NOTA Prepublish Checker Wordpress Plugin - Rating, Reviews, Demo & Download
Plugin Description
NOTA Prepublish Checker helps site owners catch common mistakes before 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.
Main features
- Per-post meta box on the editor screen showing pass / warning / error for each check
- Status column on the posts list with count badges and item names, so you can spot low-quality drafts at a glance
- On-save warning notice listing every item that still needs attention (publish is not blocked)
- Admin settings page to toggle individual checks, adjust thresholds, and choose which post types to check
- Works on both Gutenberg (block editor) and Classic Editor
- Japanese and English admin UI included; easy to translate to other languages
- No external API, no account, no license key
Checks included (9 total)
- Title missing
- Featured image not set
- Category missing / only default category
- Tags missing or below minimum count
- Excerpt missing
- noindex status (WordPress core + Yoast SEO / All in One SEO / SEOPress / Rank Math)
- Content length below minimum (HTML tags excluded)
- Too few links in content
- Too few images in content
Each check can be turned off, and each numeric threshold (minimum content length, minimum number of tags / links / images) is configurable.
Who it’s for
- Individual WordPress bloggers
- Affiliate and niche site owners
- Small editorial teams who want consistent quality
- Anyone who currently checks posts manually before publishing
Current limitations
- Publish action is not blocked (warning only).
- noindex check covers only WordPress core setting + four major SEO plugins (Yoast SEO, All in One SEO, SEOPress, Rank Math).
- Content statistics are based on the stored post content HTML. Very complex page-builder output may not be counted perfectly.
- Real-time block-level updates (Gutenberg) are not provided; results refresh on save or via the Re-check button.
Pro candidates (future roadmap)
The free version focuses on the minimum useful feature set. The following are tracked as potential Pro features:
- Per-category required rules
- Required custom fields
- Category-specific required tags
- Enforced publish block on errors
- Bulk re-check and CSV export
- Per-role rule control
- Per-post-type detailed rules
- Advanced SEO plugin integration (meta description, canonical, etc.)
- Team-oriented shared rule sets
Screenshots
Settings page — toggle checks, set thresholds, choose target post types.
Meta box on the edit screen — summary badge at the top, problem items first, passed items collapsible.
Posts list column — NG / warning count badges plus the exact item names that failed.
