Yoast Local SEO changelog - page 4

Enhancements​

• Show a label in the opening hours after the current day stating if the location is opened. This can be turned on in the widget or by using a this filter: wpseo_local_show_open_now_label.

Bugfixes​

• Prevent days from selecting themselves in the opening hours widget.

Enhancements​

• When a different shipping address is selected, the local store pickup option will disappear
• API key settings for lat/long calculation are now more clarified and state that an API key first needs to be set before automatic calculation of lat/long can be done.

Bugfixes​

• To prevent cached shipping results to be shown, WooCommerce's shipping method transients are now cleared when the local store pickup options are saved.

Other​

• Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.6.1

Enhancements​

• Opening hours block now shows 'Loading opening hours' label in the editor when loading data.
• When a location needs to be selected, the label 'Please select a location in the sidebar on the right' is shown in the editor. This makes it more clear where the location selector can be found.
• Adds margin to the Location Select dropdown for UI improvement.

Bugfixes​

• Names of week days were misspelled. They now contain the mandatory capital.

Bugfixes​

• Locations category sitemap was not generated. It is now. From now on it's only excluded when no categories are available.
• Fixes JS error when no shipping zones were set.
• Fixes undefined index enhanced_search

Enhancements​

• This version introduces two new Gutenberg blocks to work with:

• The opening hours block

• The store locator block

• Blocks are now categorized under 'Yoast Structured Data Blocks'

Bugfixes​

• Fix a missing line break in the 2nd address line.
• Fix a bug that caused dimension for the store locator map not to work.
• Fix a typo in the custom permalinks description on the settings page.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused password protected locations to show up.
• Changed the unique identifier in the JSON-LD output to prevent conflicts with the breadcrumbs
• Fixed a undefined variable in localization data.

Bugfixes​

• The wp-seo-local-frontend.js file was included in the footer of every admin page. It is now only included when it's needed.
• Prevent unnecessary geocoding calls.

Enhancements​

• Yoast SEO: Local SEO for WooCommerce has been integrated into Local SEO.

• You can use your Yoast SEO Local locations as pickup store in your WooCommerce shop.

• Adds a screen in the WooCommerce section which shows you an actual overview of the orders which should be delivered at your pickup store(s).

• Configure a pick up location as tax address.

• If you had a Local SEO for WooCommerce license, this has been converted into a Local SEO license.

• Read more about it in this KB article: https://yoa.st/local-woo-local.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused the 2nd address line no to be outputted in the .kml file.
• Fixed a bug that caused the business logo's not to show up when showing all location addresses.
• Show the location category taxonomy in the Gutenberg sidebar.
• Fixed a bug where a PHP warning would be displayed when php_uname has been disabled for security reasons.

Other​

• Added description to clarify the used of the business image in the Yoast SEO: Local settings.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused custom classes not to be added to the address- and map-block output.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a business logo from being shown in the address shortcode and block.
• [wpseo_map id="all"] and [wpseo_address id="all"] now actually show all locations instead of a maximum of 10.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug that caused the Yoast SEO: Local enhanced search not to work.
• Fixed a bug that made the message that a location is open 24/7 not show up.

Enhancements​

• The enhanced search can now be enabled / disabled from the settings page.

Other​

• Change the json-ld output to better reflect the desired output for schema.org for opening hours for 24h and 24/7 opening times.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug where opening hours were not correctly shown in the header for Facebook Open Graph.

Other​

• Added Slovenian translation for the plugin.
• Diverse code quality improvements.

Bugfixes​

• Opening hours options were still showing, even though the 24/7 option was selected.
• Fixed a bug with the Open/Closed widget. It now shows the correct messages at the correct times.

Enhancements​

• Introducing Gutenberg Blocks.

• Added address block.

• Added Google Maps block.

• Bug fixes

• Fixed a typo that caused the shortcode generator for the store locator to no longer work.

Other​

• Improved code quality

Bugfixes​

• Prevent double output of JSON-LD structured data when using opening hours in address shortcode.

Enhancements​

• Add option for 24/7 and 24 hour opening hours
• Add phone/phone2/fax options to single map
• Add height/width/zoom options to store locator map
• Disabled route planner option in shortcode settings for single map when multiple locations are selected

Other​

• Bumped YoastSEO.js to 1.35.5

Bugfixes​

• Fix invalid XML sitemap output by escaping URLs.

Enhancements​

• Changed UI for permalinks and labels on the general settings page to be more user friendly.
• Better aligned labels for input fields on the general settings page to make it clearer what field they belong to.

Other​

• Improved code quality.
• Improved code security.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed a bug where if wpseo_json_ld_output was set to false, Local SEO still ouputted JSON-LD data.
• Fixed a bug where wpseo_show_opening_hours_after was used as an action instead of as a filter.
• Fixed a bug where Show URL was not an option in the Show Address widget.
• Fixed a typo in the word 'consider'.
• Fixed a typo in assignment vs comparison operator.

Other​

• Updated YoastSEO.js to 1.35.1.
• Improved code quality.
• Improved code security.
• Various i18n fixes.

Enhancements​

• Move business types to own repository.
• Make business types filterable with yoast-local-seo-business-types filter.
• Make business types translatable.

Other​

• Updated Yoast SEO JS to 1.34.0.
• Removed deprecated business types.
• Improved code quality.

Bugfixes​

• Changed faulty text for showing address on one line in shortcode.
• Remove leading comma in address when business name is hidden.
• Remove leading comma in address when business address is hidden.

Enhancements​

• Make output in .kml human readable and not encoded.

Other​

• Added link to Yoast KB about HTTPS when HTTPS is disabled.
• Improved code quality.
• Added Security Advisories package.