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We're pleased to announce the release of 4SEO version 4.2.1. This is a maintenance release with some changes and bug fixes:
Here are the highlights:
Added a filter to pass additional options to the HTTP client used when communicating with Google Search Console. May help for websites which servers are blocked by Google
Inject site name in home page structured data and OpenGraph records. Site name is now used more often by Google in search results, this will help Google get the name right
On sites which started using 4SEO early on, the fake Facebook application id automatically added to OpenGraph may be missing. Not having an app_id is normal but the Facebook debugger has a bug (!) and it shows the lack of app_id as an error - which it is not
Images with encoded spaces in their path (%20) are properly processed but incorrectly added to sitemap, resulting in a broken link
Images with very long URLs may be truncated when inserted in the sitemap
style and script tags are not removed from content when automatically building a meta description
Leading zeros must be preserved in postal codes when generating Structured data
Please see this page for a full changelog. This release is immediately available both from the download area and using the one-click Joomla! updater of your web site.
We're pleased to announce the release of sh404SEF version 4.24.6. This is a maintenance release with a bug fix and the addition of deprecation warnings!
Important: this version does NOT support PHP 5.6.0 anymore, as announced before. Minimal PHP version is now PHP 7.1.0. This is not enforced yet, but will be soon.
Important: sh404SEF now requires Joomla 3.9.0 or more recent. It won't install or update on older Joomla versions.
Here are the highlights:
Undefined constant fatal error on PHP 8 under some circumstances
Style and script html tags may not be removed when building automatic meta description
Possible PHP warnings Array to String conversion when non-sef urls with multiple arrays are used
Possible PHP warnings when using simple encoding on some component
Please see this page for a full changelog. This release is immediately available both from the download area and using the one-click Joomla! updater of your web site.
We're pleased to announce the release of 4SEF version 1.2.3 - Beta. This is a pre-version, test-only of the final upcoming release of 4SEF!
IMPORTANT: 4SEF is still in beta testing phase. This means it's in the final stages of testing and should be used only with caution as some bugs may happen when used in the real world. Beta testing is meant to identify these issues that cannot be discovered during develoment and internal testing.
We recommend using it on test copies of your website only. If you decide to test on your real website, make sure you have a backup on hand so that you can restore things to their previous state in case something goes wrong.
Here are the highlights:
When extensions add non-standard variables to Joomla content non-sef, these variables are not passed through as query vars in the resulting URL but are instead stored as part of the non-sef
When some extensions are set to use Joomla router (Bypass option), links on some 404 pages are the Joomla ones, not the 4SEF ones
Please see this page for a full changelog. This release is immediately available both from the download area and using the one-click Joomla! updater of your web site.
We're pleased to announce the release of 4SEO version 4.2.1. This is a maintenance release with some changes and bug fixes:
Here are the highlights:
Added handling of more extensions that use the same item on multiple languages (JomShopping)
In redirects, the Append back query string option only works as expected for rules with wildcard characters
Built-in rules to block some spammer robots access are not applied if they have a question mark in the URL specification
Missing text for HTTPS required to connect to Search Console, only error code is displayed
Please see this page for a full changelog. This release is immediately available both from the download area and using the one-click Joomla! updater of your web site.
