Changelog

New Features, updates and fixes

Version 4.8.2

New

  • Index Status Report – Quickly identify which posts are indexed by Google and why others aren’t—with granular details on crawl status, fetch results, robots.txt and structured data.

Updated

  • Improved Table of Contents block rendering performance.
  • Hardened limit and order clauses in database queries.

Fixed

  • WP 6.8 deprecation warning for default Table of Contents and FAQ block styles.
  • Potential page freeze issue when converting Table of Contents block from Group to Columns via block toolbar.
  • Console error in Table of Contents block when switching between Visual and Code Editor in Block Editor.

Version 4.8.1.1

Fixed

  • CSS style conflict with Woocommerce Memberships and Abandoned Carts.

Version 4.8.1

Updated

  • DiscussionForumPosting schema is now output for bbPress forum topics and replies as well.
  • Improved the SEO Email Report header layout for dates in different languages.
  • Expiration date format in AIOSEO General Settings now reflects WordPress date format setting.
  • Various Keyword Rank Tracker UI/UX improvements.
  • The LinkedIn field in the Setup Wizard is now shown by default.
  • “Show post type archive link” setting for products has been removed from their breadcrumb template.
  • AIOSEO no longer loads its page builder integration for non-public Thrive Architect post types.

Fixed

  • Removed support for sitelinks schema as it is no longer supported by Google.
  • YouTube embedded videos with additional parameters in the URL not being detected by the Video Sitemap addon.
  • Uninstalling AIOSEO did not remove user role entries from the database as intended.
  • Limit Modified Date feature sometimes not working for WooCommerce Products.
  • Load admin bar assets on the frontend when logged in only if the admin bar is enabled for that user.
  • Prevent unneeded popup warning on the user profile edit page when leaving without making edits.
  • Restoring SEO revisions now updates meta keys to ensure localization.
  • WPML translation to support admin pages in addition to Author/Reviewer Blocks.
  • Additional keyphrases tooltip cutting off in page builders.
  • Category in the permalink and breadcrumb did not match when the primary category is removed.
  • “See Full Bio” link not correctly displaying for reviewers without posts, even when a custom author bio URL is set.
  • Keyphrase in URL analysis didn't update correctly for auto-draft posts.
  • Search Statistics now disconnects automatically if there's an authentication error.
  • Phrase text missing from the Link Assistant's Link Suggestions table.
  • SERP Preview update when changing primary term for a WooCommerce product.
  • Updated SERP title to reflect selected primary term for the category when changed.
  • SiteOrigin integration style conflict to prevent overlap with other modals.
  • Images using the Post SEO Title smart tag were sometimes not parsed correctly.
  • URL count for the root sitemap sometimes not entirely accurate.
  • Robots.txt settings not correctly synced between multisite network and main site.

Version 4.8.0

Crawl Optimization Improvements banner

New

  • Crawl Optimization Improvements – We've added even more features to Crawl Cleanup to help you block unwanted bots from indexing your site and prevent spammers from abusing your internal site search results.

Fixed

  • TruSEO Highlighter not always working correctly when post content contains an empty or reusable block.

Version 4.7.9.1

Updated

  • Removed the Search Statistics menu item under the Dashboard menu.

Version 4.7.9

Updated

  • Schema product suggestedMinAge/suggestedMaxAge properties to conform with Google's structured data merchant listing requirements.
  • Added a button to apply new headlines directly to the post title inside the Headline Analyzer.
  • TruSEO now supports additional ACF Custom Field types.
  • Exported JSON/CSV files now include the post title and term name columns.
  • Improved handling of Focus Keyphrase errors from Semrush API.
  • Turned off autoloading by default for a number of AIOSEO options to improve performance.

Fixed

  • Access control role check to properly verify if the role has edit_post permissions.
  • Existing additional sitemap pages with different priority, frequency, or last modified values were not getting updated when importing a CSV file.
  • Tabs were not displaying active status correctly when using RTL due to CSS conflicts.
  • Image title sometimes duplicated when using Elementor page builder.
  • Alt text settings were not applied to images when showing latest posts on the homepage.
  • Excluded posts/terms would sometimes not be correctly excluded from sitemaps.
  • SERP Preview disappearing when using numeric custom fields in ACF.
  • Filenames duplicated in rare cases when Strip Punctuation is enabled in Image SEO.
  • Adding links to WordPress Gallery Block would sometimes not work when Strip Punctuation is enabled in Image SEO.
  • Trailing slash added to a redirect's target URL even if the URL is external.
  • Orphaned Posts filter not working correctly in the Link Assistant.
  • Table of Content block's heading could sometimes break when adding a link from Link Assistant.
  • “Don't update the modified date” checkbox now works properly in post's quick edit screen.
  • Missing tooltip for the AI Title/Description Generator modal.
  • Headlines that couldn't be analyzed would sometimes break the Headline Analyzer UI.
  • Automatic 404 redirects no longer affecting the dedicated HTML sitemap page.
  • Canonical URL sometimes missing a slash for paged taxonomy terms.
  • Canonical URL for a term could sometimes fail if the global query changed.

Version 4.7.8

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New

  • Keyword Rank Tracker Improvements – Import your best performing keywords directly from Google Search Console and explore Related Keywords to discover new keyword opportunities!
  • WooCommerce Product Attributes Support – Per popular demand, you can now control the SEO of your product attributes and include them in your sitemap to increase discoverability.

Updated

  • Added filter to control maximum number of additional keywords per post.

Version 4.7.7.2

Fixed

  • PHP error due to race condition when Writing Assistant fails to fetch default user options.

Version 4.7.7.1

Updated

  • Updated: Added localization for default options for Writing Assistant.

Fixed

  • Fixed: Writing Assistant no longer sends consecutive requests to get default user options.
  • Fixed: Cache class tries to recreate the cache table if it doesn't exist.

Version 4.7.7

Updated

  • Writing Assistant now supports logins per site/subsite, allowing users to use different SEOBoost logins and workspaces.
  • Added support for importing additional Knowledge Graph settings from Yoast SEO.
  • Added support for importing additional SEO settings from SEOPress, including robots meta, X (Twitter) metadata and advanced redirection rules.
  • BreadcrumbList schema semantic properties updated to align with Schema.org specifications.
  • Performance improvements to speed up Action Scheduler.
  • Added support for the “Analyze This Page” toolbar menu inside the post/term editor
  • Removed discontinued helpful links under “Analyze This Page” toolbar menu.
  • SEO Email Reports have been disabled for all users and are now disabled by default.
  • Added filter hook to disable SEO Email Reports.

Fixed

  • CSS conflict for the Thrive WordPress Content field.
  • Twitter meta tags output for CPTs that do not support authors.
  • TruSEO Highlighter was not highlighting sentences found in the “Custom HTML” block, although the eye icon indicated their presence.
  • Image SEO sometimes could not find images and captions within the post content.
  • TruSEO now limits additional keyphrases to prevent high page loads ( maximum 10 ).
  • CSV import/export file naming, primary category import and miscellaneous fixes.
  • Reviewer selector conflict with Secure Custom Fields plugin and switching between tabs in the Post Editor sidebar.
  • Focus keywords that are already being tracked in Keyword Rank Tracker are no longer displayed in the “Import Keywords” modal.
  • Inconsistency in TruSEO score color across different sections of the plugin.
  • SEO Statistics panel sometimes displayed incorrect upward/downward trend when clicks increased/decreased.
  • Conflict with Savoy theme where the side cart was automatically popping up on product pages.
  • Conflict with ARVE plugin.
  • Social profile URLs are now correctly imported from Yoast SEO.
  • Home URL was automatically appended to canonical URLs without scheme.
  • Homepage link and prefix were sometimes not working in the WooCommerce Product breadcrumb template.
  • 404 log entries with URLs containing special characters could not be deleted.
  • Redirects to file URLs or URLs with a hash were saved with a trailing slash.
  • AIOSEO Metabox no longer closes when opening the Media library in Divi/Extra page builders.
  • PHP deprecation warning related to sitemap image scan.
  • PHP warning when importing locations from Yoast SEO Local plugin.
  • PHP fatal error occurring when attempting to access a non-existent additional sitemap index.
  • PHP deprecation warning in PHP 8.3 for PHP PCRE functions.