WordPress SEO Plugin – Rank Math

[Dec 02, 2022] = * Improved: Refactored the Analytics Token regeneration code to avoid Google account disconnections * Improved: The Analytics data fetch will now only import data for dates on which data exists, reducing the time required to import the data * Improved: Clear pending background cron jobs related to Analytics if data import fails * Fixed: Keyword in Image Alt attribute test now works properly when additional text is present in the Alt tag for improving Image SEO

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[Nov 30, 2022] = * Added: [NEW!] HTML Sitemaps are here for everyone! * Added: Option to enable/disable Author Sitemap * Added: Back button in the Content AI Panel to get back to the SEO Controls without reloading the page * Improved: [HUGE!] SEO Tests & Content AI tests run much faster than ever * Improved: [HUGE!] Performance by preventing unnecessary calls for the getFeaturedImageId REST endpoint in the Divi Editor * Fixed: Visual bug in the date field of Schema Generator * Fixed: Query strings added to the attachment URL using the Open Graph Image filter were getting removed * Fixed: Incorrect description was generated when multiple keywords were used in the post * Fixed: Capitalize Title option was not working well when an apostrophe was used in the title * Fixed: Google Trends tool was not displaying the popup in the Elementor Editor after switching tabs * Fixed: Recalculate SEO score tool was not detecting the ALT text added to the post thumbnail * Fixed: Position of the toggle options in Rank Math's Meta Box at Classic Editor * Fixed: Missing font icons in Divi & Elementor Editor when Schema & Content AI modules are disabled * Fixed: Content AI REST endpoints were showing 404 error on some setups * Fixed: Sitemap cache not being cleared after setting a post to noindex * Fixed: Deprecated function used in the plugin

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math changelog

[Oct 06, 2022] = * Improved: Remove all Action Scheduler tasks related to Rank Math after uninstalling the plugin * Updated: Description links in the Webmaster Tools tab of the General Settings * Fixed: Converting Yoast's HowTo & FAQ block was working only on the 'Posts', not on other post types * Fixed: PHP warning on some setups after importing the data from SEOPress * Fixed: PHP error after deleting the post when Link Counter module was enabled * Fixed: PHP error when invalid schema data is saved in the Database * Fixed: Copying Schema shortcode using the Keyboard was not working in the Elementor editor * Fixed: Index Now API key was changed every time the Settings are updated * Fixed: Missing Analytics table error on some setups

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math changelog

[Sep 24, 2022] = * Fixed: Clicking on the Questions tab of Content AI was crashing the editor on some setups * Fixed: Button to open the Rank Math modal was not working in the Divi's Frontend editor on some installations * Fixed: Error in console when Frontend Stats Bar option was enabled

Note: From the next update, we will stop supporting older versions.

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math changelog

[Sep 22, 2022] = * Fixed: Strict PHP 7.2 error. It is recommended to update the PHP version to at least 7.4.

Note: From the next update, we will stop supporting older versions.

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Sep 22, 2022] = * Added: New option into the Recalculate the SEO score tool to include/exclude posts that already have an SEO score * Added: New property articleSection in the Article Schema * Added: New constant RANK_MATH_REGISTRATION_SKIP to skip the invalid registration check for developers * Improved: Knowledge Base link management code in the plugin * Improved: Grouped all scheduled actions used in the plugin with the name rank-math * Improved: Several small UI changes * Fixed: Action Schedular notice appearing on some setups * Fixed: Tool to Recalculate the SEO score was not working well with focus keywords containing diacritics * Fixed: Link to the Help page was broken in the Setup Wizard * Fixed: Disabling Email reports from Setup Wizard was not working * Fixed: Analytics Dashboard tab was showing an active state even after selecting other tab * Fixed: Site Analytics page was crashing on some setups when PRO plugin is not active

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Sep 14, 2022] = * Added: [NEW!] Tool to Recalculate the SEO scores * Improved: Use SEO Title & SEO Description in the WooCommerce Product Schema instead of Product title & description * Improved: Toggle buttons UI on the Version Control page * Fixed: Index Status was not working well on the WordPress installed in a subdirectory * Fixed: Emojis were getting removed from the SEO description at the time of updating the description using the Bulk Edit option * Fixed: %%category_description%% variable was not getting imported from the Yoast plugin

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Aug 24, 2022] = * Improved: Open Graph image generation code to execute faster on the front-end * Improved: File structure by moving page builder-related assets to their respective folders * Fixed: All Redirection rules were not getting exported to the .htaccess & Nginx .conf file * Fixed: Local SEO Sitemap was showing the wrong date format on non-English sites * Fixed: Incompatibility with the Oxygen plugin

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[July 13, 2022] = * Added: Content Analysis can now analyze the content added using the Reusable blocks * Improved: Schema on product variant pages to make it compatible with Google's Merchant Center * Improved: Increased the number of properties shown in the Analytics Settings * Fixed: Include & Exclude Nofollow domains were not working well when values were added with HTTP protocol * Fixed: The %seo_title% & %seo_description% variables were not working well in the Schema Generator * Fixed: Text added to FAQ & HowTo blocks in the dark theme was not visible * Fixed: PHP 8.0 errors on some setups where the Schema was not configured properly * Fixed: Compatibility issues with other plugins/themes that used the Tagify library

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jun 29, 2022] = * Fixed: PHP Fatal error on some installations where Elementor page builder and PHP v7.2 was used

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[Jun 29, 2022] = * Added: New filter to disable the domain checking functionality * Improved: Made several significant code improvements in the Analytics module to make the plugin even FASTER and LIGHTER * Improved: Made changes in the Person entity of Schema to include it only on the pages where it is needed * Improved: Dark mode styling of the Schema Generator in the Elementor editor * Removed: Old update routine files as most of those contained the deprecated code * Fixed: Heading tags used for representational purposes were getting counted in the Content AI Heading count test * Fixed: Focus keyword in the content test was not working well in the Elementor editor when the dash was used in the Focus keyword * Fixed: Autogeneration of permalink was not working well when German umlauts were used in the SERP URL field * Fixed: RSS feed settings were not imported from the Yoast plugin * Fixed: Unable to search the pages in the About & Contact page dropdown due to the minimumInputLength * Fixed: Settings search bar was not working on the first-page load after updating the plugin * Fixed: Missing SEO tags on the frontend when Elementor Maintenance mode was partially configured * Fixed: Redirection debugger was sending a 404 error code in the header * Fixed: PHP notices and warnings in the Redirection debugger on some setups * Fixed: Nofollow Domains & Nofollow Exclude Domains options not working reliably * Fixed: Encoded characters were shown in the Rich Results section of the Index Status

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jun 15, 2022] = * Added: [HUGE!] Synced Content Analysis tests with the recommendations provided by the Content AI * Improved: Added a new column on the Redirections page to show the Created date of the redirect * Improved: Search Preview & Mobile Search Preview shown in the SEO Analysis tool * Improved: Image SEO code to make it FASTER * Fixed: Some string translations were not working well * Fixed: Unable to connect account when WordPress is installed in a subfolder * Fixed: Connect to Rank Math account was not working properly when the URL contained special characters * Fixed: Debug Redirections option was not working well * Fixed: Some Schema properties were missing in the EDD Product Schema * Fixed: Analytics data was not getting imported correctly when domain property was selected in the Site Profile * Fixed: The maintenance page created using Elementor editor was not working well when the Rank Math plugin is active on the site * Fixed: Hash links added in the Elementor Accordion were counted as internal links * Fixed: JS errors on the Categories list page

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jun 01, 2022] = * Added: New filter to modify the text of Time to Read label * Added: New filter to modify Words Per Minute in the Slack enhanced sharing * Added: New function in Paper class to reset the main post instance. You can now use \RankMath\Paper\Paper::reset(); code to reset the current Paper instance * Improved: Made several significant code improvements that make the plugin even FASTER and lighter * Improved: Optimized the query that imports data from other plugins * Improved: Log details of the error when collation fixer function is executed * Improved: Description for Noindex Paginated Pages & Noindex Archive Subpages to make it easy to understand * Improved: Confirm dialog messages when importing or cleaning the plugin data to make it easy to understand * Removed: Code that ping sitemaps to Bing as it no longer supports it. You can read more about it here: https://www.seroundtable.com/bings-anonymous-sitemap-submissions-deprecated-33414.html * Fixed: jQuery Migrate warnings on some setups * Fixed: Link Counter was not working correctly on some setups * Fixed: Twitter overlay image option was not working when the Use Data from Facebook tab option was enabled * Fixed: Auto Post Redirect was not working on a subdomain installation * Fixed: PHP error on some setups when HowTo block was used in the post * Fixed: JS console warnings when using the HowTo block * Fixed: JS console warnings onAnalytics pages * Fixed: Posts list column & Post Analytics was not showing the FAQ & HowTo schema when those were added using the blocks * Fixed: Duplicated rows were stored in the redirections_cache table on some setups * Fixed: Duplicate code that used to ping sitemaps to Google twice on some setups * Fixed: Missing Rank Math icon in Block editor when Display Button Label option was enabled in the Preferences settings * Fixed: Permalink in Classic Editor was not updating after publishing the post on some setups

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[May 21, 2022] = * Fixed: Content AI was not detecting the images present in the content area * Fixed: Content AI was crashing the editor on some setups when the site was not connected to Rank Math account * Fixed: Some sites were showing PHP warning after the last update

[May 20, 2022] = * Added: Support for shortcodes in the FAQ & HowTo block content * Added: New filter to allow line breaks in the FAQ & HowTo block content * Added: Compatibility check to check if the base64_* functions are available * Improved: Description for Schema Type Titles & Meta option to make it easy to understand * Improved: Error messages on different pages to make it easy to understand * Improved: The code that generates Thumbnail overlay * Improved: Optimized and improved the overall code * Removed: The image:caption & image:title properties from the sitemap as Google no longer uses them. You can read more about it here * Fixed: Google Search Console data import was not working well with the domain property * Fixed: Content Analysis was not working when a comma was used in the Focus keyword * Fixed: Link Suggestion was not working well when the 'AMP for WP' plugin is active * Fixed: WP Super Cache plugin's cache was completely getting cleared after updating the WooCommerce Product * Fixed: PHP warning when invalid regex was used in the 404 Monitor Exclude Path setting * Fixed: Content AI was not working well on the posts created using the 'Builder by SiteOrigin' plugin * Fixed: Dashboard widget was showing without any content to the users who didn't have the required capability * Fixed: Links pointing to the media files were also counted as internal links by the Link Counter * Fixed: Missing tooltips in the Content Analysis tests * Fixed: Improved the styling of the Classic Editor Metabox when it is moved to the editor's sidebar * Fixed: Remove Snippet Data option was not working on some setups

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[May 04, 2022] = * Fixed: GA4 Data stream dropdown was not showing any value even if it was working fine

[May 04, 2022] = * Added: [HUGE!] Rank Math now supports Google Analytics 4 * Added: Option to create GA4 property with one click * Added: New option in Database Tools to match the collations of all Analytics tables * Fixed: Content AI was not working on secondary language posts created using the WPML plugin * Fixed: Search form on the Settings page was showing irrelevant items in the dropdown * Fixed: Both index & noindex options could be selected in the Date Archive Robots settings * Fixed: Dashboard widget was showing 403 error to the Shop Manager user role * Fixed: Dashboard widget was showing an error when the site couldn't load the Blog posts from rankmath.com/blog/ * Fixed: "Exclude this attachment from the Sitemap" option on the attachment details popup was showing to all the users * Fixed: Content Analysis was also analyzing the global Header & Footer content added in the Divi's Theme Builder * Fixed: On Divi's frontend editor, the SEO modal was getting closed after clicking on the Schema generator button * Fixed: In Easy Mode, Instant Indexing settings were linked to the wrong page * Fixed: Update data manually option was not working well on some setups in the Analytics Module * Fixed: Invalid %searchphrase% variable was used as a default value on the Search page

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Apr 13, 2022] = * Added: Close button to permanently hide the Analytics Stats bar from the frontend

[Apr 09, 2022] = * Added: Filter to show/hide Analytics Stats Bar on the frontend * Improved: Hide Analytics Stats Bar on the frontend on all the pages after clicking on the close button * Fixed: Author Sitemap was not working on some setups after the last update

[Apr 07, 2022] = * Fixed: Hide frontend Analytics Stats when Google Search Console is not connected to the site

[Apr 07, 2022] = * Added: [NEW!] Introducing Stats Bar. Now, you can view Analytics stats on the frontend * Improved: Optimized the Redirection queries for better performance * Fixed: PHP warnings on some setups when Admin Menu Bar was enabled * Fixed: Remove Product Base option was not working well on auto-translated secondary languages products created using WPML * Fixed: Duplicate sitemap was getting generated. Now, this duplicate sitemap page will redirect to the main sitemap * Fixed: Content AI Media count was showing different counts in different editors * Fixed: Content AI was not detecting the videos added using the Elementor's Video widget * Fixed: Content AI was not detecting the iframe videos * Fixed: Average position in Analytics page was showing the wrong color

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Mar 24, 2022] = * Fixed: Trailing slashes were automatically added to Source URL when creating a new Redirection rule

[Mar 23, 2022] = * Added: Search field for in the property selection dropdown present in the Analytics Module settings * Improved: Increased the width of tables present on the Analytics Pages * Improved: Added condition to validate the date before adding it to article:published_time & article:modified_time tags * Updated: CTR calculation formula to show more accurate values in the Analytics Module * Fixed: SEO Analysis was not working on some setups * Fixed: SEO score was crossing 100 value on some setups * Fixed: Trailing slash was getting stripped from the Source URL when setting a Redirection * Fixed: SERP preview in Divi editor was not showing the parent page in the permalink * Fixed: Auto Post Redirection was not working on Product Category pages when the WPML plugin is active * Fixed: Rest of the Keywords was not showing any data when keywords had Multibyte characters * Fixed: Links inserted from Link Suggestion were getting inserted to the wrong location in the Block editor * Fixed: Index Status was showing wrong pagination count when entries were not present in the rank_math_analytics_objects table * Fixed: Non-existent sitemap pages were showing a blank sitemap instead of a 404 error, props to @Roger_Montti * Fixed: Incompatibility with the Blocksy theme

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Mar 09, 2022] = * Added: [HUGE!] Google URL Inspection API Integration in our Analytics Module, now you can see current Index Staus, Earned Rich Results, Errors & Warnings from Google directly in your WordPress backend! * Improved: Keyword in URL test now detects the Focus Keyword in the parent page slug and domain name * Improved: Made several code improvements * Fixed: 404 Monitor was not working on the Full Site Editing sites * Fixed: Thumbnail Overlay option was not working on some setups * Fixed: SEO data was not updating in the Divi Page Builder's editor on the sub-folder installation * Fixed: SERP Preview was showing text from the commented code * Fixed: The startDate field in Event schema was not accepting the variables * Fixed: Content AI style on RTL sites

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Feb 23, 2022] = * Added: [NEW!] Dedicated Content Analysis tests for WooCommerce & EDD Products in the PRO version * Added: New test in the Content Analysis to check if the Content AI is used or not * Improved: Replaced tooltip toggle of each Content Analysis test with the respective KB article for better contextual help * Fixed: Some Content Analysis tests were getting hidden on posts with a Russian focus keyword * Fixed: External and Internal link tests were not working well on some sites with the Russian language * Fixed: Image Overlay feature was not working on some setups * Fixed: Export Redirections to .htaccess/nginx was only exporting 1000 URLs * Fixed: Content AI's media count test was not updating instantly after adding a Featured Image in the Classic editor

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Feb 11, 2022] = * Fixed: WooCommerce Variable products with the query string in URL were not working well when the Remove Product Base option was enabled

[Feb 09, 2022] = * Added: New options to debug the IndexNow API related issues * Added: Support for Cyrillic characters in the Content Analysis, now languages like Russian are supported * Added: Support for ImageMagick extension * Added: New filter to change the Sitemap caching method * Improved: Made several significant code improvements in the Analytics Module that have made the plugin even FASTER and lighter * Improved: Made several improvements in Content AI to make it easy to understand * Improved: Plugin performance by removing duplicate queries * Improved: Don't submit noindex posts to the IndexNow API after updating the post * Improved: Warning shown below the Thumbnail Overlay field * Fixed: JS errors in Gutenberg editor after disabling the PRO version * Fixed: Content analysis was not analyzing the main post content on the pages that were using Divi's dynamic Header & Footer templates * Fixed: PHP warning on Divi's frontend editor when WP File Manager plugin was active * Fixed: Searching for encoded 404 URLs was not working * Fixed: Too many redirections error on some setups when Remove Product Base option was enabled * Fixed: Editing a Focus Keyword was not working * Fixed: Content AI's Recommended keywords were not detecting accented characters in the Content area * Fixed: SEO panel was getting closed after removing the Focus keyword in the Divi Page Builder * Fixed: Slack sharing was showing the wrong product price for the Product variant * Fixed: PHP errors on some sites * Removed: Alexa Verification field from the General Settings as it is no longer used

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jan 27, 2022] = * Fixed: Variable dropdown was not working with the WordPress v5.9 * Fixed: SEO Panel was not appearing on Divi's frontend editor for WordPress v5.9 * Fixed: PHP warnings for various non-arrays on some setups * Fixed: Wrong changelog link in the Update email

[Jan 26, 2022] = * Added: [HUGE!] Introducing IndexNow integration. We have replaced the old Bing Instant Indexing API with the latest IndexNow API. This new API also supports Yandex * Added: Submission Log in the Instant Indexing Settings page to monitor last 100 submissions and removed regular submission notifications * Improved: Converted Dashboard widget from PHP to React, around 20% performance improvements * Improved: Content AI recommendation algorithm * Improved: Added range value in the Recommended Section of Content AI to make it is easy to understand * Improved: You can now use WebP image format for Twitter Open Graph * Improved: Compatibility with PHP 8.1 * Fixed: Bulk URL submission to Bing was not working from the Post list page * Fixed: Secondary language Product pages created using TranslatePress plugin were not working well when Remove Product Base option was enabled * Fixed: Added a condition to add article:modified_time & og:updated_time only when the post modified time is greater than the published time * Fixed: Length indicator was not working on the Attachment pages * Fixed: Slack sharing was showing in Author settings even when Author archive pages were disabled * Fixed: PHP error in the Dashboard widget on some setups * Fixed: Missing Logo error in AMP on Web Stories posts. The priority is now given to the logo added in the Web Stories settings * Fixed: Importing settings was not working on some setups where the .txt file upload was not permitted for the security reasons * Fixed: Single Post Redirection option was getting enabled after changing the post slug. This was happening when Auto Post Redirect option was enabled in the General Settings

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jan 05, 2022] = * Improved: [HUGE!] Made several significant code improvements that have made the plugin even FASTER. Now, the plugin folder is lighter than 450 KB * Added: Slack sharing option in all the post types * Fixed: Slack item number tag was not showing on the custom taxonomies * Fixed: Missing article:published_time & article:modified_time tags on posts using default Article Schema from Titles & Meta settings * Fixed: Article Schema was not showing the default Heading & Description value from the general settings on the new posts * Fixed: External link tests was not working properly when NoFollow External links option was enabled * Fixed: #current_year variable was not getting imported from the AIO SEO plugin * Fixed: PHP notice on archive pages

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Dec 22, 2021] = * Added: [HUGE!] Enhanced Sharing on Slack * Improved: Renamed Exclude this Image from sitemap label to make it more contextualized * Fixed: PHP warning when using the rank_math_contact_info shortcode * Fixed: Thumbnail Overlay was not working on the server where allow_url_fopen is not enabled * Fixed: SEO data was not updating on Classic editor when the Enter key is used to submit the form * Fixed: Saving a page with Firefox using Divi Backend editor was showing an error on some setups * Fixed: Editing a product made with Divi Backend editor was showing a popup * Fixed: Product short description was not updating after editing a product using Divi Backend editor * Fixed: Deleting Focus keyword was not working after the last update

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jul 15, 2021] = * Improved: [HUGE!] Improved performance of the plugin even further. * Improved: Keywords property in Article Schema is now added to all the existing posts * Improved: Styling of FAQ & HowTo block UI in the backend * Fixed: Sitemap showing an error on sites where FS_METHOD was FTP * Fixed: Author sitemap was throwing an MySQL error on some installations

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jun 30, 2021] = * Improved: [HUGE!] Made more huge code improvements that have made the plugin even FASTER. Also, reduced the number of queries related to Rank Math on the Homepage and the Archive pages to improve performance further. Rank Math is indeed one of the FASTEST SEO PLUGINS * Added: Power Words for the Swedish language * Improved: Sitemap was accessible even after adding zeros to the URL. It should only be accessed via its URL now * Improved: If website files are not writable, then the .htaccess editor will be disabled * Improved: The plugin will always use the WordPress installation charset instead of the server now * Updated: Action Scheduler vendor library for better performance and compatibility * Fixed: OpenGraph image was not working on the WooCommerce Shop Page * Fixed: Sitelinks Searchbox Schema was printing on the paginated pages * Fixed: Posts of hidden WPML languages were shown in sitemaps * Fixed: Option to filter posts by SEO Score was not working * Fixed: Conflicts with the Astra Theme's FAQ accordion add-on

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jun 18, 2021] = * Fixed: Missing @type in the default schema * Fixed: Warning shown in the Social Preview tab on some setups

[Jun 16, 2021] = * Improved: [HUGE!] Made several significant code improvements that have made the plugin even FASTER. Now, Rank Math is one of the most FASTEST SEO PLUGINS. * Added: New Database Tool to remove the old Schema code from the database. The plugin is not using that data anymore after introducing the revamped Schema Generator in version 1.0.48 * Added: Warning notice on the plugins page when the filter to remove everything related to Rank Math from the database is used * Added: Filter to hide Email Reporting options * Improved: Schema Module performance by optimizing and removing redundant code * Improved: Hide Analytics options if Google Services are not connected * Improved: Redirection flow after connecting Google Services from various setting pages * Improved: Description length indicator behavior to monitor 160 character limit * Improved: File structure by moving assets in their respective module folders * Fixed: Disabling Images in Sitemaps option was not working * Fixed: Incorrect display of single post URL in the Single Post Analytics reports if WordPress was installed in the subfolder. This was visible only to the admins and did not impact anything on the frontend * Fixed: Added missing condition to check if WooCommerce function exists in breadcrumbs

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jun 4, 2021] = * Added: [NEW!] [HUGE!] Introducing SEO Performance Reports via Email. Track monthly changes related to website traffic, impressions, total keywords & average position * Added: Some new Power Words for German * Improved: The filter to remove Sitemap credits now also remove the Rank Math SEO copyright reference from the page's source * Improved: Opengraph tags are self-closing now * Improved: Contact Shortcode should display Google map only when the map API key is added in the Local SEO Settings * Removed: Duplicate Power Words from the list * Fixed: The locations.kml file shows a 404 error when the Sitemap base was changed using the filter * Fixed: Removed x-robots from locations.kml file as it was causing warnings inside Google Search Console * Fixed: The option to open links in a new tab was not working with the IDN domains (Cyrillic) * Fixed: Kadence Blocks were showing the incorrect size of the link icon * Fixed: Rank Math SEO was adding click handler to other plugin notices * Fixed: The Product redirection was not working when the Product permalink was set to /shop/%product_cat% * Fixed: Text copied with the link was not showing the Link option modal inside Block Editor * Fixed: The core additionalClass field value was not getting added to the Rank Math Blocks and was causing trouble with the HowTo Schema block

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[May 20, 2021] = * Added: Now theme authors can enable Rank Math's Breadcrumbs by default using add_theme_support( 'rank-math-breadcrumbs' ); * Added: Transliteration functionality to convert diacritics based on the site language. This will ensure that the content tests won't fail to recognize the number of words for languages other than English * Added: A warning notice if a user tries to change the permalinks structure on a live website * Improved: For the keyword density test, the Secondary Focus keywords are also taken into account * Improved: Bulk Redirects for the 404 links now works on unlimited errors instead of the limitation of 10 links * Improved: Removed x-robots from locations.kml file to avoid Google Search Console warning. It was not affecting the indexing and your Local SEO though * Improved: The error log is not shown in a reverse state anymore in the Rank Math's System Info page * Fixed: Analytics data was showing zero values if Persian date format was used using plugins like WP Shamsi * Fixed: undefined offset error in the error log when SVG image was used for the featured image * Fixed: User-Agent was getting logged incorrectly in the Advanced 404 Monitor * Fixed: Video Schema as default Schema didn't have fields when editing the post. Too much automation eh. Sorry about that * Fixed: Autogenerated description was not showing the content from self-enclosing Shortcodes * Fixed: 404 pages were not getting recorded when the Oxygen Builder plugin was active * Fixed: Rating option of the Schema types was not accepting decimals in Safari browser * Fixed: index and noindex were selectable for the Author's Archive Meta * Fixed: data-id & data-type attributes added by block editor for the frontend links were getting removed * Fixed: Conflict in the Divi Page & Theme builder when other plugins were trying to use UnderscoreJS library via the underscore character (), like Event Tickets Plugin * Fixed: Bulk redirection functionality in the 404 Monitor page was not working * Fixed: Titles & Meta settings were showing taxonomies in the wrong post type setting group when they were registered in a random order * Fixed: Remove Category Base option was not working for categories written in the Greek language * Fixed: New Post defaulting to Publish status after changing the Publish Metabox order in the Classic Editor * Changed: Filter name to disable the Divi SEO Integration from `rankmath/divi/add_seotorank_math/divi/add_seo_tab * Removed: AutomaticItemList` Schema markup from Taxonomy pages to prevent Google Search Console errors

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Apr 28, 2021] = * Added: [HUGE!] Divi SEO is HERE! Complete Divi Page Builder/Theme integration. Now you can configure all the SEO settings from the frontend * Improved: Elementor SEO is made better by improving the update button behavior * Improved: Removed old analytics table as it was not required anymore after we revamped Google Analytics integration in Rank Math SEO * Fixed: Fatal error happening on some installations when action_schedular tables were missing * Fixed: Star rating showing two times in the preview area for the Event Schema * Fixed: Missing line break in robots.txt after Sitemap: rule * Fixed: Undefined offset: 0 warning when the featured thumbnail didn't exist * Fixed: Analytics-related database table was not getting removed after the complete uninstallation * Fixed: The filter to change the Sitemap http_headers was not working

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Apr 14, 2021] = * Added: Alt text as a caption property in the Primary Image, Logo, and Author Image Schema entities * Added: Description property in Author Schema entity * Added: async loading for the Google Analytics tracking script * Added: Filter to add Analytics stats of different language posts into the main post, examples abc.com/en/ or abc.com/es/. Note: Support needs to be added by translation plugins * Improved: Primary image and Author image uses image URL as an ID in the Schema Markup * Improved: Add Place entity in the Schema markup only when address is added in the Local SEO Settings * Improved: Show Database Tools only if the related module is enabled * Fixed: Analytics stats were not changing on some pages after changing the timeframe * Fixed: Undefined index: logo error if the logo was not set in the Titles & Meta settings * Fixed: Google Search Console table creation issue with the MySQL 8.0 * Fixed: Breadcrumbs Schema was not showing on the Product category/tag archive pages * Fixed: Missing backgrounds in some of the tabs of Elementor SEO * Fixed: Custom field analysis was not working when the Divi theme was active * Fixed: Open Graph image "Icon Overlay" feature was not working

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Apr 03, 2021] = * Fixed: Link modal freezes when trying to add a link in the Relation field of ACF * Fixed: Optimized one Analytics query, which was causing high CPU usage on some setups from the last update * Fixed: Wrong closing H4 tag in the shortcode

[Apr 01, 2021] = * Added: [NEW!] Post author schema property prints gravatar, social profile URLs(sameAs), author archive URL(if enabled), and worksFor attribute * Added: [NEW!] Focus keywords as keywords attribute in the Article Schema output * Added: Video duration data in the Recipe Schema output * Added: Width and height data in the ImageObject Schema property * Improved: Feedback Messages related to the Rank Math's Database tools * Improved: Avoid saving General settings after hitting the enter button while editing any text field * Improved: Browser title for the KML file in the sitemap * Improved: Replaced deprecated Javascript functions * Fixed: PHP notices showing right after installation on some installations * Fixed: Dashboard widget was throwing PHP errors sometimes due to cache clearing issue * Fixed: Rebuild Analytics Index tool was not indexing all available posts/pages * Fixed: rankmath_google_api_failed_attempts_data option was becoming too large on some websites * Fixed: Star Rating was not showing correctly on the frontend if a maximum value was more than 5 * Fixed: Settings tab were hidden for a post type which has word 'Notice' in its name * Fixed: Remove Data fetch scheduled actions if Analytics Module is disabled * Fixed: Sitemaps were not working with the plain permalinks * Fixed: Sitemap was not updating when Scheduled posts were published * Fixed: Analytics Dashboard page was not loading due to console error on some setups * Fixed: Missing schema markup code on the Static Homepage * Fixed: Analytics Graphs were showing wrong data when the 7 Days timeframe was Selected * Fixed: An error appearing in the PHP 8.0 * Fixed: Title attribute was getting added after the ending slash in img tag

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Mar 21, 2021] = * Fixed: Fatal PHP Error after updating the plugin where very old PRO version is present

[Mar 18, 2021] = * Updated: Minimum required PHP version is now set to 7.2. Even though the EOL is reached for PHP 7.2 as well. In a few months, we will not support any PHP version that has run out of its EOL cycle. Not only it's a security risk, but it also affects performance. * Improved: Analytics module now shows the latest position for keywords and posts instead of the average position for a selected timeframe. You should see better stats overall in the plugin now * Improved: Calculation method for the difference of keywords and posts positions is updated to reflect more meaningful data * Improved: Formulas to calculate the total number of keywords for which a site is ranking currently * Improved: Smallest keyword position will now represent the post position out of all keywords for which that post is ranking * Improved: Keyword position's bar graph and filters related to it now show accurate keywords count * Improved: Removed noindex posts from the Analytics reporting for a better understanding of the overall SEO of a site * Improved: Remove all the Schema entities from the post where Schema was not selected * Fixed: Active tab gets deselected in the Analytics pages when pagination is used * Fixed: Incompatibility with the Flatsome theme causing issues on some installations * Fixed: Every WooCommerce product gallery's images were adding as different og:image tags * Fixed: A fatal error in the Sitemap when the timezone was set to UTC-1 * Fixed: Styling issue in the "Mark page as" option of the admin bar * Fixed: SEO score was changing back to a lower score in the Elementor editor after reloading the page

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[Mar 12, 2021] = * Fixed: Invalid link attributions after selecting sponsored & nofollow options * Fixed: Unable to change the "Unpublish When Expired" option's value from No to Yes without changing any other field in the JobPosting Schema * Fixed: Schema shortcode showing data in the wrong place

[Mar 8, 2021] = * Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 5.7+ by disabling the max-image-preview meta tag added by the core because Rank Math already has the advanced options related to it * Improved: Inverted Y-Axis in all the position graphs of the Analytics module to make the graphs more accurate * Improved: Replaced Cache-Control: One year header from the XML Sitemap files to Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store * Improved: Added active modules list to the system status page * Improved: Removed excess whitespace from the Schema values when the variable was returning an empty value * Improved: Excluded Facebook's pixel image from the Image ALT test of SEO Analysis * Removed: Unnecessary debugging data from the system status tab to improve the performance * Fixed: Install Analytics Code option was not working with the Firefox & the Brave browser * Fixed: Video Schema shortcode was not outputting any data * Fixed: Option to delete Recipe Instructions text was missing * Fixed: Wrong category hierarchy in WooCommerce's Product Schema * Fixed: "Unpublish When Expired" option was not working in the JobPosting Schema * Fixed: Unable to choose a category for the "Brand" value for WooCommerce Product Schema * Fixed: A bug that was stripping out empty data-attributes from the content links * Fixed: A conflict with the FDP plugin and possibly others * Fixed: Conflict with the other plugins if access_token URL param was used in them * Fixed: Enabling Remove Category Base option was generating 404 pages on some installations * Fixed: Browser console was showing a 400 Bad Request when saving the general settings * Fixed: After connecting the Rank Math's account, the page was getting redirected to the wrong page on a Multisite * Fixed: Fallback redirection to home or URL was deactivating the WordPress's default redirection to login and dashboard pages * Fixed: KML XSL file fails to load when special characters were used in the Business name * Fixed: A JS error on some admin pages

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Feb 17, 2021] = * Improved: The Local SEO is much better with the Rank Math SEO plugin than ever * Improved: Query related to page search in the About & Contact page options of local SEO settings * Improved: Create tables related to different modules only if those modules are activated. This improves the speed of the plugin further * Improved: Updated CMB2 library to keep it updated to the latest version * Improved: The overall speed and security of the plugin * Fixed: "Exclude Logged in Users" option was not working in the Analytics module * Fixed: Missing telephone & image data for the Attorney Schema * Fixed: Few Business types in the Local Schema were showing invalid hasMap & geo attributes * Fixed: A PHP error related to analytics table after opening the analytics settings * Fixed: A fatal error happening on some installations when the site was updating from Rank Math v1.0.48 or less * Fixed: CLI command to generate the Sitemap in PHP 8 was not working

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[Feb 5, 2021] = * Fixed: FAQ Schema markup showing error if HTML tags are used in the answer area

[Feb 8, 2021] = * Improved: The overall Schema output and generation to a great level after consulting top Schema consultants * Added: Undo and Redo now works like a charm inside the Schema Generator popup * Added: Added an option to send an email when an update is available for the Rank Math SEO plugin * Added: A way to help the users to easily leave a review, with a dismissible notice * Improved: The overall speed and security of the plugin * Improved: Sitelinks search box Schema now prints the data only on the homepage as recommended by Google * Improved: WooCommerce Product Schema now prints mainEntityofPage property in the Schema markup * Improved: The auto-update will not be disabled when installing the latest version using the Rollback feature * Improved: The Bing Indexing API notices won't be showing up several times anymore * Improved: The primary category UI was showing in the Classic Editor, even if the option was disabled * Improved: Styling in the top admin bar is improved for the dropdown's options * Removed: None option from the product's availability dropdown * Fixed: %term_description% was not working in the preview area of the taxonomy pages (categories & tags). Nothing was impacted on the frontend to the search engines * Fixed: On multisite, the Rank Math SEO tab in the Elementor plugin was not showing unless the plugin was activated network-wide * Fixed: A PHP warning with the Bing Instant Indexing module * Fixed: Several small issues and improve the overall code of the plugin

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jan 8, 2021] = * Added: A badge with New text will appear on the blog articles in the dashboard's widget * Fixed: Some content analysis tests were failing with the Classic Editor plugin * Fixed: A PHP notice in the errorlog when an incorrect key was entered in the Bing Instant Indexing API field

[Jan 8, 2021] = * Added: [HUGE!] Instant Indexing for Bing! You can enable it from WP Dashboard > Rank Math > Dashboard > Instant Indexing Module * Added: [HUGE!] Revamped Analytics Module functionality. All small (and big) issues like data importing, data mismatch, data importing, etc., are sorted. Please delete the old data and start a fresh data fetch by following this guide * Added: [NEW!] Improved Y-Axis behavior for all the Analytics graphs when 2 or more filters are selected. You should see much better graphs in the Analytics module * Added: Special Open Graph tags for the Video, Product & Local Schema types * Added: Warning text in the Analytics Settings about GA4 not supported yet. Please follow this guide to create a Google Analytics property alongside GA4 * Improved: Made Schema Generator modal's footer sticky, so they are visible all the time. If you have not tried the new Schema Generator, then you must, to get a competitive advantage over your competitors * Improved: All the filters are now selected by default in the Analytics graphs to give a better overview * Improved: Rebuild Indexing Tool now truncates the flat table before rebuilding it * Improved: Status & Tools page now shows which Google Account permissions are given to the Analytics Module [reconnection required] * Improved: SEO Analyzer's Page Size test now counts the compressed size of the rendered page * Improved: The Redirection module now prevents adding a duplicate redirection by validating the source URLs * Improved: As requested by several users, we changed the Dashboard widget's priority so that the vital SEO stats are seen first * Improved: On the Author pages, we now print content="profile" instead of content="content" * Improved: Minified JSON-LD Schema markup output on the frontend * Improved: Styling of the preview section of the Schema Content in the dark-colored themes * Improved: Sitemaps now honor the forward-slash conditions added to WordPress's permalink settings * Updated: List of Local Business types supported by Schema.org * Fixed: Google Drive connection redirect link was not working in the UpdraftPlus plugin * Fixed: Mixed content warning related to Open Graph (http://ogp.me) * Fixed: "Focus keyword used previously" test was not working on the new pages or on the page where the keyword was added from the Quick Edit screen * Fixed: Notification code was causing errors on some installations * Fixed: Auto-Generated description in the Google preview was showing the excerpt text instead of the first paragraph from the content * Fixed: SQL error related to dbDelta after the plugin activation on some installations * Fixed: Remove BreadcrumbList Schema from the embedded Web Stories * Fixed: Some Analytics tables were saving the urlencoded values in the "page" column

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Dec 22, 2020] = * Added: Reset option in the Role Manager * Added: Compatibility with the Nitro CDN plugin for the Image SEO * Improved: Randomize Analytics' cron jobs time instead of resetting on the GMT+0 * Improved: Error reporting in the SEO Analyzer, if the tool does not work on some installation * Fixed: Taxonomy pages were showing the social preview twice * Fixed: Conflict with Elementor page builder when 'Remove Product Base' option was enabled in the Rank Math's WooCommerce Settings * Fixed: Advanced Robots options were not picking the default values set in the Global Settings * Fixed: Contact & About Page defined in the Local setting were not printing the proper Schema codes * Fixed: Undefined index: @type error on the Product Category pages

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Dec 13, 2020] = * Fixed: Classic Editor's SEO tests were not loading in Firefox on some installations * Fixed: Call to undefined function wc_get_product() in the Google Preview area on some installations * Fixed: hiringOrganization field in the Job Posting Schema was showing the wrong description * Removed: InteractionCount field from Video Schema as this field is not recommended by Google

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Dec 12, 2020] = * Fixed: Missing SEO tests in the Firefox & IE for the WordPress 5.6 * Fixed: Disabled Sitemaps were showing a content error instead of showing 404 page * Fixed: Recipe Schema shortcode was not showing the Recipe Instructions * Fixed: PHP Notice appearing on the checkout page for some installations * Removed: Plugin deactivation Survey and code related to it

[Dec 09, 2020] = * Improved: The overall data fetching process of the Analytics module from Google * Improved: Importing the top 1,000 keywords in the Analytics from Google * Fixed: The Classic Editor was not working properly on the installations where the PHP 7.2 or lower was used. Please update to at least PHP 7.4 for better security and speed * Fixed: Multiple reconnect notices were showing on some installations

[Dec 08, 2020] = * Added: Now Analytics shows Keywords even with the 0 clicks, this will help to show accurate CTR and Total Keyword count * Added: Show reconnect notice if the Google refresh token is missing * Improved: 'Re-create Missing Database Tables' tool now checks all the required tables for Rank Math * Improved: Keep only connected Google Accounts in the database * Improved: Minor UI changes * Fixed: PHP error in the frontend if the incorrect duration was used in the Video Schema * Fixed: Google preview for the WooCommerce product was not showing the Schema data * Fixed: Enable/Disable Date Archive Option was reverted * Fixed: Content Analysis was not working in the Classic Editor's text mode * Fixed: Incompatibility with the WP Parsi Date plugin * Fixed: Wrong Total redirection count when the number was greater than 999

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Nov 29, 2020] = * Improved: Made plugin compatible with the PHP 8.0 * Improved: Plugin's plan handling that was causing a conflict with the Analytics module as well * Fixed: Focus Keyword field background color in the Elementor Editor's light theme

[Nov 27, 2020] = * Improved: Google Access token for the Analytics Module refreshes only when the data fetching is done via a cron job * Improved: Hardened the security in some places in the plugin * Improved: Restrict Schema output on password-protected pages * Improved: Moved the URL field in the desktop preview area to appear before the title * Improved: Clicking the preview area in the Classic Editor now opens the meta editor * Fixed: Modules page was not getting translated completely * Fixed: Import tool was not importing the taxonomy metadata from the AIO SEO Pro plugin * Fixed: SERP Preview was showing the wrong permalink for the secondary language category pages of WPML plugin * Fixed: Redirections were not working for the secondary language of WPML plugin * Removed: 'Head, Footer and Post Injections' plugin from the conflicting plugin lists * Removed: Site Kit's developer ID from the GA tracking code as it was not required

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Nov 13, 2020] = * Improved: Schema tab styling in the Elementor Editor * Fixed: uBlock & some other Ad Blocking browser extensions were falsely blocking Analytics page-related scripts * Fixed: Styling of the graph filters in the Analytics page was breaking due to unnecessary CSS files loading from WooCommerce and AutomateWoo plugins * Fixed: Rank Math Tools were not showing the notice after using them

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[Nov 09, 2020] = * Squashed a couple of small issues

[Nov 09, 2020] = * Added: External icon in the Help & Support sidebar menu to Rank Math's KB * Improved: CSS related to the block editor's sidebar tabs and Analytics * Improved: Frontend score styling * Fixed: Analytics disconnection issue happening on some servers * Fixed: A bug causing discrepancies in Clicks, Impressions, CTR and Position in the Analytics module * Fixed: 'Getting Invalid argument supplied for foreach' error on posts using old Schema format * Fixed: A Syntax error in PHP 7.2 * Removed: Excerpt from the dashboard widget's blog posts section

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[Nov 02, 2020] = * Improved: Dashboard widget completely revamped. Better stats are shown in the Rank Math widget (https://i.rankmath.com/ZwPDM6) * Improved: Responsiveness of the Analytics pages. Now you can check your website stats on the mobile devices * Improved: Replaced all the textarea fields in the Schema templates with the input field * Improved: Changed 'Open Days' field from multiselect to checkbox in the Restaurant Schema to improve the usability * Fixed: Default Article Schema type was not added in the old posts on some installations * Updated: Improved the comments on the files where the code was adapted from Yoast, as suggested by Joost de Valk * Fixed: rank_math_rich_snippet Shortcode was not working with all the Schema types * Fixed: Missing Logo Field error on the AMP pages when the Local SEO Module was disabled * Fixed: Styling issues related to Gutenberg v9.2.2

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Oct 22, 2020] = * Fixed: 'Add Image' button was not working in the Social tab * Fixed: Typo in the Restaurant schema type * Fixed: Old EDD product schema converting to the WooCommerce Product Schema; this will not affect the frontend output * Fixed: Product Schema was set on the newly created WooCommerce products instead of WooCommerce Product Schema * Fixed: Already reviewed checkbox was not working in the Elementor Modal's Ask review tab

[Oct 20, 2020] = * Added: Reconnect button on the Analytics settings page. This option can be used to refresh the property list * Added: Individual WooCommerce Product reviews in the Schema markup code along with the aggregate rating * Improved: Removed some unused code and reduced the plugin zip file from 2.8 MB to 2.06 MB * Improved: Made Analytics menu dot red if Google services are disconnected * Improved: Hide the rest of the Google Analytics and Google Search Console properties once settings are saved so no one else can see which websites are verified under your account * Improved: Red color dot shows up beside the Analytics menu item if Google Services are not connected * Improved: The CTA action box styling in the Schema popups * Improved: Google Maps API Key option field now uses a password type to hide the key from showing up to everyone * Improved: Replaced multi-select fields in the Schema types with checkboxes * Improved: Schema module's performance by optimizing the code further * Improved: Remove default border from the contact shortcode Map and also remove some unused CSS * Removed: Google Analytics traffic stats introduced in the last update as they were causing issue due to high usage on several installations * Removed: Adsense account and few other scopes as those are not required in the free version * Fixed: Encoded category URLs were throwing 404 error when the Remove Category Base option was enabled [Thanks to @dawnbirth] * Fixed: Schema @type set as false if the business type is set as none * Fixed: An issue where the Google services were disconnecting on some installations * Fixed: Date Archive enable/disable option labels were showing in the reverse order * Fixed: 404 Monitor page title shows as a link * Fixed: UI issues in the Elementor dark mode * Fixed: System Info tab showing "Copied!" text all the time

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Oct 10, 2020] = * Added: [NEW!] [HUGE!] Introducing the revamped Analytics module! Now you can track your site's SEO performance from one place. Preview https://i.rankmath.com/mk2pTt * Added: [NEW!] [HUGE!] Google Analytics integration! Install Google Analytics code with a click of a button and track your unique visitors for every post/page of your website inside WordPress * Added: Automatically verify, add and configure your website for Google Search Console without leaving WordPress * Added: Automatically verify, add and configure your website for Google Analytics without leaving WordPress * Added: An option to exclude logged-in users from Google Analytics tracking * Added: Rank Math can automatically add Sitemaps into the Google Search Console. No more worrying about adding the Sitemaps manually inside Google Search Console * Added: New Analytics page shows your website's overall SEO scores & optimization * Added: Keyword Position graph shows the number of keywords ranking in the top 3, 10, 50, and 100 positions that are driving traffic to your website * Added: Advanced graph in the Performance tab of the Analytics module that gives you an overview of overall Site Traffic, Search Impressions, Search Clicks, CTR, & Average Position of your keywords * Added: An option to select the timeframe for your Analytics stats. Choose between past 7, 15, 30, or 90 days * Improved: "SEO Score: Bad" post-filter now shows only the posts that have a Focus keyword added to them * Fixed: Auto-update cannot be enabled from the plugins admin page * Fixed: Empty itemList element in the Breadcrumbs Schema for the blog page when show homepage link option was enabled in the settings * Fixed: An Invalid object type error for the "publisher" field if the Local SEO module was disabled * Fixed: A PHP notice appearing on some installations while saving category or a tag page * Fixed: Save All button in the bulk edit was showing a 400 Bad request error if there were no changes in any of the posts * Fixed: Enable/Disable Author Archive toggle was not working as expected

Note: We do not store or process any data on our servers. Your website's database will be used for storing and processing the data. You can read the plugin's usage policy here

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Oct 01, 2020] = * Added: Support for importing txt settings file on a Multisite setup * Fixed: Event Venue fields were not showing in the right Event Mode * Fixed: Missing mainEntityofPage property in the default schema added from the Settings * Fixed: Added logo URL using ImageObject in the Publisher entity * Fixed: Ajax-based Dropdown options were working in the settings page * Fixed: lodash is not defined error on the Settings page * Fixed: Broken Redirection loader image * Fixed: Beta updates were not working

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[Sep 27, 2020] = * Added: A Filter hook in the Setup Wizard steps * Fixed: External Redirections were not working on some installations * Fixed: Content analysis was not detecting the content added in the Elementor editor * Fixed: Hidden Primary Category option in the Classic Editor due to small CSS bug * Fixed: Breaking of Rank Math metabox after using rank_math/gutenberg/enabled filter in the Block editor * Fixed: jQuery Migrate Helper deprecated warning appearing after the last update

[Sep 26, 2020] = * Added: [HUGE] Completely revamped the UI for our Schema module. Introducing tree structure UI, now anyone can easily understand the Schema markup in a visual format. Comes with required field validation. * Added: [NEW] Entity Graph for the Schema markup. Now all the nodes are connected by edges * Added: Code to make upcoming PRO version compatible with the free version * Improved: UI of the export option in the Redirections page * Improved: Some missing text in the translation file * Improved: Added a condition to check if a method exists in the Paper class * Improved: Use site_url() instead of home_url() * Improved: Beta functionality now downloads beta version from the Trunk folder of WordPress.org SVN * Changed: Time options in the Recipe Schema now need PT as a prefix, example: PT1H30M * Changed: Default mode to 'Advanced' on new installations * Fixed: Contact shortcode was not showing some contact info like Email & Phone number * Fixed: %name% variable was not working in the backend of single posts and pages * Fixed: %name% variable was showing the wrong user name in the profile edit page * Fixed: Variation Products were showing price mismatch warning in the Google Merchant Centre * Fixed: PHP warnings related to beta testing functionality on some installations * Fixed: Schema markup issue when BankOrCreditUnion is selected in the Local SEO settings * Fixed: Removed non-archive CPT pages from the breadcrumb's schema markup code * Fixed: Shortcodes were not rendering on the frontend for the Category/Taxonomy description text * Fixed: CPTs created by some third party plugins in the Titles & Meta global settings were not displaying * Fixed: PHP warnings related to beta testing functionality on some installations * Fixed: Datepicker styling issue with the Coupon theme from PremiumPress * Fixed: Opening Days in the Restaurant Schema were not available for the block editor & Elementor * Fixed: Minimum required WordPress version notice in the Setup Wizard * Fixed: Icon styling in the FAQ and HowTo blocks

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Aug 25, 2020] = * Added: Proper credits and attribution wherever they were missing. We are incredibly sorry about missing them in the first place. That should not have happened. Please feel free to reach out to us in case the credits are still missing anywhere in the plugin. We would be more than obliged to add. * Improved: Excluded image caption text from the auto-generated SEO descriptions * Improved: Added more automation to the Open Graph Image tag(og:image) functionality. It can now pick the first external image from the content as well * Improved: Fixed PHPCS warnings throughout the plugin * Removed: Unused remove_stopwords function from the Redirection module * Removed: Some unused error_log() calls from the plugin * Fixed: SERP preview section not showing Hindi characters properly

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jul 30, 2020] = * [NEW] Added: Pixel length counter for the title & description fields (view preview) * Added: Synced Rank Math's auto-update feature with the auto-update option introduced in WordPress 5.5 * Added: Rank Math's blocks are now translation-ready in the WPML plugin * Improved: The UI of Import/Export settings page * Improved: Only show the SEO score in post lists when a focus keyword is set and if the post is indexable * Improved: Show a green indicator for keywords with the first position in the Search Console * Improved: Help & Support link in the sidebar menu now links directly to the Knowledge Base * Improved: Removed the description from the Article Schema code for Google Web Stories as Google no longer requires it * Improved: Tooltip icon styling and consistency across both the Classic and the Gutenberg (aka Block) editor * Improved: API error handling for the Analysis functionality of Rank Math * Improved: Variables with double % will not show a preview in the Rank Math's post preview area as they don't work on the frontend * Improved: Error handling if an invalid file is uploaded in the settings importer * Improved: Checkbox styling in the Gutenberg & Elementor sidebar for the upcoming WordPress 5.5 * Removed: Deprecated Structured Data Testing Tool from the admin bar * Removed: Disabled Core Sitemaps coming in WordPress 5.5 to avoid conflicts with the Rank Math's Sitemap feature as Rank Math's Sitemaps are more robust at this time * Fixed: twitter:image tag was not using the image set in the Facebook tab of Rank Math for the newly created posts using the Gutenberg Editor * Fixed: Broken links in the Twitter preview tab for App & Player Card notice * Fixed: An issue where an extra slash in the Elementor's Canonical URL option was shown. Though, it was not affecting the output for the search engine bots * Fixed: Adding a copied link from the clipboard to the block aka Gutenberg editor was breaking the paragraph * Fixed: Content analysis was not working for the pending posts when the editor user role did not have the capability to publish_pages * Fixed: Multiple broken KB links in the Setup Wizard * Fixed: A PHP error appearing in the post list if 'Hongo Addon' plugin was active * Fixed: A problem where WP_HOMEURL was getting used instead of WP_SITEURL for the redirect 404 to homepage option

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jul 06, 2020] = * Added: [New!] Support for Google Web Stories by integrating with the Web Stories plugin for WordPress * Added: An option to enable/disable update emails in the Auto Update option as well as the ready step of the setup wizard * Added: Facebook & Twitter meta fields in the WPML config file * Added: Some missing text in the translation file * Added: A filter to remove rank-math-link class from the content links on the frontend * Added: A dismiss button in the Auto-post Redirect notice that was missing accidentally. Sorry about that * Improved: Single post editor's performance by removing some unnecessary Focus Keyword related combinations * Improved: Validating the Robots data before using them on the frontend * Improved: Hiding the Attachment Options in the Titles & Meta setting if the 'Redirect Attachments' option is turned on * Improved: Set attachments to noindex after importing settings from Yoast and if the Redirection Attachment option was set to on * Improved: Renamed 'Media' tab in the Sitemap settings to 'Attachments' * Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 4.9 and the users will see a notice in the backend requesting them to update their WordPress to the latest version if someone wants to use the future releases of Rank Math (they might not be compatible) * Improved: Product In Stock value in the Product Schema shortcode will now show Available or Not Available instead of a boolean value * Improved: Enhanced security in some places in the plugin * Replaced: A third-party useragent checking API in the advanced 404 Monitor with a native library * Removed: Missing description tag HTML comment notice from the frontend for admins * Changed: Dropdown labels to filter the post by SEO Scores * Changed: Sitemap cache directory from plugin folder to wp-content/rank-math * Fixed: Few users were not able to connect their Google Search Console & Rank Math account * Fixed: The status of Elementor's update button was not updating in some cases which were causing confusion * Fixed: An issue where the AMP plugin by Google was throwing errors for admin-related scripts. Even though it was working fine on the frontend * Fixed: Block Styling was not loading in the backend with the Gutenberg v8.4+ Plugin * Fixed: An issue where using a spacebar while adding a meta description was throwing the cursor to the end of the description entered * Fixed: Compatibility with the Duplicate Post plugin * Fixed: Getting an invalid argument supplied error in class-cmb2.php file on some installations * Fixed: Russian focus keywords were not getting detected in the URL in Rank Math's tests * Fixed: An error was generating in the backend when the post thumbnail image was removed from the media folder * Fixed: In some cases, invalid was getting added to the Focus Keyword field after updating the post * Fixed: Guided Recipe Schema was throwing an invalid value in the field itemtype when a HowtoSection value was added * Fixed: A PHP warning for missing constant if WordPress version requirement was not met

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jun 17, 2020] = * Added: In the WPML config file, added Breadcrumb's homepage link option * Improved: Hardened security further. Props to Tanner Hodges * Fixed: An issue with the Recipe Schema where the Recipe Instructions field was not respecting the line breaks upon saving a post * Fixed: The Primary Category feature was not working properly when someone changed the default category in the WooCommerce * Fixed: The TOC test was failing on multisite installations when a plugin was activated on the entire network * Fixed: A problem where the custom rewrites were not displaying correctly inside the Canonical URL field in the backend. Though, it was working fine for the search engines * Removed: The sourceMap comments from the CSS files so users won't get 404 warnings on their site

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jun 12, 2020] = * Added: [NEW!] Added Social share buttons in the Gutenberg publish flow, now you will see the share buttons after publishing the post * Added: Title attribute for the sidebar tabs for better usability * Added: Full compatibility with the WPML plugin [WPML String Translation Plugin is required] * Added: Some missing strings in the translation file * Improved: The variable Product Schema output by replacing Offer with AggregateOffer * Improved: Made the registration step simpler to understand as to why a FREE account is needed and the benefits * Improved: The new UI's checkbox styling was getting applied in the Classic Editor's sidebar * Improved: We've tinkered with the internal workings and polished some rough edges. The plugin is now better & secure than it was * Removed: The usage tracking option is not needed as the data received was not stored on the servers or utilized * Removed: Unused JS files * Fixed: Option to set custom data in the Twitter's social tab was not working in the Classic Editor * Fixed: Open links in a new tab and nofollow options were not working if the Image SEO module was deactivated * Fixed: The strip category base option was not getting imported from Yoast * Fixed: The option to select multiple Employment Types in the JobPosting Schema was not working in the Gutenberg * Fixed: Sitemap was not working when a custom permalink structure with index.php was used before the %postname% variable * Fixed: Content analysis not working on the taxonomy pages when quotes were used in the title * Fixed: A redirection conflict with BuddyPress when the Redirect 404 to Homepage option was enabled in the General Settings * Fixed: The Gutenberg editor was incorrectly displaying the Icon Overlay in the Social preview when the overlay option value was set to off. This was not affecting the frontend output * Fixed: Redirections were not working from the advanced tab of the category/term edit page * Fixed: The URL preview in the Classic Editor was incorrect for languages like Arabic but the output, for the search engines, was correct * Fixed: An issue with the Members plugin where the general settings were not accessible when creating a new role using that plugin

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Jun 05, 2020] = * Added: Some missing strings in the translation file * Fixed: Options to set custom data in the Twitter tab was not working in the Classic Editor * Fixed: Gutenberg Editor showing 'Icon Overlay' option is ON even if the option was not enabled, this was not affecting the frontend output * Fixed: Strip Category Base option was not getting imported from Yoast * Fixed: New UI's checkbox style was getting applied in the Classic Editor's sidebar * Fixed: "Open External Links in New Tab/Window" Option was not working if the Image module is not enabled, this was not affecting any old installations as by default in all those installations Image Module is on * Fixed: Incorrect URL Preview in the Classic Editor for Arabic Characters * Fixed: Redirectionoption not working in the Category's advanced tab * Removed: Unused JS files

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[May 29, 2020] = * Added: Check for the MBstring PHP extension in the Setup Wizard * Improved: Right to Left(RTL) language support with the new design * Fixed: Synced the SEO Score's color in the posts' list view with the single post editor view * Fixed: A PHP warning showing up on some installations related to WP_Screen * Fixed: A fatal error occurring on some sites where translation plugins like TranslatePress, Polylang, WPML, etc. were used * Fixed: openssl_decrypt error showing on some websites. You might need to reconnect the Search Console account if you still see the error

[May 27, 2020] = * Added: [NEW & HUGE!] A completely new design with best in class user experience. Setting and using the plugin can never be more comfortable. Check the preview here * Added: Easy & Advanced modes for better option handling. One can choose between the two to make the interface simpler or advanced. Easy mode is what we would recommend to 99% of the users * Added: A brand new Image SEO module by moving all the image SEO-related options into it * Added: An On/Off toggle for the Role Manager in the setup wizard * Added: If error logging is turned on a site, the error log's data shows up inside the System Status page of Rank Math. Will come in handy when debugging issues * Added: A new filter is added to show NoIndexed posts/pages in the Sitemap. It is only for advanced users having an edge-case. For normal users, it is not recommended to use * Improved: Strengthened the plugin's SECURITY further * Improved: The performance by removing the FontAwesome library from the backend and from the posts where ratings were shown on the frontend. Use any of the Schema types from here to show star ratings on the search results * Improved: The working of the focus keyword field. Now, as soon as you paste the keyword or click outside the focus keyword area, the keyword gets registered. No more requirement to press the enter key * Improved: The styling of the focus keyword area with long keywords not fitting perfectly in the Gutenberg sidebar * Improved: The confusing layout of the Search Console related options to make it easier to follow by showing just a single button on the first instance * Improved: Added a tutorial link in the Search Console step of setup wizard to let users use their Google App. It is highly recommended to the Agency owners. Read here * Improved: Updated the text inside the options panel to make them easier to understand * Improved: Schema Markup output now limits the title characters to 110. Props to Saijo George * Improved: Query performance related to the Rank Math Variables by running it on only required pages * Improved: Allow only one Focus keyword in the Taxonomy pages(Category/Tag etc.), as there are no tests for the secondary keywords * Improved: Internal linking SEO test now considers relative URLs as well when assigning a score to the page * Improved: Compatibility with the WPML plugin * Improved: Score calculating formula in the SEO Analyzer, you will see the slight score difference on the next run * Improved: Breadcrumbs code by adding better support for accessibility * Improved: SEO Meta can be changed even if a post is set to noindex * Improved: By default, the Elementor page builder's templates are now set to noindex, this will not affect the posts/pages created using Elementor * Improved: As soon as someone deactivates the plugin, the site connected to the Rank Math's account also gets removed * Improved: Recipe Schema to include contentURL as a required field in the Recipe Video * Improved: The options panel search is much more meaningful now and shows the options from all the Rank Math related settings * Improved: The Schema type for pages like Home, Contact Us, About Us, etc. will now have None selected by default * Improved: For the page set as the Blog page from the WordPress 'Reading' settings, there won't be any content related tests. They made no sense on that page and users were finding it impossible to get a good score on that page * Removed: Stopwords functionality completely, as it is not relevant anymore due to the updates like BERT * Removed: Multiple Social meta options, as they are not required anymore for the Knowledge Graph by Google & Bing. You should only see the needed options in the Global Social Meta settings page * Removed: Social tests from the SEO Analyzer as those are not needed anymore * Removed: isSimilarTo Schema code from the single WooCommerce products to comply with Google's demands * Fixed: Score was not updating immediately after adding new Focus Keyword in some cases * Fixed: Keyword density test not working when diacritics were used in the focus keyword * Fixed: URL count was not updating immediately and correctly. It should be displaying the count as expected * Fixed: Text in the contact info Shortcode was not translation-ready * Fixed: Filter to disable Gutenberg Sidebar works fine again. Sorry about this and we would recommend to try and get used to the sidebar version as that is more productive * Fixed: An issue with the lazy loading image scripts, where the automatic ALT & Titles tags were adding gibberish characters instead of the proper values * Fixed: Bulk image ALT edit was not working properly in the Media page[List View] * Fixed: Missing timezone error in onlineEvent Schema Markup * Fixed: The preview section was showing In Stock status for WooCommerce products even though products were out of stock. Frontend Schema Markup was printing correctly. They should be in sync now * Fixed: For WooCommerce, when the Remove Product Category Base option was enabled, double slashes were incorrectly getting added to the URLs * Fixed: Wrong homepage URL was showing in the Elementor Editor's preview if the static page was set as the homepage * Fixed: Phone Number label in the Contact Info shortcode was not localized * Fixed: Score and color of the secondary keyword in the Classic Editor was not matching with the Gutenberg Score * Fixed: Yoast's HowTo Block importer not working from the Status & Tools page. it was working fine from the setup wizard * Fixed: OG & Twitter description tags were missing on the archive pages * Fixed: Conflict with the WPML plugin and Remove Product Category Base option * Fixed: Rank Math was not detecting videos added using the Divi Builder because the builder adds video tag instead of embed tag * Fixed: The output of the %excerpt% variable in the SEO Description field will use custom post excerpt before creating an auto-generated description * Fixed: Some strings were not translating in the Gutenberg(block Editor) * Fixed: Importing the settings via a TXT file was throwing an illegal string error * Fixed: The filter to change the Sitemap's base URL was not working * Fixed: The Classic Editor was not responding when special characters were used in the Permalink field * Fixed: Missing forward slash in the preview area if WPML plugin was active * Fixed: An issue where diacritics were not getting detected in the Power Words test * Fixed: Missing twitter:site tag in single posts added from the Twitter Profile URL was not working * Fixed: Ignore Case option in the Redirection module where it was getting selected automatically for the last source when two or more sources were added * Fixed: Elementor's preview wasn't displaying the category slug even though the URL after publishing an article was generating correctly * Fixed: Added some missing strings in the translation file. Please help in translating the plugin by contributing here

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[Apr 20th, 2020] = * Improved: Styling of the focus keyword field in the Classic Editor if keywords expanded to 2 rows * Improved: Strengthened security further * Improved: New posts where custom titles are not used, will now be generating the titles on the fly using the global variable template * Improved: Auto-update emails won't contain the site name anymore * Improved: Removed Rollbar's library from the plugin to make the plugin much smaller and faster * Fixed: Single posts' Schema type was not honoring the global settings and needed a manual selection. That should not be the case now

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[Sep 18, 2019] = * Added complete ACF support. Simply activate the ACF plugin, and Rank Math will detect the custom fields for Content Analysis. No more tinkering with code * Added status and Tools pages for better debugging * Added range value for the price field in Service Schema * Added some performance fixes to get the plugin ready for an upcoming major update * Improved the working of power words, sentiment words and the focus keywords * Improved module manager and optimized for speed * Changed the default priority to show description text before the excerpts in the Schema data * Updated WordPress Helper library to 1.0.8 * Updated auto keyword suggestion API to the latest version from Google * Removed BreadcrumbList Schema from the frontpage to adhere with Google's guidelines * Fixed a few tests not running if secondary focus keyword is selected * Fixed an Open Graph error on single product pages of WooCommerce * Fixed few tests in the SEO Analyzer, so it does not fail on some installations * Fixed a warning when filtering the content for missing focus keyword in the title of the post * Fixed an issue where WooCommerce variables were not working in the previous version properly * Fixed a compatibility issue with the Ultra Seven Theme * Fixed the "WordPress Database Error Column 'term_id' in field list is ambiguous" error * Fixed an issue where %currentmonth% variable was not showing a translated month in the preview

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[Aug 29, 2019] = * Fixed fatal error happening on some WooCommerce installations * Fixed WooCommerce redirection issue on some installations

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[Aug 28, 2019] = * Improved WooCommerce's module for speed and readability * Added complete compatibility for the BuddyPress plugin * Added Rank Math's options in the Screen options for users with onpage_general capability (like Editors etc.) * Added redirection to old product links, to the new ones, when Remove Product Base option was turned on. Previously the plugin was only adding a Canonical URL * Added changes in the Setup wizard to make it more GDPR-friendly * Added a filter to hide SEO scores * Updated all date() to date_i18n() functions * Removed default Schema from About & Contact pages * Fixed an issue where the plugin was not obeying the DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT rule * Fixed Dashboard widget showing an empty box instead of hiding itself when the permissions were not correct * Fixed Redirection issues when + or ? were used in the source URLs. They should be working fine now * Fixed an issue with the redirection to the document file showing a 404 page. Document files should normally open now as expected * Fixed a CSS overflow in SEO Analysis when long URLs were displayed * Fixed Robots.txt editor not working when the site was set to NoIndex * Fixed an issue where the auto-generated description was removing diacritics from the preview area * Fixed an issue where About Us and Contact pages were not showing in the Organization data of Schema Markup

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[Aug 02, 2019] = * Added diacritics into consideration while running the content analysis. Finally, all other language words can be analyzed! * Improved the logic of honoring the Global Meta so, there are no mismatches between the settings of a single post vs general settings and also for the importers. Please review your Rank Math's settings properly if you happen to import. Here's a detailed guide * Improved the searching in the redirections & 404 errors * Improved SEO Analysis text further to make things clearer * Updated the analysis's API URL to Rank Math's * Fixed a bug with WordPress 4.x (to everyone still using WP 4.x, please update to the latest WP and use Classic Editor plugin alongside) * Fixed an issue with the importing of the Redirections. Disabled redirections were getting imported as active. That should not be happening anymore. * Fixed a bug where CSS & JS files were loading on the frontend even if the admin bar was disabled * Fixed a compatibility issue with WooCommerce's category permalink flushing * Fixed an issue with the Snippet Shortcode occurring with a Non-numeric value * Fixed an issue with the redirections where QueryString with trailing slash / was not working fine * Fixed few typos in the description of the helping text * Fixed an issue with the auto-update. It should be working fine now. * Fixed a compatibility bug with WPML

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[Jul 23, 2019] = * Improved the compatibility with the AMPforWP plugin further by making it performant with MariaDB as well * Improved the styling of the feedback form upon deactivation * Improved Focus Keyword filter further to perform better * Fixed an issue with the importing of the Redirections from other plugins * Fixed a PHP 7.3 deprecation notice (hopefully!)

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[Jul 23, 2019] = * Fixed a compatibility issue with AMPforWP plugin

[Jul 22, 2019] = * Added localization of weekdays in the Contact Shortcode * Added a filter for GET_query params so they could be redirected as well * Improved the behavior of Rank Math's icon to match the score's color, instead of showing red all the time * Improved the redirection behavior when site domain was present in between the URL, it is not getting stripped anymore * Improved compatibility with PHP 7.3 * Changed the behavior of 'Remove category base' option. The new URLs are now using a 301 instead of Canonical URLs * Removed Redirection option from 410 and 451 types as it's not needed there * Fixed a PHP notice showing up about a Breadcrumb property not being set * Fixed the variable of %focuskw%, showing all the Focus Keywords instead of just the primary keyword * Fixed the image ALT test for the featured images. Plugin wasn't detecting the ALT text in the featured images * Fixed Yandex's Schema Markup error for the Collection page * Fixed the redirection of the URLs with diatrics in them aka accents * Fixed the auto redirection option. It stopped working after the last update * Fixed the 404 redirection option to work properly * Synced the ALT test with the auto-ALT feature. Now the content analysis won't throw a false warning if %focuskw% is used * Added small fixes and performance improvements

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[Jul 16, 2019] = * Added new Google Rich Results testing tool's link in the External tools list menu * Added text/HTML tab on the category pages * Fixed the noindex option not working in the Custom Post Types, due to this CPTs were appearing in the Sitemap * Fixed Rank Math metabox not showing up on WP v4.8.x & 4.9.x * Fixed WP Rocket minification not working when the Rewrite title option was enabled * Fixed RTL styling issue of Review Snippet on the frontend * Improved styling of Recipe ingredients section on the frontend * Replaced Graph dashicon with the Rank Math's icon in a couple of places * Added some small performance improvements

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[Jul 12, 2019] = * Fixed an issue happening on some installations where the content analysis API was conflicting with the MetaBox

[Jul 12, 2019] = * Added Content Analysis API, now developers can make their custom fields compatible with Rank Math, more details about the API and implementation * Added an option to auto-update the plugin [Rank Math >> General Settings >> Other] * Added few extra code checks in the SEO analyzer Page to avoid 503 Error on some websites * Improved CSS files by removing vendor prefixing (-webkit) * Fixed Sitemap not showing indexable posts in some cases * Fixed incorrect hasPart type in CollectionPage and BlogPost Schema * Fixed recipe ingredients printing in the same line even if a line break or a comma separator was present * Fixed range value not working in the salary field of JobListing Schema * Fixed a JS bug in the editor screen for non-admin users * Fixed custom term variables missing in the Global Settings * Fixed missing Image in the Physician schema * Fixed Paper class showing 404 data * Fixed 404 Monitor not detecting the user-agent correctly

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[Jun 25, 2019] = * Fixed redirections not working on some installations * Fixed 500 error appearing on some installations after updating the plugin settings

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[Jun 24, 2019] = * Fixed '500 error' appearing on some installations after updating the plugin settings

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[Jun 23, 2019] = * Added offload images and third-party libraries in the plugin * Improved sanitization throughout the plugin * Fixed error in the contact shortcode when time is added in a string format

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[Jun 21, 2019] = * Fixed Product page showing 'Page not found error' when Remove base option is enabled * Fixed security issue related to Rank Math Settings for logged in users * Fixed exclude posts option not working in the Sitemap

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[Jun 18, 2019] = * Added a filter to show Meta Keywords tag to the Search Engines like Yandex * Added some important security fixes * Added more improvements to how the SEO Analyzer works inside the plugin * Enhanced the output of the Rich Snippet's Shortcode showing the formatted date * Improved the comments to make them more meaningful * Fixed an issue with the Breadcrumbs not showing the primary category on the product pages * Fixed a compatibility issue with the Indexing API plugin and Rank Math * Fixed an issue where product categories were showing 404 when Remove Category Base option was enabled * Fixed the problem with the categories date variables not working correctly in the settings fields * Fixed a conflict with Woocommerce One Page checkout plugin * Fixed an issue where the feeds were not updating when the WooCommerce module was activated * Fixed a compatibility issue with the Ultra theme, not showing the text editor * Fixed an issue where the Search Console Box was appearing for all the users in the dashboard * Fixed a problem in the SEO Analysis where missing 'Focus Keyword in Title' test wasn't working as intended * Prepared the plugin for upcoming updates related to Gutenberg's compatibility

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[Jun 6, 2019] = * Added new variables to display custom taxonomies term in the post title & description fields * Improved the Review Schema options to honor decimals in the score * Improved SEO Analysis to detect external Sitemaps * Improved detection of title & description tags on the backend by adding proper sanitization * Improved the cron job related to the Search Console's data not updating regularly. It should be working fine now * Fixed a compatibility issue with ESSB plugin * Fixed an issue with the SEO Analyzer throwing errors on old installations * Fixed bulk edit options not working since the last version * Fixed insecure warning appearing due to one HTTP call in the plugin * Fixed bulk delete option not working in the 404 Monitor * Fixed an issue with the AMP plugin printing the Schema Markup twice * Fixed a problem with emojis not displaying in the Meta description settings in the plugin's settings page

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[May 30, 2019] = * Improved the code related to post edit screen freezing issue on some hosting environments * Updated the queries running on the posts list page to improve the speed * Updated the URL pointing out to Pinterest's verification page * Fixed an error with the AMP plugin, appearing in their setup wizard with Rank Math active * Fixed an incompatibility with the bbPress plugin and the module in the Rank Math plugin * Fixed an error showing up in the browser's console related to the parsing of SourceMap

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[May 28, 2019] = * Fixed unresponsiveness of single post editor for non-English websites * Fixed incorrect OG type for WooCommerce's products * Fixed PHP notices in the SEO Analyzer tool

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[May 26, 2019] = * Fixed Router class not found error.

[May 25, 2019] = * Added a brand new bbPress Module * Added SEOPress & SEOPress Pro plugin importer * Added automated Article & blogPosting Schema Markup for older articles. Should help improve the overall rankings of all the articles without updating them manually now * Added KML file reference in the Sitemap for the Local SEO * Added an option to select Brand & Manufacturer value in the WooCommerce module * Added some Schema Markup data validation * Added missing words into the translation file so everything could be translated now * Added a way to help users easily leave a review, without hijacking their dashboard, with a dismissible notice * Added instant form field errors for the Schema Markup fields * Added Schema Markup types to the sanitization function * Added custom Meta values for Author & Date based archives for more control * Added a way to show the SEO score on the frontend * Added a filter to define a TOC plugins compatibility with the Rank Math plugin * Improved Breadcrumbs & Contact form working with the Elementor page builder * Improved the working of the Google Search Console data in the plugin * Improved the logic used for the noindexing of the empty categories. Parent category, even if empty, won't be marked as noindexed anymore * Improved compatibility with WP Bakery Page Builder plugin * Improved the plugin importers by optimizing their code a lot * Improved Alt text detection recommendation to be in sync everywhere * Improved Focus Keyword's Title Case, it will now be maintained * Made the experience smoother when using the preview tool of the post editor * SEO Analysis Results now reset on a plugin update * Fixed an issue of duplicate Meta Tags getting printed when using AMP for WP plugin * Fixed a long-awaited issue of using Shortcodes in Meta Description field causing the page layout to break. It should not happen with most of the plugins now * Fixed an issue with the Social Tab's preview area where the text was not reflecting as entered by the user * Fixed an issue where incorrect Meta description was showing in the preview area of the archive pages * Fixed an issue when the Meta tags were not getting picked from the global settings of the plugin * Fixed an issue with the focus keyword not getting detected when HTML tags were used * Fixed an issue with the focus keyword field not working when special characters were used (like + etc.) * Fixed a fatal error on the product post type when WooCommerce plugin was inactive * Fixed wrong value getting passed to %title% placeholder on the Shop page * Fixed a bug with the ProfessionalService Schema Markup. Image & Telephone fields were missing which was resulting in an error. Added those fields now * Fixed an issue where the parent category option was not showing up in the category edit settings * Fixed Archive page error related to author & Meta values * Fixed an issue with the Breadcrumb filter not working correctly in some situations * Fixed the URL length recommendation value to be in sync with the overall tests * Fixed a conflict with the JS Jobs plugin * Fixed Robots.txt file's encoding error with special characters like & * Fixed the non-detection of the Alt text in the text editor * Improving WPCS code in the plugin

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[May 4th, 2019] = * Fixed Unparsable structured data error. Know more.

[Apr 4th, 2019] = * Fixed a bug where the indexing of the posts was getting affected if someone previously selected any value in the custom tab of the general settings of the plugin but saved the settings using the default tab. Yep, it's confusing, and thus it skipped through our nose. The good thing is, it's caught and fixed. Hurray!

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Apr 1st, 2019] = * Added some critical fixes to enhance the Redirection module * Made Robot Meta tags in sync with global settings. Do check them out * Added support for custom permalink in Strip Category base option * Added compatibility for Advanced Access Manager Plugin * Fixed link suggestion showing HTML data * Improved the notice for the conflicting plugins. It should not show up again once dismissed * Fixed a fatal error with the Review and Contact Shortcode * Fixed an error where Focus Keyword was not getting detected if it had ellipsis in it * Fixed a bug where SERP Preview was disabled even after changing the option back to indexed * Fixed Sitemaps not showing in Google Search Console on some sites * Fixed Redirection options not getting removed from the single post editor * Removed Google Plus (Google+ is buried) * Removed Crawl Errors from Search Console (Google disables the Crawl Errors API) * Removed unneeded validations on multisite * Enhanced the overall code further and added more unit tests

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Mar 19, 2019] = * Added Google Search Console Domain Properties support. It replaces sc-domain: with Domain Property: in the sites' dropdown, disables the Sitemaps feature in the GSC module for domain properties (as Google does not have an API for it yet), and adds a note to inform the user about the same * Added search form in the GSC dropdown * Added a filter to change the number of pasted URLs in the Redirections source (http://i.mythemeshop.com/f4sWd1) * Setup Wizard refactored for the speed and efficiency * Integrated 404 Monitor Plugin & Rank Math plugin tightly * Added missing text in the translation(.pot) file * Updated help text for the WooCommerce Tab in the plugin * Updated Focus Keyword input placeholder text to Rank Math * Fixed WooCommerce product Schema errors * Fixed text domain issue for WordPress.org translations * Fixed bbPress Sitemaps not working bug * Fixed Sorry, you are not authorized to perform this action for the multi-site websites * Fixed an issue with the redirections where the folder name was automatically added in the Destination URL when someone changed the permalinks * Fixed a fatal error occurring on eCommerce websites where WooCommerce was not installed * Fixed Robots.txt editor not picking up the values. It was checking the robots_txt option in the wrong section * Fixed a bug where the title for the links was getting automatically prefilled as the title for all the other links when edited * Fixed a compatibility issue with the AMP plugin * Fixed primary keyword detection in the SEO analysis tests. It works as it should have been. * Fixed an issue in the Sitemaps where private taxonomies were accessible through direct URLs * Fixed the OG/image filter. It works perfectly now * Fixed Video Snippet error caused by entering incorrect values * Fixed an error with WooCommerce's preview URLs where complete URLs were showing even after enabling the Strip Product Category option * Fixed small styling issues in the plugin so it looks better * Removed unneeded code * Improved backup 'Restore/delete' button style for the Russian language * Improved the speed and space usage by removing the custom image sizes code * Improved the overall code quality for the upcoming additions coming to the plugin

Full changelog can be found here - Rank Math SEO changelog

[Mar 06, 2019] = * Enhanced the Role Manager to disallow any permissions by default to lesser used roles like contributor etc. * Fixed a fatal error happening when users were upgrading from a version lower than 1.0.18 to the latest version

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[Mar 05, 2019] = * Added new Business Types for Google's Knowledge Base * Added a filter to allow users to add any business type * Improved sitemap performance by reducing query load * Changed few wrong URLs of RM's Knowledge Base articles * Enabled Author Archive page by default * Fixed Secondary Keyword(s) tests to run completely * Fixed Author Sitemap last modification Meta issue, which helps to show the authors in a chronicle order * Fixed registration tab not opening for some users * Fixed a Redirection issue if WordPress was installed in the sub-directory * Fixed an error in the Local SEO Data * Fixed Rating Error in WooCommerce Product Schema where the content was getting picked from the comments instead of the actual reviews * Fixed incorrect Rank Math connect URL in the multisite installation * Fixed the slug change process from the posts list page. The changes show correctly now * Fixed one RollBar related issue which was throwing a fatal error on some installations * Improved the overall test coverage and the API related code in the plugin

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[Feb 27, 2019] = * IMPORTANT!! -> You will have to CONNECT your account again as we have changed all the instances of MyThemeShop to Rank Math * Added a new Filter to add/remove noopener attribute based on a domain * Improved Redirection Regex tests * Improved the handling of 410 & 451 redirection types and their logging in the 404 Monitor * Improved the Redirection module by removing the extra & duplicate code from it * Improved the working of the Category Content Analysis for secondary keywords * Fixed an issue with the Gutenberg editor reloading over and again * Fixed the link of Focus keyword already used to start showing the results again * Fixed an error in the image Alt attribute causing a fatal error * Fixed an issue with the feed generation resulting in an undefined variable error * Fixed a problem where an archive page was not recognized as a parent page * Fixed SEO Analysis API error on some instances * Fixed a Redirection issue when the sub-directory structure was used for creating automatic redirections * Fixed an Invalid Argument error * Fixed all the broken links to the KB articles * Fixed an issue which was breaking the layout on the category edit pages when the secondary keyword was selected * Fixed WooCommerce Permalinks Plugin issue which was removing the parent category base from the permalinks when the primary term was set

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[Feb 19, 2019] = * Added new Sanitization tests * Added an option to add a social image for CPT archive * Added Schema Type in the SEO Details * Added Query Strings to be honored by the Redirection module * Changed the dependency of the Cron job on WordPress only * Fixed Flesch Readability issue * Fixed the SEO Analysis by not considering the Info tests in the total count * Fixed the option of Add icon overlay to thumbnail not working * Fixed the validation of the URLs before considering them as external link attributes * Fixed Elementor adding link attributes conflicting with the Rank Math plugin * Fixed Redirection notice not showing a dismiss link * Improved the code further

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[Feb 12, 2019] = * Added different Facebook profile IDs/per post option * Added code to move title inside the Rank Math's meta * Improved Redirection module for better performance * Improved the external links function by not including links like mailto, tel etc. * Removed AMP for WP's code from RM as they added the support * Changed admin menu icon of Rank Math * Fixed SEO Analysis API error * Fix few Redirection issues * Fixed an issue related to Emojis in the meta tags * Fixed an error when shop page was used as the homepage * Fixed an issue when the Flesch score was touching 80 * Fixed SEO score not working when Sitemap was disabled * Fixed an issue with the importer from other plugins, where it showed the progress bar 100 immediately * Fixed some typos * Improved the code overall to remove some duplicated code

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[Feb 06, 2019] = * Added an option to force Rewriting titles * Added AJAX saving behaviour to the module buttons * Added an option to change the homepage's link in the Breadcrumb * Added nonce check when resetting options * Added a filter to change the priority of Rank Math's meta box * Added new Rank Math's logo in the plugin * Improved the link counter module to check only for the published or scheduled posts * Improved the SEO score module to show the scores even if the Sitemap module is disabled * Improved the import/export process to use a TXT format file * Changed the number of posts in the Sitemap to 200 instead of 1,000 for a performance boost * Fixed Keyword density showing incorrect count in some cases * Fixed Sitemap showing wrong modified date * Fixed some styling issues * Fixed an error showing up in the Modules screen on new installations * Fixed Rank Math's logo messing the layout in the Edge browser * Fixed automatic permalink inconsistency with the Polski language * Fixed a styling issue in the Breadcrumb's separator option * Fixed class not found error on some installations * Fixed one typo error * Fixed an error when shop page was used as the homepage * Removed some unwanted code

[Jan 22, 2019] = * Added a new filter to change Editor's choice text in the review Shortcode * Added noopener tag to all the external links * Improved the Snippet code and separated it to make it load much faster and work efficiently on large sites * Improved the Syntax for Array * Improved the AMP link in the plugin's module page * Fixed an issue with the Local SEO dropdown that made it to not work effectively * Fixed an issue with the Editor script where the Editor screen was freezing when more than 4 words were used as a focus keyword * Fixed a compatibility issue with WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace plugin * Fixed Duplicate Redirection creation issue where successive clicks on the 'Add Redirection button' was causing redirections to be created twice * Continued moving the things to the API

[Jan 14, 2019] = * Made PHP 7.2 as the recommended version of the plugin. We will continue supporting PHP 5.6 till March and will then move the support to at least PHP 7 * Added a Shortcode for the Review Schema to show the output on the frontend according to Google's guidelines. All older posts where Review Schema is used, the output will display below the content * Added easier integration with the WPML plugin to help translate the strings easily * Added CodeCanyon's TOC plugin to the list of compatible plugins * Added an option in Export Settings to Export the Redirections * Improved JS files and it's now 55KB smaller * Fixed the compatibility with the bbPress plugin. Now you can enjoy the same functions on your forums as well * Fixed CMB2 issues with the other plugin using the same class names * Fixed the redirection option not working in the post settings section * Fixed the nagging of the SEO Notice. It will go away once dismissed * Some massive improvements under the hood. You can expect a faster plugin with this version * Continued moving the things to the API

[Jan 08, 2019] = * Fixed PHP 5.6 compatibility issues and related notices

[Jan 07, 2019] = * Added a new filter to change the Breadcrumb items * Improved the working of Google Search Console. It will now only display the website currently being used, not all other sites linked to your account * Improved the bootloader API * Improved the Focus Keyword content test when more than four words are used in the Focus Keyword. * Improved the generation and working of default robots.txt file * Improved the Sitemap commands * Fixed a compatibility issue with the Elementor plugin where one couldn't scroll past the initial screen in the post editor when both the plugins were active * Fixed a problem with the WPML plugin. It should work fine now * Fixed an issue with the excerpt_only tag when used to generate automatic SEO meta descriptions * Fixed an issue with the sentiment analysis as it wasn't working correctly in some rare cases * Fixed Rollbar warnings so they won't bother anyone again. It will work behind the scene just like it is supposed to * Fixed an issue with the Product Snippet getting mixed up with the Breadcrumb Schema * Fixed a problem with the registration form * Fixed setup wizard errors and warnings * Fixed an error with the Breadcrumb & Contact shortcode * Fixed a Social share error * Fixed some unexpected glitches with the WooCommerce plugin * Fixed an issue with the Focus Keyword test where the test wasn't working when a word was repeated in the Focus Keyword * Fixed a major problem with the Thrive Architect plugin * Fixed an issue with the image size notification when adding OG Image * Fixed a test in the SEO Analysis module * Fixed an issue with the import of redirections from the Redirection plugin * Removed the setup notice on the registration page * Important performance-related additions

[Dec 26, 2018] = * Removed debug functions from the plugin to make the Redirections work properly

[Dec 26, 2018] = * In accordance to latest product schema changes recommended by Google, we have added new fields in Rank Math for Product Schema * We have improved the Breadcrumbs and are now adding page numbers when a user enters a paginated series * Fixed an issue with WooCommerce notices where an error message wasn't being displayed when Rank Math's active * Fixed the Undefined index: access_token error on some installations * Fixed an issue with JS Console on new Rank Math installations * Single Post Editor was not working 100% with the Sensei LMS plugin. We have fixed it * Fixed and improved OG image and Twitter tags on taxonomy pages * When a user enters an underscore in between a focus keyword, Rank Math was unable to determine if it is a proper use of FK. It has been sorted now * OpenGraph fields on author archives were behaving in a weird way. We have fixed the issue and everything is back to normal * Speaking of author archives, some minor CSS tweaks were added to author pages on the frontend * Removing your Google Search Console account now kills the cron job for importing GSC data * Added a Pinterest validator to External Tools in SEO Analysis * We have improved the Readability Score algorithm to take into consideration the usage of codes inside your text * Improved the display of automated titles inside the Rank Math single post editor meta box * Excluded Rank Math's CSS file from loading on the frontend when the admin bar is disabled

[Dec 18, 2018] = * Fixed an issue with the color coding of focus keywords when you moved their position to the first place * Fixed a bug with the Google Search Console * Fixed a redirection issue happening with Regex patterns * Fixed an issue with PHP 7.3 where users were getting an error related to switch case * Fixed an issue with the admin bar, top menu options were not working * Fixed an issue with comparing url_encoded string with Focus Keyword so that they can work with other languages * Fixed noindex was not being appropriately added to the Paginated Pages on the Homepage * Fixed author custom URL option was not working * Added full compatibility with the WP Rocket cache plugin * Changed the text inside the sitemaps to make it clearer * Optimized the detection of internal and external links in Gutenberg blocks * Improved Redirection notices so that the errors and messages are more clear

[Dec 11, 2018] = * Added compatibility for the Classic Editor plugin * Fixed a typo in the tests

[Dec 10, 2018] = * Improved: deeper code changes to make the plugin lightweight and faster * Enhanced: the Redirection Module to handle 410 and 451 redirections as they should be * Enhanced Sitemap's functions * Changed Pillar content icon * Changed few critical things in the Search Console Module to fix an incompatibility with WP v5.0 * Added XML version declaration header in SVG files to remove any false warnings * Added conditions for conflicting plugins, no more nag notices if a particular module is disabled * Added filters to disable the auto OG image using the fallback conditions * Added connect to MyThemeShop's link back in the registration step * Fixed already used focus keywords link wasn't working when multiple focus keywords were used in an article * Fixed translated posts not showing in the Sitemap * Fixed some vital Breadcrumb related issues * Fixed WooCommerce product categories showing two description boxes and hiding the product's thumbnail * Fixed a bug with the quick edit page options * Fixed auto post redirect not working with the WordPress v5.0 * Fixed focus keyword not used in title test issue in the SEO Analysis * Fixed the word count test to reflect the correct count * Fixed auto description length issue in the WP Real Estate free plugin's listing * Continued adding support for extending the plugin's API

[Dec 04, 2018] = * Added new internal tests and increased their coverage * Added code to log API error shown in SEO Analysis for better error handling and reporting * Added code to detect gallery shortcode inside the posts for better content analysis * Added a new filter to disable each test and modify the score accordingly * Fixed an error in word-count when content was 2000+ words long * Fixed 'Add SEO Metabox' was enabled by default for Attachment page, it is disabled now * Fixed an error on posts where the author didn't exist * Improved SEO Details column. It is now more detailed and easy to understand * Improved internal link counter further * Improved the Asset Manager * Improved Featured image is now counted as an image asset * Improved handling of the Search Console module * Improved importing from the Redirection plugin * Improved and optimized the code in several core files.

[Nov 26, 2018] = * Added a condition to check if terms are updated or not * Added support for WooCommerce's reviews in Search Preview * Added breadcrumb shortcode in the description of 'Breadcrumbs' tab * Added links to the posts where focus keyword is missing in the SEO Analysis section * Added an option to change the meta of Data/Author archive easily * Added validation for Schema data fields * Fixed the fatal error on the multisite activation * Fixed the bug which was not detecting 'Strong Testimonials' plugin's CPT * Fixed small RTL issue in the focus keywords section * Fixed Unicode error in SEO title and description * Fixed a rare issue in which Media attachment settings weren't getting saved * Fixed import issue of some redirections from the latest version of Yoast * Fixed an issue in the Redirection module where the imported links were not working properly * Various other small fixes and optimizations

[Nov 24, 2018] = * Added relative URL support for importing from the Redirection plugin * Fixed Importing from Yoast's Premium version * Showing Not Set words when we do not find any focus keyword set for an article * Improved some files with a better code

[Nov 22, 2018] = * Fixed a minor JS Console error caused by using images as the first thing inside a paragraph * For Editor role that didn't have full access to Rank Math features, there was a weird fatal error that we have now fixed * There was a minor issue that caused the error message NOT to show up when the wrong credentials were entered. It has been fixed now * Nofollow External Link option in Settings was not in Sync with JS Tests. They are singing in tune now * Having the Auto Post Redirection option enabled caused the manual redirections not to work resulting in a "too many redirects" error. We have sorted it now * Sorted multiple other incorrect error messages