Changelog

New Features, updates and fixes

Version 4.0.9

New

  • Added a filter to disable title rewrites via aioseo_disable_title_rewrites
  • 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
  • Performance enhancements when loading any AIOSEO settings page as well as the post editor
  • The display of the archive title when on a CPT

Fixed

  • Bug that prevented editors and authors from editing SEO titles and descriptions
  • TruSEO support in the classic editor URL not fully working on extra long URLs
  • Issue where the closing head tag did not always display
  • Issue on a few remaining sites where the title tag would strip out a $ and any numbers after it
  • PHP error related to missing array during the migration
  • Issue where AIOSEO would not remove the trailing /amp from canonical URLs
  • Issue where notices would appear in the log when trying to access our log file
  • Conflict with WP Shop plugin

Version 4.0.8

New

  • Added filter to allow altering meta box priority

Updated

  • Default options for auto updates

Fixed

  • Issue with regex escaping smart tags incorrectly
  • CSS conflict with Revive Old Posts plugin

Version 4.0.7

New

  • Added aioseo_keywords filter

Fixed

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

Version 4.0.6

New

  • Integration with MonsterInsights for Google Analytics
  • Added Default Title/Description Meta for display in Page/Posts
  • Notice to inform users when title formats were broken in V3 after a migration
  • Smart tags (Categories, Parent Title, WooCommerce SKU/Price/Brand)
  • Option to display additional twitter meta (written by/reading time)
  • Dismissible notice to let inform users where they can find meta keywords
  • Notice to let give users info on adding keyphrases

Updated

  • Twitter meta does not default Open Graph any more
  • TruSEO tests to give more valuable information
  • Added “SEO” to test names in TruSEO to avoid confusion with Page Title
  • Added locale to TruSEO tests
  • SEO Analyzer error messages to give more helpful information

Fixed

  • Custom tables not always being created
  • Invalid help docs URL
  • Scheduled actions not always completing when importing from other SEO plugins
  • Incorrect TruSEO test logic
  • WooCommerce Products page only showing the shop page title/desc for all Products
  • PHP errors on home page when no images are set
  • GTM script not always being output in the source code
  • Parsing of meta tag in the Pinterest section of the social networks page

Version 4.0.5

New

  • Added helpful notices when description format is used incorrectly
  • Added support for pasting in a string of keywords to automatically parse
  • Allow pasting in the entire meta tag in Webmaster Tools for Google/Bing/etc.
  • Post Excerpt Only smart tag

Updated

  • Improved UX when importing settings from other SEO plugins
  • Improved sitemap scanning of images with caching to increase performance
  • Competitor Site Analysis results content
  • Truncate post content in meta descriptions to WordPress default lengths
  • Allow other TLD’s in social network URL’s

Fixed

  • Performance issues on sites with millions of WordPress user accounts
  • Setting SEO titles/descriptions from the all posts page not consistently working
  • Sitemap compatibility issues with GoDaddy CDN
  • Performance issues with static sitemaps being generated on large sites
  • Static sitemap generating even when disabled
  • Home Page Open Graph/Twitter images revert to the defaults if not set
  • Properly display errors when an addon is not installed correctly
  • Text editor in the Classic Editor now works with TruSEO
  • URL’s switching to http in Competitor Site Analysis
  • PHP error when loading the help modal in the settings pages
  • Missing import fields from other SEO plugins
  • Page titles not displaying properly when themes hardcode titles
  • White screen in settings when SSL is not configured properly on specific hosts
  • Swapped options on the system status page
  • Conflict with shortcodes that break meta description parsing
  • Conflict with plugins and themes that reset the WP Query
  • Issue with person graph not being displayed in the schema

Version 4.0.4

Fixed

  • Title formats not always migrating correctly

Version 4.0.3

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
  • Migrations not fully completing when upgrading from V3
  • Weglot injecting language switcher into sitemap stylesheets
  • Genesis Theme outputting duplicate SEO data
  • Paged numbers appearing in the AIOSEO Details column when navigating through the posts table
  • Post/page titles not migrating with the proper format
  • Social profile urls failing when they are valid
  • Twitter and Facebook images not displaying in the preview
  • Focus keywords not being added when first creating a page
  • AIOSEO Settings section not always displaying on Edit Post screen in classic editor in WP 4.9 – 5.1

Version 4.0.2

Fixed

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

Version 4.0.1

Fixed

  • Issue with sites using different database engines

Version 4.0.0

New

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

Updated

  • Minimum PHP version compatibility to 5.4