Rank Math SEO 1.0.280 Released

What’s new in Rank Math SEO 1.0.280

Released: [Oct 06, 2026]

Active installations: 4,000,000

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.2

Requires PHP 7.4

Changelog

• Improved Sitemaps can now be fully pre-generated with the wp rankmath sitemap generate WP-CLI command, so large sites serve cached sitemap files instead of building them on every visit.
• Improved plugin security with additional input validation and output escaping hardening.
• Fixed Analytics dashboard sections showing N/A after data fetching was completed.
• Fixed Polylang meta translations that were not showing for secondary languages when Polylang PRO was active.
• Fixed a database error being logged when saving user profiles with SEO Controls enabled for Author Archives.

Source

• Rank Math SEO on WordPress.org