Slim SEO Pro Changelog

• Fix cannot get links from text

Highlight:

This version adds a new entities feature which helps search engines and AI assistants understand the topics and concepts your content covers.

See more details on what is it and why you should use it in our blog post.

Other changes:

• Update style to match WP7
• Upgrade React and build script
• Fix not recognizing domain when connecting to Google Search Console due to using www in URL.
• Fix CSS for tables
• Ignore internal post status when search for posts in schema location rules
• Fix JS error when removing all blocks in WP 7

• Fix not outputting schemas when turn off schema module in Yoast
• Allow to use multiple schemas in JSON-LD

• Fix telephone formatting in schemas
• Add slim_seo_schema_settings filter for code-based schema registration
• Fix RSS encoding issue in auto link

• Add availableLanguage prop for contactPoints in Organization and LocalBusiness schemas
• Fix: Post content is not recognized in Writing Assistant when the post is not using Bricks
• Fix error replacing text in auto links

• Auto Link: add setting to disable processing post content for a specific post
• Fix mb_convert_encoding deprecated in PHP 8.2

• Allow post schemas to refer to global schemas
• Fix post schema reference not working
• Fix founder property appears as [object Object] for LocalBusiness/Organization schemas
• Fix not preserving double quotes in custom JSON-LD

• Fix adding auto links to posts with empty content causes error in Bricks

• Add permission checks for public APIs for interlinks between sites
• Fix aggregate rating to avoid showing 0 rating value and 0 review count
• Fix default value for product aggregate rating
• Remove min sentences in paragraph rule for writing assistant
• Remove IF NOT EXISTS when creating tables which cause PHP warnings
• Explicitly set the flags for htmlspecialchars_decode and html_entity_decode

• Fix class name lowercase issue, due to the way different operating systems handle case sensitivity of file names.

• Add a new feature Auto Link which automatically scans post contents and replaces matched keywords with predefined URLs. Learn more about this feature in our blog post and in this docs.
• Add support for multi-schemas for a post, allowing to add multiple schemas to a post.
• Remove content of <pre> tags when normalizing values
• Make mainEntityOfPage property available for all schemas
• Hide Book & Practical Problem (Quiz) schemas from the list as they are no logger supported in Google Search results
• Don't remove properties with value "0" (like price)
• Add @id to organization's brand, that allows to refer to another schema
• Disable update and unlink actions if the link in the builders is dynamic

• Add PodcastEpisode, PodcastSeason & PodcastSeries schemas.
• Hide Estimated salary (Occupation) and Fact check (ClaimReviewed) schemas from the list as they are no logger supported in Google Search results. If they're used on your website, they're still working on the frontend. They're just not visiable/selectable from the schema list in the admin.
• Add notice to install Slim SEO free if no free SEO plugin is active.

• Add Brand, CreativeWork and VisualArt schemas
• Add Organization subtypes
• Fix postal code type not being text
• Fix issue when checking whether a post is built with Bricks
• Fix undefined array key filesize when fetching image details
• Fix Bricks update link

• Adds a new hasMerchantReturnPolicy property to Organization, Product and Offer schemas to be compatible with Google requirements. You can configure the merchant return policy by referring to a page (default) or set it in detailly in the schema. You can also set the policy for the whole store (by adding it to the Organization schema) or per product/offer (in Product/Offer schemas).
• Add a new report for linked external websites that will let you know which sites (domains) that you link to.
• Convert numeric values to numbers (for breadcrumb positions)
• Fix site language to BCP47 format
• Allow to select custom product attributes
• Writting Assistant: fix issue with diacritics in slug

• Update - merged the SEO settings meta box of the Free version and Pro into a single one.
• Allow to translate strings in JavaScript
• Update QuantitativeValue schema and apply to all places
• Add description for custom JSON-LD
• Style custom JSON-LD input
• Fix undefined type for ACF field
• Fixes opening hours for shipping details of variable products.
• Fix error rendering if enter empty custom properties
• Fix compatibility with Patchstack due to REST API endpoint names
• Fix Divi 5 integration
• Fix bricks dynamic data links not detected

• ACF integration: Fix no dynamic data when no post object
• Writing assistant: Add support for page builders
• Writing assistant: Fix keyword section collapses when a custom post type doesn't support excerpt

• Add slim_seo.main_keyword variable to list of dynamic variables in Slim SEO free and schemas
• Make status icons accessible
• Support adding keywords with space
• Writing assistant: Change table heading from Description to Excerpt
• Fix undefined @type when rendering cloneable group for schemas
• Reduce number of Ajax requests for link manager reports
• Delete links when post and term are deleted
• Don't follow redirect when getting HTTP code by cURL

• Add a new feature Writing Assistant which checks your content in real time and offers friendly tips to improve keywords, images, links, and readability. Read more details on our blog post.

• Fix checking valid URL
• Fix post report not showing
• Make some props for Person cloneable

• Add a new tab Analytics, which shows the search performance on SERPs of your pages with the Google Search Console integration. You'll see impressions, clicks, CTR, and positions of your keywords and pages. For setup and usage, please follow this docs. Please note that this version requires PHP >= 8.0. If your host doesn't support PHP >= 8.0, please upgrade, or disable this feature.

• Fix schema tab not appearing

• Update - improve integrations with page builders, make schemas work when Yoast/Rank Math are active
• Add more properties for Article and Person schemas
• Improve JS by using WordPress's built-in scripts, reducing bundle size and using React 18

• Add toggles for premium features
• Fix position in BreadcrumbList schema
• Fix missing custom properties
• Re-add name, description and mainEntity for Article schema for backward compatibility
• Allow users to delete the plugin data when uninstalling by defining a constant in wp-config.php.

• Update - reduce number of ajax requests in the settings page, reduce the chance of being blocks by security rules or firewall
• Add a new action: update all URL instances, that allows you to update a URL in all places.
• Fix missing "T" in datetime values (like for events)
• Fix missing dictionary file for Mandarin language

• Add integration for Rank Math. The plugin will merge the schemas from Slim SEO Pro (higher priority) with the ones from Rank Math, which allows you to use both plugins together. If you want to use Slim SEO Pro only, disable the "Schema" feature in Rank Math's settings.
• Add toggle on/off to enable/disable schemas quickly
• Add support for more "variesBy" for WooCommerce's product variations: material, pattern, suggested age, suggested gender
• Update - improve style for HTTP status widget

• Add integration for Beaver Builder
• Fix: meta boxes disappear when scrolling in edit post iframe
• Fix getting current url when WordPress is installed in a sub-folder
• Remove geo and openingHoursSpecification for Ogranization as it doesn't support them

• Fix compatibility with Litespeed Cache plugin

• Update - replace Twig lib with a much lighter lib to improve performance
• Article schema: remove name, isPartOf, mainEntity; replace description with articleBody; make props optional
• BreadcrumbList schema: add current page as the last item
• Movie schema: add genre prop
• Fix missing id in Person schema if that's not the current author/user.
• JSON-LD schema: make value of prop accept null/true/false
• Improve scrolling to text in link suggestions
• Fix nullable warning in PHP 8.4

• Initial release