Yoast SEO changelog - page 19

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the rel="next" and rel="prev" links were broken for all taxonomies.
• Removes an obsolete quote from the html for the seo metabox.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the keyword analysis was broken.
• Fixes a bug where our plugin raised a fatal error in the wpseo_admin bar when the $wpseo_front global was used.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the translations were corrupted due to an issue with out glotpress grunt task.

• Security fix: fixed possible cross scripting issue with encoded entities in a post title. This could potentially allow an author on your site to execute JavaScript when you visit that posts edit page, allowing them to do rights expansion or otherwise. Thanks to Joe Hoyle for responsibly disclosing this issue.

Bugfixes​

• Revert earlier logic change that broke taxonomy sitemaps.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed security issue with XSS in bulk editor, props @ryanhellyer.
• Fix bug where URL would show wrongly in snippet preview for static homepage.
• Fix bug where filtering for posts without a focus keyword in the posts overview wouldn't work.
• Fix a bug where code wouldn't be escaped in the bulk editor.

Enhancements​

• When meta description is present, og:description is filled with that on category pages.
• Texturize some pointers, props @nacin.
• Fix typo in tour, props @markjaquith.
• Code optimization in the replace vars functionality, props @dannyvankooten.

Bugfixes​

• Remove tags from title and description for snippet preview.
• Fix several notices.
• Improve escaping of values in the bulk editor before saving.

Enhancements​

• New admin icon using SVG, which uses proper color.
• Introduced a filter for the XML Sitemap base URL, wpseo_sitemaps_base_url
• Introduced a filter for the JSON+LD output: wpseo_json_ld_search_output
• For developers: the GitHub version now contains a full Grunt implementation for many actions.

This update removes more code than it adds, because Google stopped support for rel=author. It adds the new json+ld code for search in sitelinks though, so could have some cool results!

Bugfixes​

• Prevent dying on edit post page for new posts / pages without focus keyword.
• Fix replacement of %%excerpt%% in snippet preview.

Bugfixes​

• Fix wrong SEO Analysis value icon, regression from 1.5.5.1

Enhancements​

• Add role specific removal from XML Author sitemap
• Add option to exclude user from XML Author sitemap on user profile page

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a potential error with $canonical not being a string after being filtered.
• Fixed more bugs with first paragraph keyword detection.
• Fixed bug in saving new opengraph title and images variables in the social settings.
• Fixed bug where SEO score incorrectly reported as 'Bad' when no focus keyword set, props smerriman for finding, props Jrf for the fix.
• Override woo_title() output harder than before to remove need for force rewrite with WooThemes themes.

Enhancements​

• Replace %%parent_title%% variable client side through JS.
• i18n
• updated ar, cs_CZ, fr_FR, hr, pl_PL, pt_BR and ru_RU
• new .pot file based off of the 1.5.5 version

Bugfixes​

• Fixed several notices for undefined variables.
• Properly trim meta description to its desired size again, regression caused in 1.5.4.
• Fix empty last modified date for term sitemaps in sitemap index.
• Fix bug where wpseo_sitemap_exclude_empty_terms filter wouldn't work for index sitemap.

Enhancements​

• Improve nonce checking in bulk title & description editor.
• Prevent direct access to XSL file.
• Improve code styling to match WordPress code standard even more strictly, props Jrf.
• Add button to copy home meta description to home OpenGraph description.

Bugfixes​

• Properly minified the metabox JS file, fixing snippet preview, props Jrf.
• Format unix timestamp to string in sitemap, fixes possible fatal error in XML sitemap.

Bugfixes​

• Backing out earlier change, as this breaks the snippet preview.
• Enhancement
• Reintroduced the 'Strip the category base (usually /category/) from the category URL.' option.