Article Freshness and Partial Updates
Decide in advance when an article will go stale, then swap out just the outdated parts once the deadline arrives
Don't guess at "this might be getting stale"
Articles start going stale the moment you write them. But which article, when, and what specifically goes stale differs from article to article. An article about pricing plans goes stale in six months; a glossary-style explainer can stay accurate for years.
When Sorabun creates an article, the AI judges "when will this article go stale" and tags it accordingly.
- Three tiers: six months / one year / long-lasting
- It also records specifically what will go stale (for example, "the AI model names and pricing plans mentioned in the body")
Viewing it in the post list
The post list gets a "Review due" column. Articles past their deadline are shown in red as "Needs rewrite (N days overdue)", and you can sort and filter by it.
It's stored as private data, so it never shows up in tag lists, tag pages, sitemaps, or anywhere else a reader would see it.
Every article gets a "Check freshness" action, so you can search and verify on the spot.
What happens when the deadline arrives
This is the key point of this feature. The deadline arriving does not mean rewriting the article.
In practice, most articles flagged "needs rewrite" don't actually need fixing. So Sorabun fact-checks the content with a search, and if it still holds up, it just pushes the review date back and stops there.
Even when something has changed, Sorabun doesn't recreate the article.
- It swaps out only the parts that changed (an updated figure, a product name, and so on)
- The structure, the URL, and everything still accurate stay exactly as they are
- The original content stays in WordPress's revision history, so you can revert at any time
Even though only part of it was actually stale, recreating an entire article replaces the ranking equity it has built up, its internal links, and even the wording readers remember. Partial updates are the safer choice, since you'd otherwise be throwing away the whole thing for the sake of a small part.
Running it automatically (Pro)
There are two settings under "Settings > Generation defaults > Article freshness."
Automatically check articles whose review date has arrived, a few at a time each day (refresh_auto)
Sorabun fact-checks with a search, and if the content still holds up, pushes the review date back. It only notifies you when something has actually changed (3 articles a day).
Automatically replace the parts that have gone stale (refresh_auto_apply)
Off by default. Leaving it off means you only get notified, so you can review the content and fix it yourself. Turning it on makes the replacement happen automatically too.
Starting with "check automatically, fix manually" lets you see what kinds of things get flagged. Once you're comfortable with the replacements it makes, turn on the second setting too.
After a rewrite
Once an article is rewritten, the deadline starts counting again from that point. The AI Director (Pro) also picks up articles past their deadline as rewrite candidates.