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v1.0.41.2 March 31, 2020

Added: A new auto-update test in the SEO Analyzer tool
Improved: The performance of the option to edit the .htaccess file inside the WordPress admin area
Improved: It should now be easier to locate the tests that require further improvements. Such tests would now display an orange color
Improved: Removed rotating effect from the beta warning. Now users can manually update to a beta version if they rolled back to an older version
Improved: Removed ‘Schema Type’ select dropdown from the Elementor Editor for WooCommerce products
Improved: ‘Category’ taxonomy in the Sitemap step of the Setup Wizard now shows the correct state, matching the value from the database
Fixed: Newly published posts showing 404 error on some installations due to default value set in the Global Redirections setting
Fixed: Social image was not getting fetched by Facebook on some installations
Fixed: ‘Author’ role was unable to save/edit Focus Keywords in the Gutenberg and Elementor editor
Fixed: Social tab not working in the Elementor editor
Fixed: Missing Schema tab icon in the Block editor when No Schema type was selected in the global settings
Fixed: Permalink field was not accepting a hyphen or space in the Block Editor and Elementor
Fixed: The %category% variable was not working in the new Block Editor
Fixed: Software Application Schema's rating was not displaying on the frontend
Fixed: A problem with the Auto Post redirect option where it was throwing an error
Fixed: A glitch with the rolled-back versions where an update notice was showing even if someone was on the latest version of the plugin
Fixed: An edge-case where forcing an update check inside WordPress was throwing a warning on some servers

v1.0.41 March 26, 2020

Added: [NEW!] A way for users to connect their Google API App to Rank Math for fetching the data from the Google Search Console
Added: A notice to NGINX server users, showing a code to be added in the configuration file if the Sitemaps were not opening
Added: 3 new English Power words into the list
Added: The left sidebar’s menu items appear instantly when a new module is activated from the Rank Math’s dashboard area
Added: An option to ignore cases when creating a new redirection
Improved: The scoring system in the plugin. You might notice a minor mismatch in the scores. You can revisit your posts/pages and follow this updated guide to score better points
Improved: Removed URL decoding to allow special characters in the redirection’s destination field
Improved: Synced all the default values for the Setup Wizard Options with the Options Panel
Enhanced: If the ‘Rich Media’, ‘Keyword Density’ & ‘Length of Content’ tests do not reach 100%, they will now show different colors so users would know these tests need more work. One can read more about these test in this scoring guide
Enhanced: Streamlined editing workflow for the SEO title using variables while editing posts/pages/CPTs. Previously, when you’d start entering a new meta title, the pre-defined variables would be removed, which made it difficult for some to make changes. This has now been changed so that this is no longer the case
Fixed: Authorization issues when connecting Google Search Console due to permission related inconsistencies
FIXED: A couple of REST API security issues reported by Wordfence team
Fixed: WooCommerce’s Product page was not getting redirected to the new base when Remove Category Base option was enabled
Fixed: URLs with Cyrillic characters were not showing correctly in the permalink field
Fixed: An issue where they were a score mismatch between the Classic & the new Block editor
Fixed: Filter to remove the Rank Math’s tests work with the new Block/Gutenberg editor as well
Fixed: Polylang’s SERP preview URL was not showing language code in term’s edit page
Fixed: A redirection issue on a sub-directory installation, where Rank Math was throwing a 404 error when a user tried to access the admin from the main domain. Fixed it following WordPress’s guidelines
Fixed: A WooCommerce issue where a trailing slash was getting added incorrectly to the product category pages when the ‘Remove Category Base’ & ‘Remove Parent slug’ options were enabled. Though, the Canonical URLs were working fine

v1.0.41.1 March 26, 2020

Fixed: CMB2 errors throwing up on some installations

v1.0.40.2 March 24, 2020

Fixed: Focus Keyword suggestions not working for the connected users
Fixed: Removed destination field for the 410 and 451 Redirection type

v1.0.40.1 March 21, 2020

Added: Given the current global situation, more events are going virtual, being postponed, and being canceled every single day. We want to acknowledge that we’re all being affected by COVID-19 🦠 (aka Coronavirus disease) in different ways. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected, especially those who are in quarantine and have lost loved ones. Let’s follow these precautions religiously. And, on that note, we’re releasing support for the new Structured Data properties as per Google’s latest announcement. The Events that are getting canceled and moving online can now be marked using Rank Math’s Event Schema.
Added: An Option to set ‘Event Attendance Mode’ in the Event Schema [Offline/Online/Offline+Online]
Added: German Power words. Props to Peter Schieche