Yoast SEO for Shopify changelog - page 2

Enhancements​

• Allows opening the details view in a new browser tab or window natively.

Enhancements​

• Improves keyphrase matching in Japanese by being able to match keyphrase occurrences that contain upper case characters.
• Introduces more robust HTML processing and highlighting for the keyphrase density and single H1 assessments.
• Updates the list of HTML elements that should be excluded from the content analysis.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where highlighting was not applied to keyphrase occurrences that contained different types of apostrophes than '.
• Fixes a bug where the single title assessment would be triggered when adding a H1 without text.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the subscription page would not have the right styling applied.
• Fixes a bug where the welcome back page would not have the right styling applied.

Enhancements​

• Changes design of Integrations Settings page.

Other​

• Speeds up the app loading time.

Enhancements​

• Adds Semrush integration promotion banner inside app.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the keyphrase in introduction assessment would fail to find the first paragraph.

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.

Other​

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

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!

Bugfixes​

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

Enhancements​

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

Enhancements​

• Adds support for metaobject in custom page types.

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.

Bugfixes​

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

Enhancements​

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

Enhancements​

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

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.

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.

Bugfixes​

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

Enhancements​

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

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issue with starting multiple theme modifications processes.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issue with keeping subscription status metafield updated.

Bugfixes​

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

Bugfixes​

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

Enhancements​

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

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.

Enhancements​

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

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.

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.

Other​

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

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.

Bugfixes​

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

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a security issue in the editor.

Bugfixes​

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

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.

Enhancements​

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

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.

Enhancements​

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

Bugfixes​

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

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.

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.

Enhancements​

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

Enhancements​

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

Enhancements​

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

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.

Bugfixes​

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

Enhancements​

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

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.

Enhancements​

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