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9.7

Enhancements

  • When a different shipping address is selected, the local store pickup option will disappear
  • API key settings for lat/long calculation are now more clarified and state that an API key first needs to be set before automatic calculation of lat/long can be done.

Bugfixes

  • To prevent cached shipping results to be shown, WooCommerce's shipping method transients are now cleared when the local store pickup options are saved.

9.6.1

Other

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.6.1

9.6

Enhancements

  • Opening hours block now shows 'Loading opening hours' label in the editor when loading data.
  • When a location needs to be selected, the label 'Please select a location in the sidebar on the right' is shown in the editor. This makes it more clear where the location selector can be found.
  • Adds margin to the Location Select dropdown for UI improvement.

Bugfixes

  • Names of week days were misspelled. They now contain the mandatory capital.

9.5

Bugfixes

  • Locations category sitemap was not generated. It is now. From now on it's only excluded when no categories are available.
  • Fixes JS error when no shipping zones were set.
  • Fixes undefined index enhanced_search

9.4

Enhancements

  • This version introduces two new Gutenberg blocks to work with:

  • The opening hours block

  • The store locator block

  • Blocks are now categorized under 'Yoast Structured Data Blocks'

Bugfixes

  • Fix a missing line break in the 2nd address line.
  • Fix a bug that caused dimension for the store locator map not to work.
  • Fix a typo in the custom permalinks description on the settings page.

9.3

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused password protected locations to show up.
  • Changed the unique identifier in the JSON-LD output to prevent conflicts with the breadcrumbs
  • Fixed a undefined variable in localization data.

9.2

Bugfixes

  • The wp-seo-local-frontend.js file was included in the footer of every admin page. It is now only included when it's needed.
  • Prevent unnecessary geocoding calls.

Enhancements

  • Yoast SEO: Local SEO for WooCommerce has been integrated into Local SEO.

  • You can use your Yoast SEO Local locations as pickup store in your WooCommerce shop.

  • Adds a screen in the WooCommerce section which shows you an actual overview of the orders which should be delivered at your pickup store(s).

  • Configure a pick up location as tax address.

  • If you had a Local SEO for WooCommerce license, this has been converted into a Local SEO license.

  • Read more about it in this KB article: https://yoa.st/local-woo-local.

9.1

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused the 2nd address line no to be outputted in the .kml file.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the business logo's not to show up when showing all location addresses.
  • Show the location category taxonomy in the Gutenberg sidebar.
  • Fixed a bug where a PHP warning would be displayed when php_uname has been disabled for security reasons.

Other

  • Added description to clarify the used of the business image in the Yoast SEO: Local settings.

9.0

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused custom classes not to be added to the address- and map-block output.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented a business logo from being shown in the address shortcode and block.
  • [wpseo_map id="all"] and [wpseo_address id="all"] now actually show all locations instead of a maximum of 10.

8.4

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused the Yoast SEO: Local enhanced search not to work.
  • Fixed a bug that made the message that a location is open 24/7 not show up.

Enhancements

  • The enhanced search can now be enabled / disabled from the settings page.

Other

  • Change the json-ld output to better reflect the desired output for schema.org for opening hours for 24h and 24/7 opening times.

8.3

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where opening hours were not correctly shown in the header for Facebook Open Graph.

Other

  • Added Slovenian translation for the plugin.
  • Diverse code quality improvements.

8.2

Bugfixes

  • Opening hours options were still showing, even though the 24/7 option was selected.
  • Fixed a bug with the Open/Closed widget. It now shows the correct messages at the correct times.

Enhancements

  • Introducing Gutenberg Blocks.

  • Added address block.

  • Added Google Maps block.

8.1

  • Bug fixes

  • Fixed a typo that caused the shortcode generator for the store locator to no longer work.

8.0

Other

  • Improved code quality

7.9.1

Bugfixes

  • Prevent double output of JSON-LD structured data when using opening hours in address shortcode.

Enhancements

  • Add option for 24/7 and 24 hour opening hours
  • Add phone/phone2/fax options to single map
  • Add height/width/zoom options to store locator map
  • Disabled route planner option in shortcode settings for single map when multiple locations are selected

Other

  • Bumped YoastSEO.js to 1.35.5

7.9

Bugfixes

  • Fix invalid XML sitemap output by escaping URLs.

Enhancements

  • Changed UI for permalinks and labels on the general settings page to be more user friendly.
  • Better aligned labels for input fields on the general settings page to make it clearer what field they belong to.

Other

  • Improved code quality.
  • Improved code security.

7.8

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where if wpseo_json_ld_output was set to false, Local SEO still ouputted JSON-LD data.
  • Fixed a bug where wpseo_show_opening_hours_after was used as an action instead of as a filter.
  • Fixed a bug where Show URL was not an option in the Show Address widget.
  • Fixed a typo in the word 'consider'.
  • Fixed a typo in assignment vs comparison operator.

Other

  • Updated YoastSEO.js to 1.35.1.
  • Improved code quality.
  • Improved code security.
  • Various i18n fixes.

7.7

Enhancements

  • Move business types to own repository.
  • Make business types filterable with yoast-local-seo-business-types filter.
  • Make business types translatable.

Other

  • Updated Yoast SEO JS to 1.34.0.
  • Removed deprecated business types.
  • Improved code quality.

7.6

Bugfixes

  • Changed faulty text for showing address on one line in shortcode.
  • Remove leading comma in address when business name is hidden.
  • Remove leading comma in address when business address is hidden.

Enhancements

  • Make output in .kml human readable and not encoded.

Other

  • Added link to Yoast KB about HTTPS when HTTPS is disabled.
  • Improved code quality.
  • Added Security Advisories package.

7.5

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused the 'draggable' option for the Store Locator not to work.

Enhancements

  • Add filter yoast-local-seo-search-label to edit Search Label for store locator.

Other

  • Extend WPSEO_Admin_Asset_Manager class to manage assets.
  • Update YoastSEO.js to 1.31.