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Release notes for every version we have on record, newest first.

Latest 4.9 · 7 Jun 2017 40 versions Since Mar 2014

2017 10 versions

4.9 7 Jun 2017 1 improved
Improved
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 4.9.
4.8 23 May 2017 1 improved
Improved
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 4.8.
4.7 2 May 2017 1 improved
Improved
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 4.7.
4.6 11 Apr 2017 1 improved
Improved
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 4.6.
4.5 21 Mar 2017 1 fixed1 changed
Fixed
  • Fixes a bug where there was a fatal error thrown when the plugin was active without Yoast SEO or Yoast SEO Premium.
Changed
  • Only invalidate sitemaps on configured post types.
4.4 28 Feb 2017 2 new
New
  • Adds a minimum and maximum value to the video rating field.
  • Adds the og:video:secure_url meta tag.
4.3 14 Feb 2017 1 improved
Improved
  • Compatibility with Yoast SEO 4.3.
4.2.1 3 Feb 2017 2 fixed
Fixed
  • Bugfixes
  • Fixes "Fatal error: Class 'yoast_i18n' not found".
4.2 31 Jan 2017 2 fixed
Fixed
  • Bugfixes
  • Fixes translator comments that were missing or didn't follow the guidelines.
4.1 17 Jan 2017 1 new3 improved8 fixed6 changed
New
  • Duration tag to video page headers.
Improved
  • Enhancements
  • Improves styling for notices.
  • Improve support for the Yandex search engine by adding some Yandex specific tags. This can be turned off using the new wpseo_video_yandex_support filter (return false to turn it off).
Fixed
  • Bugfixes
  • Fixes link to google article about video sitemaps.
  • Fixes a bug where the video-seo menu would overwrite the go premium menu item.
  • If a post uses a custom title/description template with variables, the variables were not being replaced correctly for the Video sitemap.
  • Minor spelling & grammar fixes.
  • If a video was previously detected, but the post type has since been excluded from VideoSEO, the video opengraph and schema tags would still be added to the front-end page. This has been fixed now.
  • Fix case-sensitivity issues with video object meta tags.
  • Minor XHTML syntax fix.
Changed
  • Minor improvements for compatibility with Yoast SEO.
  • Minor UI improvements for buttons and translations.
  • Clarify what effect the option to allow videos to be embedded by other sites has.
  • Clarify the description of the "Family Friendly" option used in the metabox.
  • Allow for adding additional schema meta tags - such as transcript to a video object using the new wpseo_video_object_meta_content filter.
  • Clarify the description for the family friendly checkbox.

2016 10 versions

4.0 13 Dec 2016 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Fixes the YouTube video player URL to always use a protocol. This solves issues where the Google invalidates the sitemap and where Facebook does not recognize the player. (needs force re-index for existing posts)
3.9 29 Nov 2016 3 new4 improved2 fixed1 changed
New
  • Added support for the additional Wistia video urls and embed codes. If you use the Wistia video service, re-indexing your videos is highly recommended.
  • Added fallback for the detail retrieval of private Vimeo videos. This will allow these to be recognized. (needs force re-index for existing posts).
  • Added recognition of //player.vimeo.com/... type URLs. (needs force re-index for existing posts).
Improved
  • Enhancements
  • Change the 'og:type' meta value to the more accurate 'video.other'.
  • Change the 'og:video:type' meta value HTML5 which is now more accurate than Flash in most cases.
  • Updated the Vimeo video player URL to the new HTML5 player format (with Flash fallback). This should solve black screens and/or "Unable to resolve DNS" errors when embedding these videos on Facebook and other sites. (needs force re-index for existing posts).
Fixed
  • Bugfixes
  • Fixed the YouTube video player URL. This should solve black screens and/or "Unable to resolve DNS" errors when embedding videos on Facebook and other sites. (needs force re-index for existing posts)
Changed
  • Minor improvements in behaviour when installed on WP multi-site.
3.8 8 Nov 2016 1 new2 improved12 fixed7 changed
New
  • If a video post SEO title or SEO description is - or has been - added/adjusted, this will now be reflected in the sitemap. (needs force re-index for existing posts)
Improved
  • Enhancements
  • If a video post title or content/excerpt is - or has been - updated, this will now be reflected in the sitemap and the video metadata. (needs force re-index for existing posts)
Fixed
  • Bugfixes
  • Fixes a fatal error on PHP 5.2 when adding a YouTube video (_undefined method DateTime::add()_ / _undefined class DateInterval()_).
  • Fixes a bug where adding a video in a custom post type would show an undefined index content_width when used in combination with non-compliant themes
  • Fixes support for Advanced Responsive Video Embedder plugin.
  • Fixes support for Automatic YouTube Video Post plugin.
  • Fixes a bug where the sitemap had the wrong style when a custom post type 'video' exists.
  • Fixes "Disable video for this post" per-post setting not being respected for the og: meta tags which led to Facebook still displaying the video even if the video for the post was disabled.
  • If a video post was first saved as draft and only published later, the publication date would be stuck on the draft date in the sitemap, this has been fixed. (needs force re-index for existing posts)
  • The "Force re-index" functionality was broken with the implementation of the progress bar. This has now been fixed. Checking the "Force re-index" checkbox will now work again as expected, including the regeneration of thumbnails.
  • The "Re-index" functionality did not properly respect the post types to be indexed for the Video sitemap as set on the VideoSEO settings page, which unintentionally led to fewer items being re-indexed than they should. This has now been fixed.
  • The sitemap cache was not automatically cleared after a re-index. This has now been fixed.
  • Fixes the minimum requirement checks on activation of the plugin.
Changed
  • The wpseo_sitemaps_base_url filter will now be respected by the VideoSEO plugin.
  • Makes the oEmbed recognition compatible with the upcoming WP 4.7.
  • Minor improvements in video URL recognition.
  • Makes sure that the video sitemap will be available as soon as this plugin is activated and unavailable after deactivation.
  • If an invalid date is encountered for the publication date of a video post, the publication date will be re-evaluated.
  • If a SEO description template had been set for the post type which includes the video, this will now be respected. (needs force re-index for existing posts)
  • The re-index functionality has been made more efficient and should now - for the same number of posts - be faster.
3.7 11 Oct 2016 2 new1 improved
New
  • Added iframe-based support for uStudio videos.
  • Added missing index.php files.
Improved
  • Enhancements
3.6 27 Sep 2016 2 improved
Improved
  • Changes
  • Updated translations.
3.5 7 Sep 2016 1 new1 improved
New
  • Adds support for Featured Video Plugin, props ahoereth
Improved
  • Changes
3.4 19 Jul 2016 2 improved
Improved
  • Changes
  • Updated translations.
3.3 14 Jun 2016 1 new1 improved3 fixed
New
  • Adds the Yoast i18n module to the Yoast SEO Video settings page, which informs users the plugin isn't available in their language and what they can do about it.
Improved
  • Enhancements
Fixed
  • Bugfixes
  • Fixes a bug where the support beacon for Yoast SEO Video was added to all Yoast SEO settings pages.
  • Fixes a bug where updates were not working reliably when multiple paid Yoast plugins were active.
3.2 20 Apr 2016 3 fixed
Fixed
  • Fixes a bug where the video sitemap cache wasn't cleared on activation.
  • Fixes a bug where video specific checks that were added to the content analysis would no longer work in combination with Yoast SEO 3.2 and higher.
  • Fixes a bug where clicking the 'Update now' button on the plugin page didn't update correctly.
3.1 1 Mar 2016 1 new1 improved3 fixed1 changed
New
  • Adds a support beacon on the Video SEO settings page enabling users to ask for support from the WordPress backend.
Improved
  • Enhancements
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
  • Fixes a JS error on the post edit page causing the content analysis to break in combination with Yoast SEO versions higher than 3.0.7.
  • Fixes a bug where our license manager could sometimes not reach our licensing system due to problems with ssl.
Changed
  • Makes sure users don't have to reactivate their license after updating or disabling/enabling the plugin.

2015 3 versions

3.0 18 Nov 2015 1 improved4 fixed2 changed
Improved
  • Enhancements
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
  • Fixes a fatal error that could occur while reïndexing the video sitemap.
  • Fixes the video metabox that was broken in combination with Yoast SEO 3.0.
  • Fixes deprecation warnings for filters that have been removed in Yoast SEO 3.0
Changed
  • Synchronized plugin version with all other Yoast SEO plugins for WordPress.
  • Made sure video specific content analysis checks work well with the Real Time content analysis tool in Yoast SEO 3.0.
2.0.4 23 Jun 2015 1 improved3 fixed
Improved
  • Changed to the YouTube v3 API, making the YouTube integration work again.
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
  • Fixes a bug where https YouTube URLs weren't recognized.
  • Fixes a bug where the sitemap cache wouldn't be cleared when saving options.
2.0.3 25 Mar 2015 1 new1 improved5 fixed
New
  • Added 5 new languages: en_GB, es_MX, fr_FR, nl_NL and tr_TR.
Improved
  • Enhancement
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
  • Fixes a bug where the video sitemap could contain wrongly formatted date times.
  • Fixes an undefined index notice for the $post global that was fired when creating a new product in WooCommerce.
  • Fixes a bug where title variables weren't parsed well in the Video Sitemap.
  • Fixes a bug where the video thumbnails were saved without an extension.

2014 10 versions

2.0.2 17 Dec 2014 1 improved2 fixed1 changed
Improved
  • Enhancements:
Fixed
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fix for notice on the snippet preview
Changed
  • Showing progressbar on re-indexing the video sitemap
2.0.1 11 Nov 2014 1 new2 improved4 fixed1 removed
New
  • Added translations for Persian and Brazilian Portuguese
Improved
  • Enhancements:
  • Improved translations for Danish, German, Hungarian and Italian
Fixed
  • Bug fixes:
  • Vixxy shortcode/url combi not recognized
  • Missing stylesheet error
  • Limiting issue on sitemap
Removed
  • Removed translations for French, Dutch and Swedish. If you would like to help translate these languages, please sign up at translate.yoast.com!
2.0 7 Oct 2014 20 new27 improved14 fixed4 removed6 changed
New
  • Added support for recognizing video attachments without additional plugins.
  • Added support for recognizing .ogv files as video files.
  • Added support for custom Wistia domains.
  • Add Video SEO menu item to the admin bar
  • Added support for 23Video videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Added support for Archive.org videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Added support for CollegeHumor.com videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Added support for Funnyordie.com videos (retrieval of video details - unfortunately this does not (yet) work for short urls).
  • Added support for Hulu.com videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Added support for Revision3 videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Added support for TED videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Added support for VideoJug videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Added support for Snotr videos via Embedly (limited video details).
  • Added support for Spike.com/IFilm videos via Embedly (retrieval of video details).
  • Added support for Vine videos via Embedly (retrieval of video details).
  • Added support for the Flowplayer HTML5 plugin.
  • Added support for the JetPack plugin shortcodes module.
  • Added support for the VideoPress plugin.
  • Added support for the YouTube Embed Plus plugin.
  • Added license information
Improved
  • Enhancements:
  • Better support for protocol-less urls all round.
  • Supported Services:
  • Much improved support for uploaded/locally hosted videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Improved support for YouTube (country) sub-domains and alternative protocols (httpvhd, httpvhp, youtube::). Removed support for audio-only embeds as, well, audio is not video.
  • Improved support for Animoto videos (recognition of urls).
  • Improved support for Blip.tv videos (improved recognition leading to better retrieval of video details).
  • Improved support for Dailymotion.com videos (recognition of short urls).
  • Improved support for Flickr videos (recognition of short urls and better retrieval of video details).
  • Improved support for Viddler videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Improved support for VideoPress and WordPress.tv (retrieval of video details).
  • Improved support for Vimeo videos (url recognition and retrieval of video details).
  • Improved support for Vzaar videos (url recognition and retrieval of video details).
  • Improved support for Wistia videos (recognition of urls and retrieval of video details).
  • Slightly improved support for YouTube videos (retrieval of video details).
  • Supported Plugins:
  • Improved support for the Advanced Responsive Video Embedder plugin - a large number of shortcodes were not recognized.
  • Improved support for the IFrame Embed for YouTube plugin - shortcode was not recognized.
  • Improved support for the Simple Video Embedder plugin - shortcode was recognized, better handling of custom fields.
  • Improved support for the Sublime Video plugin - not all possible video sources were recognized.
  • Improved support for the TubePress plugin - added Vimeo support.
  • Improved support for the Viper Video Quicktags plugin - a large number of shortcodes were not recognized.
  • Improved support for the WP Video Lightbox plugin - thumbnail image was not supported.
  • Improved support for the WP YouTube Player plugin - added support for id instead of url and for width, height attributes.
  • Improved support for the YouTuber plugin - shortcode was not supported.
  • Improved support for the YouTube Embed plugin - alternative protocols recognition.
  • Improved support for the YouTube with Style plugin - playlist syntax would break support.
Fixed
  • Bug fixes:
  • Shortcode list would often not be reset properly.
  • Escaped shortcodes would still be searched for video.
  • No name shortcode attributes wouldn't always be recognized.
  • Flickr video detail retrieval was failing, SSL now required.
  • Compatibility issue between support for the JW Player plugin and fitvids.js.
  • Only the first shortcode found would be checked to see if it was a video shortcode, then it would fall back to other methods, now all shortcodes are checked until a video shortcode is found. If none is found, it will still fall back to other methods of finding video.
  • Small regression where wordpress.tv video details would not always be retrieved.
  • [videopress] shortcode - while supported by plugins - was still not recognized.
  • Regression where numeric video ids would sometimes prevent video detail retrieval.
  • Most of vidyard detail retrieval failed.
  • Bug where content of the last recognized meta field would overrule earlier found information.
  • Bug where a meta field containing a mixture of html/text and a url at the end could be accepted as content_loc.
  • The VideoSEO plugin would auto-de-activate on an upgrade of WPSEO. This should no longer happen.
Removed
  • Removed support for the Better Youtube Embeds plugin as the plugin functionality is now included in WP core and the plugin is no longer active.
  • Removed support for the Instabuilder plugin.
  • Removed explicit support for the Premise plugin.
  • Removed explicit support for the Youtube Brackets plugin as the plugin hasn't been updated in eight years.
Changed
  • A lot more video URLs will be recognized as such.
  • WP 4.0 removes oembed support for Viddler videos as Viddler no longer supports free personal accounts. For those users who still use Viddler, Video SEO will continue to support both the OEmbedding as well as - of course - the SEO aspect.
  • If no video detail retrieval is available, Embedly will be used to try and retrieve details anyway.
  • Other:
  • Minimum requirement for WP now 3.6.
  • Applied some best practices
1.7.2 17 Jul 2014 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Fix added whitespace after content cause in 1.7 update.
1.7.1 15 Jul 2014 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Fix error in update caused by missing the version number update in 1.7.
1.7 14 Jul 2014 1 new3 improved10 fixed3 changed
New
  • Add oembed support for wistia.net domain and wistia protocol-relative urls.
Improved
  • Enhancements:
  • Improved clean-up of uploaded files.
  • Update snippet preview to use latest Google design changes in line with the earlier update to WP SEO. This fixes the javascript error some people were experiencing.
Fixed
  • Bug fixes:
  • Bug where $content would be empty for an mrss_item.
  • Minor bug in upgrade routine.
  • Bugs in Animoto and Screenr oembed provider addition.
  • Issue with sitemap errors when conflicting http protocols were given.
  • Video sitemap could show in sitemap index even when no posts with videos were found.
  • Video description generated from content could break off in the middle of a word or html entity.
  • Error on plugin activation.
  • Sitemap conflict when a custom post type named 'video' would exist.
  • Issue where durations would not be shown correctly in the metabox.
Changed
  • Moved language file loading to the init hook to allow for translation overloading.
  • Auto-deactivate plugin in circumstances that it can't work.
  • Increased size of YouTube thumbnail image being retrieved.
1.6.3 31 Mar 2014 2 fixed
Fixed
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a warning for a missing variable in sanitize_rating.
1.6.2 17 Mar 2014 2 improved2 fixed1 changed
Improved
  • Updated Fitvids.js to fix some issues with it.
  • Enhancements:
Fixed
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a warning for a missing variable.
Changed
  • Fitvids will now be included un-minified when SCRIPT_DEBUG is on.
1.6.1 11 Mar 2014 1 fixed
Fixed
  • Fix wrong boolean check.
1.6 11 Mar 2014 3 improved6 fixed1 changed
Improved
  • Compatibility with WPSEO 1.5 and implementation of the same options & meta philosophy
  • Updated .pot file
  • Updated it_IT
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
  • Non-static methods should not be called statically
  • Noindex setting wasn't being respected properly
  • Some inconsistent admin form texts
  • Warning when loading new post.
  • Always re-validate license key on change.
Changed
  • I18n

Undated 7 versions

1.5.5.1 1 fixed2 changed
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
Changed
  • Make sure thumbnail image is available.
  • Move initialisation of plugin to earlier hook to make sure it's there when XML sitemap is generated.
1.5.5 1 new1 improved2 fixed1 removed2 changed
New
  • Add setting to allow video playback directly on Facebook (defaults to on).
Improved
  • Enhancements
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
  • Fix use of wrong image in OpenGraph and Schema.org output when a thumbnail is manually selected.
Removed
  • Remove dependency on WPSEO_URL constant.
Changed
  • Restore $shortcode_tags to original after index_content().
  • Use media uploader to change video thumbnail.
1.5.4.6 3 new2 improved1 fixed1 removed5 changed
New
  • Added support for more Dailymotion URLs.
  • Add support for WP YouTube Lyte shortcode.
  • Added hu_HU
Improved
  • Enhancements
  • Updated fr_FR
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
Removed
  • Remove CDATA in favor of proper encoding of entities.
Changed
  • Prevent warning on line 4169, for unset video taxonomies.
  • Prevent issues with custom fields that have spaces in their keys.
  • Force 200 status codes and proper caching on both video sitemap XML and XSL.
  • I18n
  • Renamed wpseo-video.pot to yoast-video-seo.pot
1.5.4.5 14 new1 improved3 fixed10 changed
New
  • Add width and height for Youtube videos.
  • Add option to manually add tags per video.
  • Add option to override video category (normally defaults to first post category).
  • Add "proper" Facebook video integration.
  • Added support for Advanced Responsive Video Embedder.
  • Added support for muzu.tv.
  • Add support for custom Vimeo URLs. (eg http://vimeo.com/yoast/video-seo)
  • Added support for Instabuilder video shortcodes
  • Added support for Vidyard
  • Added support for Cincopa
  • Added support for Brightcove
  • Added support for videos in the 'Archive Intro Text' (Genesis) in the video sitemap
  • Added support for WP OS FLV plugin
  • Added support for [Wordpress Automatic Youtube Video Post] (http://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-youtube-video-posts/)
Improved
  • Enhancements
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
  • Several i18n namespace fixes.
  • Fix for Wistia popover embeds and Wistia https URLs.
Changed
  • To make best use of the new features in this update, please reindex your videos.
  • Make videos in taxonomy descriptions pick up properly again.
  • Prevent output of hd attribute for videos in XML Video sitemap.
  • Make sure opengraph image is always set to "full" size.
  • Prevent notice in sitemap when video from taxonomy term is displayed.
  • Prevent wrong or empty dates in XML video sitemap.
  • Order videos in XML video sitemap by date modified, ascending.
  • Allow for custom fields that hold arrays to be detected too.
  • Make sure the video thumbnail is always put out as an og:image too.
  • Set license key with a constant
1.5.4.4 1 improved2 fixed4 changed
Improved
  • Enhancements
Fixed
  • Bug fixes
  • Fix for Vzaar URLs.
Changed
  • Spaces in custom fields settings are now properly trimmed.
  • Wistia embed with extra classes now properly detected.
  • Video sitemap now adheres to same pagination as post sitemap.
  • Video XML Sitemap date now properly retrieved from last modified post with movie.
1.5.4.3 2 new1 improved
New
  • Add support for fvplayer shortcode.
  • Add option to manually change or enter duration.
Improved
  • Enhancements
1.5.4.2 1 new1 improved1 fixed1 changed
New
  • Added option to disable RSS enhancements, to prevent clashes with podcasting plugins.
Improved
  • Enhancements:
Fixed
  • Bug fixes:
Changed
  • Properly allow normal meta description length when video has been disabled for post.