Title: Grandranker
Author: grandranker
Published: <strong>14. Mai 2026</strong>
Last modified: 10. Oktober 2026

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# Grandranker

 Von [grandranker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grandranker/)

[Herunterladen](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/grandranker.1.6.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/grandranker/#description)
 * [Rezensionen](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/grandranker/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/grandranker/#installation)
 * [Entwicklung](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/grandranker/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/grandranker/)

## Beschreibung

[Grandranker](https://grandranker.com) is an AI-powered SEO platform that researches
your niche, generates high-quality articles optimized for both traditional search
engines and AI search (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini),
and publishes them directly to your WordPress site.

This plugin connects your WordPress site to Grandranker so articles flow straight
from the platform into your blog — no copy-pasting, no manual formatting.

**What Grandranker does for you:**

 * Researches keywords and competitors in your niche
 * Generates long-form, SEO-optimized articles with structured data (JSON-LD schema)
 * Tracks your visibility across Google and AI search engines
 * Publishes and updates articles on your WordPress site automatically

**How the plugin works:**

 1. Install and activate the plugin.
 2. Enter your Grandranker API token in **Grandranker** settings.
 3. Click **Save & Connect**.
 4. Articles published in Grandranker appear on your WordPress site automatically —
    with content, featured images, categories, meta descriptions, and structured data
    all handled for you.

**Plugin features:**

 * Secure HMAC-SHA256 signature verification on every request
 * Creates and updates WordPress posts with title, slug, content, excerpt, and featured
   image
 * Injects JSON-LD structured data (schema markup) into page head for SEO
 * Sets Yoast SEO meta description automatically
 * Unpublish endpoint to remove articles remotely
 * Ping endpoint for connectivity checks

## Installation

 1. Upload the `grandranker` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or install
    the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen.
 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** screen in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Settings  Grandranker**.
 4. Enter your API token and domain ID from your Grandranker dashboard.
 5. Click **Save & Connect**.

## FAQ

### Where do I find my API token and domain ID?

Log in to [Grandranker](https://app.grandranker.com), go to your domain settings,
and navigate to the Integrations section. Your API token and domain ID are displayed
there.

### Is the connection secure?

Yes. All article pushes are signed with HMAC-SHA256. The signing secret is exchanged
during the initial connection and never transmitted again. Every incoming request
is verified before any content is created.

### What happens when I publish an article in Grandranker?

The article is sent to your WordPress site via a signed REST API call. The plugin
creates a new WordPress post with the title, slug, HTML content, excerpt, meta description,
featured image, and JSON-LD structured data. Re-publishing the same article updates
the existing post.

### Can I unpublish articles from Grandranker?

Yes. Grandranker can send a delete request to move the WordPress post to the trash.

## Rezensionen

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### 󠀁[Articles rank and setup is easy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/articles-rank-and-setup-is-easy/)󠁿

 [bond23869](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bond23869/) 15. Juli 2026

Nothing really to say here. Setup took like 5 minutes and articles come in everyday.
Running it now for about 3 months and results are starting to show. good.

 [ 1 Rezension lesen ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/grandranker/reviews/)

## Mitwirkende und Entwickler

„Grandranker“ ist Open-Source-Software. Folgende Menschen haben an diesem Plugin
mitgewirkt:

Mitwirkende

 *   [ grandranker ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grandranker/)

[Übersetze „Grandranker“ in deine Sprache.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/grandranker)

### Interessiert an der Entwicklung?

[Durchstöbere den Code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/grandranker/),
sieh dir das [SVN-Repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/grandranker/) an
oder abonniere das [Entwicklungsprotokoll](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/grandranker/)
per [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/grandranker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Änderungsprotokoll

#### 1.6.1

 * Safer duplicate cleanup: a copy is removed only when Grandranker created it and
   nothing on the site uses it. Its id and its file name, in every size, must appear
   in no post content, post meta (page builders, galleries, SEO plugin images) or
   site option
 * Body-image copying preview: Grandranker support can list which images an existing
   post would have copied before anything is changed
 * Faster duplicate cleanup on large sites: the check runs a page of posts at a 
   time and compares file sizes before reading files
 * Articles with many images: one update copies up to 8 new images and the rest 
   on the next update, so large articles no longer time out. Images in srcset (responsive
   sizes) are copied too

#### 1.6.0

 * Image reuse: each image from Grandranker is stored once in the Media Library.
   Before, every update of an article downloaded its featured image again and added
   another copy
 * Body-image copying: images inside an article are copied into the Media Library
   and served from your site instead of Grandranker’s image server
 * Featured-image error reporting: when the featured image cannot be downloaded 
   or attached, the plugin tells Grandranker why instead of leaving the post without
   an image unnoticed
 * Schema-only updates: Grandranker can refresh an article’s structured data (JSON-
   LD) without sending the post again, so edits made in WordPress stay as they are
 * Duplicate cleanup: Grandranker support can remove the identical image copies 
   earlier versions created, after reviewing the list. Only copies attached to Grandranker
   posts and used nowhere are removed
 * The ping endpoint reports the plugin version

#### 1.5.10

 * When no SEO plugin is active, articles print their meta description and Open 
   Graph tags. Before, the meta description from Grandranker never reached the page

#### 1.5.9

 * Updating an article from Grandranker keeps the post’s original publish date. 
   Before, every update gave the post today’s date and moved it to the top of the
   blog

#### 1.5.8

 * New posts get an author when no Default author is set: the WordPress user whose
   display name matches the Grandranker author, otherwise the first administrator.
   Before, they had no author and no byline

#### 1.5.7

 * Unpublishing from Grandranker now only removes a post this plugin published for
   that article. If the stored post id points at anything else, such as a page or
   a media file after a site move, the plugin leaves it untouched and reports why
 * Serve an IndexNow key file so newly published articles are crawled by Bing, Yandex,
   Naver, Seznam and Yep within minutes instead of waiting for a scheduled crawl
 * Remove the IndexNow key when disconnecting the site
 * Use the SEO title from Grandranker as the page title when no SEO plugin is active

#### 1.5.5

 * Fix article updates not applying: update deliveries were acknowledged but never
   written to the existing post, so edited content and corrected JSON-LD schema 
   did not reach already-published articles. Updates now rewrite the matching post
   in place.

#### 1.5.4

 * Add a direct Settings link to the plugin row for faster configuration
 * Improve connection guidance and keep the saved connection key visible in a masked
   field
 * Highlight the connected state with a clear status badge
 * Improve WordPress 7.0 compatibility and harden JSON-LD and media handling

#### 1.5.3

 * Fix corrupted JSON-LD schema: WordPress stripped backslashes on save, breaking
   escaped quotes and unicode characters (e.g. German umlauts) and producing invalid
   JSON in the page head
 * Skip outputting stored schema that no longer parses as valid JSON, so pages published
   with older versions stop failing schema validation after updating

#### 1.5.2

 * Set the SEO plugin meta title on publish (Yoast / Rank Math / AIOSEO) so the 
   SEO title is populated instead of empty

#### 1.5.1

 * Set the SEO plugin focus keyword on publish (Rank Math / Yoast) so keyword analysis
   scores correctly instead of showing an empty Focus Keyword

#### 1.3.1

 * Strip embedded JSON-LD schema from post content and inject via wp_head instead
 * Update existing posts on re-publish instead of skipping
 * Rename plugin from „Grandranker Publisher“ to „Grandranker“

#### 1.3.0

 * Map article category to WordPress category on publish

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release
 * Secure HMAC-signed article publishing endpoint
 * Automatic featured image attachment
 * Yoast SEO meta description support
 * Admin settings page for connection management
 * Ping endpoint for connectivity verification

## Meta

 *  Version **1.6.1**
 *  Zuletzt aktualisiert **vor 3 Tagen**
 *  Aktive Installationen **900+**
 *  WordPress-Version ** 5.6 oder höher **
 *  Getestet bis **7.1.3**
 *  PHP-Version ** 7.4 oder höher **
 *  Sprache
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/grandranker/)
 * Schlagwörter
 * [AI](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[articles](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/articles/)
   [content](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content/)[publishing](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/publishing/)
   [seo](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
 *  [Erweiterte Ansicht](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/grandranker/advanced/)

## Bewertungen

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## Mitwirkende

 *   [ grandranker ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grandranker/)

## Support

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