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@igorschoester igorschoester released this 03 Sep 11:49

= 12.1.0 =
Release Date: September 17th, 2019

Read more about Yoast SEO 12.1 in our 12.1 release post!

Enhancements:

  • Adds a get_robots method to retrieve the robot HTML without it being output. Props to @bradymwilliams.
  • Adds a filter yoast_free_schema_company_name that allows filtering Yoast company name setting. Props to @andrewgillingham.
  • Adds a filter yoast_free_schema_company_logo_id that allows filtering Yoast company logo setting. Props to @andrewgillingham.
  • Adds a filter wpseo_sitemap_exclude_empty_terms_taxonomy to make the hide or show empty terms decision, per taxonomy.
  • Adds a filter wpseo_enable_structured_data_blocks to allow disabling Yoast's Structured Data block editor blocks.
  • Adds collapsible around the hidden problems and notifications on the Yoast dashboard.
  • Improves user input validation in the Yoast settings pages.
  • Improves the snippet preview icon by using the site icon when available.
  • Improves the consistency of the plugin icons.

Bugfixes:

  • Changes the sslverify argument for remote requests to true (the default).
  • Fixes a bug where the primary term selector would not display HTML entities properly. Props to @dlh01.

Other:

  • Allows showing specific dashboard feeds based on the wp_version and php_version of a site.
  • Changes desktop snippet preview to match Google's new font sizes.
  • Removes the AMP Glue plugin suggestion from the SEO dashboard when AMP and Yoast SEO are installed. The AMP Glue plugin by Yoast is being discontinued.
  • Removes the Courses menu-item in Yoast SEO.