Yoast Local SEO changelog - page 2

Other​

• Disables Local SEO in the Elementor editor as compatibility for Local SEO has not been implemented yet.

Other​

• Improves security by improving input validation and output escaping in the opening hours widget.

Enhancements​

• Added the address to the output of the local pickup option in WooCommerce.
• Move Local Blocks to their own category.
• Remove redundant version parameters from the asset URLs.
• Improved the preview with real address data when available.

Bugfixes​

• Show correct permalink structure when there is a prefix to the %post_name%.
• Fixes a bug where "google is not defined" error was thrown in the console when not using a map in the Store Locator.
• Fixes a bug where no plugin icon and compatibility data would be displayed on the plugins update screen.

Enhancements​

• Added block previews for WordPress 5.5.

Bugfixes​

• Changed ambiguous toggle values.
• Fixed wrongfully aligned input fields for the map block.
• Fixes a bug where a PHP notice would be thrown on the post edit screen when the single location setting was enabled
• Fixes a bug where a nested array would be output as the organization schema’s type when the wpseo_schema_organization filter was used to return an array of types.

Other​

• Several changes and updates to the code base to make it more secure.
• Enables tracking when activating Yoast SEO: Local. Previously tracking was always on. It can now be disabled in the configuration wizard.
• Removed an old reference to Yoast SEO: Local for WooCommerce

Bugfixes​

• Fixed an issue that caused the "Hide opening hours option" toggle in "Opening hours" settings tab to sometimes show incorrect forms.
• Fixed an issue where the default organization logo would not be used in local business schema when a specific location logo is not defined.
• The checkout text set in WooCommerce settings now shows when expected.
• The Store Locator now accurately limits the maximum number of results based on the parameters set.
• Fixed a bug where SEO analysis would incorrectly display a warning for the URL when a location's business information contains a city of which the name contains special characters.
• Fixed a bug that could cause browser freezes when clicking opening hour time format toggles.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug that caused WooCommerce templates to be loaded even if local pickup was disabled triggering a JavaScript console error.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a WooCommerce checkout script would unnecessarily load on pages other than cart and checkout.
• Fixes a typo in Business Info settings.
• When searching with the store locator the category filter now works as expected.
• Remove code elements from tooltips to make them like the default WooCommerce tooltips.

Enhancements​

• The location post type is now filterable using wpseo_local_post_type.

• Schema:

• Removed the name property from organization list.

Other​

• Several code quality improvements.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused selected shipping methods to disappear when selecting 'ship to other address'.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused the .csv importer to get stuck in an infinite loop.

Other​

• Updated the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 14.0.
• Use the new Indexables architecture for geo presenters and schema output.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused a single location not to show up in the local store pickup at a WooCommerce shopping basket or checkout page.
• Fixed a bug that caused a map not to show up when centering on all locations.
• Fixed a bug that caused a stand alone store locator widget not to return any results.
• Fixed a bug that caused the 'open now' functionality to not work when using multiple opening hours.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where all JavaScript and CSS files were missing.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused the enhanced search to always be on, disregarding the actual setting.
• Removed the table sorter script that threw a console error on the sitemap.xml pages.
• Fixed a bug that caused possible undefined index on widget titles.

Enhancements​

• The UI and UX for entering an API key and calculating location's lat/lng is improved.
• Disabled the person/company select box in Yoast SEO when Yoast SEO: Local is active.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused possible locations not to be found in the store locator even when the default country was set.
• Fixed a bug that caused the store locator to not always give a reliable result.

Other​

• Updated the address assessment notification.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown on activation.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where incorrect locations metadata would be saved on multisite environments in combination with MultilingualPress.
• Fixed a bug that caused store locator scripts to be included on every single page.

Other​

• Removed duplicate tab and content title for the API key and WooCommerce settings tabs.
• Replaced deprecated namespaced objects for block editor components.
• Dropped IE11 support and therefore removed WP polyfills.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused business types for a single location to not be saved correctly.
• Fixed a bug that caused shortcodes with no ID set to show the most recent location.

Other​

• Changed descriptive text on the "Opening hours"-tab to make its meaning more clear.

Enhancements​

• Use the WPSEO_Options class to save and sanitize options.

• Bugs:

• Removed checking of default value for options on every page load.

• Removed checking of Yoast SEO company settings on each page load.

• UI:

• Set select boxes in widgets to 100% (max)width.

Other​

• Replaced the HelpScout beacon on the Local SEO admin page.
• Bumped minimum Yoast SEO version to 12.6.

• Schema:

• Removed subOrganisation from schema output since it's no longer valid.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug where an empty geo.position could be output when lat/long isn't set in the settings.

• Fixed a bug that caused scheduled posts to not show location meta data in the admin area.

• Fixed a bug that caused location selects in widget to display no locations.

• Fixed a bug that caused select2 to no longer work if the Yoast Meta Box was hidden on a single location page.

• Fixed a bug that caused the Yoast SEO image to be shown in the meta box when no image was chosen.

• UI:

• Fixed issues that caused misalignment of some elements in the Yoast SEO: Local plugin when updating to WordPress 5.3.