34. Priority and Timing | SEO Forge - Rank Higher with AI-Powered SEO

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

Initialization Order

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

 1. SEOFORGE_License         12. SEOFORGE_Redirects
 2. SEOFORGE_Core             13. SEOFORGE_Image_Seo
 3. SEOFORGE_Analyzer         14. SEOFORGE_GSC
 4. SEOFORGE_Meta_Templates   15. SEOFORGE_Local_Seo
 5. SEOFORGE_Meta_Generator   16. SEOFORGE_AB_Testing
 6. SEOFORGE_Internal_Links   17. SEOFORGE_Auto_Links
 7. SEOFORGE_Schema           18. SEOFORGE_Site_Audit
 8. SEOFORGE_Content_Scorer   19. SEOFORGE_Robots_Meta
 9. SEOFORGE_Content_Optimizer 20. SEOFORGE_Sitemap
10. SEOFORGE_Rest_Api         21. SEOFORGE_Robots_Txt
11. SEOFORGE_Dashboard        22. SEOFORGE_Video_Seo

Admin-only classes (SEOFORGE_Admin, SEOFORGE_License_Admin, SEOFORGE_Migration) load only when is_admin().

Safe Timing for Integration Code

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

// Run custom code after SEO Forge finishes analyzing on save
add_action( 'save_post', function ( $post_id, $post, $update ) {
    if ( ! class_exists( 'SEOFORGE_Analyzer' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $cached = SEOFORGE_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 SEO Forge's 20

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