WPSSO Core – The Complete Structured Data Plugin

Journal

Release Schedule

New versions of the plugin are released approximately every week (more or less). New features are added, tested, and released incrementally, instead of grouping them together in a major version release. When minor bugs fixes and/or code improvements are applied, new versions are also released. This release schedule keeps the code stable and reliable, at the cost of more frequent updates.

See release early, release often (RERO) software development philosophy on Wikipedia for more information on the benefits of smaller / more frequent releases.

Version Numbering

Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]

• {major} = Major structural code changes and/or incompatible API changes (ie. breaking changes).hanges).
• {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
• {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
• {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate).

Standard Edition Repositories

• GitHub
• WordPress.org

Development Version Updates

WPSSO Core Premium edition customers have access to development, alpha, beta, and release candidate version updates:

Under the SSO > Update Manager settings page, select the « Development and Up » (for example) version filter for the WPSSO Core plugin and/or its add-ons. When new development versions are available, they will automatically appear under your WordPress Dashboard > Updates page. You can reselect the « Stable / Production » version filter at any time to reinstall the latest stable version.

WPSSO Core Standard edition users (ie. the plugin hosted on WordPress.org) have access to the latest development version under the Advanced Options section.

Changelog / Release Notes

Version 17.3.0-dev.5 (2023/11/28)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added support for Document SSO post meta revisions (pending https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59827).
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.34.
  • WordPress v5.5.

Version 17.2.1 (2023/11/19)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added a CSS ID value to the pinterest image container.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed in_the_loop() check for hidden Pinterest image in singular posts.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.34.
  • WordPress v5.5.

Version 17.2.0 (2023/11/16)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added the « Add Hidden Image for Pinterest » option to author, post type archive, and term descriptions.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Added a callback for the ‘get_the_archive_description’ filter.
  • Added a in_the_loop() check to skip adding Pinterest images to posts in the loop.
  • Added a new WpssoPinterest->get_mod_image_html() method.
  • Renamed the WpssoPinterest->get_pinterest_img_html() method to prepend_image_html().
  • Renamed the WpssoPinterest->show_pinterest_img_html() method to show_image_html().
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.34.
  • WordPress v5.5.

Version 17.1.1 (2023/11/12)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed error calling WpssoSchema::is_valid_key() for items reviewed.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.34.
  • WordPress v5.5.

Version 17.1.0 (2023/11/11)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Added new methods:
    • SucomUtilWP::comment_exists()
    • SucomUtilWP::post_exists()
    • SucomUtilWP::term_exists()
    • SucomUtilWP::user_exists()
  • Added a new WpssoUpgradeMeta->md_options() class and method.
  • Refactored the WpssoAbstractWpMeta->upgrade_options() method.
  • Refactored the SucomErrorException::http_error() method.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.34.
  • WordPress v5.5.

Version 17.0.0 (2023/11/08)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added a « View Profile » link in the toolbar menu when editing a user profile.
  • Added a « Creative Work Awards » option for Schema CreativeWork in the Document SSO metabox.
  • Added a « Product Awards » option for Schema Product in the Document SSO metabox.
  • Added an « Awards » option in the SSO > Advanced Settings > About the User metabox.
  • Added an « Awards » option in the WordPress Profile user page.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed locale detection in the back-end.
  • Fixed missing ‘posts_per_page’ argument for admin user/term posts queries.
  • Fixed potentially incorrect canonical URL when copying a post/page.
  • Fixed potentially empty offer details for a product review.
• Developer Notes
  • Refactored the settings page and metabox load process:
    • Added a new WpssoAdmin->menu_metaboxes variable.
    • Added $obj and $md args to all show_metabox_*() methods.
    • Refactored WpssoAdmin->add_meta_boxes()
    • Refactored WpssoAdmin->show_metabox_table()
    • Refactored WpssoAdmin->show_metabox_tabbed()
  • Refactored is disabled check methods:
    • WpssoUtil->is_canonical_disabled()
    • WpssoUtil->is_redirect_disabled()
    • WpssoUtil->is_shortlink_disabled()
    • WpssoUtil->is_title_tag_disabled()
    • WpssoUtil->is_seo_title_disabled()
    • WpssoUtil->is_seo_desc_disabled()
    • WpssoUtilRobots->is_disabled()
  • Added an $md_key argument to methods:
    • WpssoUtil->get_canonical_url()
    • WpssoUtil->get_redirect_url()
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.34.
  • WordPress v5.5.