Yoast Local SEO changelog - page 6

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a big that caused other locations in the 'copy from location' select box to not show up.
• Removed duplicate second phone number from Google Maps info window
• Removed duplicate second e-mail address from Google Maps info window

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that prevented a correct calculation of the route to a location

Enhancements​

• Added phone number to .kml file for locations
• Add a <meta> with the location business name to output when business name is hidden.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed an issues where some data, such as phone number, in the shortcodes wasn't outputted because of wrong variable checks.

• Enhancements:

• A rewrite of the way locations are fetched. A new Locatons Repository class is added. This class returns an array of all the location data and can be called by using new WPSEO_Local_Locations_Repository();. With the methods get() you can fetch the locations. Get accepts a number of arguements. Check the code in /classes/class-locations-repository.php for more detailed information.

• A business image is now scaled to medium size when displaying on the Local SEO settings page.

Bugfixes​

• Build in a check for touch devices, to avoid issues with map properties as draggable and gestureHandling.
• Changed to in the opening hours HTML output to achieve a correct HTML spec. The datetime attribute was invalid.

Enhancements​

• Make the route label in the store locator filterable by using wpseo_local_location_route_label.
• Added the shortcode buttons for address, map, storelocator and opening hours to other editor windows such as terms and categories.

Enhancements​

• Added better content check when using the store locator. More info at: http://www.localseoguide.com/store-locator-sucks-dont-surprised-got-hammered-possum/
• Added a content check for using city in h1/h2 elements on location pages.
• Added a check to see whether Schema.org is used on location page.
• Added a check for the use of focus keyword in h1/h2 elements on location pages.
• Obfuscates email address to make harvesting by bots a bit harder.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed fatal error when (de)activating Yoast SEO: Local when Yoast SEO is not *yet) activated.
• Fixed an issue with publish date of imported locations.

Enhancements​

• Added second address to import/exort of locations.

Bugfixes​

• Moved textdomain call to make sure that if a user chooses a different backend language, everything is translated correctly.

Enhancements​

• Added schema.org to infoWindow poup when showing a map
• Removed redundant title attributes from buttons in admin
• Added filters to admin labels so they can be altered to the users desire.
• Add a notification to shortcodes when multiple locations are used and no locations are added yet.
• Added gesture handling to Google Maps

Bugfixes​

• Fixes fatal error due to yoast_i18n class
• Fixes notice in geo-sitemap

Enhancements​

• Added marker clustering as an option. If enabled markers within close proximity will be clustered. Marker clustering can be enabled or disabled by a specific setting in shortcodes (for map and store locator) and the map widget.
• Added a new filter for using custom cluster images wpseo_local_marker_cluster_image_path.
• To prevent a repeating world map (in most cases), the minimal zoom level for maps is now set at 1.
• Added price range fields for schema.org markup.

Bugfixes​

• Resolved issue where only published locations were shown in the map for logged in users.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Store Locator map to show up for non logged in users.
• Added missing datetime property for opening hours.
• Fixed wrong output from wpseo_local_show_address() when a logo was shown.

• Fixes a bug where a PHP notice was shown when a map was embedded for a site with only one location.

Enhancements​

• Refactoring of the settings page.
• Added filtering for location categories to the map and store locator.

Bugfixes​

• Selecting 'all locations' caused the map not to show up in the widget. It does now.
• Fixed undefined index notice for a location country on a fresh install.

Enhancements​

• Added sanitation for WPSEO Local options
• Added a second business address line that can be used for example for room numbers or floors.
• Times in the Local SEO settings are now updated in realtime when switching between 12 and 24h notation
• We did a massive overhaul for the import function and also added an export for Yoast Local SEO locations. For developers: functionality is moved from the WPSEOLocalAdmin class to new classes.

Enhancements​

• Changed warning text about the required Yoast SEO installation
• Removed location detection checkbox if not on HTTPS

Enhancements​

• In order to preserve consistency, London is changed as city in favor of New York in the address format examples.
• Added option to hide the business address in address shortcode and widget.
• Added a new widget to show locations by category

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused a map not to show up when all locations were selected.

Enhancements​

• Added option to automatically detect a users location for use in the route calculation or store locator. Note: HTTPS is required for this option!
• Added translator comments throughout the plugin, explaining the contextual meanings of %s and %d.
• Removed Chosen in favor of Select2 JS library
• Added an option in the map shortcode and widget to show the info window by default if you select a single location.
• From now on, on the init action, Yoast Local SEO default options are checked. If they are not set, they will be.

Bugfixes​

• When showing the address on one line and there is nog logo, the business name now gets a trailing comma and space

Enhancements​

• UX: We no longer tell users they can drag the location marker unless they have set coordinates.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the address widget didn't correctly show the address if the address was displayed on one line and the company logo is shown.

Enhancements​

• Added Local SEO to admin menu onder SEO Settings
• Location category slug is now filterable using wpseo_locations_category_label filter

Bugfixes​

• Remove redundant comma when address is displayed in 1 line and business logo is shown.
• Default country was set too late, which caused notifications.