New in Version 4.2.4 – Released on August 09, 2022
New: Advanced 404 Redirects – Keep track of deleted posts and terms by redirecting to their direct parent or the home url with WooCommerce support.
New: Huge Improvements to Image SEO – Choose characters to strip, characters to convert to spaces, and the casing to convert to for the Title, Alt Tag, Caption, Description and Filename of images.
New: URL slug and trash monitor now allow adding a redirect without leaving the posts table or page editor.
Updated: Minimum required PHP version is now 5.6.
Updated: Redirect logs and 404 logs are now searchable and display referrer information.
Updated: Validation for .htaccess file changes before saving to avoid Apache server crashes.
Updated: Post types, taxonomies and archive titles can now be edited even while set to noindex.
Updated: Removed parsed keywords from the SEO analyzer and added a tooltip defining the analysis for the home page.
Updated: Alert when importing from a V3 .ini file as the post/term IDs need to be identical.
Updated: Removed outdated Knowledge Graph contact types.
Updated: Link Assistant phrase editor now shows a tooltip with the URL to the link.
Updated: Better compatibility with MonsterInsights and ExactMetrics headline analyzers.
Fixed: PHP 8.1 deprecation notices.
Fixed: RankMath migration issues when content is set to noindex.
Fixed: Link Assistant plugin conflict with the PowerPress plugin.
Fixed: AMP plugin throwing duplicate canonical URL error and MS Clarity error.
Fixed: Link Assistant suggestions not always being added in Classic Editor.
Fixed: Resetting options now correctly resets everything.
Fixed: AIOSEO’s addon specific notifications no longer show if the addon is not active.
Fixed: Classic Editor redirecting to Posts overview page when Link Assistant or Redirects tab was active in the metabox.
Fixed: Excluded/noindexed posts removed from the Sitemap’s language references.
Fixed: Bulk updating addons failing with version up to date error.
Fixed: Social settings not always migrated when importing from Yoast SEO.
Fixed: Translations not being used if any string contains a line break.
Fixed: Image Sitemap now correctly uses the ACF image value.
Fixed: Search Appearance taxonomy conflict with Avada Builder.
Fixed: Prevent home page from being noindexed in the Sitemap.
Fixed: Console errors with jQuery migrate when using the Classic Editor.
Fixed: Tabs not being preserved when editing the .htaccess file.