Changelog
New Features, updates and fixes
Version 4.3.4.1
Fixed
- Classic Editor sometimes freezes up due to conflict with new emoji script in WordPress 6.2.
Version 4.3.4
Updated
- Our SEO data is now carried over when a post is duplicated for rewriting/republishing via the Yoast Duplicate Post plugin.
- Added a menu item for Search Statistics under the Dashboard menu.
- Improved PHP 8.1 compatibility.
- Better prevent caching conflicts between IndexNow addon and WP Fastest Cache.
Fixed
- RSS sitemap stylesheet not displaying the publication date anymore.
- Search Statistics is now able to link the static homepage to the right statistics data after a new static homepage has been set.
- Harmless sporadic developer console error when the Emoji Picker is opened.
Version 4.3.3
Updated
- AI Title/Description Generator now supports the new ChatGPT 3.5 AI model.
- Added a filter hook that allows users to control the flags that are used to encode our JSON schema.
Fixed
- Search statistics object scan sometimes duplicated and running for non-elite users.
- Image SEO strip punctuation rules being applied to the filenames of files other than images.
- UI issue where an extra border was shown on Search Statistics card footer.
- Search Statistics no longer displays difference if there’s no data to compare with.
- Post/term data not saved correctly when MySQL mode is set to NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO.
- Redirects, logs and 404 logs now refresh properly after activating/updating the redirects addon.
- Missing Local Business block styles when editing a post.
Version 4.3.2.1
Fixed
- Meta description field in the post editor metabox sometimes blurs on input.
Version 4.3.2
New
- AI Title/Description Generator – Generate engaging SEO title and meta description suggestions via OpenAI. 🤖
Fixed
- Numerous plugin/theme conflicts that break navigation menu in AIOSEO screens.
- Plugin conflict with Gravity Forms where both plugins are output buffering at the same time.
- “Add Link” button of Classic Editor link format sometimes not visible on smaller screens.
- PHP error when using WooCommerce’s Product REST API endpoint and PHP 8.0 or higher.
- Database error when installing/activating AIOSEO for the first time via an AJAX request.
- PHP notice when navigating directly to the sitemap stylesheet.
- Translations for SEO preview on frontend are now loaded correctly.
- Redirect option icons no longer shrink when adding multiple source URLs.
Version 4.3.1.1
Fixed
- PHP error due to conflicts where other plugins/themes do not apply the
the_title
filter hook correctly.
Version 4.3.1
New
- Added support for importing redirects from Rank Math.
- New: Added support for LearnPress lessons.
- New: Added support for the JWT (Json Web Token) plugin to the REST API addon.
Updated
- Improved compatibility between SEO Preview in the frontend admin bar and various themes/plugins.
Fixed
- Full Site Editor sometimes did not correctly load while AIOSEO is active.
- 404 parent redirects now work correctly when trash monitor is enabled.
- Redirects with query strings and custom rules now work correctly when Server Redirects are enabled.
- Redirects are now fully compatible with URLs that don’t use the Latin alphabet.
- Log dates for redirects and 404’s now use the correct timezone.
- Redirects modal is now displayed correctly on smaller screens.
- Emoji picker now correctly displays in modal windows.
- Upload button for Additional Pages CSV now correctly prompts the user to select a file.
- Facebook preview date is now correctly displayed.
- Product schema incorrectly trigging WooCommerce
add_to_cart
event in MonsterInsights eCommerce addon. - Breadcrumb schema trail is no longer duplicated for a static homepage.
- SEO Preview sometimes would not work due to missing post type labels.
- Editing a link in the Block Editor now correctly displays AIOSEO’s options for all WP versions.
- Focus Keyphrases that contain special characters are now correctly analyzed.
- Adding a Focus Keyphrase in the Divi visual builder no longer closes the modal.
- Table of Contents block now correctly supports editing nested headings.
- PrePublish Panel now correctly opens the tab where you can fix the relevant issue again.
- Social Preview correctly updates when “Use Facebook Data” setting is enabled.
- Conflict with Site Kit by Google plugin that triggered a PHP notice.
- Local Business blocks sometimes missing styles on the frontend.
Version 4.3.0
New
- Google Search Console Integration – Connect your site with Google Search Console to track how your site is performing in search results and generate reports with actionable insights.
Updated
- Improved PHP 8.1 compatibility.
- Additional security hardening.
Fixed
- Link Assistant suggestions scan is now automatically reset when it gets stuck in a loop.
- PHP notice in rare cases when context data isn’t set for the schema generator.
Version 4.2.9
New
- You can now add redirects for draft posts, which will be activated as soon as the posts are published.
Updated
- Added orderby as a default WooCommerce query arg exception to Crawl Cleanup.
- Rich Results Test in the admin menu now uses Google’s new structured data validation tool.
Fixed
- Article schema now correctly also includes its Author schema if the graph is set as the default for the post.
- WebPage schema now includes the creator/author in the right format.
- Schema Validator now correctly includes FAQ schema if an FAQ graph has been added to the post.
- Emoji picker should now always open correctly on the first click.
- Breadcrumbs trail sometimes containing encoded characters on search archive pages.
- Post Report in Link Assistant sometimes showed a blank page rather than actual results.
- Links table now correctly refreshes after adding a link suggestion in the Block Editor/Classic Editor.
- Image SEO now correctly applies casing/punctuation settings when title/alt tag/caption/description does not contain a smart tag.
- Image SEO no longer incorrectly encodes quotation marks in the image caption/description.
- Redirects can now include consecutive space characters.
- Redirects modal is now correctly styled and padded in Elementor.
- PHP notice when ACF image field returns a previously unexpected value format.
- Removed smart tags delete button while searching for a smart tag.
- Model close button is now visible again when using Elementor’s dark mode.
- Resolved a few deprecation console warnings for the Link Format in the Block Editor.
- aioseo_canonical_hook running consecutive times.
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.