Sorank
Connect WordPress to Sorank and publish SEO-optimized AI articles with images, metadata, categories, drafts, and scheduled workflows.
Solid choice
Sorank is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 50+ sites and was last updated 7 days ago, and scores 68/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 7 days ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (50+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
How does it stack up?
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Sorank stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| publishing | >100 |
| rank math | >100 |
| rest-api | >100 |
| seo | >100 |
| Yoast | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Sorank
From the official readme · v2.1.4Description
Sorank is the official WordPress connector for the Sorank SEO platform. It connects your site to Sorank so you can generate, schedule, publish, and update SEO-focused articles without copying content between tools.
Connect in one click from your WordPress admin. No WordPress password, Application Password, or API key needs to be copied into Sorank.
A Sorank account is required. Content generation and planning happen in Sorank. This plugin securely delivers the finished content to your WordPress site.
Features
- AI-powered SEO content – Generate articles in Sorank from target keywords, search intent, competitor research, and your business context.
- Automatic or draft publishing – Publish directly to WordPress or send articles as drafts for review before they go live.
- Content scheduling – Plan your editorial calendar in Sorank and let scheduled articles reach WordPress at the right time.
- Complete article delivery – Send the title, slug, formatted body, inline images, featured image, and WordPress category in one workflow.
- SEO metadata – Write SEO titles, meta descriptions, and focus keywords for Yoast SEO and Rank Math.
- Update existing articles – Push Sorank edits to an already published WordPress article without creating a duplicate or changing its URL.
- Publish status control – Move connected articles between draft and published status from Sorank.
- Theme and builder compatibility – Preserve rendering for Elementor, Elementor Pro Theme Builder, OceanWP, and standard WordPress themes.
- Secure one-click connection – Pair your site without sharing your WordPress credentials or manually creating an API key.
How It Works
- Install and activate the Sorank plugin from WordPress.org.
- Open the new Sorank menu in your WordPress admin and click Connect to Sorank.
- Authorize the site in your Sorank account. No API key needs to be copied.
- Generate or schedule an article in Sorank and choose whether it should be published immediately or saved as a draft.
- Sorank sends the article, images, category, and SEO metadata directly to your site. Future edits can update the same WordPress post.
Built for Reliable WordPress Publishing
Sorank publishes through a dedicated /wp-json/sorank/v1/* REST namespace instead of relying on the standard post endpoints. This keeps the integration isolated and avoids common conflicts with security layers that heavily restrict /wp-json/wp/v2/*.
Each publishing request is authenticated with an encrypted bearer token created during pairing. The plugin can receive an article and its images in a single request, reducing partial publications and synchronization errors.
Security
- Connection and settings actions require a WordPress administrator and are protected by WordPress nonces.
- Pairing uses a state value and PKCE-style code verification to prevent intercepted authorization codes from being reused.
- The Sorank access token is encrypted with AES-256-CBC using a random secret generated for this WordPress installation.
- Every Sorank REST request must present the valid bearer token, which is compared using
hash_equals. - Disconnecting removes the local token. Uninstalling removes all Sorank plugin options and temporary pairing data.
External Services
This plugin connects to Sorank (https://www.sorank.com), an SEO SaaS that publishes articles to your site. The connection is required for the plugin to function: without it, the Connect button cannot pair your site and no articles can be published.
Sorank pairing exchange
When you click Connect to Sorank in the WordPress admin, your browser is redirected to https://app.sorank.com/integrations/wordpress/pair with the following query parameters: your site URL, a random state nonce, a PKCE code_challenge, the plugin version, and a return_url pointing back to your WordPress admin.
After you authorize the pairing in Sorank, your browser is redirected back to your WordPress admin with a pairing_code and state. The plugin then makes a server-to-server POST request to https://app.sorank.com/api/v1/cms-integrations/wordpress-plugin/exchange containing your site URL, the pairing code, the state nonce, the PKCE code verifier, and the plugin version. Sorank responds with a long-lived bearer token and the email address of the Sorank account that authorized the pairing.
Sorank disconnect notification
When you click Disconnect in the WordPress admin, the plugin makes a best-effort POST request to https://app.sorank.com/api/v1/cms-integrations/wordpress-plugin/notify-disconnect containing your site URL and the bearer token. The plugin then deletes the local copy of the token regardless of whether Sorank could be reached.
No other outbound calls
The plugin does not send analytics, telemetry, error reports, or any other data to Sorank or to any third party. All other Sorank communications are inbound (Sorank calling your site’s /wp-json/sorank/v1/* routes with a bearer token).
Terms and privacy
Sorank Terms of Use: https://www.sorank.com/terms-of-use
Sorank Privacy Policy: https://www.sorank.com/privacy-policy
Privacy
The plugin stores the following on your WordPress site:
sorank_access_token: the bearer token issued by Sorank during pairing, encrypted at rest.sorank_encryption_secret: a random 256-bit secret generated at first pairing and used to encrypt the access token. Never leaves the site.sorank_authkey_fingerprint: a one-way SHA-256 fingerprint ofAUTH_KEYtaken at install time. Used to detect (and report anonymously to Sorank) whether a security plugin rotated your salts, since salt rotation was the leading cause of disconnections before 2.0.5. The first 8 hex characters of the fingerprint are anonymized for the diagnostic.sorank_connected_email: the email address of the Sorank account that authorized the pairing.sorank_connected_site_url: the site URL recorded at pairing time.sorank_connected_at: the Unix timestamp of the pairing.sorank_theme_builder_compat: the on/off value of the Elementor Theme Builder compatibility option.- Short-lived transients prefixed with
sorank_pairing_containing the PKCE verifier during an in-progress pairing (auto-expire after 10 minutes).
All of these are removed when the plugin is uninstalled through the standard WordPress uninstall flow.
The plugin does not set cookies and does not track site visitors.
Installation
- Sign up for a free Sorank account at https://www.sorank.com if you do not already have one.
- Install the plugin from the WordPress.org plugin directory or by uploading the ZIP archive from your WordPress admin.
- Activate the plugin.
- In your WordPress admin, click the new Sorank menu in the sidebar.
- Click Connect to Sorank. You will be redirected to Sorank to authorize this WordPress site.
- After authorization, you are redirected back to your WordPress admin and the page now shows Connected.
- In your Sorank dashboard, pick the WordPress site you just connected as a publishing destination.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a Sorank account?
Yes. This plugin is a connector to the Sorank SEO platform. Without a Sorank account, the Connect button cannot complete the pairing. You can create a free account at https://www.sorank.com.
Does the plugin store my password?
No. The pairing flow never transmits your WordPress password to Sorank. Sorank only receives a bearer token issued specifically for this connection. The local copy is encrypted with a random per-install secret stored in your WordPress database with autoload disabled.
How do I disconnect?
Two options: In your WordPress admin, open the Sorank page and click Disconnect. The plugin notifies Sorank and deletes the stored token. In your Sorank dashboard, open the WordPress integration and click Disconnect. Sorank notifies the plugin and the token is removed from your site. If your WordPress site is temporarily unreachable when Sorank tries to disconnect, Sorank still removes the integration from its side; the stored token on your WordPress site can be deleted by clicking Disconnect again from the Sorank admin page once your site is back online.
I see “Could not encrypt the Sorank token”
This means PHP’s openssl extension or random_bytes function is unavailable on your host. Check with your hosting provider that the OpenSSL extension is enabled. If you previously upgraded from 2.0.4 or earlier and your AUTH_KEY was empty, paste a fresh set of keys from https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ into wp-config.php and try pairing again.
Why does the plugin keep disconnecting every few days?
Pre-2.0.5 versions of the plugin encrypted the token with a key derived from your site AUTH_KEY. Some security plugins (iThemes Security, Wordfence, …) rotate the WordPress salts on a schedule, which made the encrypted token unreadable and forced you to re-pair. Update to 2.0.5+ to switch to a per-install secret that survives salt rotations. After updating, your existing token is migrated transparently on the next API call; no action required.
My SEO meta description / focus keyword is empty after publishing
The plugin writes both Yoast SEO and Rank Math meta keys on every publish, but you need the corresponding SEO plugin (Yoast or Rank Math) to be active and at least one of them to be selected in your Sorank publishing settings.
Does the plugin work with Elementor?
Yes. The plugin includes Elementor compatibility: published posts render correctly both on Elementor-powered blog pages and on sites using Elementor Pro Theme Builder “Single Post” templates. The behavior is controlled by the Elementor Theme Builder compatibility option on the Sorank settings page.
Does the plugin send anything when I am not publishing?
No. Outbound calls to Sorank only happen during pairing (initiated by you) and disconnect (initiated by you). Article publishing requests are inbound calls from Sorank to your site, not the other way around.
Changelog
Recommended update for scheduled publishing. It prevents repeated requests after a timeout from creating duplicate posts.
2.1.4
- Prevent duplicate articles when WordPress finishes a slow publication after Sorank loses the HTTP response. Repeated requests for the same Sorank article now return the original post, and concurrent requests share a durable publication claim.
2.1.3
- Allow Sorank to publish when no category is selected. WordPress now assigns the site’s default category, while an explicitly selected category is still validated before publishing.
2.1.2
- Fix retroactive link edits not appearing on Elementor-built posts: after Sorank updates an already-published article, the plugin now purges Elementor’s cached render (compiled CSS and cached element markup) so the refreshed content, including newly added editorial links, shows on the live page instead of a stale version. The update endpoint also reports whether the post is Elementor-managed.
2.1.1
- Make plugin version detection robust to security and optimization layers that strip response headers (SiteGround Security Optimizer’s “Hide WordPress version”, Wordfence, Cloudflare). The plugin version is now included in the JSON body of every
/wp-json/sorank/v1/*response, so Sorank can connect, sync categories and publish without any hosting change even when theX-Sorank-Plugin-Versionheader is removed. The header is still emitted for backward compatibility.
2.1.0
- Add support for editing already-published articles from Sorank. A new
/wp-json/sorank/v1/articles/updateendpoint re-sideloads new images, rewrites in-body URLs and refreshes the post (title, content, slug, category, featured image, Yoast and Rank Math meta, Elementor data) in place viawp_update_post. - Add a
/wp-json/sorank/v1/articles/statusendpoint so Sorank can unpublish an article (revert it to draft) or re-publish it later without creating a duplicate post or changing its URL. - The publishing endpoint now honors a
statusfield, enabling Sorank’s “publish as draft” option so generated articles can be reviewed before going live.
2.0.5
- Fix recurring disconnections caused by WordPress salt rotation (notably from security plugins like iThemes Security). The token is now encrypted with a per-install secret stored in
wp_optionsinstead ofAUTH_KEY, so rotating salts no longer invalidates the stored token. Existing 2.0.x tokens are migrated transparently on first read after upgrade; no re-pairing required for users on a non-rotated site. - Add an anonymized diagnostic ping sent to Sorank when the plugin detects that
AUTH_KEYhas changed since the install fingerprint was recorded. Only the first 8 hex characters of the old and new SHA-256 fingerprints are sent;AUTH_KEYitself never leaves the site.
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FAQ
Sorank: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 3, 2026
Is Sorank free?
Yes. Sorank is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Sorank safe to use in 2026?
Sorank is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 50+ sites and was last updated 7 days ago, and scores 68/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Sorank?
Sorank is active on 50+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 406 times since it launched in July 2026. It was downloaded 202 times in the last 30 days.
Does Sorank work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Sorank up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 5.6 or newer.
What PHP version does Sorank need?
Sorank requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Sorank last updated?
The latest version, 2.1.4, was released on September 26, 2026 (7 days ago).
Who makes Sorank?
Sorank is developed and maintained by sorank.
What are the best alternatives to Sorank?
The most popular alternatives to Sorank are Soro (10K+ installs), Podlove Podcast Publisher (3K+ installs) and TAO Schedule Update (2K+ installs).
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