math MCP Tools so assistants can analyze a site's SEO, then expanded them with link-report and post-link tools, and launched a Marketplace for one-click access to performance and marketing tools. Underneath, Content AI shifted from a credit system to feature-based monthly limits, alongside routine fixes to Link Genius, sitemaps, and analytics.
Where it's heading
The plugin is becoming an AI-addressable SEO layer for WordPress: MCP tools let external assistants query and reason over a site's SEO data, while the Content AI repackaging signals a maturing monetization model around AI usage. The recurring AI Link Genius and AI Traffic work shows AI is now woven through the feature set, not bolted on.
Prediction
Expect the MCP tool surface to keep widening release over release, and the feature-based Content AI limits to become the template for how Rank Math meters its AI features.

Recent moves

  1. 16d ago

    MCP link-report and post-link tools added

    v3.0.115 expands the MCP surface with link-report and post-link tools, letting AI assistants pull site-wide internal, external, and broken-link statistics — incremental growth of the agent-addressable SEO layer.

  2. 1mo ago

    Rank Math launches MCP Tools and Marketplace

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    v3.0.114 introduces Rank Math MCP Tools and a Marketplace, the moment the plugin became directly addressable by AI assistants and a hub for one-click tools — the clearest directional move in this run.

  3. 1mo ago

    News Sitemap filter and wider AI Link Genius access

    v3.0.113 adds a News Sitemap exclusion filter, opens AI Link Genius to Link Builder users, and fixes AI Traffic data loading — steady upkeep of the AI features now woven through the plugin.

  4. 1mo ago

    Content AI moves from credits to feature-based limits

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    v3.0.112 replaces Content AI's credit system with feature-based monthly limits — a repackaging of how AI usage is metered that signals a maturing monetization model, not just a feature tweak.

  5. 1mo ago

    Duplicate of the v3.0.112 release notes

    A duplicate crawl of the v3.0.112 release entry, carrying the same Content AI usage-model change with no distinct content.

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  6. 2mo ago

    Bug fixes for Link Genius, multisite, and analytics

    v3.0.111 is a pure bug-fix release — Link Genius keyword mapping, a multisite foreign-key warning, and an analytics field description — with no user-facing new capability.