We’ve made huge changes to the schema.org markup we output, adding multiple different types of Schema. Be sure to check our posts on yoast.com about this release!
Enhancements:Bugfixes:
- Schema changes:
- Adds Person markup for author pages.
- Adds WebPage markup for all pages.
- Adds Article markup for posts, with Person markup for the author.
- Changes the ‘Organization or Person’ section of the Knowledge graph settings to allow selecting an author that is the ‘Person’ that the website represents.
- Adds MySpace, SoundCloud, Tumblr and YouTube URL input fields to people’s profiles.
- Fixes an issue where the metabox would not display on term edit pages when running the development build of Gutenberg.
Bugfixes:
- Reverted a fix relating replacement variables on the block editor, which was causing a slow and unworkable editting experience.
- Fixes a bug where the license information from MyYoast is being saved aggressively, causing updates in MyYoast to take 24 hours to show up in the site.
- Fixes a bug where the rel="publisher" Google+ tag was being output on the frontend if that profile was provided in the past.
- Fixes a bug where the server could experience a high load when using external object cache.
- Fixes the bug where Yoast SEO would contact Yoast.com for license checks on specific Yoast-pages even when no Yoast addons are installed.