8.3
Release Date: September 25th, 2018
Bugfixes:
- Fixes a bug where an incorrect time would be outputted in the
article:published_timeandarticle:modified_timemeta properties when a timezone with numerical UTC offset was used (e.g. UTC+10). - Fixes a bug where the
article:published_timeandarticle:modified_timemeta properties would be localized. Props to AminulBD. - Fixes a bug where the structured data rendered by the Gutenberg How-To and FAQ blocks was rendered on pages with multiple posts.
- Fixes a bug where snippet variables would not be replaced in the
og:descriptionof taxonomies when they were added in the Facebook Description input field. - Fixes a bug where
babel-polyfillwould throw an error that there shouldn't be two instances of babel-polyfill. - Fixes a bug where the
boldbutton was available in the How-to block's step title and the FAQ block's Question field while they were already bold by default. - Fixes a bug that caused keywords beginning with the Turkish characters
İ/iandI/ınot to be recognized when changing that character from lowercase to uppercase and vice versa.
Enhancements:
- Adds a colon to the list of possible title separators.
- Adds a setting and filter (
wpseo_duration_text) to the how-to block that allows users to edit the text describing the time needed. - Adds a help text to the readability analysis.
Other:
- Adds a notice to the Yoast SEO dashboard that is shown when both Yoast SEO and All in One SEO Pack plugins are active.
- Makes the duplicate content link on the archive settings open in a new tab. Props to nikhilbarar.
- Changes the notification message that is shown when a new SEO-related issue has been found.
- Uses the correct type as the second argument of the
wpseo_sitemap_exclude_empty_termsfilter call when determining which taxonomies should have a sitemap. Props to liarco. - Removes the executable bits on SVN assets. Props to mathieu-aubin.
- Introduces an API function to get all Yoast SEO-related capabilities. Props to JoryHogeveen.
- Changes the
@contextproperty fromhttp://schema.orgtohttps://schema.orgin the FAQ and How-To block's structured data output. - Rename the
associatedMediaproperty in the FAQ and How-To block's structured data output toimage, to reflect a change in Google's guidelines. - Moves the
@typeandnameproperties to the root of the FAQ block's structured data output. - Nests the
Questionobjects in the newly introducedmainEntityproperty in the FAQ block's structured data output. - Removes the superfluous
positionproperty from the How-To block's structured data output.