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Ghost Update
Auto-refresh post/page, encourage recrawls by refreshing timestamps and optionally notifying Google. Boost SEO visibility without changing your conten …
Tested up to WP 6.9.4 (Current: 7.0.1)
v1.2.2
Current Version v1.2.2
Updated 5 months ago
Last Update on 28 Jan, 2026
Refreshed 11 hours ago
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Showing 2 of 2| Keyword | Position | Change | Type | Updated |
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| Recrawl | 3 | — | Tag | 1 day ago |
| indexing api | 162 | — | Tag | 1 day ago |
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- Version
- 1.2.2
- Last Updated
- Jan 28, 2026
- Requires WP
- 5.8+
- Tested Up To
- 6.9.4
- PHP Version
- 7.2 or higher
- Author
- CaphLabs
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Ghost Update
Ghost Update refreshes your post/page post_date and post_modified fields on a schedule (e.g. every 8 hours). Optionally, it will also notify Google using the Indexing API to request a recrawl.
No. It does not alter content, metadata, taxonomy, SEO fields, or anything else. It only updates timestamps and optionally triggers a Google ping.
Ghost Update enforces 1 request every 10 minutes. This is to protect your quota and avoid abuse detection. If an update is triggered while in cooldown, the post is still refreshed — but the Google ping is skipped and logged as: 🔒 Cooldown active. Skipping GSC for post ID 1234.
Yes — exclude any number of posts or pages via ID in the plugin settings.
Create a Google Cloud project Enable the Indexing API Create a service account, and download the .json key Upload it in the plugin settings Add the client_email from the .json file as an Owner in your Google Search Console property
Open your .json file and find: "client_email": "your-service-account@project.iam.gserviceaccount.com" Go to Google Search Console → Settings → Users and Permissions Click Add User and paste the service account email Set permission to Owner
You don’t need it. Just uploaded securely via the plugin settings. this will add the file to "your-site"/uploads/ghostupdate