Simple SEO Improvements

Project maintained on GitHub at iworks/simple-seo-improvements.

2.3.4 (2026-07-15)

• Dependencies: Updated the iWorks Options module to version 3.1.1.
• Improved: Handled LocalBusiness type as a string if it is a single-element array.

2.3.3 (2026-06-29)

• Bugfix: Fixed an issue where the local business type was not being saved correctly. Props for anoriell – Katarzyna Janoska. #20.
• Improvement: Extended support for blocking AI crawlers in robots.txt. Added the following AI bots to block: Anthropic AI, Bytespider, CCBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude Bot, Claude Web, Cohere AI, GPT Bot, OAI Search Bot, Perplexity Bot.

2.3.2 (2026-05-17)

• Dependencies: Updated the iWorks Options module to version 3.1.0 and the iWorks Rate module to version 2.3.2.

2.3.1 (2025-09-18)

• Improvement: The option to disallow all in robots.txt has been added.

2.3.0 (2025-09-05)

• Bugfix: Fixed an issue where the $options object was not defined.
• Dependencies: Updated the iWorks Options module to version 3.0.7.
• Dependencies: Updated the iWorks Rate module to version 2.3.1.

2.2.9 (2025-05-09)

• Bugfix: Fixed an issue where the $content string was not parseable as HTML. Props for anoriell – Katarzyna Janoska. #17.

2.2.8 (2025-05-07)

• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 3.0.0.
• Bugfix: Fixed an issue with saving multiline text. #16.
• Improvement: Added the www prefix to site url during checking externals. #14.

2.2.7 (2025-03-14)

• Removed the external class from internal links for improved consistency. Props for Rafał Jendrzejewski.

2.2.6 (2025-03-13)

• Removed the external class from internal links for improved consistency. Props for Michał Rogalski.

2.2.5 (2025-03-11)

• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.9.8.
• Too aggressive sanitation has been fixed. Props for Gabi. #12.

2.2.4 (2025-03-09)

• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.9.7.
• Too aggressive sanitation has been fixed. Props for Gabi. #12.
• Updating plugin from GitHub releases has been improved.

2.2.3 (2025-02-22)

• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.9.6.

2.2.2 (2025-02-22)

• An error with replacement on older PHP has been fixed.

2.2.1 (2025-02-21)

• A typo has been fixed.

2.2.0 (2025-02-21)

• The build process has been improved.
• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.9.5.
• The iWorks Rate module has been updated to 2.2.3.
• The _load_textdomain_just_in_time() notice has been fixed. #6.
• The rel=”nofollow” attribute can be added now. #4. Props for sylwiastein.
• The target=”blank” attribute can be added now. #4. Props for sylwiastein.
• The translation domain for few strings where been fixed.
• Translation placeholders has been added.

2.1.0 (2025-01-26)

• Multiple LocalBusiness Type have been added.
• The Article has been removed from JSON-LD on LocalBusiness page.
• The country select has been improved.
• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.9.4.
• The iWorks Rate module has been updated to 2.2.1.
• The LocalBusiness Type list has been improved.
• The og:image has been fixed.

2.0.9 (2024-02-14)

• The JSON+LD has been improved for a product.
• Compatibility with the OG plugin has been improved.
• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.9.1.

2.0.8 (2024-02-08)

• The “offers”/”Offer” field has been added.

2.0.7 (2024-02-06)

• The “offerCount” field has been improved.

2.0.6 (2024-02-06)

• The “offerCount” field has been added.
• Cleaning string has been improved.

2.0.5 (2024-01-31)

• The support for WooCommerce product has been added.
• The iWorks Rate module has been updated to 2.1.7.

2.0.4 (2023-12-29)

• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.9.0.
• The iWorks Rate module has been updated to 2.1.6.

2.0.3 (2023-11-22)

• Check for the LocalBusiness page option has been added to avoid showing the form on all new pages.

2.0.2 (2023-11-15)

• The AI bots bloking has been added into the robots.txt file.
• The dynamic property has been fixed.

2.0.1 (2023-11-07)

• The too-early call of the function get_pages() has been fixed. Props for schulz,
• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.8.8.

2.0.0 (2023-11-01)

• The structured data has been added.

1.5.8 (2023-11-01)

• A small typo in structured data has been fixed.

1.5.7 (2023-11-01)

• The post data has been added (json-ld).
• The sitelinks search box structured data has been added (json-ld).
• The logo structured data has been added (json-ld).
• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.8.7.
• The iWorks Rate module has been updated to 2.1.3.

1.5.6 (2023-10-06)

• The filter simple-seo-improvements/is_active has been added. It allows you to check if the plugin is active.

1.5.5 (2023-08-03)

• Robots.txt options have been moved to the configuration panel.

1.5.4 (2023-06-30)

• The FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING flag has been replaced by FILTER_DEFAULT.
• The iWorks Options module has been updated to 2.8.5.
• The iWorks Rate module has been updated to 2.1.2.
• Unnecessary trailing slashes have been removed.

1.5.3 (2023-06-09)

• The front page post type has been set.
• Every singular post type has been set.
• The schema attribute “name” has been set to og:title.
• The schema attribute “description” has been set to og:description.

1.5.2 (2023-05-09)

• An ability to Google News noindex has been added.
• An ability to Google noindex has been added.
• An ability to set the “Max Image Preview” value has been added.
• An ability to set the “Max Snippet” value has been added.
• An ability to set the “Max Video Preview” value has been added.

1.5.1 (2023-01-18)

• The check for is_array has been added to avoid warnings in some situations.

1.5.0 (2023-01-17)

• iWorks Options has been updated to version 2.8.4.
• The meta robots for the author, day, month, and year archives have been added.

1.4.5 (2022-12-16)

• Improved robots.txt

1.4.4 (2022-12-02)

• Improved PHP syntax compatibility.
• iWorks Rate has been updated to 2.1.1.

1.4.3 (2022-09-19)

• Fixed a typo in sprintf pattern.

1.4.2 (2022-09-19)

• Added ability to use default image as site icon.
• Changed iWorks Rate Module repository to GitHub.

1.4.1 (2022-06-29)

• Fixed saving attachment data.
• Fixed translation domain.
• Fixed issue with empty description.

1.4.0 (2022-03-02)

• Added improvements to the robots.txt file.

1.3.0 (2022-03-02)

• Added IndexNow for Bing.

1.2.4 (2022-02-25)

• Fixed display og:image when OG — Better Share on Social Media plugin is installed and activated.
• Fixed missing function when editing taxonomy. Props for Michał Ruszczyk.
• Updated iWorks Options to 2.8.1.

1.2.3 (2022-02-23)

• Fixed filter call order – singular settings were ignored.

1.2.2 (2022-02-22)

• Fixed typo in the meta description field.

1.2.1 (2022-02-22)

• Fixed display meta description when OG — Better Share on Social Media plugin is installed and activated.

1.2.0 (2022-02-17)

• Added meta description for the homepage with posts blog list.
• Added default og:image.
• Updated iWorks Rate to 2.1.0.

1.1.0 (2022-02-15)

• Added the ability to add custom code for HTML HEAD.
• Added the ability to add custom code for the beginning of the BODY tag.
• Added the ability to add custom code for the end of the BODY tag.
• Added ability to remove category URL prefix.
• Added ability to remove tag URL prefix.
• Added fb:app_id into configuration.
• Added integration with OG — Better Share on Social Media.
• Added twitter:site into the configuration,
• Updated iWorks Options to 2.8.1.

1.0.8 (2022-01-21)

• Updated iWorks Options to 2.8.0.
• Updated iWorks Rate to 2.0.6.

1.0.7 (2022-01-17)

• Fixed link from the plugins page to the configuration page. Props for Sebastian Miśniakiewicz

1.0.6 (2022-01-14)

• Added configuration for single entries defaults.

1.0.5 (2021-09-28)

• Changed attachment URL to direct URL to file.
• Filter attachments on sitemap XML only to images.

1.0.4 (2021-09-28)

• Added ability to publish images on Sitemap XML.

1.0.3 (2021-09-04)

• Fixed missing data on the blog posts page.
• Updated iWorks Rate to 2.0.4.

1.0.2 (2021-06-29)

• Strip tags from title and description fields.
• Updated iWorks Rate to 2.0.2.

1.0.1 (2021-06-08)

• Added integration with OG Plugin to use the same custom title for og:title.

1.0.0 (2021-05-21)

• First release.
• Added HTML custom title for entries.
• Added HTML custom title for taxonomies.
• Added HTML meta description for entries.
• Added HTML meta description for taxonomies.
• Added HTML meta robots for entries.
• Added HTML meta robots for taxonomies.