Changelog

Fixed: PHP Fatal error on some installations where Elementor page builder and PHP v7.2 was used

• 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

• 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

• 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 RankMathPaperPaper::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

• 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