eChurch Digital SEO

eChurch Digital SEO is an administrator-only dashboard for a Google Search Console property you are authorized to access. It displays impressions, clicks, click-through rate (CTR), and average position for a recent reporting period, surfaces reported search queries, and creates rule-based keyword, blog, and social-content opportunities from available Search Console data. The plugin can group real Search Console queries into research opportunities such as Almost Page One, High Impressions / Low Clicks, Hidden Opportunities, and Top Performing Keywords. It also checks published WordPress posts and pages for potentially related content. It does not conduct a full technical SEO audit, estimate keyword search volume, promise rankings, or automatically publish content. The recommended connection path uses the eChurch Digital Connection Hub. A WordPress administrator explicitly starts the connection, the plugin proves control of the exact HTTPS WordPress site, the Hub creates or reuses a site-bound pairing, and the administrator is sent to Google to authorize read-only Search Console access. No Google Cloud OAuth Client ID or Client Secret is required on the church website for this recommended setup. A manual support connection-code method remains available for recovery. Administrators who prefer to control their own Google OAuth client can use the advanced direct connection instead of the Hub. External services and data disclosure eChurch Digital SEO uses external services only when an administrator starts or configures a connection that requires them.

• Google OAuth and Google Search Console: Used to authorize read-only Search Console access and retrieve Search Console properties and performance reports. During OAuth, Google receives the OAuth client ID, requested read-only scope, redirect URL, state, authorization code, and token requests required by Google's authorization flow. Search Console API requests include the authorized property and requested reporting parameters. Google Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms . Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy . Search Console API documentation: https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/v1/api_reference_index .
• eChurch Digital Connection Hub: Recommended connection and read-only reporting service at https://connect.echurchdigital.com . When this connection is used, the plugin sends the exact WordPress home URL and short-lived proof information needed to register or recover a site-bound pairing. Signed requests may also include a site identity, timestamps, approved property information, and reporting requests. The Hub maintains the Google authorization required for the paired website and returns authorized Search Console report data for that website. eChurch Digital Privacy Policy: https://echurchdigital.com/privacy-policy/ . Terms of Service: https://echurchdigital.com/terms-of-service/ .

For an advanced direct Google connection, OAuth client credentials and tokens are stored in WordPress options on the church website. Search Console results may be cached in WordPress transients. For a Hub connection, site-specific pairing information is stored locally so signed requests can be authenticated by the Connection Hub. Only users with the WordPress manage_options capability can access the plugin dashboard and connection controls. The plugin does not track front-end visitors and does not automatically publish content.

0.9.49

• Rename the directory-facing product to eChurch Digital SEO with the new echurch-digital-seo text domain and admin slug.
• Move admin CSS and JavaScript into properly enqueued assets and pass dynamic chart/page data with WordPress script localization.
• Replace the old short Church Growth identifiers with the distinctive ecdseo_ and echurch-digital-seo prefixes for WordPress actions, options, transients, nonces, and REST routes.
• Keep and clarify Google Search Console and eChurch Digital Connection Hub external-service disclosures.

0.9.48

• Renamed internal PHP function prefixes for safer coexistence with earlier private beta builds during migration.
• Prepare the WordPress.org directory release.
• Add automatic eChurch Digital site registration and direct Google authorization from the main Connect Google Search Console action.
• Keep support connection codes as a recovery option rather than the normal setup path.
• Present private Google OAuth credentials as an advanced connection method.
• Add clear first-run setup instructions and an Almost there notice when the website is not yet available in Google Search Console.
• Finalize Google Search Console and eChurch Digital external-service disclosures.
• Keep the directory build focused on read-only Search Console reporting, keyword research, blog opportunities, and rule-based social-content ideas.

0.9.46

• Improve Connection Hub request protection and last-known-good report fallback.

0.9.45

• Organize Dashboard, Keywords, Blog Ideas, Social Media, Connections, and Settings into WordPress admin views.

0.9.43

• Open the Search Visibility chart with impressions selected by default.

0.9.42

• Make performance metric cards open the shared trend chart with 7-day and 28-day views.

0.9.39

• Add the daily Search Visibility chart for impressions, clicks, CTR, and average position.

0.9.28

• Add Search Console-powered keyword research groups and rule-based social-content ideas.

0.9.24

• Improve existing-content matching for blog opportunities.

0.9.18

• Refine the Know Your Impact dashboard and connection-status messaging.

0.9.10

• Add administrator controls for clearing local report caches and supported local connection-data removal.

0.7.0

• Add directory documentation, GPL licensing metadata, and Google external-service disclosure.

0.6.0

• Introduce Five Keywords to Watch and revised blog-opportunity titles.