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Yoast Duplicate Post 4.6

Introduces smoother post duplication, more reliable rewrite workflows, and better compatibility across languages and configurations. Read more here!

Enhancements​

  • Improves the style of the Copy to a new draft and Rewrite & Republish actions in the Block Editor.
  • Replaces the metabox with a sidebar panel in the Block Editor.
  • Improves the compatibility with the Block Editor.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the block editor button were not styled if the admin bar links where not present.
  • Fixes a bug where Rewrite & Republish copies could remain orphaned, blocking editors from creating a new Rewrite & Republish copy for the original post.
  • Fixes a bug where cloning an attachment did not copy its caption and description as expected. Props to @masteradhoc.
  • Fixes a bug where notices were not appearing in the block editor, throwing console errors, with some locales.
  • Fixes a bug where translations where missing in the buttons and the notices in the Block Editor. Props to @petitphp.
  • Fixes a bug where using regular expressions in "Do not copy these fields" were not working as expected. Props to @ikuno9233.

Other​

  • Improves security of the Bulk Clone action and the republishing of a copy.
  • Adds duplicate_post_before_republish and duplicate_post_after_republish action hooks fired before and after republishing. Props to @piscis.
  • Deprecates the dp_duplicate_post and dp_duplicate_page hooks and introduces a new unified duplicate_post_after_duplicated action hook that replaces them. The new hook includes the post type as a fourth parameter for flexible filtering.
  • Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.8.
  • Verified compatibility with PHP up to version 8.5.
  • Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.9.
  • Drops compatibility with PHP < 7.4.
  • Fixes the Developer Guide link that was leading to a non-existent page. Props to @masteradhoc.
  • Fixes the documentation link to use a shortlink. Props to @masteradhoc.
  • Improves how the translations are loaded by relying on the WordPress mechanism for that. Props to @swissspidy.
  • Improves discoverability of security policy in Packagist.
  • Users requiring this package via [WP]Packagist can now use the composer/installers v2.