Changelog

New Features, updates and fixes

Version 4.1.4

New

  • Added support for Google Maps embeds in our Local Business addon. Embed maps directly on your location pages to allow your customers to easily find your location with driving directions and reviews.
  • AIOSEO now displays an overview of your posts’ most critical SEO settings before they are published and enables you to easily share them on social media (Block Editor only).
  • Added the ability to fully customize redirects from the 404 Log.
  • Added support for importing SEO settings and data from SEOPress.
  • Added support for WooCommerce’s product duplication.

Updated

  • Various improvements for the Yoast SEO importer.
  • Updated SearchAction schema (Google Sitelinks) based on new specifications.
  • WebPage/Article graphs and child graphs now include the language of the page.
  • Rating range for Review schema is now restricted to min 1 – max 5.
  • Removed WooCommerce Customer role from Access Control by default. Can be re-added by using a filter hook.
  • Optimized all images in the plugin, resulting in a large plugin size decrease.
  • AIOSEO is now able to detect local alt text added to images via the Image Block.

Fixed

  • WooCommerce product sitemap indexes are now paginated correctly and always contain the right amount of URLs when the site has hidden products.
  • .htaccess File Editor no longer encodes special characters when writing to the file.
  • WebPage schema now references the correct Person graph as the author of the page.
  • Setup Wizard now correctly saves homepage title/description when using a static homepage.
  • Static homepage now uses Website as default Open Graph object type.
  • Support for MySQL servers that have ANSI_QUOTES SQL enabled.
  • JWT Auth plugin no longer blocks AIOSEO from accessing the REST API.
  • Headline Analyzer no longer throws a 404 error in the console when a new post without a title is created.
  • Sitemap no longer adds a trailing slash to the homepage URL if the permalink structure does not have one.
  • PHP errors when checking if the current request is from the REST API.
  • AIOSEO no longer tries to build BreadcrumbList graph if no breadcrumbs were found.
  • Styling issues when opening modals in the Block Editor.

Version 4.1.3.3

Fixed

  • Additional permissions related issues for Authors and Contributors.

Version 4.1.3.2

Fixed

  • AIOSEO Details column not appearing for Editor and other non-admin roles.

Version 4.1.3.1

Updated

  • Added caching to Access Control and the options to improve performance.

Fixed

  • HTML Sitemap widget options not always saving correctly.
  • Links not appearing under Quick Links cards in the Dashboard.

Version 4.1.3

New

  • HTML sitemap using blocks, widgets or shortcodes.

Updated

  • Added support for custom roles to Access Control, along with various other improvements and bug fixes.
  • WooCommerce Cart, Checkout and Cart pages are now noindexed by default by AIOSEO for new users.
  • Image Sitemap now includes external URLs.
  • Posts/terms can now also be excluded from the sitemap by ID/slug.
  • Added a filter hook to exclude posts from the sitemap by ID.
  • Added various filter hooks to control the output of our visual breadcrumbs.
  • Added a filter hook to filter the output of our JSON schema.
  • Additional compatibility with third-party multi-lingual plugins.
  • Schema.org URLs for Opening Hours now use the HTTPS instead of the HTTP protocol.
  • Reordered currencies list so most traded currencies appear on top; others appear in alphabetical order.
  • Restoring/deleting a backup now first opens a modal that asks for confirmation.

Fixed

  • AggregateRating is now output for WooCommerce Products with new reviews disabled if they already have existing reviews.
  • Added a line break underneath our robots.txt content to prevent conflicts with other plugins that filter the robots.txt file.
  • Image Sitemap now includes large downscaled images.
  • Social Network settings can now be exported.

Version 4.1.2.2

Updated

  • Compatibility with WordPress 5.8

Version 4.1.2.1

Fixed

  • Image sitemap not including images embedded in NextGen galleries.

Version 4.1.2

New

  • Headline Analyzer to optimize post titles for better SEO and traffic.
  • Support for full site redirects and site aliases.

Updated

  • TruSEO no longer runs until the post title has been entered.
  • Added notice for unsupported WordPress Core versions.
  • Added support for WooCommerce galleries to Image Sitemap.
  • Added ability to export Breadcrumbs settings.
  • Added link to documentation when SEO Analysis fails.

Fixed

  • aioseo_description hook running twice.
  • Emoji stripped from our metabox when using Classic Editor.
  • Custom term columns sometimes not rendering.
  • Shortcodes with parameters ignored when filtering conflicting shortcodes.
  • PHP 8.0 compatibility.
  • Invalid price date for generic products.
  • Allow 0 as price for SoftwareApplication schema.
  • Compatibility with sites using Snuffleupagus.
  • WooCommerce Price smart tag output.

Version 4.1.1.1

Fixed

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

Version 4.1.1

New

  • Visual breadcrumb trails with block, widget and shortcode support

Updated

  • Added support for WooCommerce Variable Products to Product schema and WooCommerce smart tags
  • Added support for Duplicate Post plugin
  • Added new block to list Location Categories
  • Added support for additional macros when importing data from other SEO plugins
  • Added support (via filter hook) for using cover block images as the autogenerated social meta image
  • Added support for VideoPress shortcodes
  • Added support to control the business type for each Location

Fixed

  • TruSEO score shown on All Posts/Pages screen when metabox is disabled
  • V3 migration now also stores migrated data as localized post/term data for WPML
  • Phone/fax numbers in Local Business schema weren’t stripped of formatting
  • JavaScript console error when editing an ACF field group
  • JavaScript console error when adding a Focus Keyphrase when there is no post content yet
  • Text heart emoji stripped from title/description
  • Missing server redirects notification is now automatically dismissed after adding the redirect files to the server configuration