Catch missing titles, featured images, tags, thin content, and unintended noindex before you publish. English and Japanese UI.

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<p>NOTA Prepublish Checker helps site owners catch common mistakes <strong>before</strong> a post goes live — missing featured image, no category, too-short content, unintended noindex, and more. All checks run inside the WordPress admin with no external services.</p>
<p><strong>Main features</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Per-post meta box on the editor screen showing pass / warning / error for each check</li>
<li>Status column on the posts list with count badges and item names, so you can spot low-quality drafts at a glance</li>
<li>On-save warning notice listing every item that still needs attention (publish is not blocked)</li>
<li>Admin settings page to toggle individual checks, adjust thresholds, and choose which post types to check</li>
<li>Works on both Gutenberg (block editor) and Classic Editor</li>
<li>Japanese and English admin UI included; easy to translate to other languages</li>
<li>No external API, no account, no license key</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Checks included (9 total)</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Title missing</li>
<li>Featured image not set</li>
<li>Category missing / only default category</li>
<li>Tags missing or below minimum count</li>
<li>Excerpt missing</li>
<li>noindex status (WordPress core + Yoast SEO / All in One SEO / SEOPress / Rank Math)</li>
<li>Content length below minimum (HTML tags excluded)</li>
<li>Too few links in content</li>
<li>Too few images in content</li>
</ol>
<p>Each check can be turned off, and each numeric threshold (minimum content length, minimum number of tags / links / images) is configurable.</p>
<p><strong>Who it’s for</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Individual WordPress bloggers</li>
<li>Affiliate and niche site owners</li>
<li>Small editorial teams who want consistent quality</li>
<li>Anyone who currently checks posts manually before publishing</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pro version</h3>
<p>Need enforced publish blocking? <strong>NOTA Prepublish Checker Pro</strong> adds publish blocking, administrator bypass, and one-click updates.</p>
<p><a href="https://notalabs.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/db60d640-b20a-452a-8c8d-84f880b4218b" rel="nofollow ugc">Get NOTA Prepublish Checker Pro</a></p>
<p>The free plugin works on its own. Pro is optional and only needed if you want to prevent posts with errors from being published.</p>
<h3>Current limitations</h3>
<ul>
<li>Publish action is not blocked (warning only).</li>
<li>noindex check covers only WordPress core setting + four major SEO plugins (Yoast SEO, All in One SEO, SEOPress, Rank Math).</li>
<li>Content statistics are based on the stored post content HTML. Very complex page-builder output may not be counted perfectly.</li>
<li>Real-time block-level updates (Gutenberg) are not provided; results refresh on save or via the Re-check button.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pro candidates (future roadmap)</h3>
<p>The free version focuses on the minimum useful feature set. The following are tracked as potential Pro features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Per-category required rules</li>
<li>Required custom fields</li>
<li>Category-specific required tags</li>
<li>Enforced publish block on errors</li>
<li>Bulk re-check and CSV export</li>
<li>Per-role rule control</li>
<li>Per-post-type detailed rules</li>
<li>Advanced SEO plugin integration (meta description, canonical, etc.)</li>
<li>Team-oriented shared rule sets</li>
</ul>


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