Our WordPress plugin, Clickflame Rank Any Site, went live in the WordPress.org directory on November 7, 2026. The first review turned it down as one more SEO plugin. The version that passed adds a free Citation Finder with 900+ directories and a Citation Tracker, so you can see where your business should be listed and whether each listing is right. You can install it from Plugins, Add New, search for Clickflame Rank Any Site.
What Changed
- The plugin is free in the WordPress.org directory, version 2.11.0, for WordPress 6.9 or newer and PHP 7.4 or newer.
- The first submission was closed on October 28, 2026 as too close to plugins already in the directory.
- The approved version adds a Citation Finder of 900+ directories by trade and a Citation Tracker with a status for every listing.
- It still reads your own live pages the way Google and AI tools do and lists what to fix, with no account.
- It runs beside the SEO plugin you already use and passes its values into that plugin instead of printing them twice.
- Paid plans that apply the fixes for you start at $5 for the first month.
What Happened
On November 7, 2026, WordPress.org approved our plugin and put it in the public directory. Its name there is Clickflame Rank Any Site. Anyone with a WordPress site can now install it from inside their own admin, the same way they would add any other plugin. The version that went live is 2.11.0. It needs WordPress 6.9 or newer and PHP 7.4 or newer.
That is the short news. The longer story is that it did not pass the first time. We sent the first version in on October 17. On October 28 the review team closed it. Their reason was simple. The directory already holds many plugins that check titles, descriptions and schema, and ours looked like one more.
They were not wrong about how it read. The first listing led with the same things every SEO plugin leads with. The parts that were different were buried in the middle.
How the Review Conversation Went
Getting into the directory took a long back and forth, and most of it was on us to prove. These dates come from our own submission records and the review emails. We sent the first version, 2.1.0, on October 17. The automated scan passed the same day, and it went into a line of 495 plugins waiting for a person to look at it.
On October 20 the first pre-review came back with code notes. No inline scripts. No output buffer left open. Admin notices only on the plugin's own screens. We fixed all three in version 2.9.4 and sent it back. Each note matched a rule in the published plugin guidelines.
On October 28 a reviewer closed it. The reason was that the features were already widely available in the directory. In plain words, it looked like one more SEO plugin. The reviewer told us not to send it again, warned that a repeat could put the account at risk, and suggested we help with existing plugins instead. Anthony asked them to take a second look, and they kept their answer.
On October 30 we sent it in again anyway, with a note that said so out loud. The note listed what the plugin does that we could not find elsewhere. It checks the live page the way Google and AI tools read it. It checks whether an AI answer tool can quote the page. It publishes verified business facts and an llms.txt file. It runs beside the SEO plugin a site already has. And it asked the team to install it and look before deciding again.
On November 2 a new round came back. This time it was work, not a closed door. The team asked for a robots.txt backup kept in the uploads folder, proper WordPress paths, number checks on PageSpeed data, a notice that can be dismissed, and no comparison words in the description. They also said the name was too generic. We made every fix.
On November 5 we sent version 2.11.0. It carried the new name, the free Citation Finder and Citation Tracker, and a plain document inside the plugin folder called WHY-THIS-PLUGIN.md. That file goes through other plugins version by version and says where they overlap with ours and where they do not, limits included. We did not argue our case in email. We put the proof in the zip. The team approved it late on November 7, Pacific time.
What Changed in the Version That Passed
We did not argue our way in. We changed the product. The version that passed added two things that we could not find working for free inside WordPress in any plugin we checked.
The first is the Citation Finder. It is a list of 900+ directories, filtered to your trade, with the strongest ones first. Each row shows what it costs and links to the page where you add or claim a listing. Find By Name and Find By Phone open a search on that directory in your own browser, so you can see if you are already there. The full feature list is on the directory page.
The second is the Citation Tracker. It keeps one row per directory with a status. The choices are Not Checked, Not Listed, Submitted, Live, Needs Fix and Skip. You paste in the listing address and your notes. One click reads the listing page and compares it with your real name, phone and place. If a directory blocks automated reads, the plugin says so and does not try to get around it. You open that one by hand and set the status yourself.
We also put Clickflame in the name. The review pointed out that a plain name like Rank Any Site is hard to tell apart from others. A brand in front fixed that, and it tells people who stands behind it.
The review also asked for smaller fixes along the way. The plugin now uses WordPress's own output buffer instead of opening its own. It loads scripts the WordPress way. It keeps its notices on its own screens. Those rules are all in the Detailed Plugin Guidelines, and every one of them made the plugin cleaner for the people who run it.
Why It Matters to a Local Business
Most local businesses that have a website run it on WordPress. W3Techs counts WordPress on 58.1% of the sites whose content system it can identify. That means a plumber, a roofer or a dental office can now get this check without signing up for anything or leaving the admin they already use.
Citations are the boring part of local search that owners skip. A citation is any listing that shows your business name, address and phone. When those listings disagree, Google and the AI tools have a harder time trusting which phone and which address are real. Most owners have no list of where they are listed, and no idea which ones show an old number. A spreadsheet would do the job, but nobody keeps one up. A tracker that lives in the admin they open every week has a real chance.
The plugin also reads your own live pages the way Google and AI crawlers see them. It catches things you will never spot in the editor. A theme that prints a second page description. A server that sends a noindex header. A robots.txt file that blocks ChatGPT. A page with no short answer near the top, which is what AI answer tools tend to quote. Each finding comes in plain words, with a Fix button where one makes sense.
And it does not ask you to switch plugins. If Yoast SEO, Rank Math or All in One SEO is already running, your values go into that plugin's tags instead of printing twice. Keep what you have. Add this beside it.
The Wins Inside the Platform
The free plugin is the front door. Behind it is the rest of Rank Any Site, and a few parts of it do the heavy lifting for the owners who use it.
- A score dashboard with history, so you can see the site climb or slip week to week instead of guessing.
- Big Wins and Traffic cards for plan sites. Google clicks and the searches behind them, GA4 visitors, calls, leads, ranks and reviews, all on one screen inside WordPress.
- Sitemap cleanup that drops broken, redirected and noindexed pages, and works with the sitemap the site already has from its SEO plugin.
- Show Me How steps for anything the plugin cannot fix on its own, written for the exact screen the owner will click through.
- AI answer readiness. An llms.txt file, a How To Check Us page, and business schema that lists licenses as credentials with their lookup links.
- The Citation Tracker, so every listing has a status and a wrong phone number gets caught.
- A weekly rescan on plan sites, so a new page gets checked and fixed without anyone remembering to do it.
We also tested it in public. On October 17 we scanned 61 small business sites picked at random from four trades, and 67% had no llms.txt file. Then we took five of those sites, ran the fixes the tool wrote in front of the live pages, and scanned again. The average score went from 68 to 79, and all five went up. The method and the full table are on the Rank Any Site proof page. That score measures what search engines and AI tools can read on a page. It is not a promise of a ranking, and nobody can make one.
What to Do This Week
- In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins, then Add New. Search for Clickflame Rank Any Site. Install and activate it.
- Open Rank Any Site in the left menu and click Check My Site Free. Read the top three issues before anything else.
- Fill in Your Facts once. Licenses, insurance, year founded, phone, address and service areas. Empty fields print nothing, so the plugin never makes up a fact for you.
- Open the Citation Finder and filter to your trade. Work the first ten directories on the list, not all of them.
- Paste each listing you find into the Tracker and run the listing check. Fix any listing that shows an old phone first.
- Turn on the weekly check so you hear about a listing that changes.
All of that is free. If you would rather have the fixes written and applied for you, every plan starts at $5 for the first month. After that it is $29, $79 or $199 a month by how many sites you run. Prices are on the Rank Any Site pricing page. The free version does not lock a feature behind a key, because WordPress.org does not allow trialware, and we would not want it to.
What We Learned From the First No
A no is a review of the pitch, not the end of the product. The first listing tried to say we did everything. The second one said what we do that others do not, and showed it. That is the same advice we give owners about their own sites. Lead with the one thing a customer cannot get down the street.
The review team works through a long line of plugins, mostly as volunteers, and their developer FAQ is honest about how long that can take. They held the line, gave clear notes, and approved the version that earned it. If you build tools for WordPress, read their guidelines before you submit, not after.
If you try the plugin, tell us what it found. If it misses something, tell us that too. The next version gets built from those notes. You can see how the paid side works on our Rank Any Site page, and the rest of our free tools run in the browser with no install.
Evidence
Every number in this story comes from one of these. If a figure is ours, the paragraph says so.
- Clickflame Rank Any Site, WordPress.org plugin directory
- Detailed Plugin Guidelines, WordPress Developer Resources
- Plugin Developer FAQ, WordPress Developer Resources
- Usage statistics of WordPress, W3Techs
- Rank Any Site plans and pricing
- Rank Any Site proof, 61 site scan and before and after
Clickflame builds the websites and runs the local search and ads for service businesses that live on the phone ringing. See Rank Any Site, look at the work, or pick a time and we will look at your numbers with you.
Help Desk Answers
Is Clickflame Rank Any Site free?
Yes. The score, the full report, the Citation Finder, the Citation Tracker, the live page check and the AI readiness check are all free in the WordPress.org version with no account. A paid plan only adds the service that writes and applies fixes for you.
How do I install it?
In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins, then Add New. Search for Clickflame Rank Any Site, click Install, then Activate. Open Rank Any Site in the left menu and click Check My Site Free.
Will it break my Yoast or Rank Math setup?
It is built to run beside them. When one of those plugins is active, the values you set in the Rank Any Site box go into that plugin's own tags so nothing prints twice.
Does it submit my business to directories?
No. The Finder shows where to list and links to the page where you add or claim the listing. You do the listing, then paste its address into the Tracker so the plugin can watch it.
Why was the first version turned down?
The review team said the directory already had plenty of plugins that did the same job. We agreed the first pitch read that way, so the next version led with the part no other plugin we checked did for free inside WordPress, the citation work.
What does a paid plan cost after the first month?
Starter is $29 a month for one site, Pro is $79 a month for five sites and Agency is $199 a month for 25 sites. The first month of any plan is $5 and you can cancel from your account page.
