SmartCrawl SEO

( 2022-12-12 ) =

• New: Multiple keywords analysis.
• New: SEO status column on taxonomy list.
• New: Check if URL contains underscores.
• New: Check for recommending a hand-crafted meta description.
• New: Check if all external links are nofollow links.
• New: Ability to disable SEO and Readability analysis status in the post list.
• New: Filter to add extra images to SmartCrawl sitemap.
• Improvement: Update meta description length recommendation.
• Improvement: Show a notice when the current language is not supported for content analysis.
• Improvement: List the posts using the same keyword for SEO analysis.
• Improvement: Include featured images in content analysis.
• Improvement: Remove redundant sitewide settings notice.
• Fix: Issues with Yoast SEO settings import.
• Fix: Unable to run SEO health check.
• Fix: Conflict with Yoast SEO.
• Fix: Custom meta tags are not updated.
• Fix: og:URLs are not picking up correctly for BuddyPress.
• Fix: Issues on settings reset.
• Fix: jQuery compatibility issues.
• Fix: FAQ Schema is not added if the location is set to be a specific post.
• Fix: Cache issues on post excerpts auto-linking.
• Fix: SEO Analysis can't check focus keywords with special characters in the URL.
• Fix: SEO Analysis custom setup not detecting subheadings.
• Fix: Can't delete custom links in automatic linking settings.
• Fix: Focus keywords are detected if they are bolded.
• Fix: Refresh button in content analysis SEO analysis does not always work.
• Fix: Invalid sanitization of Facebook App ID.

( 2022-11-17 ) =

• Improvement: Minor performance improvements.

( 2022-11-15 ) =

• New: Option to disable object cache for auto-linked content.
• Fix: Autolinking conflicts with several themes and page builders.

( 2022-11-07 ) =

• Improvement: Permission checks on config management.
• Fix: Conflict with Defender login masking.

( 2022-09-29 ) =

• Improvement: Membership checks.
• Fix: CSS is visible on preview when an Elementor template is used.
• Fix: Shared UI conflict.

( 2022-09-05 ) =

• Improvement: Remove redundant priority and frequency data from sitemap
• Improvement: Remove redundant last modified timestamp from the sitemap index
• Improvement: Better sitemap compatibility with bbPress
• Fix: Unable to uninstall SmartCrawl plugin.

( 2022-08-18 ) =

• Improvement: Code improvements.
• Improvement: Upgrade Shared UI.
• Fix: Unable to enable Media indexing.
• Fix: Schema types cannot have more than 10 in Schema of the same type.

( 2022-07-14 ) =

• Improvement: Improved performance for the sitemap troubleshooter
• Bug: Button disabled when adding new schema type to builder

( 2022-05-09 ) =

• Fix: Fixed minor security concerns
• Improvement: Code improvements

( 2022-03-22 ) =

• Fix: Critical error due to conflict with schema plugin
• Fix: XSS vulnerability

( 2022-02-28 ) =

• New: Sitemap support for WPML with different domains per language
• Improvement: Improved ability to translate SEO options through WPML
• Improvement: SEO Checkup removed in favor of new SEO Audit tool
• Fix: When importing from Yoast, options can't be excluded
• Fix: News Sitemap settings tab getting stuck for several seconds on large sites

( 2022-02-07 ) =

• Fix: Certain redirects not working with plain permalink structure
• Fix: CSV import failing on windows
• Fix: Regex redirects matching partial URLs
• Improvement: Visibility of redirect upgrade notice restricted to admins

( 2021-12-09 ) =

• New: Advanced WooCommerce SEO Options
• Improvement: Include homepage URL in the first page sitemap in addition to the first post sitemap
• Fix: Error when SMARTCRAWL_CONDITIONAL_EXECUTION is defined
• Fix: Schema module self-activates upon any changes to the Social module
• Fix: Custom taxonomy terms with dashes not supported in macros

( 2021-11-11 ) =

• Improvement: Support for Brand type in WooCommerce Product schema
• Fix: Certain schema properties come back after deletion

( 2021-10-29 ) =

• Improvement: Code and stability improvements

( 2021-10-06 ) =

• New: NewsArticle schema added automatically for types included in the news sitemap
• New: Included publication language code in the news sitemap
• New: SEO Checkup tool depreciated in favor of SEO Audit
• New: Added Product ID and SKU as options for MPN and other identifiers in WooCommerce Product schema
• New: Added default value for priceValidUntil to fix warnings in WooCommerce Product schema
• Fix: Incorrect taxonomy term loaded in schema type builder conditions
• Improvement: Schema builder code improvements

( 2021-09-28 ) =

• Fix: Special characters not handled properly in news sitemap

( 2021-09-23 ) =

• Fix: Multisite Sitewide deprecation operation performed on every upgrade

( 2021-08-24 ) =

• New: SmartCrawl configs
• Improvement: Code improvements

( 2021-06-30 ) =

• New: Lighthouse SEO scan
• New: Added "Post Data" source to FAQ schema type
• New: Support for custom taxonomies in schema builder
• New: Support for youtu.be URLs during automatic schema generation
• Improvement: Improved UI for redirect attachment settings
• Improvement: Better documentation for "Connect with Youtube" setting
• Fix: Checkup progress getting stuck at 22%
• Fix: Incorrect indexing of items in FAQPage schema
• Fix: jQuery compatibility issues
• Fix: Visual issue in file importer
• Fix: Minor conflict with WPBakery plugin
• Fix: PHP notices and warnings

( 2021-04-19 ) =

• New: Recipe schema type
• New: Job Posting schema type
• New: Movie schema type
• New: Course schema type
• New: Books schema type
• New: Software Application schema type
• Improvement: Improve the custom text input of the schema builder
• Improvement: Add review property to schema types
• Fix: Compatibility with Yoast 16
• Fix: Use fallback values when org name or description is empty
• Fix: Mark local business aggregateRating properties as required
• Fix: Mark local business review properties as required

( 2021-03-22 ) =

• New: Use the new robots API introduced in 5.7
• New: Migration of all links to wpmudev.com
• Fix: Local business currencies & payment visual bug

( 2021-01-25 ) =

• New: Schema types builder tool
• New: Ability to manually update sitemap and notify search engines
• New: More details provided when SEO checkup score is green
• Fix: Optimized code for fetching owner data
• Fix: In sitewide mode, Twitter and OpenGraph images not displayed on all sub-sites
• Fix: VideoObject schema not generated for shortened YouTube URL
• Fix: Balance CPU usage in admin posts list pages
• Fix: Branda not able to change SmartCrawl meta box title
• Fix: SmartCrawl not adding bbPress forum URLs to the sitemap
• Fix: Sitemap appears as active on widget while it is deactivated
• Fix: "Add Schema" action button missing from multisite SEO checkup page
• Fix: Whitelabel issue in features modal
• Fix: Post meta preview showing incorrect values
• Fix: Color of SEO checkup score is different from HUB dashboard
• Fix: Removed links to documentation in Whitelabel mode
• Fix: Improved text for duplicate IDs SEO check
• Fix: Automatically open modal when Add Redirect button clicked on dashboard
• Fix: Minor text changes

( 2020-10-21 ) =

• Fix: Action button in microdata check pointing to social settings
• Fix: Deprecated jQuery function being used in Javascript files
• Fix: Miscellaneous typos and copy changes
• Fix: Incorrect documentation link in robots section

( 2020-10-08 ) =

• Improvement: Performance improvements
• Fix: Yoast importer issue with custom post types
• Fix: Metabox character count overlapping with macros dropdown
• Fix: SEO checkup timing out when pro version installed without dashboard plugin
• Fix: Whitelabelling issue in robots module
• Fix: OpenGraph enabled when welcome modal is skipped

• New: Option to disable the Test Schema button from admin bar
• Fix: Incorrect URL in footer
• Fix: Post list columns and SEO meta shown for non-public post types
• Fix: Add schema for video and audio files directly uploaded and inserted into post content
• Fix: Autolink linking to the page itself on custom post types

• New: Full support for default Schema types
• New: Pro page and widgets in free version
• New: Improved metabox SEO analysis recommendations
• New: New modal for highlighting latest features
• New: Optimum length indicators on Title & Meta page
• New: Ability to add new email recipients for sitemap crawler reports
• New: Improved styling for components in the post list
• Fix: Implemented auto build process
• Fix: Metabox preview showing incorrect post URL in classic editor
• Fix: Embeds not loading in Gutenberg editor
• Fix: SEO checkup linking to 404 page
• Fix: URL redirection not working for URLs in other languages
• Fix: Updated SUI to the latest version
• Fix: Compatibility issue with Extra theme

• New: Options for WordPress 5.5 core sitemap
• New: New 'Reports' widget on dashboard page
• New: Author bio as meta description
• New: Macro support in metabox optimum length indicators
• New: Notice shown when sitemap crawler is taking longer than usual
• New: Ability to set rel attribute for links in post editor
• Fix: Included support for for Yoast 14 import data
• Fix: Better styling for broken images in the SEO checkup
• Fix: Autolinking option 'Process only single posts and pages' not working
• Fix: Removed deprecated character limit constants
• Fix: PHP warnings shown for programmatically generated posts with no IDs
• Fix: Autolinking option 'Prevent linking in heading tags' causing issues
• Fix: Toggle state changing when clicking outside the toggle
• Fix: Reporting day of month dropdown showing incorrect values
• Fix: Report permalinks redirecting to Defender's masked login area
• Fix: Twitter card values don't allow modification through filters
• Fix: Accessibility issues due to outdated version of SUI
• Fix: Keyword density marker not obtainable for image alts
• Fix: Metabox preview not working in Safari due to console errors
• Fix: Multiple admin notices can't be dismissed quickly
• Fix: Social images not working when Smush converts PNGs to JPEGs for performance
• Fix: Title and description lengths not calculated correctly for some languages by SEO checkup
• Fix: Sitemap crawler not discovering links in split sitemaps
• Fix: SEO checkup incorrectly identifying anchor IDs
• Fix: SEO checkup using outdated meta title limit

• Fix: "Focus keyword already used" warning shown for unique keywords
• Fix: Headers already sent warnings in network admin

• New: Minor code improvements

• New: SEO checkup report revamped to have better recommendations and action buttons
• New: Better filtering of Twitter tags
• Fix: Quick setup conflict with Themify
• Fix: Whitelabelling not working for page source code
• Fix: Copy incorrectly referencing 100+ plugins
• Fix: Link to TTF font file incorrect
• Fix: External URL redirects not working
• Fix: Custom meta tags can't be deleted

• Fix: Fixed post editor conflict with WP 5.3

• Fix: Disabling all sitemap taxonomies doesn't work as expected

• New: New, exciting, mobile-friendly UI in the admin area
• New: Support for whitelabel features
• New: Improved performance and reliability of SEO checkup and sitemap crawler
• New: Code improvements for the display of meta values
• New: New filter for addition of extra SEO and readability content
• New: Yoast importer now less likely to show "No compatible data ..." error

• New: New BuddyPress settings on Title & Meta page

• Fix: Redirect attachment settings getting overwritten

• Fix: Errors on Woocommerce shop page

• Fix: Category titles incorrect in certain situations

• Fix: Port matching issues in redirection module

• Fix: Multisite always showing "Homepage set to static page" message

• Fix: Sitewide sitemap settings not applied to network sub-sites

• Fix: Branda not able to change Smartcrawl admin bar text

• Fix: Non-public taxonomies listed on Title & Meta page

• Fix: Autolinks module causing styling issues

• Fix: Readability analysis compatibility issue with PHP 5.3

• Fix: Macros can not be added to term title and description

• Fix: JS console error on WP attachment editor page

• Fix: UI bugs when focus keyword ignored in SEO analysis

• Fix: Autolinking module showing self-links

• Fix: SEO analysis not working with autosaves disabled

• Fix: Sitemap showing invalid timestamps for certain post types

• Fix: Links on Title & Meta page pointing to incorrect tab on the social page

• Fix: Google plus field on social accounts page

• Fix: Visual issue (tooltip getting cut off) on sitemap reporting page

• Fix: Social account URLs with whitespaces not saved

• Fix: Untranslatable string in separator settings on Title & Meta page

• Fix: Fields losing focus while typing

• Fix: Visual issues on small screens

• Fix: Settings pages pointing to old documentation

• New: New filters for modifying OpenGraph values

• New: Improved accuracy of readability analysis

• Fix: Missing columns on the post list page

• Fix: Certain websites throwing 404 error on redirection

• Fix: SEO metabox shown for non-public posts

• Fix: Better Gutenberg compatibility

• Fix: Warning on sitemap settings page

• Fix: Added ability to increase analysis request timeout

• Fix: Improved autoloader performance

• Fix: Warning in metabox placeholder loader

• Fix: Inaccurate preview when more recent post revision available

• Fix: Update the AIOSEOP importer to include the latest version

• Fix: Stylesheet URL incorrect in sub-site sitemaps

• New: Support for Yoast v10 and AIOSEO v2.12 in third-party importer
• Fix: Redirects added from sitemap crawl report not converted to absolute
• Fix: Sitemap can't be removed while SC is active
• Fix: Import not working for Automatic linking settings
• Fix: Metabox conflict in classic editor

• Fix: Show the WP.org rating request to admins only

• New: URL redirection to external domains

• Fix: SEO and readability analysis of password-protected posts

• Fix: sitemap throws error if there's an image with ampersand sign

• Fix: metabox showing details from other posts when globals modified

• Fix: better autolinks compatibility with unicode languages

• Fix: code improvements for sitemap dashboard

• Fix: twitter and OG issues on static posts page

• Fix: third-party import notice appears for very old data

• Fix: conflicts on woocommerce shop page

• Fix: reverted 2.2.2.4 changes causing WSOD on some sites

• Fix: don't show raw shortcodes in auto-generated meta description
• Fix: better compatibility of readability and SEO analysis with page builders
• Fix: made Google preview in the SC metabox more accurate

• Fix: fixed SEO checkup for free version

• Fix: fixed edge case autolinks issue

• Fix: Allow data import from Yoast 8.x
• Fix: Updated plugin version constant to latest version for cache busting

• Fix: post list pages performance issue.