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GR\/CY \u2192 Greek, BR \u2192 Brazilian Portuguese, MX \u2192 Mexican Spanish, JP \u2192 Japanese, IL \u2192 Hebrew, and 40+ more locales \u2014 even on aggressive English-leaning models like Llama. 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One license key per site, instant delivery via email.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>, or install via Plugins \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload.<\/li>\n<li>Activate \"Newsroom OS \u2013 Editorial Control &amp; AI Assistant\".<\/li>\n<li>Run the 4-step Wizard (it auto-launches on first activation).<\/li>\n<li>(Optional) Activate Pro by going to \"Editorial Control \u2192 \ud83d\ude80 PRO\" and pasting the license key from your <a href=\"https:\/\/newsos.io\/\">newsos.io<\/a> confirmation email.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20work%20with%20my%20theme%3F\"><h3>Does it work with my theme?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Newsroom OS is 100% compatible with any standard WordPress theme (Astra, GeneratePress, Flavor, Newspaper, NewsMag, etc.) and supports both the Gutenberg Block Editor and the Classic Editor.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20it%20conflict%20with%20yoast%20seo%20or%20rank%20math%3F\"><h3>Will it conflict with Yoast SEO or Rank Math?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Newsroom OS reads your existing SEO data and layers an enterprise-grade Schema Knowledge Graph on top. Yoast and Rank Math keep doing their job for meta tags and sitemaps; Newsroom OS handles editorial workflow, smart tags, Decision Engine, and JSON-LD enrichment.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20it%20slow%20down%20my%20website%3F\"><h3>Will it slow down my website?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Strict timeouts on every external request, transient-based caching, event-driven JavaScript (no polling), capability-aware UI loading. Frontend speed is unaffected.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20does%20the%20smart%20tag%20system%20actually%20work%3F\"><h3>How does the Smart Tag system actually work?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>It runs entirely in the editor (no API call) by normalizing your title\/lead\/body, scanning against your existing site tags, and ranking matches by a weighted formula that respects editorial position and tag popularity. Each suggestion comes with a HIGH\/MEDIUM\/LOW confidence badge so you know if it's safe to add.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20do%20i%20buy%20pro%3F\"><h3>Where do I buy Pro?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/newsos.io\/\">https:\/\/newsos.io\/<\/a>. One license key per site, instant delivery via email. Cancel anytime \u2014 30-day money-back guarantee. If you run multiple sites, buy one license per site.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20if%20i%20cancel%20pro%3F\"><h3>What if I cancel Pro?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Your site keeps working normally. All articles, tags, schema, tasks, and Focus Scores remain intact. You just stop receiving new Pro features and priority support. You can reactivate the license anytime.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"which%20ai%20providers%20does%20pro%20ai%20assist%20support%3F%20can%20i%20use%20ai%20for%20free%3F\"><h3>Which AI providers does Pro AI Assist support? Can I use AI for free?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Pro AI Assist supports:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OpenAI<\/strong> \u2014 GPT-4o-mini and above (paid)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google Gemini<\/strong> \u2014 <code>gemini-2.5-flash<\/code> by default (free tier available at <a href=\"https:\/\/aistudio.google.com\/apikey\">aistudio.google.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Groq<\/strong> \u2014 <code>llama-3.3-70b-versatile<\/code> by default (generous free tier, no credit card, at <a href=\"https:\/\/console.groq.com\/keys\">console.groq.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Bring your own key \u2014 Newsroom OS never proxies AI traffic through our servers. 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Pro licensing pings <a href=\"https:\/\/newsos.io\/\">newsos.io<\/a> once a day to validate the key and nothing else.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.7.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>NEW (Pro): <strong>Author Performance dashboard<\/strong> with per-writer cards, inline expandable details, top recent articles + categories, 7d\/30d\/90d live AJAX toggle, personal \"Your own performance\" card for chiefs.<\/li>\n<li>NEW (Pro): <strong>Focus Score persistence<\/strong> \u2014 the client-side Publish Confidence is now saved to postmeta (<code>_newsai_focus_score<\/code>) on a 10-second debounce and pinned at publish time (<code>_newsai_focus_score_at_publish<\/code>) so analytics aren't skewed by later edits.<\/li>\n<li>NEW (Pro): <strong>Groq AI provider<\/strong> with free-tier support (no credit card required) \u2014 drop-in next to OpenAI and Gemini, using <code>llama-3.3-70b-versatile<\/code> by default.<\/li>\n<li>NEW (Pro): <strong>Discover-optimized Title Suggestions<\/strong> \u2014 five headlines per run, each in a different editorial angle (facts \/ impact \/ aftermath \/ authority \/ Discover hook), strictly 55\u201370 characters, with live char counter + angle badges in the editor sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>NEW (Pro): <strong>Geo-aware AI language<\/strong> \u2014 AI prompts now answer in the correct language for the configured geo target (50+ locales: GR, BR, MX, ES, JP, IL, AR, DE, FR, IT, PL, RO, TR, RU, +more), even on aggressive English-leaning models. 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