Thank you for the support, and honest feedback, we really appreciate it. It was a difficult decision to move some features to pro. Something which we’ve been thinking about for a long time.
However, I’d just like to point out that in the latest update we also added new features that were previously pro only.
It definitely wasn’t the case where we just stripped out features from the free version, and we actually added quite a lot of value. The price of the pro version was also dropped by $10.
For example, in the free version, you now have two dedicated editor blocks that allow you to build sitemaps visually and preview directly in the editor. New plugin settings have been added, and for the first time, you can display your sitemap in a tabbed layout.
We’ve been developing this plugin for the last several years and hopefully, these changes will allow us to continue for another several years.