Yoast SEO changelog - page 19

Bugfixes​

• Fixed security issue with XSS in bulk editor, props @ryanhellyer.
• Fix bug where URL would show wrongly in snippet preview for static homepage.
• Fix bug where filtering for posts without a focus keyword in the posts overview wouldn't work.
• Fix a bug where code wouldn't be escaped in the bulk editor.

Enhancements​

• When meta description is present, og:description is filled with that on category pages.
• Texturize some pointers, props @nacin.
• Fix typo in tour, props @markjaquith.
• Code optimization in the replace vars functionality, props @dannyvankooten.

Bugfixes​

• Remove tags from title and description for snippet preview.
• Fix several notices.
• Improve escaping of values in the bulk editor before saving.

Enhancements​

• New admin icon using SVG, which uses proper color.
• Introduced a filter for the XML Sitemap base URL, wpseo_sitemaps_base_url
• Introduced a filter for the JSON+LD output: wpseo_json_ld_search_output
• For developers: the GitHub version now contains a full Grunt implementation for many actions.

This update removes more code than it adds, because Google stopped support for rel=author. It adds the new json+ld code for search in sitelinks though, so could have some cool results!

Bugfixes​

• Prevent dying on edit post page for new posts / pages without focus keyword.
• Fix replacement of %%excerpt%% in snippet preview.

Bugfixes​

• Fix wrong SEO Analysis value icon, regression from 1.5.5.1

Enhancements​

• Add role specific removal from XML Author sitemap
• Add option to exclude user from XML Author sitemap on user profile page

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a potential error with $canonical not being a string after being filtered.
• Fixed more bugs with first paragraph keyword detection.
• Fixed bug in saving new opengraph title and images variables in the social settings.
• Fixed bug where SEO score incorrectly reported as 'Bad' when no focus keyword set, props smerriman for finding, props Jrf for the fix.
• Override woo_title() output harder than before to remove need for force rewrite with WooThemes themes.

Enhancements​

• Replace %%parent_title%% variable client side through JS.
• i18n
• updated ar, cs_CZ, fr_FR, hr, pl_PL, pt_BR and ru_RU
• new .pot file based off of the 1.5.5 version

Bugfixes​

• Fixed several notices for undefined variables.
• Properly trim meta description to its desired size again, regression caused in 1.5.4.
• Fix empty last modified date for term sitemaps in sitemap index.
• Fix bug where wpseo_sitemap_exclude_empty_terms filter wouldn't work for index sitemap.

Enhancements​

• Improve nonce checking in bulk title & description editor.
• Prevent direct access to XSL file.
• Improve code styling to match WordPress code standard even more strictly, props Jrf.
• Add button to copy home meta description to home OpenGraph description.

Bugfixes​

• Properly minified the metabox JS file, fixing snippet preview, props Jrf.
• Format unix timestamp to string in sitemap, fixes possible fatal error in XML sitemap.

Bugfixes​

• Backing out earlier change, as this breaks the snippet preview.
• Enhancement
• Reintroduced the 'Strip the category base (usually /category/) from the category URL.' option.

Bugfixes​

• Fix regression issue - non-replacement of %%name%% variable as reported in issue #1104 by firstinflight - props Jrf.
• Fixed an issue where %%category%% was not replaced on certain pages.
• Added support for %%tag%% even if the ID is empty.
• All remaining not replaced title vars are now stripped from the title.
• Added a fallback to post_date in the sitemap 'mod' property for when a post is lacking the post_date_gmt value.

Bugfixes​

• Added some missing textdomains.
• Fixed a license manager request bug.
• Work-around for fatal error caused by other plugins doing front-end post updates without loading all the required WP files, such as the WP Google Forms plugin - props Jrf.
• Fixed incorrect link to Issues in CONTRIBUTING.md - props GaryJones.
• Fixed a fatal error caused by not checking if Google Suggest request reponse is valid - props jeremyfelt.
• Fixed a screen option bug in bulk edit options - props designerken.
• Fixed warnings on edit files section - props Jrf.
• Fixed a warning when post_type is an array - props unr.
• i18n
• Updated el_GR, hu_HU, nl_NL and pl_PL

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a WordPress Network license bug.
• i18n
• Updated el_GR, fa_IR, hu, it_IT, pt_PT, ru_RU, tr_TK and zh_CN
• Added Malay

Bugfixes​

• Fixed: Premium support link was being added to all plugins, not just ours ;-)
• Only show the breadcrumbs-blog-remove option if user uses page_for_posts as it's not applicable otherwise and can cause confusion.
• Clean up url query vars after use in our settings page to avoid actions being executed twice - props Jrf.