v1.0.36 December 18, 2019
- [HUGE!] Added complete Gutenberg support. The new editor will be shown in the sidebar
- [HUGE!] Added a filter to add unlimited Focus keywords. Here’s the code
- Added Nofollow, & Sponsored options for the links in the Gutenberg/new editor as well
- Added a filter to bring the old Rank Math box in the new editor area. Here’s the code
- Added ACF integration in the sidebar edition of Rank Math as well
- Added a new smoother way to connect the Rank Math account. PLEASE RECONNECT your account from inside the plugin
- Added email notification to be sent every time Rank Math gets auto-updated
- Added Elementor’s compatibility with the Sitemap module of Rank Math to make it efficient
- Added a clear warning of the unsupported Review Schema type. Please convert to the new system by following this guide (if you haven’t already)
- Removed ‘Flesch Reading Score’ test
- Improved the performance of the post editor area to load faster
- Improved the Review Schema of the supported Schema types to include single-author rating instead of aggregateRating. Props to Matthew
- Improved Rich Snippet Shortcode’s output
- Improved the integration with WooCommerce
- Improved the analysis of a focus keyword. Now the keywords with a comma are treated separately
- Improved Power Words library to fix some typos
- Fixed an incompatibility with PHP 7.4
- Fixed an error with the Schema Markup becoming unreadable in some cases
- Fixed the missing fields in the Dentist Schema markup
- Fixed an error where users were unable to access the setup wizard in some cases
- Fixed small issues detected by Rollbar to make the plugin more performant
- Fixed an issue where the Rank Math’s admin toolbar JS was running even if the admin bar was disabled by an admin
- Fixed many minor styling issues in the backend
- Please note that the minimum version to run Rank Math is now WordPress 4.9
v1.0.35.3 November 25, 2019
- Added a filter to modify Advanced Robots using a new filter:
rank_math/frontend/advanced_robots
- Added a condition to hide Search Console widget from the dashboard if the module is inactive
- Improved the Shortcode output of various Schema types
- Improved the translation of German letters with the Rank Math SEO plugin
- Improved content analysis for WooCommerce to include product’s short description
- Improved WooCommerce Schema’s output to exclude MPN values via the Brand value
- Fixed redirection issues with the
.htaccess
file export with 410 type - Fixed an issue where incorrect author Robots values were being imported
- Fixed an error in BuddyPress’s module
- Fixed an issue where author pages were showing a warning when admin menu bar was enabled
- Fixed an error with the output of the title of author archive pages
- Fixed an error of
datePublished
&dateModified
showing an incorrect time when timezone was not set to UTC
v1.0.35.2 November 14, 2019
- Added a condition to prevent the ratings from showing on WooCommerce & Easy Digital Download pages
v1.0.35.1 November 14, 2019
- Added an option to show Snippet reviews before and after the content on the frontend for the allowed types
- Added default Advanced Robots to all the existing/older posts
- Fixed a JS error when WooCommerce or iTheme Security plugins were active
- Fixed CMB2 multiple dependencies Array not working since 1.0.35 version
- Fixed an error in the MedicalClinic Schema related to non-existent of an image on a page
- Fixed an issue with the Sitemap where it was incorrectly adding a trailing slash on some installations where the URL of the website was left blank in General settings
- Fixed some PHP warnings
- Fixed CSS issues related to WordPress 5.3
v1.0.35 November 9, 2019
- Improved the Setup Wizard to be more straightforward with lesser options
- Improved Google Search Console module by adding oAuth 2.0, separate client and API wrappers, etc.
- Improved the text present on the Tools page to help understand each option better
- Improved the filter for deleting all the Rank Math related data, upon uninstallation, to work correctly with the multisite setup as well
- Fixed Google Search Console Authentication Error
- Fixed empty title issue happening on some installations with older PHP versions
- Fixed the Global Index option for author archive not working
- Fixed a problem with the importer where a false warning was getting generated when redirections were not detected
- Fixed bulk redirections/404 monitor not working with the Persian language
- Fixed a bug with the auto-post redirection option which was creating an infinite loop if someone deleted a post several times
- Fixed an issue with the Remove Product base option, so it works as intended
- Fixed a bug with WooCommerce’s variables, showing incorrect title on the category pages
- Fixed an issue with WooCommerce’s shop page where %title%, %excerpt% were showing the data from the first product instead of the page’s meta values