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Yoast SEO for Shopify changelog - page 2

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25-09-2023 12:12

Enhancements

  • Clarifies notice about the connection to Semrush when facing issues in the connection.
  • Merges Facebook preview and Twitter preview collapsibles into Social media appearance.
  • Renames Google preview collapsible to Search appearance.

15-09-2023 05:28

Other

  • Introduces a questionnaire to new customers about their reasons for installing.

23-08-2023 11:20

Enhancements

  • NEW: Adds an integration with Semrush. It enables you to find related high-performing keywords and keyphrase insights right in the Shopify editor and write relevant high-quality content!

15-08-2023 06:32

Bugfixes

  • Fixes issues with list of blogs limited to 20 records.

14-08-2023 08:46

Enhancements

  • Improves copy about the follow-up steps after finishing the bulk import process.

09-08-2023 07:55

Enhancements

  • Adds support for metaobject in custom page types.

28-07-2023 08:34

Enhancements

  • Excludes separator and site title from SEO title width assessment and from the calculation in the SEO title progress bar.
  • Updates the verification link to the Google Search Console in the Webmaster tools section in Site settings.

18-07-2023 07:33

Bugfixes

  • Improves performance of the process of importing Yoast CSV files.

04-07-2023 09:16

Enhancements

  • Adds redirection to welcome app after first successfull integration process.

03-07-2023 08:49

Enhancements

  • Excludes separator and site title from SEO title width assessment and from the calculation in the SEO title progress bar.

29-06-2023 07:04

Enhancements

  • Expands the list of HTML elements excluded from the content analysis.
  • Introduces more robust HTML processing for the competing links, keyphrase in introduction, image alt text, image keyphrase, and images assessments.

08-06-2023 12:01

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where a corrupted ImageObject would be in the Schema output when using an image in the content without a more specific Google / Facebook targeted image.

Other

  • Removes the new badge from the insights section.

08-06-2023 07:53

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where the aggregateRating Schema property would not be added for products.

01-06-2023 09:18

Enhancements

  • Improves feedback strings for keyphrase density assessment by referring to the keyphrase in general instead of the focus keyphrase.

31-05-2023 05:27

Bugfixes

  • Fixes issue with starting multiple theme modifications processes.

18-05-2023 10:30

Bugfixes

  • Fixes issue with keeping subscription status metafield updated.

17-05-2023 10:53

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where the structured data markup would be invalid when a product has a featured image.

17-05-2023 08:31

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where the SEO conflict removal would not succeed with certain codes in the theme assets.

16-05-2023 07:54

Enhancements

  • Updated the Yoast SEO for Shopify app to make it compatible with Online Store 2.0 themes.

25-04-2023 07:53

Enhancements

  • Improves the recognition of keyphrases starting with a period (e.g., ".net developer") by the keyphrase in title assessment.
  • Updates mobile and desktop Google snippet previews to be in line with Google's current styling.

24-03-2023 08:36

Enhancements

  • Adds @id property to the Schema.org Offer pieces.

16-03-2023 12:15

Enhancements

  • Enhances the word complexity assessment for English by filtering out more function words.
  • Improves the detection of participles in the passive voice assessment for Portuguese.
  • Improves the transition words assessment for Portuguese by adding new transition words. Props to mathiasribeiro.

15-03-2023 10:45

Enhancements

  • Enables free testing for affiliate stores.
  • Introduces more details for development stores about the subscription.
  • Updates the Schema output screen to clarify the enabling/disabling behavior.

14-03-2023 13:46

Other

  • Removes the beta badge label for inclusive language analysis collapsible and feature toggle.

14-03-2023 08:06

Enhancements

  • Improves the positioning of the "Skip" link in the welcome app so it aligns with the help button.

Bugfixes

  • Fixes issue with removed "excerpt" during blog post optimization.

06-03-2023 11:08

Bugfixes

  • Fixes styling of the arrow for the "add related keyphrase"-button in the Optimize module.

01-03-2023 11:53

Bugfixes

  • Removes "keywords" Schema element for Product and Blog page, which used the tags from that content in the wrong context.

03-02-2023 09:16

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where a button to discard unsaved data would not show clearly as such an impactful button.
  • Fixes a bug where the deactivation button would not show clearly as an impactful button that removes functionality.
  • Fixes a bug where the loading animation would not show up during the deactivation process.

01-02-2023 08:01

Enhancements

  • Adds extra information on upgrade page about date of first charge after Trial.

10-01-2023 09:30

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where merchants with a long myshopify.com domain would not be able to install and use our app.
  • Fixes a bug where parts of the content would disappear in the editor when user writes it fast inside content editor.
  • Fixes a bug where the AggregateRating piece would be added to the schema graph when there was no rating data.
  • Fixes a bug where the default analysis was previously used to analyze content in a language that we support when a variant of that language is used in the store. Now, when the store language is set to e.g. British English or Portuguese (Brazil), the content will be analyzed using the main variant's language-specific analysis.

20-12-2022 13:05

Enhancements

  • Adds a new tab with additional insights about the content.

Bugfixes

  • Adjust styling of Inclusive Language analysis to fit other analysis sections.

15-12-2022 07:34

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where highlighting would not be removed from the text after the analysis is updated and the present highlighting has become irrelevant.
  • Only marks the subheading when a subheading text is too long in subheading distribution assessment.

14-12-2022 10:37

Enhancements

  • Adds an Inclusive language analysis for products, blog posts, blogs, collections and pages.
  • Improves the subheading distribution assessment by adding highlighting and also targeting long content before the first subheading.
  • Improves the transition words assessment for Arabic by removing some transition words.

Other

  • Removes the beta badge from the word complexity assessment.

12-12-2022 12:21

Enhancements

  • Adds support for Shopify standard review metafield to the aggregateRating schema output.

01-12-2022 11:49

Enhancements

  • Adds "seller" property to "offer" schema.
  • Add support for "checkoutPageURLTemplate" in "offers" schema.
  • Removed support for BlackFriday code.

17-11-2022 13:10

Enhancements

  • Adds the included trial days on the subscription offer when a merchant is still eligible for a trial.

14-11-2022 09:11

Enhancements

  • Enhances the discount code form with translated feedback.
  • Informs all free users about the removal of our free plan and provides the means to continue using the app.

10-11-2022 12:27

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where the SKU variable would not be replaced in the Google Preview.

07-11-2022 10:30

Enhancements

  • Introduces a new page to show an order summary before Shopify’s subscription page.

26-10-2022 09:53

Enhancements

  • Introduced integration with generic Shopify APIs so that integration with third-party apps is easier, like translation apps.
  • Adds support for Shopify’s automatically generated page description as the meta description.
  • Adds the possibility to have page descriptions translated.

25-10-2022 09:20

Enhancements

  • Adds support for "Website name", "Alternate website name" and "Alternate organization name" settings for Schema generation.

20-10-2022 13:44

Enhancements

  • Enhanced the Shopify search engine preview by adding warnings when the title or description are not being used in the SEO output because of a missing (or removed) variable, which is set by default.

19-10-2022 07:56

  • Removes the free payment plan for Yoast SEO for Shopify, which means there’s only a paid plan available for users.

14-10-2022 08:44

Enhancements

  • Updated to the latest Shopify App Bridge version.
  • Adds support for the new Shopify admin domain admin.shopify.com .
  • Adds support for visiting and sharing the app url to go to specific pages inside the app.

10-10-2022 08:44

Bugfixes

  • Adds support of <br/> tags in content optimization editor.

07-10-2022 07:39

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where blog posts would no longer be loaded in the overview for a specific blog.

03-10-2022 10:43

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where the assessments for related keyphrases did not take the replacements of variables into account.