Changelog - Swift SEO

Welcome to the Swift SEO plugin changelog! Here, you'll find the latest updates, improvements, and fixes for your favorite SEO optimization tool. Swift SEO is constantly evolving to help you improve your website’s search engine visibility, providing seamless integration, powerful automation, and the latest best practices for on-page SEO. Stay tuned for new features, enhancements, and bug fixes that will take your website’s optimization to the next level.

v2.3.9

Release Date: November 26, 2024

• Fix: Reverted WP editor object recommendation as it crashed the post editor

v2.3.8

Release Date: November 23, 2024

• Update: Moved translations to the init hook to prevent future deprecation notice
• Update: Added improved logo discovery in structured data

v2.3.7

Release Date: November 16, 2024

• Update: Tested OK for WordPress 6.7
• Update: Added better handling of update check intervals

v2.3.6

Release Date: November 10, 2024

• Update: Added compatibility check for Swift SEO Lite
• Update: Changed wording of headlines in the redirect manager
• Fix: Corrected updater transient name
• Fix: Prevent frontend mods from running in admin
• Dev: Minor condition optimization in image schema
• Dev: Changed legacy function names to camel case
• Various: Cleaned up legacy code in settings

v2.3.5

Release Date: November 6, 2024

• Fix: Excluded meta tag functions from running in dynamic WP feeds
• Fix: Implemented a fix for a Genesis bug in feed URLs (not related to Swift SEO)

v2.3.4

Release Date: November 6, 2024

• Update: Changed priority for default social images
• Fix: Fixed a bug in title live update when creating new posts
• Tweak: Changed AI-buttons to links to prevent triggering by form submission

v2.3.3

Release Date: October 27, 2024

• Update: Added support for development environments with https

v2.3.2

Release Date: October 26, 2024

• Fix: Fixed memory log content when SEO Health is disabled
• Fix: Removed overall SEO Health dashboard widgets when SEO Health is disabled
• Dev. Modified version handling for easier version updates

v2.3.1

Release Date: October 26, 2024

• Update: Clear 404 entries now redirects to the 404-page for verification
• Update: New and more efficient update mechanism for the primary category selector
• Fix: Fixed meta description placeholder and character counter when adding content in Swift Focus
• Fix: Fixed a bug where getCurrentPostId turned up undefined when editing products in WooCommerce
• Fix: Fixed a bug in redirects from query strings directly on the home URL
• Fix: Display correct icon after manually inserting new row in redirects table
• Fix: Fixed initial meta data placeholders that didn’t always register correctly
• Tweak: Adjusted redirect priority slightly to prevent forced redirects from unintentionally being stopped by attachment redirects

v2.3.0

Release Date: October 19, 2024

• New: Added AI breadcrumb generator if you wish to shorten the default title
• Update: Re-positioned SERP preview and removed SERP preview headline
• Update: Added slightly more details about per page readability recommendations
• Tweak: Rephrased all AI prompts
• Fix: Fixed a bug where meta description counter went to 160 when editing the main content
• Fix: Fixed a bug where meta description counter didn’t work properly on taxonomies
• Security: Added restriction option for WP Rest API’s media endpoint

v2.2.4

Release Date: October 16, 2024

• Update: Excluded IndexNow check from auto-save when updating existing posts and pages
• Update: Added character count on title & description in SEO health tab on posts and pages
• Fix: Fixed bug where globally noindexed taxonomies were included in sitemap.xml
• Fix: Fixed bug where primary category selector didn’t update correctly when adding new category from the post screen

v2.2.3

Release Date: October 13, 2024

• Update: Switched meta description null-safe operator with advanced logic
• Fix (admin): Fixed settings counter variable for radio buttons and checkbox groups
• Localization: Modified a few Danish translations

v2.2.2

Release Date: October 12, 2024

• Fix: Added null-safe operator to meta description generator

v2.2.1

Release Date: October 6, 2024

• Fix: Fixed a bug where redirect settings wouldn’t save properly
• Fix: Fixed a bug where query string URLs wouldn’t redirect properly

v2.2.0

Release Date: October 5, 2024

• New: Added button to reset SEO Health analysis if a new version is published
• New: Added existing SEO plugin detection
• New: Added keyword density to the per page SEO health analysis
• Update: Added an extra difficulty level in the readability analysis
• Update: Added higher consistency in scheduled calculations
• Tweak: Adjusted the reading time factor slightly
• Localization: Adjusted Danish translations slightly

v2.1.0

Release Date: September 23, 2024

• Fix: Fixed a bug in structured data that occurred on dynamic home pages
• Tweak: Repositioned admin menu items
• Update: Tested OK for WordPress 6.6.2
• New: Added log viewing area
• New: Added memory logging to catch possible memory leaks in the install

v2.0.5

Release Date: September 10, 2024

• Update: Changed permalink function for draft posts to get the correct URL for SEO health and canonical placeholder

v2.0.4

Release Date: September 5, 2024

• Fix: Removed mainEntityOfPage from ProfilePage schema as it was redundant to the page itself
• Fix: Fixed an inconsistency in saving redirects
• Update: Refactored utility classes

v2.0.3

Release Date: September 3, 2024

• Fix: Fixed a bug where secondary keywords were counted incorrectly
• Update: Improved noindex handling in XML sitemaps
• Update: Finetuned elements of performance

v2.0.2

Release Date: August 31, 2024

• Update: Improved post types and taxonomies handling
• Update: Added support for Elementor
• Update: Added support for Oxygen
• Update: Added keywords to SEO Health cards
• Dev: Refactored compatibility structure
• New: Added 1-click keyword extraction

v2.0.1

Release Date: August 26, 2024

v2.0.0

Release Date: August 25, 2024

• Tweak: Updated plugin description
• Update: Removed AI image generation because of the low value it provided
• Update: Renamed default sitemap name to swift-sitemap.xml
• Update: Removed old AI models and added GPT 4o mini for faster and cheaper responses
• Update: Added more AI options to customize meta generation
• Update: Added brand new global analyses
• Update: Added new design for per page analyses
• Update: Skip IndexNow check for not published posts
• Update: Heavily reduced per page schema settings
• Update: Simplified SEO and reading analysis - both global and per page
• Update: Finetuned the analyzing engine for all analyses
• Enhancement: Updated schema markup to use extensive relational graph
• Enhancement: Made a fresh light admin design
• Enhancement: Auto refresh per page analyses on save
• Enhancement: Enhanced category handling for a smoother experience
• Enhancement: More consistent meta placeholders
• Performance: Refactored database interactions for reduction in query times
• Performance: Refactored all files to prevent redundancy and improve overall performance
• Performance: Added sitemap caching and adjusted default number of pages per sitemap for the best performance
• New: Added SEO overview widgets on the WP dashboard
• New: Added Readability overview widgets on the WP dashboard

Breaking Changes:

• The swiftBreadcrumbs(); helper has been replaced with SwiftBreadcrumbs::render();
• The shortcode [wpsseo-breadcrumbs] has been replaced with [swift-breadcrumbs]
• The shortcode [wpsseo-reading-time] has been replaced with [swift-reading-time]
• Changed default sitemap name to sitemap-index.xml - this should only affect new websites

v1.1.6

Release Date: August 6, 2024

• Fix: Changed meta name to property for fb:app_id
• Fix: Fixed broken icon with tooltip on the global analysis
• Update: Updated admin colors to align with the upcoming version 2.0.0
• Update: Added support for upcoming reading times shortcode for version 2.0.0 ([swift-reading-time]), for an easier transition

v1.1.5

Release Date: July 30, 2024

• Update: Added support for upcoming breadcrumbs shortcode for version 2.0.0 ([swift-breadcrumbs]), for an easier transition

We encourage you to switch the shortcode when you updated to this version.

v1.1.4

Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Fix: Fixed a bug where a redirect could be matched to an existing page with safe mode off

v1.1.3

Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Update: Expanded and fine tuned schema markup for archives and post types

v1.1.2

Release Date: July 23, 2024

• Tweak: Optimized robots.txt syntax

v1.1.1

Release Date: July 20, 2024

• Update: Added option to prevent individual pages and posts from caching meta tags
• Fix: Fixed wrong link in license-notice
• Performance: Added enhanced caching for the updater class

v1.1.0

Release Date: July 18, 2024

• Fix: Fixed admin page string check
• Update: Tested OK for WordPress 6.6
• Update: Added automatic redirect for “sitemap.xml” if it hits a 404
• Update: Added automatic redirect for “favicon.ico” if it hits a 404
• Update: Refactored code that used the_content filter to prevent potential infinite loops
• New: Added shortcode and helper function for reading times
• New: Added optional extended social meta
• Enhancement: Added post type context to taxonomy labels in the settings

NB: This update adds new default settings for social meta, so make sure you go through your settings if you don't want to add them for now.

v1.0.6

Release Date: July 13, 2024

• Fix: Fixed textdomain constant

v1.0.5

Release Date: July 11, 2024

• Fix: Fixed missing description on WooCommerce shop home
• Update: Added AMP detection in DC auto-redirect

v1.0.4

Release Date: July 10, 2024

• Enhancement: Added default margin in SEO metabox where missing
• Enhancement: Added helpful license notices

v1.0.3

Release Date: July 8, 2024

• Fix: Rewritten SERP preview and placeholder suggestion to support parsing of custom blocks
• Update: Updated autodescription formatting function for better compatibility
• Enhancement: Added automatic redirects for posts when slug is changed
• Tweak: Updated admin loader for an improved UX
• Tweak: Modified X-Redirect-By header
• Tweak: Changed default readability formula to Flesch Kincaid

v1.0.2

Release Date: July 3, 2024

• Dev: Added more flexibility in admin select-rendering
• Fix: Added strict type casting for noindex & nofollow to ensure consistency
• Fix: Fixed typo in variable for author canonical URL
• Fix: Added additional noindex check for taxonomy terms in sitemap
• Fix: Added conditional check for empty shop page id in Schema markup

v1.0.1

Release Date: June 27, 2024

• Tweak: Added support for WordPress 6.5.5
• New: Added support for automatic noindex on empty taxonomy terms
• Enhancement: Merged individual visibility settings in a single group

v1.0.0

Release Date: May 9, 2024

• Initial release