19.11-RC1
Pre-release
Pre-release
Changes compared to: 19.9
Enhancements:
- Improves the call-to-action feedback string of the Flesch Reading Ease insight when the text is recognized as fairly difficult. #19057
Bugfixes:
- Introduces the
wpseo_indexable_excluded_taxonomies
filter, to allow manually excluding taxonomies from being indexed. #19077 - Fixes a bug where indexables were created for users when author archives were disabled. #19078
- Fixes a bug where an entry to the indexable DB table would be added when saving, or updating or accessing a post (or term) for a non-public post type (or taxonomy). #19077
- Prevent duplicate indexable records for the same object #19079
- Fixes a bug where indexables for users did not get removed when a user would not have any publicly viewable posts anymore. #19078
- Fixes a bug where indexables for users did not get removed when author archives were disabled. #19078
- Fixes a bug where the SEO optimization would error out when a post type is manually excluded via a filter. #19083
- Fixes a bug where Yoast SEO-related post meta data would not be saved if a user without the
manage_options
capability would save a post in Elementor. #19041 - Fixes a bug where users with site-wide basic access authentication would be prompted to insert their credentials when saving a post in Elementor if they didn't have the
manage_options
capability. #19041 - Fixes a bug where indexables were created for users who did not have any publicly viewable posts. #19078
Other:
- Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.1. #19094
- Ensures compatibility with the High Performance Order Storage feature in WooCommerce 7.1+. #19085
- Deprecates the hooks used to add custom content to the Yoast SEO settings pages, in preparation for future releases. The following hooks have been deprecated:
wpseo_tools_overview_list_items
,wpseo_settings_tab_crawl_cleanup
,wpseo_settings_tab_site_analysis
,Yoast\WP\SEO\admin_author_archives_meta
,Yoast\WP\SEO\admin_date_archives_meta
,Yoast\WP\SEO\admin_post_types_beforearchive
,Yoast\WP\SEO\admin_post_types_archive
,Yoast\WP\SEO\admin_taxonomies_meta
,wpseo_admin_other_section
,wpseo_admin_opengraph_section
,wpseo_admin_pinterest_section
,wpseo_admin_twitter_section
,wpseo_import_other_plugins
. #19056
Non user facing:
- Removes cat=-1 from the URL when it is present. #19012
- Reduces the amount of data that is stored in the yoast_indexables table. #19087
- Adds tracking for multiple options from the local addon. #19048
- Adds an upsell for the
Internal linking suggestions
in metabox and sidebar. #19038 - Change the version number from
19.10
to19.11
. #19090 - Adds a sale badge to the upsell on our main settings page, that is temporarily shown. #19063
- Adds two watchers to detect when post types or taxonomies switch from being public to private and vice-versa. #19095
- Do not build indexables when they have an object id of 0. #19096