Changelog

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

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