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11.6

Other​

  • Fixes a deprecation notice when calling get_woocommerce_term_meta.
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.6

11.5

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.5

11.4

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.4

11.3

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.3

11.2

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.2

11.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a PHP warning would occur on a product page when a review is added.
  • Fixes bug where a fatal crash would occur on the checkout page when WooCommerce is not active.

Other​

  • Disables plugin when WooCommerce is not active.
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.1

11.0

Enhancements​

  • Improves the integration of Woo & Yoast's Schema output, bringing it to a whole new level.
  • Schema: Changes page type on Checkout to CheckoutPage.
  • Schema: Changes page type on Product to ItemPage.

Other​

  • Removes Woo breadcrumbs Schema output.
  • Sets the minimum required Yoast SEO version to 11.0.

10.1

Enhancements​

Changes og:brand to product:brand to match the OpenGraph specifications better.​

Other​

  • Sets the minimum required Yoast SEO version to 10.1.
  • Removes an empty method that has been deprecated since version 5.6.

10.0

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 10.0

9.7

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.7

9.6.1

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.6.1

9.6

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.6

9.5

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.5

9.4

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.4

9.3

Enhancements​

  • The short product description assessment in the SEO analysis is now updated whenever the description gets changed inside the Text-based editor (previously only in the Visual editor).

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the WooCommerce breadcrumbs were not replaced by the Yoast SEO breadcrumbs.
  • Fixes a bug where switching to the visual editor with the text editor active could cause the Product editor to crash.

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.3

9.2

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.2

9.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the Yoast SEO Breadcrumbs settings page link did not go to the correct page.
  • Fixes a bug where a PHP warning would be displayed when php_uname has been disabled for security reasons.

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.1

9.0

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.0

8.4

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.4

8.3

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.3

8.2

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.2

8.1

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.1

8.0

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.0

7.9.1

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.9.1

7.9

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.9

7.8

  • Excludes the WooCommerce core pages from the sitemap, as they are set to noindex by WooCommerce.
  • Hides excluded catalog products from the products sitemap.
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.8

7.7

  • Adds recommended templates with replacements variables for WooCommerce pages.
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.7

7.6

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.6

7.5

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.5

7.4

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.4

7.3

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.3

7.2

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.2

7.1

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.1

7.0

  • Removes backfill for wp_installing() as this was introduced in WordPress 4.4.
  • Requires WordPress 4.8 or higher to be installed.
  • Requires Yoast SEO 7.0 or higher to be installed.
  • Security hardening.

6.3

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 6.3

6.2

Enhancements​

  • Adds %%wc_price%%, %%wc_sku%%, %%wc_shortdesc%% and %%wc_brand%% replacement variables for titles and meta description.

6.1

Enhancements​

  • Excludes product names from being translated.

6.0

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 6.0

5.9

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where product gallery images were being placed above the featured image in the OpenGraph output. This caused an unexpected image to be used when sharing the page.
  • Fixes a bug where the Yoast SEO link count columns where not removed from the product page when the setting Remove Yoast SEO columns is used.

Other​

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.9

5.8

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.8

5.7

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.7.

5.6

Enhancements​

Changes the capability on which the submenu is registered to wpseo_manage_options​

Changes the way the submenu is registered to use the wpseo_submenu_pages filter​

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the short product description was cut after 156 characters in the meta description
  • Fixes a bug where the license check endpoint was using an incorrect URL

5.5

  • Updated the internationalization module to version 3.0.
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.5

5.4

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.4

5.3

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.3

5.2

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.2

5.1

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.1

5.0

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.0.

4.9

  • Adds a filter to set the primary category in the permalink.
  • Adds fallbacks for several deprecated warnings.
  • Fixes a bug where not all Yoast SEO columns were hidden when the columns output by Yoast were removed.

4.8

  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 4.8.