4.0.1-RC1

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug that caused a fatal error when used with some plugins [#94]

4.0

= 4.0 (2021-01-12) =

Enhancements:

• Introduces the Rewrite & Republish feature, offering you the possibility to update a post/page without taking it offline or having to take extra steps. This feature is currently not available when Elementor is active on your site.
• Introduces an integration with the Block Editor.
• Introduces new settings to individually enable/disable the New Draft, Clone and Rewrite & Republish links.

4.0-RC5

Changes compared to 4.0-RC4:

Non user facing:

• Fixes a bug which affected some installations (e.g. with WooCommerce) #91

4.0-RC4

Changes compared to 4.0-RC3:

Non user facing:

• Removes the Republish & Rewrite action from bulk actions, when the user is viewing trashed posts. #85
• Disables the duplicate focus keyphrase SEO analysis assessment for the Rewrite & Republish original posts. #86
• Fixes a bug where the Republish & Rewrite bulk action was displayed in the Drafts posts list. #87
• Extends the permission settings warning text to include the new rewrite and republish feature #88
• Disables the Rewrite & Republish feature when Elementor is active. #89
• Optimizes the query used to filter out Rewrite and Republish posts when Elementor is active and fixes the post count. #90

4.0-RC3

Changes compared to 4.0-RC2:

Non user facing:

• Fixes the label for the date chooser in Classic editor for Rewrite & Republish copies. #84

4.0-RC2

Changes compared to 4.0-RC1:

Non user facing:

• Fixes a bug which prevented the css/ folder to be included in the release #83
• Includes the edit screen option in the block editor. #82
• Correctly redirects to the republished post when republishing a post. #81

4.0-RC1

Enhancements:

• Introduces integration with Block editor.
• Introduces Rewrite & Republish feature.
• Introduces new settings to individually enable/disable the New Draft, Clone and Rewrite & Republish links. #68

Other:

• Refactors most of the code to be cleaner, more readable and testable.

Non user facing:

• Cleans up some old code #80
• Shows the Rewrite & Republish link in the Block editor immediately after the post has been published. #79
• Replaces the compare-changes link with normal text and a button to save a Rewrite & Republish post and redirect to the changes overview. #78
• Removes slug editing ability from the user interface for the Rewrite & Republish copies. #77
• Merges the revision history of a Rewrite & Republish copy into the one of its original. #76
• Prevents users from creating multiple Rewrite & Republish copies. #75
• Adds the possibility to schedule a Rewrite & Republish post. #74
• Makes the admin bar link look and behave like the WordPress ones. #73
• Addresses the cases when a Rewrite & Republish post copy is saved with a status other than private and the one for republishing. #72
• Introduces a page to check changes for the Rewrite & Republish feature. #71
• Introduces grunt artifact task to generate plugin zip files. #70
• Introduces grunt tasks for version bumping #69
• Displays the Rewrite & Republish copies status and link to the original in the Posts list. #67
• Changes copies in the post edit screen when a post is intended for republishing. #65
• Implements overwriting the original post operation for the Rewrite and Republish feature. #64
• Add notices on selected conditions, introduces new structure for watcher classes. #63
• Improves the styling of the copy links in the Classic editor and Block editor. #62
• Disables duplication for Rewrite & Republish copies, introduces new class structure for UI. #61
• Implement copy operation for Rewrite and Republish feature #59
• Improve QA/CI #58
• Adds infrastructure and configuration to run unit tests. #57
• Allows previously used keyphrases on duplicated posts intended for Rewrite & Repubish. #56
• Improve developer experience #55
• Code documentation. #54
• Improved code documentation #53
• I18n #52
• Code quality/performance/PHP cross-version compatibility #51
• Code quality/Bug prevention #50
• Code consistency #49
• Update dev dependency for compatibility with Composer 2.0 #48
• Introduces class autoloading in Composer and initial class folder structure. #47

3.2.6

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.5
• Fixed bug about copying comments in WordPress 5.5
• Check user permission when adding option to the bulk actions dropdown list
• Improved update notice to be displayed only on selected screens when updating from < 3.2.5
• Updated template tag documentation link
• Added missing gettext to “Subscribe” button

3.2.5

• First release from Yoast
• Accessibility improvements to the settings page
• Accessibility improvements to the "Show original item" metabox
• Accessibility improvements to the "Show original item" check box in Quick Edit
• duplicate_post_blacklist_filter deprecated in favor of duplicate_post_excludelist_filter

3.2.4

• Options to show original item in post list (in a column or alongside post states) or in a metabox in the edit screen
• Accessibility improvements
• Small other fixes