Yoast SEO for Shopify changelog

Bugfixes​

• Adds loading state in theme integrations page during wait for api response.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where ImageObject schema would have empty width and height values.
• Fixes a bug where "x.com" was not allowed to be used in Twitter profile URL configuration.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issue with displaying "Inclusive language analysis" feature in Optimize content editor.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where conflicting <title> tags with attributes would not be cleaned up when integrating with a theme.

Bugfixes​

• Improves app load speed.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a <title> element would be disabled in a theme when it appeared inside an <svg> element.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where highlighting would be applied incorrectly when keyphrase occurrences contained different types of apostrophes than ' in the keyphrase distribution assessment.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a banner would be briefly showing a warning about an incomplete theme integration when actually having completed the integration.

Bugfixes​

• Improves theme integration progress bar to reflect more realistic status.

Enhancements​

• Improves the accuracy of the word complexity assessment for French by recognizing more plural forms of non-complex words. For example, the plural form "résidences" is not marked as a complex word anymore, just like the singular form "résidence".

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issue with welcome back view for users who reinstall the app.
• Fixes a bug where the default settings for search appearance would not be applied when optimizing a content item.

Enhancements​

• Improved performance of the app.
• Remembers last used country when retrieving related keyphrases with Semrush, and selects the country by default on subsequent usage.

Enhancements​

• Introduces the possibility to have the Yoast SEO subscription billed annually.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the the current page in the breadcrumb block would use an <a> tag without an href attribute.

Other​

• No longer highlight the Semrush integration card with a "new" badge.

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.