Priority and Timing — Rank Forge

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Understanding the initialization order and hook priorities is critical for integrations.

Initialization Order

All classes are instantiated in rankforge_init() on plugins_loaded (priority 5):

 1. RANKFORGE_License         12. RANKFORGE_Redirects
 2. RANKFORGE_Core             13. RANKFORGE_Image_Seo
 3. RANKFORGE_Analyzer         14. RANKFORGE_GSC
 4. RANKFORGE_Meta_Templates   15. RANKFORGE_Local_Seo
 5. RANKFORGE_Meta_Generator   16. RANKFORGE_AB_Testing
 6. RANKFORGE_Internal_Links   17. RANKFORGE_Auto_Links
 7. RANKFORGE_Schema           18. RANKFORGE_Site_Audit
 8. RANKFORGE_Content_Scorer   19. RANKFORGE_Robots_Meta
 9. RANKFORGE_Content_Optimizer 20. RANKFORGE_Sitemap
10. RANKFORGE_Rest_Api         21. RANKFORGE_Robots_Txt
11. RANKFORGE_Dashboard        22. RANKFORGE_Video_Seo

Admin-only classes (RANKFORGE_Admin, RANKFORGE_License_Admin, RANKFORGE_Migration) load only when is_admin().

Safe Timing for Integration Code

add_action( 'plugins_loaded', function () {
    if ( ! class_exists( 'RANKFORGE_Core' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    // All RANKFORGE_* classes are now available
}, 10 ); // Priority 10 is after Rank Forge's priority 5

// Run custom code after Rank Forge finishes analyzing on save
add_action( 'save_post', function ( $post_id, $post, $update ) {
    if ( ! class_exists( 'RANKFORGE_Analyzer' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $cached = RANKFORGE_Analyzer::instance()->get_cached( $post_id );
    if ( $cached && (int) $cached->score < 50 ) {
        wp_mail( get_option( 'admin_email' ), "Low SEO score on #{$post_id}",
            "'{$post->post_title}' scored {$cached->score}." );
    }
}, 25, 3 ); // Priority 25 runs after Rank Forge's 20

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34. Priority and Timing

Initialization Order

Safe Timing for Integration Code