Yoast SEO for Shopify changelog

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the theme modifications banner would not disappear when the theme modifications have just been applied.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the theme modifications would run into the rate limits of some Shopify APIs.

Enhancements​

• Adds first time configuration wizard to help merchants walk through the essential app settings.
• Improves welcome dialog to guide merchants showcasing app pinning option and premium support.

Enhancements​

• Adds a feedback string for the image alt attributes and image keyphrase assessments for when no content and/or image has been added.
• Makes the keyphrase in image alt attributes assessment available when no content has been added.
• Renames image keyphrase assessment to keyphrase in image alt attributes assessment.
• Renames the image alt tags assessment to image alt attributes assessment.

Enhancements​

• Adds a feedback string for the image alt attributes and image keyphrase assessments for when no content and/or image has been added.
• Renames the image alt tags assessment to image alt attributes assessment.

Bugfixes​

• Improves the guidance on using the Shopify SEO title variable in our Full SEO title.

Other​

• Removes the "new" badge from the schema section for products.

Enhancements​

• Adds more phrases regarding disability to the inclusive language assessment.
• Improves the feedback for "lame" in the inclusive language assessment.
• Makes the following SEO assessments available in the analysis by default, even when no content has been added: keyphrase in introduction, keyphrase in meta description, keyphrase in SEO title, keyphrase in slug.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the template suffix of pages would be reset to the default when saving optimizations.

Enhancements​

• Improves the feedback texts for the passive voice and consecutive sentences assessments in case there is nothing to report.
• Makes the images, internal links, and external links assessments available when no content has been added.

Other​

• Improves the translatability of feedback strings for the keyphrase length assessment.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issue with theme modifications apply in some stores due to Shopify API limits.

Enhancements​

• Adds a learn more link in the schema section of the product editor.
• Changes the applicability criteria of readability assessments so that they are shown even if there is little or no text.
• Improves recognition of function words for Farsi. Props to nshayanfar.
• Improves the recognition of transition words for Farsi.
• Introduces more robust HTML processing and highlighting for the consecutive sentences assessment.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where function words with spaces were not recognised in Farsi.

Enhancements​

• Adds search feature to blogs list.

Enhancements​

• Adds pregnant women to the potentially non-inclusive phrases targeted by the inclusive language analysis.
• Improved our Product structured data by specifying the Offer.priceSpecification more specifically with the type UnitPriceSpecification.
• Improves the inclusive language analysis feedback for the potentially non-inclusive word exotic, and prevents the feedback from appearing when exotic is followed by words common in scientific contexts.

Enhancements​

• Adds productGroupID attribute in ProductGroup structured data.

Enhancements​

• Adds support for "search" feature in blog posts list.
• Moves all blog posts to one lists instead of grouped by blog.

Enhancements​

• Improves keyphrase recognition for keyphrases that contain verbs in Spanish.
• Improves the accuracy of assessments measuring character count for Japanese texts by removing common punctuation from the count.
• Updates “Edit with Shopify” link in editor to follow the move of the Blogs section from the Online Store app to the Content section of the admin.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes an issue where the AI intro modal would keep displaying when going back to the optimization overview.

Other​

• Improves the feedback strings of the subheading distribution assessment for better translatability.

Enhancements​

• Adds new Schema preview block in products editor.
• Add support for Google's rich result type Merchant Listing for product variants. Product variants and the related properties are based on Shopify's product categories and rely on the related product attributes.

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Enhancements​

• Add "Keyword Difficulty" and "Intent" to "Get related keyphrases" feature.

Enhancements​

• Changes content filters name from No focus keyphrase and Not enough content to Not analyzed
• Improves keyphrase recognition for German plural noun forms with an umlaut.
• Introduces more robust HTML processing and highlighting for the sentence length and paragraph length assessments.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the overall score for the Related keyphrase analysis would still be orange when all the individual assessment results were green.
• Fixes a bug where the overall SEO score for collections would still be orange when all the individual assessment results were green.

Enhancements​

• Introduces new, automated Site Connections settings feature.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issue with default value support inside canonical_url column during imports.

Enhancements​

• Adds Shopify title and Shopify slug to CSV export files.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issues with exporting data requests.

Enhancements​

• Adds a cancellation explainer on the subscription page.
• Adds a clear purchase intent to the buy-button on the subscription page.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the Bulk Edit and Import/Export features would not be available when a merchant is still in the trial period of their subscription.

Enhancements​

• Remove optional checkboxes from upgrade checkout to reduce clutter.

Enhancements​

• Improves keyphrase recognition for word forms ending in -er in English.
• Improves the transition words assessment for Portuguese and English by updating the relevant lists of transition words.
• Moves Terms and Conditions and Newsletter subscription to subscription upgrade page.

Other​

• Improves the translatability of feedback for the paragraph length and the sentence length assessments.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes an issue where the focus keyphrase requirement would not be scrolled into the screen for subsequent AI Generate usage attempts.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where navigation groups would close automatically when navigating across pages.

Enhancements​

• Improves AI SEO title and description generation for Collections.

Enhancements​

• Improve consistency of the feedback colors used across the app.

Bugfixes​

• Hides insights statistics for blogs content type.
• Removes Semrush token when integration is deactivated.

Bugfixes​

• Improves the Shopify meta description field to allow wrapping onto multiple lines for easier editing.

Enhancements​

• Adds information about issues with custom metafields type definition during content saving.
• Collect user feedback after usage of the AI Generators.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issue with inclusive language settings not reflected in SEO scoring.

Bugfixes​

• Changes "Webmaster tools" page name to "Site connections".

Enhancements​

• Adds так to the words recognized by the transition words assessment in Russian. Props to @pavelmai83.
• Improves the transition words assessment for Turkish and English by expanding the relevant lists of transitions words.
• Improves the word complexity assessment by not flagging the focus keyphrase or related keyphrases as complex words.
• Increases the spacing between the assessment copy and the highlight buttons.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where Arabic keyphrases containing certain function words were not correctly matched..

Enhancements​

• Improves feedback when trying to use AI suggestions while offline.

Bugfixes​

• Changes the label on the Shopify SEO title variable to match the connected Shopify SEO title field.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issue with newsletter modal redisplaying on Safari browser.

Enhancements​

• Adds support for "Product.brand" Schema, based on vendor value.

Enhancements​

• Optimize AI-powered suggestions for collections & blogs.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the AI suggestions modal would already show briefly when consent was still required.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where indefinite discounts were given.

Enhancements​

• Adds support for hasMerchantReturnPolicy Schema when return policy is configured for the Shop.

Enhancements​

• The Google preview now shows a meta description based on the item's content, when no specific meta description is added.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the AI Generators would not work on shops with a custom domain.
• Fixes a link to an incorrect help article in the AI Generators.

Enhancements​

• Allow for generating titles and descriptions with AI.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the "go to your apps section" link on "Uninstall Yoast SEO" settings page had an incorrect link, which would not allow going back to the app easily.

Enhancements​

• Combines the search appearance and the search engine listing sections into a single coherent search appearance editor.
• Moves the social media appearance to follow the new placement of the search appearance section.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes issue with wrongly rendered aggregateRating Schema when product have no reviews added.

Enhancements​

• Adds a wider gap between assessment result list items.
• Fixes detection for "product | structured_data" Schema generation inside Shopify theme to fix duplicated Schema.

Enhancements​

• Modify the 'Ask For Review' banner design to make it more user-friendly for customers.

Enhancements​

• Adds 3D models to the product structured data, to help search engines show them as 3D images in mobile search.

Bugfixes​

• Changes "Bulk edit" link label and header for better understanding.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the "Save changes" button was missing on the Settings page Integrations.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the article:author OpenGraph tag would incorrectly be output without containing the URL of the profile page of the author.

Bugfixes​

• Changes Pinterest field field description to be more correct and easier to understand.
• Fixes a bug where the modifications we made to the theme were not disabled when the Yoast SEO for Shopify app is uninstalled.