Yoast / wordpress-seo

Changes compared to 15.1-RC1:

• Merges the indexable and link indexing tools on the tools page into one process. #16056
• Improves the user experience of the indexing tool on the tools page by showing its progress on the tools page itself, instead of in a separate pop-up modal. #16056
• Adds an option and a filter (wpseo_dynamic_permalinks_enabled) to enable dynamic permalink fallback in the indexable model. #16073
• Send a new request to SEMrush if the focus keyword has changed since the last one. #16098
• Replaces a React Button with an HTML button to fix an import problem when the monorepo is unlinked. #16118

Changes in this RC (15.1-RC1):

Enhancements:

• Adds an integration with SEMrush to search for and compare search volume of related keyphrases. #16019
• Prevents several processes from happening on non-production environments:
  • Indexing indexables. #16049
  • Pinging search engines about XML sitemaps. #15985
  • Sending tracking information. #15985
  • Checking the indexability of the site with Ryte. #15985
• Uses the website from a user's WordPress profile in that user's SameAs array in the Schema output. #16009
• Flushes all permalinks from the indexables tables when the value of the permalink_structure option changes, and introduces a notification to ask for a reindex in that case. #16079
• Flushes all permalinks from the indexables tables when the value of the home_url option changes, and introduces a notification to ask for a reindex in that case. #16044
• Registers a cron job that checks whether the home_url was changed manually and resets the permalinks accordingly. #16078
• Makes it possible to recognize keyphrases in Farsi when they have a negation prefix or an indefinite article (for example: ماشین ("car") in ماشینی ("a car")). #849
• Improves keyphrase recognition in Farsi by filtering the function words such as هفت, چهارم, یا . #846

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the Yoast replacement variables plugin would not be available on edit terms page for usage by other plugins. #15998

Non user facing SEMrush (that are already covered in the general SEMrush changelog item above):

• Removes the margin from the get more insights semrush link #16089
• Fixes the button and updates a test description #16088
• Changed the endpoint to use SEMrush's broad search instead of related keyphrase search. #16082
• Vendor-prefix symphony/polyfill-intl-idn #16033
• Uses react-select instead of select2 for the SEMrushCountrySelector component. #15990
• Implements tests for js/src/components/modals/SEMrushCountrySelector.js and js/src/components/modals/SEMrushKeyphrasesTable.js to test their functionality. #15988
• Adds tests for SEMrushRelatedKeyphrasesModal and SEMrushRelatedKeyphrasesModalContent. #15960
• Fixes the authorization flow within the SEMrush integration #15943
• Cleans up the notation of the containers to ensure consistency across the code base. #15938
• Adds a link to the SEMrush login/register form in a popup window #15927
• Adds tests for all the available semrush redux actions, reducers and selectors #15915
• Moves SEMrush PHP tests to the new unit test directory and added missing tests for options action. #15895
• Show error message when trying to get related keyphrases for a blank focus keyword #15891
• Renames files and classes to ensure consistency in the spelling of SEMrush. #15890
• Ensures SEMrush modal width doesn't change width based on changes in its content. #15885
• Fix problem with country code not initialized with value from database #15884
• Changes the SEMrush modal to the custom Yoast modal instead of the default Gutenberg one. #15881
• Adds wp-api-fetch to the classic-editor asset loading configuration. #15871
• When the modal is first opened and rendered, relatedKeyphrasesRequest() is called which fetches data from semrush. #15856
• Adds the maximum related keyphrases warning to the modal (if applicable) and only shows the 'upsell to Premium' message if the user is not using Premium. #15843
• Refactor checks for comma in keyphrase and max keyphrase length to adapt them to the new implementation of component #15840
• Refactors request to only get the three required columns: Keyphrase, Volume and Trend. #15834
• Merges trunk into feature/semrush. #15832
• Disables the SEMrush integration on the edit terms and edit attachment pages. #15829
• Updates request-failed content. #15827
• Adds centralized keyphrase validation to the KeywordInput component. #15826
• Fixes the button styling in the KeyphrasesTable. #15819
• Removes logic related to SEMrush that belongs to Premium. #15805
• Integrates the SEMrush related keyphrases API call with the RelatedKeyphrasesModalContent component and its contents. #15799
• Adds last required functionality for the Country Selector component. #15792
• Add yoast class to SEMrush modal #15791
• Add yoast class to SEMrush modal #15790
• Adds a data table to the AreaChart component to represent the chart data in an accessible way. #15778
• Re-adds a missing method to the RelatedKeyphrases container. #15767
• connect redux to component #15756
• Introduces an API endpoint to retrieve data related to the keyphrase, from the SEMrush API. #15747
• Displays an error message when attempting to open the SEMrush modal with an empty keyphrase. #15732
• Creates the SEMrush Country Selection component. #15696
• Added a /semrush/country_code REST endpoint to store the last country database queried by the SEMrush integration. #15690
• Show/hide the "Get related keyphrases" button in the metabox and in the sidebar, based on the SEMrush integration option. #15679
• Adds the SEMrush keyphrases table component #15673
• Implements redux functionality which is needed for the implementation of SEMrush #15663
• Ensures the YoastRelatedKeyphrases fill for Free doesn't load in Premium. #15630
• Adds an "Integrations" tab in the Yoast SEO General Settings, showing the toggle to enable/disable SEMrush integration. #15618
• Adds OAuth for communication with SEMrush API. #15607
• Adds a basic container for the SEMrush modal based and a Slot/Fill implementation for the modal content. #15604
• Fixes a bug where the wrong css class was used for the SEMrush limit-reached upsell button. #15587
• Restores basic styling for the Related keyphrases modal dialog after trunk merge. #15578
• Refactor: removes all React references in SEMrush components in favor of @wordpress/element #15551
• Add a alert box to be displayed conditionally in the SEMrush modal for Premium, if user can't add any new related keyphrase. #15518
• Adds content for the SEMrush modal dialog for the scenario where the request to get related keyphrases from SEMrush fails. #15513
• Add an Yoast SEO Premium upsell info alert on top of the SEMrush modal #15506
• Fixes a few occurrences of uppercase R in SEMrush. #15503
• Adds content for the SEMrush modal dialog for the scenario where the data coming from SEMrush needs to be loaded. #15448
• Adds a basic modal dialog for the SEMrush get related keyphrases functionality. #15383
• Adds content for the SEMrush modal dialog for the scenario where the daily request limit has been reached. #15369
• Makes the Related keyphrases and Synonyms upsell modal dialogs use the Gutenberg Modal component. #15368
• Replaces internally linked ErrorBoundary and FieldGroup components, with their exposed counterparts. #15980
• Change the sort order in the related keyphrases result from "volume" to "relevance". #15978
• Places the button next to the select in the SEMrushCountrySelector component. #16014

Non user facing other:

• Also output warnings on composer check-branch-cs #16090
• Remove CS summary output from Travis #16087
• Replaces inheritDoc comments with a copy from the extended class. #16066
• Fix docs CS. #16064
• Replaces inheritDoc comments with a copy from the extended class. #16063
• Bump packages #16060
• Adds an id to the meta robots advanced's input field. #16058
• Fixed several CS warnings and temporarily upped the warning threshold. #16055
• Adds a grunt script for unlinking the monorepo if it is linked, to be used during RC creation. #16053
• Solves a variety of PHP CS issues. #16012
• Adds tests for the meta tags context memoizer and the presentation memoizer. #16000
• Fixes one warning to make Travis pass again. #15999
• Adds and improves documentation for indexation actions. #15991
• Make sure that the matching monorepo feature branch is checked out when Travis runs on a pull request based on a feature branch #15986
• Adds a grunt webpack:watch task that quickly rebuilds javascript when changing a js file without having to run grunt build:js again. #15984
• Removes the endpoint factory class as it's not used. #15982
• Removes several exceptions that were not used. #15982
• The MetaboxFill was refactored to not call TopLevelProviders around each item. Rather, TopLevelProviders is now around the MetaboxSlot. #15972
• The SidebarFill was refactored to not call TopLevelProviders around each item. Rather, TopLevelProviders is now around the SidebarSlot. #15972
• The AdvancedSettings, FacebookEditor, and TwitterEditor components now use location context rather than a location prop. #15972
• Moves the get_permalink_for_indexable into a permalink helper class for easier reuse. #16030
• Change the incorrect wording of "frontpage" and "blog page" to "posts page" in our settings. #16041 (is technically user-facing both not changelog-worthy)
• Bump http-proxy from 1.17.0 to 1.18.1 #16013
• Bump lodash.merge from 4.6.1 to 4.6.2 #15995
• Bump marked from 0.6.1 to 0.7.0 #15993
• Bump node-fetch from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 #16040
• Bump decompress from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1 #15996
• Bump handlebars from 4.0.12 to 4.7.6 #16002
• Output CS branch errors when thresholds fail #16092

Changes compared to 15.0-RC7:

Non-user facing:
• Fixes a bug where an error is given when creating a page. #16095

Changes compared to 15.0-RC6:

Non-user facing:

• Fixes a bug where an infinite loop occurred when an indexable is build and the the indexable has ancestors (breadcrumbs). #16084

Changes compared to 15.0-RC5:
Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the 'Stop counting' button in the text link counter modal wouldn't stop the counting of links. #16045
• Fixes a bug where indexable hierarchies were not being created during bulk indexing.
  #16046

Non-userfacing:

• Fixes a bug in which a sentence containing single-letter word would trigger An error occurred in the 'passiveVoice' assessment in passive voice assessment bullet. Yoast/javascript#862

Changes compared to 15.0-RC4:

• Fixes a bug where a warning about array_key_exists was shown when creating a new post. #16034

Changes compared to 15.0-RC3:

• Fixes a bug where parts of the content of a password protected post could be output in the schema.
  #16015
• Disabling the Yoast SEO sitemap feature does not automatically disable WordPress' own sitemap anymore. #16015
• Update release notification #16024

Changes compared to 15.0-RC2:

Enhancements:

• Introduces an advanced Settings tab in the sidebar. #16022
• Introduces buttons in the sidebar to open the Facebook and Twitter Preview in a modal. #16022
• Changes the Google Preview modal styling to match the new modals. #16022
• Changes the styling of the Yoast SEO sidebar to match the standard Gutenberg styling. #16022
• Adds a hover state styling to the items in the Metabox. #16022

Other:

• Slightly rearranges the order of items in the Yoast SEO sidebar. #16022

Non-userfacing:

• Added 15.0 release notification (which is outdated already. Product will update it before the final RC) #15997
• Reintroduces the Schema tab in the sidebar. #16022

Changes compared to 15.0-RC1:
This RC was only created to keep the RC numbers of Free and Premium the same