Yoast Local SEO Premium for WordPress by Yoast 15.1

12.7 (release: 2020-02-04)

• Enhancements:
  • The UI and UX for entering an API key and calculating location’s lat/lng is improved.
  • Disabled the person/company select box in Yoast SEO when Yoast SEO: Local is active.
• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed a bug that caused possible locations not to be found in the store locator even when the default country was set.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the store locator to not always give a reliable result.
• Other:
  • Updated the address assessment notification.

12.6.1 (release: 2020-01-07)

• Bug fix:
  • Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown on activation.

12.6.1 (release: 2020-01-07)

• Bug fix:
  • Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown on activation.

12.6 (release: 2020-01-07)

• Bug fixes:
  • Fixes a bug where incorrect locations metadata would be saved on multisite environments in combination with MultilingualPress.
  • Fixed a bug that caused store locator scripts to be included on every single page.
• Other:
  • Removed duplicate tab and content title for the API key and WooCommerce settings tabs.
  • Replaced deprecated namespaced objects for block editor components.
  • Dropped IE11 support and therefore removed WP polyfills.

12.5 (release: 2019-12-10)

• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug that caused business types for a single location to not be saved correctly.
  • Fixed a bug that caused shortcodes with no ID set to show the most recent location.
• Other:
  • Changed descriptive text on the “Opening hours”-tab to make its meaning more clear.

12.4 (release: 2019-11-26)

• Enhancement:
  • Use the `WPSEO_Options` class to save and sanitize options.
• Bugs:
  • Removed checking of default value for options on every page load.
  • Removed checking of Yoast SEO company settings on each page load.
• UI:
  • Set select boxes in widgets to 100% (max)width.
• Other:
  • Replaced the HelpScout beacon on the Local SEO admin page.
  • Bumped minimum Yoast SEO version to 12.6.

12.3 (release: 2019-11-13)

• Schema:
  • Removed subOrganisation from schema output since it’s no longer valid.
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where an empty geo.position could be output when lat/long isn’t set in the settings.
  • Fixed a bug that caused scheduled posts to not show location meta data in the admin area.
  • Fixed a bug that caused location selects in widget to display no locations.
  • Fixed a bug that caused select2 to no longer work if the Yoast Meta Box was hidden on a single location page.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Yoast SEO image to be shown in the meta box when no image was chosen.
• UI:
  • Fixed issues that caused misalignment of some elements in the Yoast SEO: Local plugin when updating to WordPress 5.3.

12.2.1 (release: 2019-10-23):

• Bug fix:
  • Fixed a fatal error that occurred on wp-activate.php.

12.2 (release: 2019-10-15):

• Enhancements:
  • Copy data from another location is now a Select2 box, which makes it easier to search for other locations.
  • Shows a floating `Save changes` button on the Local SEO admin pages when the normal button is not visible in the browser window.
• UI changes:
  • The description concerning 2 sets of opening hours now only shows when this option is enabled.
  • The question mark, indicating there is a help description for a field, is now in accordance with the Yoast SEO plugin styling.
  • Better alignment of the ‘This is no physical address’ label on a locations page.
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a possible undefined index error when a location has a weekday set to ‘open 24 hours’.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the route planner never to show up under a map, even when enabled.
  • Fixed issue where fields might break out of the meta box on smaller screens.
  • Prevent admin-rtl.css console error. Enqueueing of this file has been removed, because it does not exist.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the VAT ID toggle not to work in the address block.
  • Removed quoting of simple DB placeholders.
  • Prevent upload button triggering on hitting return when focused on an input field in the meta box.
• Other:
  • Changed label from ‘open 24h’ to ‘open 24 hours’.
  • Added additional sanitation for setting and meta box inputs.
  • The calculation of the timezone is now only triggered if the lat/lng actually changes.

12.1.2 (release: 2019-09-30):

• Enhancement:
  • Make all custom marker functionality look and work the same throughout the plugin.
• Bug fix:
  • Fixed a bug that made it impossible to set a custom marker on the settings page.

12.1.1 (release: 2019-09-24):

• Bug fix:
  • Fixed a bug that caused short code buttons in the classic editor to no longer show up when using a single location setup.
  • Fixed a bug that caused users of a version of WordPress before 5.0 to get errors when using the new geocoding functionality.
  • Fixed a bug where the options page and location pages don’t load correctly when timezone format was saved incorrectly in the database.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the geocoding to trigger on the term edit page, which caused console errors.

12.1 (release: 2019-09-17):

• Enhancements:
  • Improve the UX and UI for our meta box on the locations page.
    • The design now matches the Yoast SEO style.
    • Labels are updated in accordance to the ones on the settings pages.
    • Settings are now rearranged under separate tabs for a better overview.
  • If no API key is supplied, the map settings now show a notification.
  • Removed server side geocoding and timezone determination in favor of client side. A server side key is no longer necessary.
• Bug fix:
  • The notification for the new Google Maps API is now only shown when applicable.
• Translations:
  • The plugin is now available with Hungarian translation.
• Other
  • Deprecated `wpseo_geocode_address()`.

• Enhancements:
  • Improved latitude / longitude description.
  • Improved location detection description.
  • Updated warning messages to match the Yoast SEO style.
  • Changed labels for metric and unit system to kilometer and miles.
  • Changed label from ‘Allow scrolling of map’ to ‘Allow zoom by scroll’.
  • Location URL now gets the URL of the site by default.
• Bug fix:
  • Prevent a custom marker from breaking out of the settings panel if it exceeds the width of the panel.
  • Fixed typo’s. Changed e-mail address to email address.
• Other
  • Removed all instances of the ‘notes’ fields from the plugin.

11.7 (release: 2019-07-23):

• UX / UI:
  • Relabeled payment accepted to payment methods accepted.
  • Add description to define the purpose of AreaServed.
  • Changed price range to price indication.
• Bugs:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the switch between 12h and 24h notation not to work correctly.
  • Business type help icon wasn’t working. It is now.
• Other:
  • Removed x-robots-tag from locations.kml to prevent a notification in Google Search Console stating that locations.kml can not be indexed.

11.6 (release: 2019-07-09):

• Enhancements:
  • Added explanation to open and closed labels.
  • Changed label from default country to primary country to better explain it’s purpose.
  • Added help texts to business type.
  • Other:
    • Removed company name and logo from Yoast SEO: Local general settings. These can now be found under the Yoast SEO settings.

• Enhancements:
  • Add inputs for paymentAccepted and currenciesAccepted and output them for Local Businesses in the json+ld schema.
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the route planner not so show up when using the wpseo_map shortcode.
• Other:
  • Clarified the explanation for the multiple locations setting on the settings page.

11.4 (release: 2019-06-12):

• Enhancements:
  • Use the first opening and last closing time in the JSON+LD schema output.
  • Changed the opening hours time format in the JSON+LD output to 24 hours notation.
  • Consistent opening hours are now consolidated in the JSON+LD output.

11.3 (release: 2019-05-28):

• Enhancements
  • Added Select2 to business type fields.
  • Added a better description for the general settings to better explain what the settings mean.
  • Add a more logic and generic way to select the price range. There are now 5 options varying between $ and $$$$$ to indicate the price range of a business.
• Other
  • Updated the WooCommerce template files to correspond with the most recent WooCommerce native files.
  • Updated Select2 version to 4.0.7

11.2 (release: 2019-05-15):

• Enhancements:
  • Updates the list of business types for structured data output. Users can now select all organisation types in stead of just Local businesses
• Bug fixes:
  • Catches a fatal error that occurs in the Opening Hours block and widget when the Time Zone for a location is invalid.

11.1 (release: 2019-04-30):

• Bug fixes:
  • Fixes a fatal error that would be thrown when using the ‘open now’ functionality in the opening hours block or widget.
  • The location select on the WooCommerce checkout page was breaking out of it’s container. We fixed that.
• Other:
  • All Facebook Open Graph meta tags are removed, since they are no longer used.

10.1 (release: 2019-04-02):

• Enhancements
  • Users can now choose per location whether the time format in which opening hours will be displayed should be 12 or 24 hours notation. If the option is not set, there is a fallback to the default, stored under options.

10.0.1 (release: 2019-03-13):

• Bug fix:
  • Fixes fatal error in the opening hours widget.

• Enhancements
  • Show a label in the opening hours after the current day stating if the location is opened. This can be turned on in the widget or by using a this filter: wpseo_local_show_open_now_label
• Bug fixes:
  • Prevent days from selecting themselves in the opening hours widget.

• Enhancements:
  • When a different shipping address is selected, the local store pickup option will disappear
  • API key settings for lat/long calculation are now more clarified and state that an API key first needs to be set before automatic calculation of lat/long can be done.
• Bug fixes:
  • To prevent cached shipping results to be shown, WooCommerce’s shipping method transients are now cleared when the local store pickup options are saved.

• Enhancement
  • This version introduces two new Gutenberg blocks to work with:
    • The opening hours block
    • The store locator block
  • Blocks are now categorized under ‘Yoast Structured Data Blocks’
• Bug fixes:
  • Fix a missing line break in the 2nd address line.
  • Fix a bug that caused dimension for the store locator map not to work.
  • Fix a typo in the custom permalinks description on the settings page.