v1.9.0

LW SEO v1.9.0

Installation

Via Composer:

composer require lwplugins/lw-seo

Manual Installation:

1. Download lw-seo-1.9.0.zip
2. Upload to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate in WordPress admin

Changelog

Added

• Image sitemap: featured and in-content images (and WooCommerce gallery images) are listed in the XML sitemap; content inside shortcodes and non-media blocks is skipped. Filters: lw_seo_sitemap_images and lw_seo_sitemap_content_images.
• Browser-readable sitemap view (XSL stylesheet), can be turned off.
• HTML sitemap: [lw_html_sitemap] shortcode and an HTML sitemap block, cached, following the XML sitemap's noindex and exclusion rules.
• 404 log (off by default): records missing URLs with hit counts, an admin list with "Create redirect", and WP-CLI wp lw-seo not-found. Daily cleanup and a row cap.
• Redirect URL tester in the Redirects screen and wp lw-seo redirect test <url>.
• IndexNow (off by default): notifies participating search engines when public content is published, updated or deleted; the key file is served by the site; manual submit and log in the Sitemap screen; WP-CLI wp lw-seo indexnow.
• WooCommerce: shop-wide default brand.
• WooCommerce: ProductGroup structured data for variable products (optional).
• WooCommerce: shipping details and merchant return policy settings added to product offers.
• WooCommerce: hidden products get noindex and leave the sitemap; out-of-stock products can be left out of the sitemap.
• Image alt and title templates (off by default): fill missing or empty alt/title text at display time from %%image_title%%, %%image_caption%%, %%image_filename%% and the usual variables; the media library is not modified.
• Developer filters: lw_seo_post_noindex, lw_seo_woo_offer, lw_seo_woo_varies_by_map, lw_seo_html_sitemap_sections, lw_seo_html_sitemap_output.

Fixed

• Invalid regular-expression redirects no longer emit PHP warnings; they are skipped.

Full Changelog: v1.8.8...v1.9.0