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v1.0.40 March 13, 2020

  • Added: [NEW!] A block to add HowTo Schema to a WordPress website using the new Block editor aka Gutenberg
  • Added: A HTML tab in the Category/Term description field
  • Added: A warning about the beta version on the plugins’ update page
  • Added: Compatibility needed for WordPress 5.4
  • Improved: On a multisite, moved the Version Control’s options to the network admin and now only the super admins can access it
  • Improved: Removed default values from the Opening Hours in the Local SEO tab & the Redirect Orphan Attachment option
  • Improved: Used @graph to combine multiple Schema types in a single JSON-LD tag
  • Improved: Added IDs to the Schema output of FAQ Block
  • Improved: Notice’s styling and changed beta changelog link to Rank Math’s changelog page
  • Changed: The default behavior of Powered by link inside the SEO score option to a follow link due to Google’s recent changes on how they see a NoFollow link. One can change the content of the link by using these filters. This is especially useful for agency owners. The option is turned off by default
  • Fixed: Rank Math not working with the standalone Gutenberg plugin
  • Fixed: Import/Export tab missing for the subsite owners in the Multisite installation
  • Fixed: FAQ Schema not printing when FAQ block was added in the Columns as an InnerBlock
  • Fixed: Block Editor crashing when someone clicked on the Rank Math Toolbar button while the page was loading on certain web hosts
  • Fixed: Sort by SEO Score not working in the Posts lists page
  • Fixed: Import step was showing in the setup wizard even after the import was completed
  • Fixed: Filter to hide the SEO Score in the frontend not working properly
  • Fixed: The protected meta was showing in the frontend if the_meta function was used
  • Fixed: The Bing verification option not working
  • Fixed: Missing yellow background in the SEO Score of the Classic editor area
  • Fixed: An undefined variable error in a WooCommerce file
  • Fixed: A bug that was preventing the translations from showing up inside the Elementor editor
  • Fixed: Elementor’s save button was greyed out even after changing values in the SEO tab of Rank Math
  • Fixed: Made Local SEO phone number field translation-ready
  • Fixed: SEO tab showing in the Elementor templates for some old installations

v1.0.39.2 March 5, 2020

  • Added: Indonesian Power Words. Thanks to Kenny Purnomo
  • Replaced: “German” power words were Dutch power words. Sorry for the mismatch
  • Improved: SEO Analysis score circle styling which broke in the last update
  • Improved: Yoast’s Block importer for FAQ Schema
  • Fixed: Output of encoded URLs from the Canonical field was printing incorrectly. Props to Shahram Rahbari for reporting. PLEASE re-save the posts where Canonical URLs were changed manually. It does not apply to the sites with the English language
  • Fixed: 404 errors getting misreported due to a recent change made in the plugin to handle the 404s coming from Elementor’s scripts
  • Fixed: 404 monitor reporting redirected URLs in the log
  • Fixed: Network admin wasn’t able to access the Rank Math Settings on a subsite
  • Fixed: A PHP notice when rolling back to a previous version using version control

v1.0.39.1 February 27, 2020

  • Fixed: HTML formatting & SEO fields not working in the Taxonomy editing area
  • Fixed: Sitemap having all non-canonical URLs listed in it. They should not appear now
  • Fixed: Incorrect headline & name values for hasPart Schema on the archive pages. Props: Ben @ StoreGear.
  • Fixed: An error in the hasPart Schema when no Article type was set on the archive pages. Props: Ben @ ActorGear

v1.0.39 February 24, 2020

  • Added: [HUGE!] A way to add FAQ Schema to a WordPress website using the new Block aka Gutenberg editor
  • Added: A filter to remove SEO Tab in the Elementor Panel
  • Improved: Site-Wide SEO Analysis code to work smoothly and error-free now. We will be adding more improvements to it in the near future
  • Improved: Recognize accented letters in the ALT description of an image
  • Improved: By default, added %term_description% variable in the term description fields of the general settings to improve the auto-generation of SEO description in the pages like categories or tag pages
  • Improved: Color contrast of the yellow Focus Keyword in the Classic Editor
  • Improved: Author description output in the Schema code by stripping out HTML tags
  • Fixed: Sitemap’s Cache folder permission so it could be accessed while backing up a site
  • Fixed: Variables printing as it is in the single CPT titles on the frontend unless someone updated the settings in the General tab
  • Fixed: The link text field not appearing in the Classic Editor
  • Fixed: Auto-generated descriptions not working as intended when content was starting with an image
  • Fixed: Category in the permalink wasn’t updating unless someone set the Primary Category
  • Fixed: A JavaScript error when creating a new Post Tag from Tags page
  • Fixed: An issue where Version Control’s JS code was loading on the front end
  • Fixed: An issue where Version Control’s assets were loading on all the admin pages
  • Fixed: Help menu showing in the backend sidebar even after disabling all the caps in the Role Manager
  • Fixed: TGMPA CSS’s conflict
  • Fixed: “Make” Theme’s compatibility issues
  • Fixed: A bug where the color coding on the focus keyword wasn’t changing if diacritic characters were used
  • Fixed: A PHP error appearing in the Elementor’s Theme Builder tabs if there are no templates present
  • Fixed: A bug with Elementor where Content Area Was Not Found in Your Page Error was appearing
  • Fixed: 404 monitor not able to detect the 404 pages created using Elementor

v1.0.38 February 10, 2020

  • Added: Version Control, if you face any issue(s) with the future updates, you can now rollback to the previous version with an inbuilt tool, more info.
  • Added: Beta Opt-in. Now anyone can take part in shaping the Rank Math by test-driving the newest features before anyone else
  • Added: The System Status page now shows in-depth system stats along with a one-click copy option for all the stats
  • Improved: Minor UI changes and improvements
  • Moved: Auto Update option in the Version Control tab
  • Moved: Import & Export tab in the Status & Tools page
  • Fixed: Minor bugs and prepared the plugin’s base for a Great upcoming feature
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