v1.0.69 July 30, 2021
- Improved: [HUGE!] Converted the Classic Editor metabox into React for better performance and code optimization, removed more than 5,000 lines of code from the plugin!
- Improved: Styling of toolbar button in the Block editor
- Improved: Removed tabs registered by other plugins from Rank Math’s Status & Tools page
- Improved: CSS rules by using
rank_math
prefix so it won’t conflict with other plugins - Improved: Styling of admin notices
- Changed: Name & Description of the ‘Add SEO Meta Box‘ option in the Options Panel
- Fixed: Incompatibility with WP Real Estate plugin causing issues on some installations
- Fixed: Terms with custom canonical URL were showing in the Sitemap
- Fixed: Console errors on the Widgets page in WordPress v5.8
- Fixed: Styling of Google trends modal was broken when the Schema module was disabled
- Fixed: Permalink changed from the SERP modal of Divi builder was not updating the slug value
- Fixed: Undefined index notice in
class-console.php
file - Fixed: Hook to add extra URL in Sitemap was not working
- Fixed: Analytics related options UI was showing in the Options Panel’s search form
- Fixed: Tooltip for the Average Position was wrong in the Analytics Pages
- Fixed: Wrong text in the ‘No Image Index‘ robots description
- Fixed: Changing month in Job Posting Schema was crashing the block editor on WordPress v5.8
- Fixed: AIO SEO importer was not working
- Fixed: Share button styling in the publish flow was broken
v1.0.68.1 July 22, 2021
- Fixed: Firefox was showing a big Link icon in the block editor
- Fixed: Deprecated
block_categories
notice appearing after WordPress 5.8 update
v1.0.67 June 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
v1.0.66.1 June 18, 2021
- Fixed: Missing
@type
in the default schema - Fixed: Warning shown in the Social Preview tab on some setups.
v1.0.66 June 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