Changelog

New Features, updates and fixes

Version 4.3.9.1

Fixed

  • Default priority in term sitemap indexes sometimes not correctly migrated.

Version 4.3.9

Updated

  • Sitemap performance has been improved across the board, with up to 3 times faster loading times and 8 times less memory usage!
  • Additional design tweaks to make our UI more compact.

Fixed

  • Meta description in the preview now updates in realtime for the Product Short Description smart tag for WooCommerce Products.
  • Preview for the Breadcrumbs widget not working with certain versions of WordPress Core.
  • Add warning when AI Title/Description Generator returns empty suggestions due to an infraction of their usage policies.
  • The AIOSEO FAQ block can now correctly be used as a widget.
  • The Product Brand and Product Identifier schema properties are now correctly migrated over from older versions.
  • Schema rating fields now allow float values to be added.
  • Ingredient list for Recipe schema now lists ingredients as an array instead of a string as per Google’s documentation.
  • Removed support for AggregateOffer for WooCommerce product variations per Google’s guidelines.
  • Schema validator content missing due to a Vue 3 error.
  • Scanning a URL with the SEO Analyzer no longer collapses the results card for the URL.
  • TruSEO score is no displayed for Local SEO Locations.
  • Local SEO Enhanced Search error when search term is empty.
  • Attachment pages are now correctly scanned by the image sitemap and include their attached image.
  • Remove support for keeping certain characters in image filenames in the Image SEO addon as they are automatically stripped out by WordPress Core.
  • Plugin conflict where robots meta tag was not output on the homepage of the Extra theme.
  • Plugin conflict with Timber where the title isn’t rewritten correctly due to a output buffer conflict.

Version 4.3.8

New

  • WP Code Integration – You can now view curated code snippets for AIOSEO in the Tools menu and add them in one click through the WP Code plugin.

Updated

  • Added support for WooCommerce Product Categories and Product Tags to our Primary Term feature.

Fixed

  • Console error in Classic Editor when post has no assigned terms.

Version 4.3.7

Updated

  • Added default arg values to filters/actions to prevent fatal errors in PHP 8 when hooks are called incorrectly by third-party themes or plugins.
  • Improved map preview in Local SEO by showing the address entered under Business Info.

Fixed

  • AI Title/Description Generator now allows non-admin users to generate SEO Titles and Meta Descriptions.
  • PHP error when removing all plugin data on uninstall.
  • PHP error when trying to deactivate RankMath as conflicting SEO plugin through our notice.
  • Added filter to hide and remove version number from AIOSEO generator.
  • URLs containing the word ‘null’ or encoded urls in the 404 redirect logs can now be deleted.
  • Redirect source url is now normalized to be always relative.
  • Conflict with Fiscomm PURS E-Fiscalisation plugin.
  • Conflict with Elementor and AIOSEO’s Search Term tag.
  • Headline Analyzer now correctly pushes previously analyzed headline to the top of the results if it is analyzed again.
  • Content Rankings report in Search Statistics no longer breaks the ordering of results on pagination.
  • PHP warning when activating an addon plugin.
  • Editing text in Table of Contents block now saves correctly without errors in the console.
  • Fixed glitchy ripple animation on tab component.

Version 4.3.6.1

Fixed

  • Search statistics duplicated column when filtering.
  • Occasional blank screen in Setup Wizard.
  • Occasional blank pages in AIOSEO Settings pages when Post Type ‘All’ option is unchecked.
  • Missing tab titles in SEO Analyzer.
  • AIOSEO Settings crashing in Elementor UI.
  • Styles incompatibility with Avada Builder.
  • Incompatibility with Classic Editor and TinyMCE.

Version 4.3.6

New

  • Content Rankings – This new Search Statistics report provides valuable insights into the performance of your content in search results and helps you optimize your posts for better results. 📊
  • Primary Term – You can now indicate a preferred term in case multiple terms are assigned to a post. This primary term will them be used in the trail of our breadcrumbs block and schema.

Updated

  • The UI of the plugin has been given a fresh lick of paint to bring it better in line with the default WordPress styles, mainly by making things just a notch smaller.

Fixed

  • Focus Keyphrase graph in Search Statistics post detail page sometimes is blank.
  • Various plugin conflicts where tab menu no longer works due to Vue version mismatches.
  • PHP deprecation warnings.

Version 4.3.5.1

Fixed

  • Undefined function error when using WP 4.9 or 5.0.

Version 4.3.5

New

  • Added a tab for AIOSEO in Elementor’s main navigation menu.

Fixed

  • Fatal error in rare cases when opening Elementor’s visual editor.Plugin conflict with Auto SEO Meta Keywords plugin where our menu pages no longer load correctly.Individual profile URLs did not take precedence over general URLs for Facebook/Twitter as the Facebook/Twitter author.Increased debounce timer for the TruSEO content analysis to prevent characters from being stripped from the SEO title.Rare PHP warning when scanning custom fields for videos in the Video Sitemap addon.Special redirects to the homepage not working due to query string triggering a loop.Missing dependencies warning for our blocks in the Widgets menu.

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.