Changelog

New Features, updates and fixes

Version 4.2.8

New

  • Frontend SEO Preview – You can now preview the Google search snippet, Facebook/Twitter social snippet and inspect meta tags on the frontend via the admin bar! 🚀
  • Added support for updating AIOSEO and addons via WP CLI.
  • Added a new dedicated SEO News widget for the dashboard.

Updated

  • Better image handling for the Facebook/Twitter social snippet preview.
  • AIOSEO Modals can now be closed using the Escape key.
  • Added a filter hook to remove the last modified date in the root sitemap index.
  • Added a tooltip to all post types/taxonomies in the Search Appearance setting for easier identification.
  • ACF custom fields are now correctly used as post content for the autogenerated description.
  • Redirects now support WPML’s URLs when the site is using subdirectories for the different locales.
  • Removed redundant keyphrase related strings that were being saved to the database.

Fixed

  • Social URLs sometimes not output in the Knowledge Graph/Author schema.
  • Dashboard Overview widget no longer includes post types that don’t support TruSEO.
  • IndexNow API key not displayed after saving and refreshing.
  • Image SEO now correctly parses smart tags in the image caption/description if Autogenerate on Upload is disabled.
  • Image SEO no longer outputs a figcaption tag if there’s no caption.
  • Image SEO not parsing smart tags in the caption in the Classic Editor.
  • Links in Block Editor post content sometimes could not be removed.
  • XML sitemap stylesheet not displaying the correct image count.
  • Posts with multiple keyphrases are now correctly imported from RankMath and SEOPress.
  • Prevented an error when breadcrumbs were generated before all the required information was loaded.
  • PHP notice for posts with Product schema when WooCommerce has no shipping methods.
  • PHP notice when using the Extra theme.
  • License key warning on plugins page if multisite but not network activated.
  • HTML Sitemap better hierarchical post type handling.

Version 4.2.7.1

Fixed

  • Importing settings from Yoast SEO sometimes failing.
  • Product schema sometimes conflicting with the WooCommerce cart session.

Version 4.2.7

New

  • Merchant Listing schema – Our Product schema now fully supports the new merchant listing experiences from Google. We have also added support for shipping (autogenerated for WooCommerce), audience and various other product attributes that will help enrich your product snippets.
  • Site Name schema – You can now indicate a preferred site name, as well as an alternative name, for mobile Google search results in the Knowledge Graph settings.
  • Added support for WooCommerce Products to the REST API addon.

Updated

  • Improved PHP 8.1 compatibility.
  • Imported post data from RankMath and SEOPress is now immediately scanned for videos by the Video Sitemap addon.

Fixed

  • Google Tag Manager container ID is no longer output on AMP pages.
  • Article graph properties could not be edited in the Schema Generator when using the Classic Editor.
  • FAQ Page schema sometimes not output if it set as the default graph.
  • Schema can now correctly include floats (without floating point rounding errors).
  • Emojis in the metabox are no longer hidden when switching between the Classic Editor and Block Editor.
  • Reverted sitemap namespaces back to HTTP to prevent a warning in the Yandex sitemap validator.
  • Crawl Cleanup no longer strips key query argument from WooCommerce.
  • Global container shortcode from Avada not being parsed when AIOSEO Pro is active.
  • WP CLI sometimes throwing an error because of an undefined WP function.
  • Database tables are no longer dropped on Lite plugin removal when Pro plugin was previously installed with the Uninstall option activated.
  • Loading spinner doesn’t disappear sometimes after refreshing the link & suggestion data for a post in the Links Report in Link Assistant.
  • Space characters are no longer stripped from the target URL during sanitization when creating/updating a redirect.
  • Table of Contents block reordering sometimes not retaining new nested state.
  • Table of Contents block is now more responsive to smaller containers.
  • TruSEO content analysis now correctly decodes HTML entities before running its tests.
  • TruSEO content analysis now correctly handles phrases with inline HTML tags.
  • Taxonomy name smart tag now correctly supports taxonomy slugs with dashes in them.
  • SEO Analyzer sometimes not correctly detecting robots.txt rules because of their casing.
  • System Status info in Tools menu now displays the correct site language.
  • PHP warning when Local Business Locations are included in the results of the search archive page.
  • Logos in Webmaster Tools sometimes not rendered in Mozilla Firefox on Linux machines.

Version 4.2.6.1

Fixed

  • PHP error sometimes thrown when accessing admin in multisite installations.

Version 4.2.6

New

  • 🎉 Emoji Picker – Choose from a multitude of emojis to add to the title, meta description and other fields! 🎉 New: Redirects and Link Assistant tables now allow you to select how many items you want to display per page.
  • Redirects and Link Assistant tables now allow you to select how many items you want to display per page.

Updated

  • SEO Analysis cache for the static homepage after updating the page, allowing for more accurate results.
  • Added support to Product schema for Merchant Listings and EDD variable products.
  • Product schema now automatically pulls the GTIN from the WooCommerce UPC, EAN and ISBN plugin.
  • Schema Generator UI improvements to improve the UX when adding multiple items like Product Reviews, Book Editions or FAQ Questions.
  • Redirect Slug Monitor notices no longer appear in the dashboard.
  • HTML Sitemap dedicated page field now only allows internal URLs to be entered.
  • Image SEO now also strips words from the filename if the word boundary is a number or underscore.
  • Facebook’s and Twitter’s image upload now have size descriptions to help choosing an image.
  • SEO Analysis for internal/external links now explicitly mentions internal links.
  • Smart Tags now have an icon to help remove the tag and a documentation link.
  • Optimized the Local SEO search query for better performance.
  • Removed deprecated SEO Analysis for keywords in title.
  • Access Control descriptions for Editor, SEO Manager and SEO Editor roles have been updated to better reflect their access to our addon plugins.

Fixed

  • AIOSEO no longer outputs a duplicate canonical URL on AMP pages in some cases.
  • New posts no longer have an “Auto Draft” post title.
  • Tooltips no longer clip at the viewport or parent element in our modals.
  • Person graph for the author sometimes not output for posts with Article schema or author pages.
  • Default schema properties are now correctly migrated to the Schema Generator for posts that use the default.
  • Link title no longer bleeds over when editing one link and then another in the Block Editor.
  • PHP warning when installing addons on sites using the WP VIP Filesystem class.
  • FAQ Schema no longer outputs duplicate schema when using the FAQ schema from the Schema Generator in conjunction with FAQ blocks in the content.
  • Sitemap stylesheets for sites installed in subdirectories.
  • Removing the default schema graph inside a post no longer makes the Schema Generator fall back to the global default schema, allowing it to be blank.
  • Automatically generated description no longer include the URLs from oEmbedded videos.
  • Smart tags can now be removed on mobile devices.
  • Image SEO compatibility with the Divi Builder plugin.
  • Redirect test now shows the correct message when the test passes or fails.
  • Admin notices can no longer accidentally display on the frontend of the site.
  • After adding a new redirect the defaults for the next redirect will reflect the defaults from the Redirect settings.
  • Redirects imported from “301 Redirects” plugin now have the correct target URL when the target is a page ID.

Version 4.2.5.1

Fixed

  • Modals sometimes not opening in page builder integrations.
  • New posts are no longer pre-populated with an “Auto Draft” title.
  • Setup Wizard sometimes timing out while installing additional plugins.

Version 4.2.5

New

  • Schema Generator – A full overhaul of our schema functionality. You can now add multiple graphs and custom schema to your posts. The Schema Validator enables you to inspect and test your schema with Google. And we’ve also added support for many new graphs, including Event, Job Posting, Movie, Service, Video and more!
  • Multisite Updates – Our multisite site features have been expanded and revamped. In the Network Admin, you can now manage activations, create/restore backups and export/import settings for the entire network of subsites!
  • Additional options to redirect 404s by their slug or to their parent page if the post type is hierarchical.

Updated

  • Added support for NextGen Pro galleries to the image sitemap scanner.
  • FAQ block now duplicates the styles from the nearest FAQ block if the post already contains one.
  • Deprecated image sitemap tags have been removed per Google’s requirements.
  • Video Sitemap now includes a content URL tag for self-hosted videos.
  • You can now decide whether you want to let AIOSEO autogenerate your Product schema data based on the product data from Easy Digital Downloads/WooCommerce or manually enter it yourself.

Fixed

  • Conflict between AIOSEO IndexNow addon and WP Fastest Cache plugin where the IndexNow API key is corrupted by the latter.
  • TruSEO content analysis no longer checks if the Focus Keyphrase appears in the URL of the static homepage.
  • TruSEO content analysis not working correctly when the post type doesn’t support the editor feature.
  • Adding a Focus Keyphrase in an empty, new post no longer triggers a loading spinner that doesn’t go away.
  • Crawl Cleanup feature no longer redirects the WooCommerce password reset page to the homepage.
  • Enhanced Search notification from Local SEO can now be dismissed correctly.
  • Searching in the Redirects menu no longer breaks any functionality in the table rows.
  • AIOSEO can now be correctly updated on multisites with a subdirectory configuration.
  • Redirects now properly work for WordPress sites that are installed in a subdirectory.
  • Redirects using regex patterns now work correctly if there is another redirect entry with the same path.
  • When importing from Yoast SEO, all additional keyphrases are now correctly imported.
  • No Pagination for Canonical URLs setting now correctly strips the entire paged query arg for paginated blog pages when the site is using plain permalinks.
  • .htaccess file is now automatically updated with the sitemap rewrite rules for sites running on Apache that are using plain permalinks.

Version 4.2.4.2

Fixed

  • Issues activating addons from the feature manager
  • Not all assets loading in the Block Editor.

Version 4.2.4.1

Fixed

  • API requests sometimes missing required arguments.

Version 4.2.4

New

  • Advanced 404 Redirects – Keep track of deleted posts and terms by redirecting to their direct parent or the home url with WooCommerce support.
  • Huge Improvements to Image SEO – Choose characters to strip, characters to convert to spaces, and the casing to convert to for the Title, Alt Tag, Caption, Description and Filename of images.
  • URL slug and trash monitor now allow adding a redirect without leaving the posts table or page editor.

Updated

  • Minimum required PHP version is now 5.6.
  • Redirect logs and 404 logs are now searchable and display referrer information.
  • Validation for .htaccess file changes before saving to avoid Apache server crashes.
  • Post types, taxonomies and archive titles can now be edited even while set to noindex.
  • Removed parsed keywords from the SEO analyzer and added a tooltip defining the analysis for the home page.
  • Alert when importing from a V3 .ini file as the post/term IDs need to be identical.
  • Removed outdated Knowledge Graph contact types.
  • Link Assistant phrase editor now shows a tooltip with the URL to the link.
  • Better compatibility with MonsterInsights and ExactMetrics headline analyzers.

Fixed

  • PHP 8.1 deprecation notices.
  • RankMath migration issues when content is set to noindex.
  • Link Assistant plugin conflict with the PowerPress plugin.
  • AMP plugin throwing duplicate canonical URL error and MS Clarity error.
  • Link Assistant suggestions not always being added in Classic Editor.
  • Resetting options now correctly resets everything.
  • AIOSEO’s addon specific notifications no longer show if the addon is not active.
  • Classic Editor redirecting to Posts overview page when Link Assistant or Redirects tab was active in the metabox.
  • Excluded/noindexed posts removed from the Sitemap’s language references.
  • Bulk updating addons failing with version up to date error.
  • Social settings not always migrated when importing from Yoast SEO.
  • Translations not being used if any string contains a line break.
  • Image Sitemap now correctly uses the ACF image value.
  • Search Appearance taxonomy conflict with Avada Builder.
  • Prevent home page from being noindexed in the Sitemap.
  • Console errors with jQuery migrate when using the Classic Editor.
  • Tabs not being preserved when editing the .htaccess file.