Improved: Styling of the focus keyword field in the Classic Editor if keywords expanded to 2 rows
Improved: Strengthened security further
Improved: New posts where custom titles are not used, will now be generating the titles on the fly using the global variable template
Improved: Auto-update emails won’t contain the site name anymore
Improved: Removed Rollbar’s library from the plugin to make the plugin much smaller and faster
Fixed: Single posts’ Schema type was not honoring the global settings and needed a manual selection. That should not be the case now
v1.0.42.2 April 18, 2020
Changed: primary_term filter to admin/disable_primary_term
Improved: Strengthened security further
Fixed: A security issue that allowed deactivation of the conflicting plugins added inside the importer of Rank Math (AIO SEO, Yoast, Redirection, SEOPress, Schema Pro, All In One Schema Rich Snippets, etc.) even if user kept them enabled. Props to WordPress plugins team for notifying
Fixed: Rank Math meta box stopped working in WordPress 4.9 and ClassicPress
Fixed: An issue with TinyMCE script when the visual editor was disabled
Fixed: A problem with the previews in the backend when accented letters like, â, î or ô, etc., were used
Fixed: Social image set in the Author Profile was not working
v1.0.42.1 April 16, 2020
Added: One can add the permalink to a new post/page in Rank Math without saving it as a draft first
Improved: The output code of Recipe Schema now includes more data
Fixed: Classic Editor’s content analysis wasn’t working when an apostrophe was used in the focus keyword field
Fixed: An issue with Gutenberg plugin’s latest version, v7.9.0
Fixed: Some tests were missing in the newly created pages
Fixed: An inability to add a hyphen at the end of the permalink
Fixed: Social previews were not showing the auto description. Though, the social media sites were picking them just fine
Fixed: Incorrect word-count when the text from the main content was copied into WooCommerce product’s short description field
Fixed: Missing save/cancel buttons in the SEO details post-column when using the bulk editing feature
Fixed: HTML code was not stripped from the SEO title in the Classic Editor
Fixed: Trying to get property 'slug' error on the Post list page when there was no category set, and debug was turned on
Fixed: Added missing arguments in the save_post
v1.0.42 April 14, 2020
Added: HUGE! Classic Editor now uses Gutenberg aka Block Editor’s content analysis library to avoid test mismatch
Added: Dedicated SEO tests for the static page set as a homepage
Added: Text explanations in few areas to help understand options better
Added: A way to detect if a site was compromised and remove any data related to it in the redirections
Improved: SEO score on the homepage won’t show up by default even if the option is turned on. One has to add a Shortcode in the homepage’s content to show the SEO score
Improved: Schema Pro plugin’s import now imports the default settings strategically
Improved: Strengthened the plugin security further
Improved: If a newer stable version is detected, the Beta update does not show anymore
Improved: Excerpt preview trims properly in the Titles & Meta options in the options panel
Improved: Changed ALT text’s default value to use the filename instead of the post’s title. One can change the setting to any other variable
Fixed: Address field not getting saved in Job Posting Schema in the Block Editor
Fixed: An issue where the redirection type wasn’t allowed to be changed on saved posts using the dropdown. Though, the redirections were getting saved correctly
Fixed: Schema auto description not matching with the Custom SEO Meta description set in the WooCommerce products
Fixed: A problem with WooCommerce’s Remove Category Base & Remove Parent slug options where an extra slash was getting added into the product’s category URL. Though, the canonical URL was printing correctly
Fixed: An error related to SEO Score Shortcode in the frontend
Fixed: Quick edit save breaking Rank Math columns
Fixed: The Schema data is not updating unless the default value is changed in the Block Editor options
Fixed: How To Section of the Recipe Schema not saving the data in the block editor
Fixed: wp_rank_math_internal_meta related error appearing in the Query Monitor on some installations
Fixed: Sitemap showing a blank page if Query Monitor and Debug is enabled
Fixed: A PHP Error on the Help & Support Page
Fixed: Small visual issue related to the Search form in the Add Link popup
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
