Improved: Tooltip icon styling and consistency across both the Classic and the Gutenberg (aka Block) editor
Improved: API error handling for the SEO Analysis functionality
Improved: Variables with double % will not show a preview in the Rank Math’s post preview area as they don’t work on the frontend
Improved: Error handling if an invalid file is uploaded in the settings importer
Improved: Checkbox styling in the Gutenberg & Elementor sidebar for the upcoming WordPress 5.5
Removed: Deprecated Structured Data Testing Tool from the admin bar
Removed: Disabled Core Sitemaps coming in WordPress 5.5 to avoid conflicts with the Rank Math’s Sitemap feature as Rank Math’s Sitemaps are more robust at this time
Fixed: twitter:image tag was not using the image set in the Facebook tab of Rank Math for the newly created posts using the Gutenberg Editor
Fixed: An issue where an extra slash in the Elementor’s Canonical URL option was shown. Though, it was not affecting the output for the search engine bots
Fixed: Adding a copied link from the clipboard to the block aka Gutenberg editor was breaking the paragraph
Fixed: Content analysis was not working for the pending posts when the editor user role did not have the capability to publish_pages
Improved: Set attachments to noindex after importing settings from Yoast and if the Redirection Attachment option was set to on
Improved: Renamed ‘Media’ tab in the Sitemap settings to ‘Attachments’
Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 4.9 and the users will see a notice in the backend requesting them to update their WordPress to the latest version if someone wants to use the future releases of Rank Math (they might not be compatible)
Improved: Product In Stock value in the Product Schema shortcode will now show Available or Not Available instead of a boolean value
Improved: Enhanced security in some places in the plugin
Replaced: A third-party useragent checking API in the advanced 404 Monitor with a native library
Removed: Missing description tag HTML comment notice from the frontend for admins
Fixed: The status of Elementor’s update button was not updating in some cases which were causing confusion
Fixed: An issue where the AMP plugin by Google was throwing errors for admin-related scripts. Even though it was working fine on the frontend
Fixed: Block Styling was not loading in the backend with the Gutenberg v8.4+ Plugin
Fixed: An issue where using a spacebar while adding a meta description was throwing the cursor to the end of the description entered
Fixed: Compatibility with the Duplicate Post plugin
Fixed: Getting an invalid argument supplied error in class-cmb2.php file on some installations
Fixed: Russian focus keywords were not getting detected in the URL in Rank Math’s tests
Fixed: An error was generating in the backend when the post thumbnail image was removed from the media folder
Fixed: In some cases, invalid was getting added to the Focus Keyword field after updating the post
Fixed: Guided Recipe Schema was throwing an invalid value in the field itemtype when a HowtoSection value was added
Fixed: A PHP warning for missing constant if WordPress version requirement was not met
v1.0.44.1 June 17, 2020
Added: In the WPML config file, added Breadcrumb’s homepage link option
Improved: Hardened security further. Props to Tanner Hodges
Fixed: An issue with the Recipe Schema where the Recipe Instructions field was not respecting the line breaks upon saving a post
Fixed: The Primary Category feature was not working properly when someone changed the default category in the WooCommerce
Fixed: The TOC test was failing on multisite installations when a plugin was activated on the entire network
Fixed: A problem where the custom rewrites were not displaying correctly inside the Canonical URL field in the backend. Though, it was working fine for the search engines
Removed: The sourceMap comments from the CSS files so users won’t get 404 warnings on their site
v1.0.44 June 12, 2020
Added: [NEW!] Added Social share buttons in the Gutenberg publish flow, now you will see the share buttons after publishing the post
Added: Title attribute for the sidebar tabs for better usability
Added: Full compatibility with the WPML plugin [WPML String Translation Plugin is required]
Added: Some missing strings in the translation file
Improved: The variable Product Schema output by replacing Offer with AggregateOffer
Improved: Made the registration step simpler to understand as to why a FREE account is needed and the benefits
Improved: The new UI’s checkbox styling was getting applied in the Classic Editor’s sidebar
Improved: We’ve tinkered with the internal workings and polished some rough edges. The plugin is now better & secure than it was
Removed: The usage tracking option is not needed as the data received was not stored on the servers or utilized
Removed: Unused JS files
Fixed: Option to set custom data in Twitter’s social tab was not working in the Classic Editor
Fixed: The Gutenberg editor was incorrectly displaying the Icon Overlay in the Social preview when the overlay option value was set to off. This was not affecting the frontend output
Fixed: Redirections were not working from the advanced tab of the category/term edit page
Fixed: The URL preview in the Classic Editor was incorrect for languages like Arabic but the output, for the search engines, was correct
Fixed: An issue with the Members plugin where the general settings were not accessible when creating a new role using that plugin
v1.0.43.1 May 29, 2020
Added: Check for the MBstring PHP extension in the Setup Wizard
Improved: Right to Left(RTL) language support with the new design
Fixed: Synced the SEO Score’s color in the posts’ list view with the single post editor view
Fixed: A PHP warning showing up on some installations related to WP_Screen
Fixed: A fatal error occurring on some sites where translation plugins like TranslatePress, Polylang, WPML, etc. were used
Fixed: openssl_decrypt error showing on some websites. You might need to reconnect the Search Console account if you still see the error
