* NEW Significant performance improvements for XML sitemaps (800% faster)
* NEW PHPCS/WPCS standards implemented for the free version
* INFO 'seopress_sitemaps_cache_duration' hook to filter cache duration (https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-xml-sitemaps-cache-duration/)
* INFO Enhanced default design for the cookie bar
* INFO Changed the default value of the cookie bar’s close button to "Decline"
* INFO Added support for user consent with Microsoft Clarity
* INFO Block wizard is now hidden if it has already been run
* INFO Added a notice to term taxonomy pages if global title and meta description settings are not defined
* INFO Improve compatibility with the7 theme
* FIX JavaScript error with the cookie bar
* FIX Responsive UI issues
* FIX Performance enhancements for the RSS feed in the SEO dashboard
* FIX API request issue with WooCommerce and the Universal SEO metabox
* FIX CSS issues in the notification center
* FIX Display formatting for Google Search Console metrics
* FIX Image previews for missing alt texts when using lazy loading or CDNs
* FIX PHP errors when editing a custom term taxonomy
* FIX SiteSEO import tool
* FIX Incorrect Open Graph type tag for products
* FIX UI consistency issues
* NEW Display format and Time separator for Local Business widget / Block (PRO) 🎉
* NEW 'seopress_lb_widget_opening_hours_separator' and 'seopress_lb_block_opening_hours_separator' hook to filter the opening hours separator (PRO - https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-local-business-opening-hours-separator/)
* NEW Migrate SEO metadata from SiteSEO (https://www.seopress.org/support/guides/import-post-and-terms-metadata-from-siteseo-to-seopress/)
* INFO Remove jQuery dependency for User Consent Cookie Bar
* INFO Strengthened security
* FIX Target keywords detection with dots
* FIX GA4 cookie domain error in browser console
* FIX Deprecated PHP errors when editing a term taxonomy
* FIX Post language sent to AI with the universal SEO metabox
* NEW GPT-5 to generate meta title, description and alt text (PRO)
* NEW Import global settings from AIOSEO plugin
* NEW Instantly adds SEO-friendly alt text to your images at upload—automatically pulled from your WooCommerce product variation
* NEW Add a Resume button to our Site Audit feature (PRO)
* NEW Set a custom batch size for the Site Audit (PRO)
* NEW Quickly block DeepSeek AI crawlers from the robots.txt file (PRO)
* NEW Hook "seopress_watch_taxonomy_for_redirects" to filter taxonomies to watch for redirect suggestions https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-taxonomies-to-watch-for-automatic-redirections/
* INFO Pass the Post ID to this filter: seopress_pro_video_sitemap_content (https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/filter-content-used-to-find-new-video-for-xml-video-sitemap/)
* INFO Remove IP address column in Redirect Manager
* INFO Improve UX for Site Audit
* INFO Improve UX/UI for robots.txt feature
* FIX Unauthorized download issue (PRO)
* FIX An issue with Rank Math importer
* FIX CSS for AI Live Chat
* FIX Allow zero (0) as a valid value for manual text fields in automatic schemas
* FIX Custom breadcrumbs saving with Elementor/default WP editor
* FIX ACF compatibility issue with CPT and our Redirect Manager
* FIX Primary category in specific cases for singular XML sitemaps / archive pages
* FIX Table of Contents block with synced patterns
* FIX JSON FAQ schema with our FAQ block
* FIX AI alt text generation with OpenAI (PRO)
* FIX i18n for French translations (missing links)
* NEW DeepSeek integration (PRO)
* NEW Disable AI Live Chat from Advanced settings (PRO)
* INFO Enable "Remove ?replytocom link to avoid duplicate content" option by default on new installation
* INFO Disable shortcode execution for XML image sitemaps by default for higher performance (https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/enable-disable-execution-of-shortcodes-in-xml-image-sitemaps/)
* INFO Updated ChartJS library
* INFO Removed autoload on few SEOPress options for better performances
* INFO Improved instant indexing log with IndexNow (Bing)
* INFO Removed the upsell step from the installation wizard
* FIX Import global settings from Rank Math
* FIX Fatal error on WooCommerce < 9.1
* FIX Import focus keywords from Yoast to SEOPress in specific cases
* FIX Target keywords field (Tagify lib)
* FIX Modal link height for Classic Editor
* FIX Small UI issue for automatic product schema
* NEW Add our AI chatbot to our settings page to get help faster (PRO)
* NEW Microsoft Clarity User Consent mode
* NEW Replace the Referer column by Full Origin in our Redirect Manager: more useful, especially with multidomain/multilingual websites
* NEW UI for automatic schemas
* INFO Update Admin Columns PRO integration (minimum version 6.0 is now required). From version 7, the integration will be directly provided by ACP.
* INFO Add caching to last modified date for XML Index sitemap
* INFO UI - Add schema keys to automatic schemas (SEO, PRO, Schemas)
* INFO NEW notice when using Google Indexing API
* INFO WPML integration improved for automatic translations
* INFO Image for the hiringOrganization sub-schema in the Job automatic schema is no longer required
* FIX XML Index sitemap last modified date
* FIX An issue with Admin Columns PRO
* FIX A compatibility issue with WP 6.8 and our blocks causing performance issue when scrolling the post content from the Block Editor
* INFO HTML Sitemap refactoring
* INFO Improve "noindex" alert in WP admin bar
* FIX Redirections REST API with the Editor and post meta (eg: ACF fields)
* FIX PHP 8.4 compatibility issue with redirections CSV import tool
* NEW Import global settings from Rank Math
* NEW Quickly enable the universal SEO metabox from the SEO Dashboard
* NEW Add search field to dynamic variables dropdown list
* NEW Add Redirections from the manager to our REST API
* NEW Add Google Page Speed report to our REST API
* NEW Add Google Analytics 4 stats to our REST API
* NEW Add Matomo Analytics stats to our REST API
* NEW Hook 'seopress_after_create_404' to run an action after a 404 error is logged (https://www.seopress.org/support/hooks/run-action-after-a-404-error-is-inserted/)
* INFO Update Tagify library
* INFO Automatically adds "@" for X account if missing when saving social settings
* INFO Email template refactoring
* INFO Site Audit: Content marked as noindex will not be analyzed by default (you can change this from SEO, Audit, Settings tab)
* FIX the7 theme notification for OG tags
* FIX Admin bar "noindex" context with Bricks
* FIX Dismiss SEO notifications
* FIX Enfold compatibility issue with our Notifications Center
* FIX Product variable URL for product schema / Google Merchant Center
* FIX FAQ block schema "answerCount" property