New in version 4.1.2.2 – Released on July 14, 2021

• Updated: Compatibility with WordPress 5.8.

New in version 4.1.2.1 – Released on June 29, 2021

• Fixed: Image sitemap not including images embedded in NextGen galleries.

New in version 4.1.2 – Released on June 22, 2021

• New: Headline Analyzer to optimize post titles for better SEO and traffic.
• New: Support for full site redirects and site aliases.
• Updated: TruSEO no longer runs until the post title has been entered.
• Updated: Added notice for unsupported WordPress Core versions.
• Updated: Added support for WooCommerce galleries to Image Sitemap.
• Updated: Added ability to export Breadcrumbs settings.
• Updated: Added link to documentation when SEO Analysis fails.
• Fixed: aioseo_description hook running twice.
• Fixed: Emoji stripped from our metabox when using Classic Editor.
• Fixed: Custom term columns sometimes not rendering.
• Fixed: Shortcodes with parameters ignored when filtering conflicting shortcodes.
• Fixed: PHP 8.0 compatibility.
• Fixed: Invalid price date for generic products.
• Fixed: Allow 0 as price for SoftwareApplication schema.
• Fixed: Compatibility with sites using Snuffleupagus.
• Fixed: WooCommerce Price smart tag output.

New in version 4.1.1.1 – Released on May 21, 2021

• Fixed: Dynamic post type/taxonomy settings backup triggering PHP errors
• Fixed: Conflict with Create by Mediavine plugin where our metadata is wiped after saving

New in version 4.1.1 – Released on May 12, 2021

• New: Visual breadcrumb trails with block, widget and shortcode support
• Updated: Added support for WooCommerce Variable Products to Product schema and WooCommerce smart tags
• Updated: Added support for Duplicate Post plugin
• Updated: Added new block to list Location Categories
• Updated: Added support for additional macros when importing data from other SEO plugins
• Updated: Added support (via filter hook) for using cover block images as the autogenerated social meta image
• Updated: Added support for VideoPress shortcodes
• Updated: Added support to control the business type for each Location
• Fixed: TruSEO score shown on All Posts/Pages screen when metabox is disabled
• Fixed: V3 migration now also stores migrated data as localized post/term data for WPML
• Fixed: Phone/fax numbers in Local Business schema weren’t stripped of formatting
• Fixed: JavaScript console error when editing an ACF field group
• Fixed: JavaScript console error when adding a Focus Keyphrase when there is no post content yet
• Fixed: Text heart emoji stripped from title/description
• Fixed: Missing server redirects notification is now automatically dismissed after adding the redirect files to the server configuration

New in version 4.1.0.2 – Released on April 27, 2021

• Updated: UI enhancements for Redirection Manager
• Updated: Added support for searching for posts by slug when adding a redirect
• Updated: Timestamps for redirect/404 hits are now localized to user’s timezone
• Updated: Added more caching for title/description
• Updated: Added some security hardening recommended by Vincent Michel
• Fixed: Redirect tables and Local SEO posts/terms not dropped when plugin is uninstalled
• Fixed: Hide server exports when using PHP redirects
• Fixed: All Posts/Pages screens time out when user has high post display count
• Fixed: Conflicting REST API header
• Fixed: Deleting redirect in paginated results refreshes back to first page
• Fixed: Plugin sends requests to Semrush after user denied authorization
• Fixed: Incorrect “plugin is already on the latest version” notice when bulk updating plugins

New in version 4.1.0.1 – Released on April 9, 2021

• Fixed: Redirection Manager strips double slashes from URLs
• Fixed: AMP for WP pages trigger fatal error
• Fixed: PHP notice when editing a private post type in the Classic Editor
• Fixed: Social meta not output on term pages

New in version 4.1.0 – Released on April 6, 2021

• New: Redirection Manager to create and manage redirects for 404s or modified posts
• Updated: Smoother UX when editing fields with smart tags
• Updated: Added filter to disable shortcode parsing for title/description
• Fixed: Twitter meta tags now use “name” attribute
• Fixed: Titles for custom terms not always imported during v3 migration
• Fixed: Metadata not always being output for “AMP for WP” homepage
• Fixed: Incorrect autogenerated URL for Wikipedia social profile + LinkedIn group/school URLs flagged as invalid
• Fixed: Setup wizard sometimes reappearing after exiting
• Fixed: Software Application graph not outputting review headline and content
• Fixed: Trailing slashes not removed for sitemap indexes with two or more digits
• Fixed: Translated variants (WMPL) of static homepage not shown as alternative links in sitemap

New in version 4.0.17 – Released on March 11, 2021

• New: Support for noindexing RSS feed pages
• Updated: Schema now uses author’s public display name instead of first & last name
• Fixed: Noindexed custom post archives are no longer included in the sitemap
• Fixed: Default title/description format sometimes not populated on post/term creation
• Fixed: Post Excerpt tag no longer is blank in the preview snippet
• Fixed: Addons sometimes can’t be installed after installing Pro
• Fixed: Social Meta profile URLs fields sometimes show warning when valid URL is entered
• Fixed: Social Meta profile URLs sometimes don’t save
• Fixed: Invalid data in v3 .ini export file stops entire import

New in version 4.0.16 – Released on February 25, 2021

• New: Semrush integration for keyphrase suggestions
• Updated: Refactored TruSEO content analysis for performance
• Updated: Change default meta description to Post Excerpt for post types that support it
• Updated: Added support for importing CPT archive settings from competitor plugins
• Updated: Output brand graph instead of plain text for Product schema
• Updated: Added filter to disable our custom link format attributes
• Updated: Added filter to prevent output buffering conflicts
• Updated: Disabled new wp_robots filter in WP Core 5.7
• Fixed: Paged format repeated in meta description
• Fixed: Incorrect language code in multilingual WPML post sitemap
• Fixed: Post descriptions not imported from competitor plugins
• Fixed: Sitelinks schema markup output on other pages besides the homepage
• Fixed: Organization logo not output in schema if set to an external URL
• Fixed: RSS sitemap settings sometimes not saving correctly
• Fixed: Deleting default title/description sometimes failed
• Fixed: Dollar symbols in post titles not migrating correctly
• Fixed: FAQ Page and Recipe textarea blocks not expanding in height
• Fixed: Schema dropdown menu in editor sidebar opening in wrong direction

New in version 4.0.15 – Released on February 3, 2021

• Updated: Performance enhancements for sitemap integration with WooCommerce

New in version 4.0.14 – Released on February 1, 2021

• Fixed: PHP notices caused by plugin conflicts

New in version 4.0.13 – Released on January 28, 2021

• New: Schema Pro updates to include support for Products, FAQ Pages, Courses, Recipes and more!
• New: Added a filter for schema aioseo_schema_graphs
• Updated: Minimum capabilities on certain admin notices
• Updated: Moved filter hook for title rewrites to wp to allow for accessing the query
• Updated: Cache all references to attachment_url_to_postid functions
• Updated: Refactored image scan interval for performance
• Updated: Refactored the sitemap query to include post type
• Updated: Add dismissible option to robots.txt alert
• Fixed: Exporting settings including unnecessary data
• Fixed: Transients not always being set correctly
• Fixed: AIOSEO details column appearing on private post types/taxonomies
• Fixed: Admin notice conflicts with plugins that disable admin notices
• Fixed: Bug with title rewrites when multiple head tags exist in the page
• Fixed: Unnecessary div element being added to the front-end of the site
• Fixed: Issue with duplicate post records being inserted into custom tables
• Fixed: Adding null entries to the custom tables
• Fixed: Missing space in page format appended to titles/descriptions
• Fixed: Output broken for keywords using languages that have multibyte characters
• Fixed: Default settings for paged home pages not being set to noindex
• Fixed: Shortcodes not being properly parsed on titles and descriptions
• Fixed: Boolean values in database not being added in strict MySQL environments
• Fixed: Breadcrumb labels for authors, archives, search, and 404 pages
• Fixed: Adding additional pages now work even when we don’t output a sitemap index by default
• Fixed: rel=”next” links not always working
• Fixed: Use fullsize image for OG image with filter to modify aioseo_thumbnail_size
• Fixed: Remove OG HTML attribute if OG is disabled
• Fixed: Default OG object type for home page is now ‘website’ instead of ‘article’
• Fixed: Undefined index error in apache in regards to $_SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’]
• Fixed: Conflict with custom permalinks plugin
• Fixed: Sitemap adding language=”” when not needed
• Fixed: Page titles not always migrating properly
• Fixed: Keywords not always migrating properly

New in version 4.0.12 – Released on January 6, 2021

• New: Add support for dashes in custom field names
• Update: aioseo_disable filter now disables title rewrites
• Fixed: Completely remove auto updates wrapper to let WordPress handle updates
• Fixed: Refactor sitemap rewrite rules to account for WordPress sitemaps
• Fixed: Support for taxonomies and custom post types that use ‘type’ as the slug
• Fixed: Options backup not always working for custom post types
• Fixed: Console error related to WooCommerce tags
• Fixed: Additional plugin conflicts

New in version 4.0.11 – Released on December 26, 2020

• Fixed: Issue with additional sitemap indexes returning 404

New in version 4.0.10 – Released on December 26, 2020

• New: Added task to cleanup all unnecessary action scheduler items to keep the DB trim
• New: Filter to modify the home page schema breadcrumbs title aioseo_schema_breadcrumbs_home
• Updated: Link to documentation for filters and hooks
• Updated: Documentation regarding schema still being output for unlicensed users
• Fixed: Performance issues when using TruSEO analysis on very long posts
• Fixed: Event Espresso compatibility which didn’t allow AIOSEO settings to load
• Fixed: Suppressed continued errors with the WP FileSystem
• Fixed: Schema breadcrumbs not using the proper post titles
• Fixed: PHP error when install routine has not finished running
• Fixed: Stripping of sitemap URL’s in robots.txt
• Fixed: Issue where static sitemaps were always being regenerated on save
• Fixed: Issue where non-latin characters would cause the meta box to grow wider

New in version 4.0.9 – Released on December 22, 2020

• New: Added a filter to disable title rewrites via aioseo_disable_title_rewrites
• New: Added a filter to modify the social network meta tags via aioseo_social_meta_tags
• Updated: Performance enhancements for the V3 migration to prevent large sites from slowing down
• Updated: Performance enhancements when loading any AIOSEO settings page as well as the post editor
• Updated: The display of the archive title when on a CPT
• Fixed: Bug that prevented editors and authors from editing SEO titles and descriptions
• Fixed: TruSEO support in the classic editor URL not fully working on extra long URLs
• Fixed: Issue where the closing head tag did not always display
• Fixed: Issue on a few remaining sites where the title tag would strip out a $ and any numbers after it
• Fixed: PHP error related to missing array during the migration
• Fixed: Issue where AIOSEO would not remove the trailing /amp from canonical URLs
• Fixed: Issue where notices would appear in the log when trying to access our log file
• Fixed: Conflict with WP Shop plugin

New in version 4.0.8 – Released on December 21, 2020

• New: Added filter to allow altering meta box priority
• Updated: Default options for auto updates
• Fixed: Issue with regex escaping smart tags incorrectly
• Fixed: CSS conflict with Revive Old Posts plugin

New in version 4.0.7 – Released on December 21, 2020

• New: Added aioseo_keywords filter
• Fixed: Issue with a CSS file returning a 404
• Fixed: Issue where not all GA scripts were being output to the page
• Fixed: Conflict with Avada when using the Slider shortcode
• Fixed: PHP Fatal error that affected a small subset of users during migration from version 3

New in version 4.0.6 – Released December 20, 2020

• New: integration with MonsterInsights for Google Analytics
• New: Added Default Title/Description Meta for display in Page/Posts
• New: Notice to inform users when title formats were broken in V3 after a migration
• New: Smart tags (Categories, Parent Title, WooCommerce SKU/Price/Brand)
• New: Option to display additional twitter meta (written by/reading time)
• New: Dismissible notice to let inform users where they can find meta keywords
• New: Notice to let give users info on adding keyphrases
• Updated: Twitter meta does not default Open Graph any more
• Updated: TruSEO tests to give more valuable information
• Updated: Added “SEO” to test names in TruSEO to avoid confusion with Page Title
• Updated: Added locale to TruSEO tests
• Updated: SEO Analyzer error messages to give more helpful information
• Fixed: Custom tables not always being created
• Fixed: Invalid help docs URL
• Fixed: Scheduled actions not always completing when importing from other SEO plugins
• Fixed: Incorrect TruSEO test logic
• Fixed: WooCommerce Products page only showing the shop page title/desc for all Products
• Fixed: PHP errors on home page when no images are set
• Fixed: GTM script not always being output in the source code
• Fixed: Parsing of meta tag in the Pinterest section of the social networks page

New in version 4.0.5 – Released on December 15, 2020

• New: Added helpful notices when description format is used incorrectly
• New: Added support for pasting in a string of keywords to automatically parse
• New: Allow pasting in the entire meta tag in Webmaster Tools for Google/Bing/etc.
• New: Post Excerpt Only smart tag
• Updated: Improved UX when importing settings from other SEO plugins
• Updated: Improved sitemap scanning of images with caching to increase performance
• Updated: Competitor Site Analysis results content
• Updated: Truncate post content in meta descriptions to WordPress default lengths
• Updated: Allow other TLD’s in social network URL’s
• Fixed: Performance issues on sites with millions of WordPress user accounts
• Fixed: Setting SEO titles/descriptions from the all posts page not consistently working
• Fixed: Sitemap compatibility issues with GoDaddy CDN
• Fixed: Performance issues with static sitemaps being generated on large sites
• Fixed: Static sitemap generating even when disabled
• Fixed: Home Page Open Graph/Twitter images revert to the defaults if not set
• Fixed: Properly display errors when an addon is not installed correctly
• Fixed: Text editor in the Classic Editor now works with TruSEO
• Fixed: URL’s switching to http in Competitor Site Analysis
• Fixed: PHP error when loading the help modal in the settings pages
• Fixed: Missing import fields from other SEO plugins
• Fixed: Page titles not displaying properly when themes hardcode titles
• Fixed: White screen in settings when SSL is not configured properly on specific hosts
• Fixed: Swapped options on the system status page
• Fixed: Conflict with shortcodes that break meta description parsing
• Fixed: Conflict with plugins and themes that reset the WP Query
• Fixed: Issue with person graph not being displayed in the schema

New in version 4.0.4 – Released on November 22, 2020

• Fixed: Title formats not always migrating correctly

New in version 4.0.3 – Released on November 21, 2020

• Updated: Moved all action scheduler items into the aioseo group
• Fixed: SEO data occasionally not saving while using the Classic Editor in Pages/Posts/Terms
• Fixed: Migrations not fully completing when upgrading from V3
• Fixed: Weglot injecting language switcher into sitemap stylesheets
• Fixed: Genesis Theme outputting duplicate SEO data
• Fixed: Paged numbers appearing in the AIOSEO Details column when navigating through the posts table
• Fixed: Post/page titles not migrating with the proper format
• Fixed: Social profile urls failing when they are valid
• Fixed: Twitter and Facebook images not displaying in the preview
• Fixed: Focus keywords not being added when first creating a page
• Fixed: AIOSEO Settings section not always displaying on Edit Post screen in classic editor in WP 4.9 – 5.1

New in version 4.0.2 – Released on November 17, 2020

• Fixed: Display of Titles and Descriptions while migration is running
• Fixed: Post/Term meta not always saving because of using PUT requests instead of POST
• Fixed: Social Profile urls not validating with subdomains or trailing slashes
• Fixed: Social Profile urls were not all being output if some were using the same username
• Fixed: Memory leak on certain sites with thousands of transients
• Fixed: PHP 5.2/5.3 notice compatibility

New in version 4.0.1 – Released on November 14, 2020

• Fixed: Issue with sites using different database engines

New in version 4.0.0 – Released on November 14, 2020

• NEW – Complete rebuild of the plugin for better performance and SEO enhancements
• NEW – Onboarding wizard to streamline SEO setup for your site
• NEW – Centralized dashboard to provide you with your current SEO status
• NEW – TruSEO Analysis for posts and pages
• NEW – SEO Analyzer with competitor site analysis
• NEW – Customizable access control
• NEW – Internal settings backup and restore
• NEW – 100+ enhancements and bug fixes
• Updated – Minimum PHP version compatibility to 5.4