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7.4

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where closed days were not hidden when the option was selected in the widget or shortcode.

Enhancements

  • Added option to set a custom 'closed' label.

7.3

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where Select2 wasn't working on location pages.
  • Fixed link to Locations CPT in shortcode dialog if no locations are present.

Other

  • Converted knowledge base link to shortlink.

7.2

Bugfixes

  • Fixed JSON-LD output for opening hours.

Enhancements

  • Extended JSON-LD with @id parameter.
  • Automatically sets the Yoast SEO setting for company or person to company, in order to make full use of the JSON-LD output.

7.1

Bugfixes

  • Fixed output of JSON+LD under widgets and shortcodes.
  • Fixed undefined variable for options in Locations Repository class
  • Cast location ID as an array to make it countable.
  • Images on the shortcode buttons weren't showing due to a wrong path.
  • Fixed a bug where the Local SEO Shortcode buttons no longer appeared when adding a new post/page/cpt.

Enhancements

  • Added two filters to disable enhanced search and enhanced search results: yoast_local_seo_enhanced_search_enabled and yoast_local_seo_enhanced_search_result_enabled

Other

  • Moved enhanced search functions to own class.
  • Split the enhanced search posts_clauses function filter into posts_where, posts_join and posts_orderby.
  • Updated YoastSEO.js to 1.30

7.0

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where all scripts for the shortcode buttons were loaded on all the admin pages.

Enhancements

  • Optimised queries for getting locations in shortcode dialogs.

Other

  • Added deprecation notice to wpseo_local_get_address_format().
  • Moved from NPM to Yarn for dependency management.
  • Changed the output of JSON+LD. In a single location setup the output is only done in the `` on the front-page and also under every shortcode and widget. In a multi location setup, the output is done on every single location page and under every shortcode and widget.

6.3

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't upload an SVG as business image.

Enhancements

  • Added filter yoast_seo_local_cpt_with_front to enable or disable prependeding the locations permalink with the front base.
  • Replace schema.org markup with JSON-LD output.

6.2

Bugfixes

  • Fixed an error whereby widgets were not show on "current location" pages (only appeared when using multiple locations).

Enhancements

  • Add a filter yoast_seo_local_change_map_location_url to alter the URL for a location in the maps info window.

6.1.1

Bugfixes

  • Fixed an error whereby widgets were not show on "current location" pages (only appeared when using multiple locations).

6.1

Bugfixes

  • Added a check if the wpseo_locations locations exists to prevent a notice from being thrown.
  • Check if a lat/long has a numeric value to prevent an error from being thrown.
  • Added 2nd line of business address to .kml file.
  • Changed business:contact_data:country to business:contact_data:country_name to resolve Open Graph error.

6.0

Enhancements

  • Allow a maximum number of results to be set for the Store Locator, Map and Address shortcodes.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where, if multiple ID's were passed to the Locations Repository, only 1 ID was returned.
  • Only show a link to a location in the map or store locator when the location CPT is set to public
  • Fixed a bug where location detection wasn't working in Firefox.

5.9

Enhancements

Bugfixes

  • The 24h option is now also usable for multiple locations as well as single locations.

Other

  • Changed Server Key description.

5.8

Enhancements

  • The page will now automatically jump to the Store Locator form when a search is done.
  • Show opengraphs tags on every page when using the single location setup.
  • Added support for Beaver Builder front-end editing.
  • Updated this readme for 3.3.1 version to make it clear that we removed the Tools section from the admin panel.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where only an array of ID's could be passed to the Locations Repository. It can now also be a single ID.

5.7

Bugfixes

  • Fixed undefined index issue for 'hide_closed' option in WPSEO Opening Hours widget
  • Fixed issue that caused 'show price range' option to be unselectable in WPSEO Address widget
  • Added Price Range asfield to Opening Hours stand-alone output
  • Fixed a fatal error that occurred when Local SEO was deactivated and Yoast SEO (Free or premium) was not active.

Enhancements

  • Added geotags for Single Location installs and singluar locations in Multi-location installs
  • Added a dashicon for Yoast Local SEO.

5.5

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a notice when saving widgets.
  • Fixed location detection.

5.4

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where the ability to show or hide opening hours when using multiple locations wasn't available
  • Notifications in the Yoast Notification Center created by Yoast Local SEO are now removed upon deactivating the plugin

Enhancements

  • Textual changes to benefit UX.

5.3

Bugfixes

  • Show country on correct position in map info popup
  • Check on business city in URL didn't work correctly.

Enhancements

  • Flush KML transient cache after saving Local SEO options.

5.2

Bugfixes

  • Show country in info-popup of map, when it's set in the shortcode options.

Enhancements

  • Updated Travis config in order to match Yoast SEO's version.

5.1

Bugfixes

  • Company logo for a single location is now displaying correctly
  • The open/closed widget in some cases threw a wp_error which caused a fatal error and the page to stop rendering.

Enhancements

  • Added automatic location detection which was already present in the Store Locator to route planner in the map.

5.0

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused the content analysis to show a red bullet for a address shortcode with valid schema.org, even though it was there.
  • The company logo wasn't outputted, even though a logo was set in Yoast SEO.
  • The URL in the Google Maps Info Window popup now is the correct one.
  • VAT, Tax and COC id were not shown, they are now.