Changelog

New Features, updates and fixes

Version 4.6.9

Updated

  • Added support for Meta Keywords to frontend SEO Preview.
  • Added support for newer OpenAI API key formats.
  • AI Title/Description Generator will use WooCommerce's Product Short Description if no Product Description is present.
  • “aioseo_crawl_cleanup_blocked_args” table is now dropped when plugin is uninstalled.

Fixed

  • Local SEO multiple locations slug preview and redirect source/target URL now correctly support subdirectory sites/languages.
  • Elementor integration menu now displays the correct AIOSEO icon again.
  • Blank title column in Search Statistics Keyword Performance table.
  • Review schema should not be output if rating value is 0.
  • “isFamilyFriendly” property not output for Video schema if set to false.
  • Date format in Video schema now matches ISO 8601 format.
  • Links not added when pressing ENTER key in the post editor.
  • Metabox in Divi page builder would close after using any date picker field.
  • Various UI compatibility issues with the Extra theme.
  • AIOSEO Overview widget now correctly updates when a Focus Keyphrase is removed from a post.
  • Keyword tags list search would sometimes appear empty.
  • Compatibility between AIOSEO Redirects and B2B King plugin.
  • Removing a Focus Keyphrase would sometimes keep the UI in a loading state.
  • Last modified date for terms incorrect in rare cases when site DB fills up previously dropped IDs.
  • Sitemap stylesheets now properly display non-English characters.
  • Canonical URL for posts with paginated comment pages no longer incorrectly refers to comment pages when using a block theme.
  • Redirects support for WPML urls in subdirectories.

Version 4.6.8.1

Fixed

  • Block Editor sidebar components not loading in post editor for older WordPress versions.

Version 4.6.8

New

  • Product Review schema – make your editorial product review pages stand out in search results by listing the product's pros and cons.
  • Vehicle Listing schema – display your car inventory in rich search snippets and allow users to easily search, filter and learn about your vehicles that are for sale.
  • Table of Contents schema – our Table of Contents block now automatically outputs schema to help search engines understand how your posts are structured.

Updated

  • Our Product schema has been updated to match Google's latest specifications for product variations and grouped products.

Fixed

  • The Schema Validator code editor field would sometimes not render due to a dependency error.
  • Deprecation warnings in the Post Editor for WordPress 6.6.

Version 4.6.7.1

Fixed

  • Error when calculating shipping for WooCommerce Product schema.

Version 4.6.7

Updated

  • Added a new notice in the admin bar for when the site is noindexed, improving visibility for users.
  • Added review & rating support to Recipe schema.
  • Organization schema employee range now has a minimum value of 0.

Fixed

  • Data filled into Add New Redirect section no longer cleared when switching tabs.
  • Yoast Duplicate Post now correctly carries over SEO meta when published a scheduled republished post.
  • Chinese and Unicode special characters encoding issue for Additional Sitemap Pages.
  • Google Search Console verification code still output in source code not removed after disconnecting from Google Search Console.
  • Javascript console error after disconnecting Google Search Console.
  • Shipping Schema changing the Country field value in User Profile when updating a WooCommerce Product.
  • Added scroll functionality for Schema Generator template list.
  • Plugin conflict with the Facebook for WooCommerce plugin.
  • Plugin conflict with 3D Flipbook plugin related to Primary Category.
  • Removed ‘Cornerstone Content' field from SEO revisions for attachment pages.
  • Title and alt field columns not showing up in the media gallery for webp images.
  • Various styling fixes for our Extra theme & Divi page builder integrations.
  • Changing the Primary Term value did not trigger the generation of a new SEO Revision.
  • Chrome and Firefox converted URLs with Unicode characters to encoded form in AIOSEO.
  • Link Assistant would sometimes break block attributes when inserting a link if they used single quotes.
  • Robots.txt rule overlap when there are two identical user agents.
  • EEAT author bio field editor would sometimes not render when switching between tabs.
  • Error in post schema when FAQ has no question.
  • Error caused by a redirect duplicated rule.

Version 4.6.6

New

  • Integrations with SiteOrigin and Thrive Architect – Control your SEO and optimize your content directly from the SiteOrigin and Thrive Architect visual page builders.

Fixed

  • Editor component to fix usage of deprecated DOMNodeInserted events.

Version 4.6.5

Updated

  • Preloaded the redirect suggestion modal when a post is moved to the trash, ensuring a smoother user experience.
  • The word “step” has been added to the list of exceptions for consecutive sentences in TruSEO.
  • Deprecated the enable breadcrumbs toggle setting.
  • Changed all instances of “Twitter” to “X”.
  • Declaration for AIOSEO and its addons to follow the Consent API, resolving incompatibility with the WP Consent API plugin and Compliance recommendation on the Site Health screen.

Fixed

  • Reanalyzing a competitor site now opens the correct site based on its position in the list.
  • Redirects modal did not close when clicking outside in the Post Editor.
  • Redirects source URL could not be left empty.
  • Console log error in user profile Author SEO tab.
  • Breadcrumbs block not properly displaying when a dollar sign is used.
  • License required alert for multisite network activations has been updated to reflect the correct license plan requirement for the Domain Activations feature.
  • RSS sitemap style sheet now correctly says it is an RSS sitemap instead of an XML one.
  • Index Status request fired off for non-licensed users.
  • TruSEO “No alt attribute” check was not showing any data after expanding the check.
  • Minor styling issues in the SERP Preview.
  • Legacy Keywords feature now correctly generates a new SEO revision when updated.
  • Prevent Avada from outputting social meta tags.
  • Non-admin users are no longer able to accidentally reset the license key.
  • Plugin conflict with Recipe Blocks plugin.
  • CSV sample file downloads now work again in Firefox.
  • Crawl Cleanup table install error when using the MyISAM database engine.
  • Schema template would sometimes not save correctly.

Version 4.6.4

New

  • Alongside this release the AIOSEO team is proud to announce the launch of SEOBoost! SEOBoost helps you optimize your content using the power of AI and build a content strategy that simply works!
  • Added support for Course Info schema and integrated it with various membership plugins including MemberPress, MemberMouse and Wishlist Member.

Updated

  • Organization schema has been updated to Google's latest specifications. Various new fields have been added, including Organization Description, E-mail Address, Address, Founding Date and Number of Employees.
  • Website Name, Organization Name and Organization Description fields now support smart tags.
  • Schema graphs from AIOSEO blocks are now visible in the graph overview and schema validator. Click the icon in their card to highlight them in the Block Editor.
  • Added support for the valueAddedTaxIncluded field to autogenerated WooCommerce Product schema.
  • Added support for delivery times to generic Product schema.
  • Schema validator now regenerates the schema preview more frequently to provide more accurate results.
  • Increased height of Schema Generator modal in Block Editor.

Fixed

  • SEO Preview no longer sends an absurd amount of requests to REST API to get the schema output.
  • Saved templates not showing their graph subtype (if applicable) in the schema templates overview.
  • Label of phone number input fields no longer turns green when phone number is valid.

Version 4.6.3

Updated

  • New filters have been added to adjust the number of posts per action during the import process from other SEO plugins.
  • Added a filter to whitelist user IDs for the Author SEO tab in user profile settings for users without post editing permissions.
  • OpenAI support for Project API keys.
  • Improved scanning for Sitemaps to prevent race conditions.

Fixed

  • AIOSEO addons can now be activated on subsites even when the license key was activated on a network level.
  • Local SEO information not showing up on Validate Schema feature.
  • SERP Preview breadcrumbs were not displaying correctly if the trail was too large.
  • “Free” label was missing for zero-priced products in rich snippets on SEO/SERP Preview.
  • Primary term and SEO Preview conflict with the plugin Perfect Brands for WooCommerce.
  • Redirect's custom rule tooltip UI when testing a redirect.
  • Redirects now allow importing 4xx and 5xx types via the JSON importer.
  • Posts from the REST API posts were returning the same canonical URL due to internal caching.
  • Sitemap URL count and Last updated date when the sitemap URL has a query string.
  • Fixed Divi page builder conflict.
  • Deleting a redirect now instantly clears the redirect cache.
  • Link Assistant UI would sometimes not work with orphaned posts.
  • Scheduled Posts now display the appropriate Published Date in the Sitemap instead of the Scheduled Date.
  • Export Settings API route was missing.

Version 4.6.2

New

  • Automatic Site Verification & Sitemap Submission to Google Search Console – You can now automatically verify & connect your site with Google Search Console and submit your sitemaps in just a few clicks!

Fixed

  • Plugin conflict with Divi addon modules that sometimes causes a fatal error when editing a post.