Yoast SEO changelog - page 15

Bugfixes​

• Fixes Snippet preview error when Yoast metabox has been removed.
• Changes
• Change Yoast Blog feed to new endpoint.

Enhancements​

• Updated the Dashboard Widget with a new design.
• Added additional explanations to the Configuration wizard.
• Added contentinfo landmark for assistive technologies to the Configuration wizard page.
• Introduces wpseo_manager and wpseo_editor roles.
• Introduces wpseo_manage_options capability to control which users have access to all SEO settings.
• Introduces wpseo_edit_advanced_metadata capability to control which users have access to the advanced SEO settings.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug where certain options (site_type, environment_type and has_multiple_authors) would be reset to their default value whenever one of the feature toggles were changed.
• Ensured that has_multiple_authors gets validated.

Bugfixes​

• Replace unsupported query prepare placeholder %1$d with %d to fix broken queries. Fixes compatibility issue with WordPress 4.8.2.

Bugfixes​

• Replace unsupported query prepare placeholder %1$s with %d to fix broken queries. Fixes compatibility issue with WordPress 4.8.2.

Enhancements​

• Added a hook to disabled the twitter card. (Props: @petenelson)
• Performance
• Replaced the use of get_posts and get_children by WP_Query.

Bugfixes​

• Archive pages are excluded from the sitemap based on the noindex setting. (Props: @stodorovic)
• Prevent the throwing of an error when wpseoPostScraperL10n is not defined.
• Escapes all input when generating links for the RSS feed.
• Apply the wp_get_attachment_url filter to Sitemap images.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where table listings were not giving expected content, props Kyle B. Johnson.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where an invalid license notification could be shown in certain situations.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where "mark as fixed" on the search console page didn't work.
• Fixes a bug where the configuration wizard JavaScript file was too large.

Enhancements​

• Adds missing I18n function call to make a string translatable
• Adds XML schema for image sitemap, props: stodorovic
• Adds schema.org meta-data on every page, instead of only on the homepage
• Adds the possibility to filter posts by readability score.
• Exposes tinyMCEHelper as window.YoastSEO.wp._tinyMCEHelper in JavaScript
• Exposes the ReplaceVar class in YoastReplaceVarPlugin as window.YoastReplaceVarPlugin.ReplaceVar in JavaScript

Bugfixes​

• Adds sanitization for the Twitter Image meta field
• Fixes use of register_meta for usage in WordPress 4.6 and higher
• Initialize the providers on hook after_theme_setup to make sure custom providers are added properly, props: stodorovic
• Changes the label of the "Bad" score to "Needs improvement" while filtering on SEO or readability scores.

Enhancements​

• Added wpseo_pre_adjacent_rel_links filter to bypass built-in rel prev/next functionality.
• Introduces classes to allow collecting data in the Premium plugin.
• Renamed OnPage.org to Ryte.
• Allow WordPress WHIP messages to be dismissed for a period of 4 weeks.
• Adds a filter for word combinations that consist of a single one-character word.
• Adds aria-current to the onboarding wizard active step.

Bugfixes​

• Removes JQMIGRATE JavaScript warnings.

• Only load babel polyfill if it hasn't been loaded by another plugin yet.
• Adds a feature toggle to disable the link counter tool & link columns.
• Fixes a compatibility issue with WordPress 4.6.
• Fixes an issue where the link columns would disappear after quick-editing a post.

• Fixes a fatal error that could occur when trying to save a post that has ``-tags with invalid URLs in it.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where images via https were not working, props Jannik Zschiesche.
• Fixes a bug where the whip notification can be shown multiple times.

Enhancements​

• Introduces a module that counts links in the content.
• Adds Flesch Reading for Italian.
• Changes 'page title' to 'seo title' in the snippet preview.
• Changes recommended maximum sentence length for Italian from 20 to 25 words, based on more in-depth research.
• Implements the extracted version of the Algolia Search which is now present in yoast-components.
• Adds a banner for the structured data course.

Under the hood​

• Introduces a database table to keep track of the linking structure. If the table cannot be created, a notification will be shown.
• When there are posts or pages to reindex, a notice will be shown.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where there were certain assessments missing when switching to cornerstone content.
• Fixes a bug where the configuration wizard button was visible for users who didn't have enough rights to access the configuration wizard.
• Fixes a bug where the column ID was ambiguous, causing an SQL error.
• Fixes a bug where the category URL in the sitemap was encoded twice.
• Fixes a bug where an old upgrade notice is not removed.

Enhancements​

• Removes the noodp advanced robots meta value as it is no longer used.
• Loads the translations only when the configuration wizard endpoint is called, instead of every time rest_api_init is called.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the tabs in the social and advanced metabox section are gone when keyword analysis has been disabled.

Enhancements​

• Optimizes the way the cornerstone flag is saved.
• Analyzes the content using cornerstone assessors when a post or page is cornerstone content.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the analysis wouldn't work on Internet Explorer.

Enhancements​

• Adds transition words for Italian.
• Adds a new check in the analysis for the presence of at least one internal link.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the _yst_is_cornerstone meta value was not prefixed, causing some themes/plugins to output this meta value.
• Fixes a bug where style and script elements were parsed for the prominent words.
• Fixes a bug where the cursor pointer was in front of the metabox.

Enhancements​

• Improves a language string, props Sören Wrede.
• Improves the configuration wizard with clear information about the configuration.
• Adds the ability to mark posts as cornerstone content.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes an issue in combination with WooCommerce 3.0 where the plugins would load incompatible select2 versions.

• Additions
• Adds a message about the PHP version for WordPress installations that run on PHP 5.2. The warning also has pointers on how to address this situation. We have an article about why we are doing this on yoast.com.

Bugfixes​

• Adds a check for the breadcrumbs-home option to prevent a blank entry being added to the crumbs array, props codemonkeynorth

Enhancements​

• Throws a warning in the admin for the RS Head Cleaner plugin, because the plugin cloaks.
• Improves copy about Yoast SEO Premium benefits.
• Adds link to our knowledge base article about connecting your website to Google Search Console.