Changelog

v1.0.35.1 Nov 14, 2019

• Added an option to show Snippet reviews before and after the content on the frontend for the allowed types
• Added default Advanced Robots to all the existing/older posts
• Fixed a JS error when WooCommerce or iTheme Security plugins were active
• Fixed CMB2 multiple dependencies Array not working since 1.0.35 version
• Fixed an error in the MedicalClinic Schema related to non-existent of an image on a page
• Fixed an issue with the Sitemap where it was incorrectly adding a trailing slash on some installations where the URL of the website was left blank in General settings
• Fixed some PHP warnings
• Fixed CSS issues related to WordPress 5.3

v1.0.35 Nov 9, 2019

• Improved the Setup Wizard to be more straightforward with lesser options
• Improved Google Search Console module by adding oAuth 2.0, separate client and API wrappers, etc.
• Improved the text present on the Tools page to help understand each option better
• Improved the filter for deleting all the Rank Math related data, upon uninstallation, to work correctly with the multisite setup as well
• Fixed Google Search Console Authentication Error
• Fixed empty title issue happening on some installations with older PHP versions
• Fixed the Global Index option for author archive not working
• Fixed a problem with the importer where a false warning was getting generated when redirections were not detected
• Fixed bulk redirections/404 monitor not working with the Persian language
• Fixed a bug with the auto-post redirection option which was creating an infinite loop if someone deleted a post several times
• Fixed an issue with the Remove Product base option, so it works as intended
• Fixed a bug with WooCommerce’s variables, showing incorrect title on the category pages
• Fixed an issue with WooCommerce’s shop page where %title%, %excerpt% were showing the data from the first product instead of the page’s meta values

v1.0.34.2 Oct 28, 2019

• Fixed an issue where some 3rd party themes were not working properly due to a bug in the core of WordPress
• Fixed a small issue with the Redirection importer

v1.0.34.1 Oct 26, 2019

• Added tooltip to the newly added robots meta options
• Fixed errors appearing on BuddyPress user page
• Fixed fatal errors appearing on some installations
• Fixed JS error on some installations where stopwords option was enabled

v1.0.34 Oct 24, 2019

• Added a new one-click converter tool to help fix the Review Schema related errors which were appearing in GSC for all the older articles. Read here
• Added an option to add any Custom Field to page analysis. No more tinkering with code (Rank Math >> Titles & Meta >> Posts/Pages/Post Type)
• Added options to set new Robots Meta tags: max-snippet, max-video-preview, max-image-preview (https://i.rankmath.com/8ItIa7)
• Added rel="ugc" attribute to all the links present in the comments and author URLs
• Added an option to set rel="sponsored" attribute (https://i.rankmath.com/YZpWmd)
• Added dedicated Aggregate Rating options in Book, Course, Event, Product, Recipe and Software Schema types
• Added an option to show Blog Page in Breadcrumbs when Static Page is selected
• Removed stopwords from Focus Keyword when checking for the FK in URL test
• Improved Event Schema to accept 0 as the price value
• Improved secondary keyword tests performance
• Improved/Optimized Variables functionality
• Fixed the issue where some variables were not showing value in the Preview area
• Fixed Breadcrumb Shortcode error when Breadcrumbs were disabled in the settings
• Fixed WooCommerce Opengraph Error
• Fixed undefined error when editing a post which doesn’t has an editor
• Fixed Redirection module not detecting when a term was deleted or changed
• Fixed links autofill issue
• Fixed a fatal error with the Role Manager module when all the options were unchecked
• Fixed compatibility with Divi Premade layouts
• Fixed a compatibility issue with Easy Digital Downloads showing the wrong title in the Preview
• Fixed an Undefined property error on post type archive page
• Fixed the working of a filter to remove tests from the content analysis
• Fixed Optician Schema showing missing priceRange, image errors
• Fixed missing fields in the Dry Cleaning business type
• All pesky bugs have been exterminated. Continue as you were
• Improved the code further for better performance as something huge is coming in one of the upcoming versions

v1.0.33 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

v1.0.32.1 Aug 29, 2019

• Fixed fatal error happening on some WooCommerce installations
• Fixed WooCommerce redirection issue on some installations

v1.0.32 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

v1.0.31 Aug 2, 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

v1.0.30.2 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!)

v1.0.30.1 Jul 23, 2019

• Fixed a compatibility issue with AMPforWP plugin

v1.0.30 Jul 23, 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

v1.0.29 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

v1.0.28.1 Jul 12, 2019

• Fixed an issue happening on some installations where the content analysis API was conflicting with the Meta Box

v1.0.28 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

v1.0.27.4 Jun 25, 2019

• Fixed redirections not working on some installations
• Fixed ‘500 error’ appearing on some installations after updating the plugin settings

v1.0.27.3 Jun 24, 2019

• Fixed ‘500 error’ appearing on some installations after updating the plugin settings

v1.0.27.2 Jun 23, 2019

• Added offload images and third-party libraries in the plugin
• Improved sanitization throughout the plugin
• Fixed an error in the contact Shortcode when the time was added in a string format

v1.0.27.1 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

v1.0.27 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

v1.0.26 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

v1.0.25.1 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

v1.0.25 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

v1.0.24.1 May 26, 2019

• Fixed Router class not found error.

v1.0.24 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 plugin’s 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

v1.0.23.1 May 4, 2019

• Fixed Unparsable structured data error. Know more.

v1.0.23 Apr 4, 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!

v1.0.22 Apr 1, 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

v1.0.21 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

v1.0.20 Mar 6, 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

v1.0.19 Mar 5, 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

v1.0.18 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

v1.0.17 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 Column
• 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

v1.0.16 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

v1.0.15 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

v1.0.14 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

v1.0.13 Jan 21, 2019

• Used for internal testing

v1.0.12 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

v1.0.11 Jan 08, 2019

• Fixed PHP 5.6 compatibility issues and related notices

v1.0.10 Jan 07, 2019

• Added a new filter to change Breadcrumb items
• Added a new test to the SEO Analysis module
• Improved the working of Google Search Console. It will now only display the website currently being used, not all other websites linked to your account.
• Improved the generation and working of default robots.txt file
• Improved the bootloader API
• Improved the Focus Keyword content test when more than four words are used in the Focus Keyword.
• Fixed an issue with the sentiment analysis as it wasn’t working properly in some rare cases.
• Fixed Rollbar warnings so they won’t bother you again. It will work behind the scene just like it is supposed to.
• Fixed an issue with the Product Snippet gets mixed up with the Breadcrumb Schema
• Fixed a compatibility issue with Elementor where you couldn’t scroll past the initial screen in post editor when both plugins were active.
• Fixed an issue 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 registration form
• Fixed setup wizard errors and warnings
• Fixed an error with the Breadcrumb & Contact shortcode
• Fixed a Social share error
• Fixed some unexpected Errors with WooCommerce
• Fixed the sitemap command
• Fixed a major issue with the Thrive Architect plugin
• Fixed the PHPUnit
• Fixed an issue with the Focus Keyword test where the test wasn’t working when a word was repeated in the Focus Keyword
• Fixed an issue with the Product Snippet getting mixed up with the Breadcrumb schema
• Fixed an issue with the image size notification when adding og:image
• Fixed an issue with the import of redirections from the Redirection plugin
• Removed the setup notice on the registration page
• Important performance related additions

v1.0.9 Dec 26, 2018

• Removed debug functions from the plugin to make the Redirections work properly

v1.0.8 Dec 26, 2018

• Added new fields for Product Schema in accordance to latest product schema changes recommended by Google
• Added a Pinterest validator to External Tools in SEO Analysis
• Added some minor CSS tweaks to the author pages on the frontend
• Improved the Readability Score algorithm to take into consideration the usage of codes inside your text
• Improved the Breadcrumbs functionality which now adds page numbers when a user enters a paginated series
• Improved the display of automated titles inside the Rank Math single post editor meta box
• Fixed an issue with WooCommerce notices where an error message wasn’t visible when Rank Math was active
• Fixed the Undefined index: access_token error on some installations
• Fixed an issue with JS Console on new Rank Math installations
• Fixed conflict with the Sensei LMS plugin, now Rank Math single post editor box appears in the custom post types
• Fixed and improved og:image and Twitter tags on taxonomy pages
• Fixed a bug in the focus keyword when underscore is used in it
• Fixed an issue with OpenGraph fields on author archive pages
• Improved cron job handling when Google Search Console account is removed from the Rank Math settings
• Removed Rank Math’s CSS file from loading on the frontend when the admin bar is disabled

v1.0.7 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

v1.0.6 Dec 11, 2018

• Added compatibility for the Classic Editor plugin
• Fixed a typo in the tests

v1.0.5 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

v1.0.4 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.

v1.0.3 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

v1.0.2 Nov 24, 2018

• Added relative URL support for importing from the ‘Redirection’ plugin
• Added ‘Not Set’ words when we do not find any focus keyword set for an article
• Fixed Importing from Yoast’s Premium version
• Improved some files with a better code

v1.0.1 Nov 22, 2018

• Fixed a minor JS Console error caused by using images as the first thing inside a paragraph
• Fixed wired fatal error for Editor role that didn’t have full access to Rank Math features
• Fixed a minor issue that caused the error message NOT to show up when the wrong credentials were entered
• Fixed sync issue of ‘Nofollow External Link’ option in the Settings with JS Tests
• Fixed too many redirects error, ‘Auto Post Redirection’ option enabled by default was causing the manual redirections not to work
• Fixed multiple other incorrect error messages

v1.0.0 Nov 19, 2018

• Official Plugin release