Enhancements: Changes the appearance of the Video metabox by implementing components that are used across all Yoast metaboxes. Adds the Video settings to the Yoast sidebar in the block editor. Makes the Video input for tags more intuitive. Introduces the ‘YouTube embeds’ option to make pages with YouTube videos load faster by only loading the video player when users click the play icon. Other: Adds a notification to inform users about changes in the settings.
Adds a hook (wpseo_video_supported_plugins) to allow developers to add support for plugins not officially supported by Yoast. Props to Ian Jenkins. Outputs “no description” when the video has no set description to prevent invalid videoObject schema.
Enhancements: Wraps text fields in the XML sitemap in CDATA blocks, which prevents weird XML- and HTML entities from breaking the sitemap. Improves the copy for the disable Video checkbox in the Video SEO meta box. When a post already has a Facebook image, don’t output the video image / still.
