New performance options have been added. They allow you to optimize Search and Archive query alterations.
Schema.org JSON-LD data is now cleaner when you run PHP 5.4 or later.
Custom input image URLs can now dynamically switch between HTTP and HTTPS and the dimensions are always set, regardless of input.
Multisite networks no longer initiate new database connections on every page for plugin compatibility checks.
1.3.1 & 1.3.2
In these minor releases, the Reservation Action settings are now visible for the Local extension, and the API now works in an edge case.
Local SEO | The best solution you can get
This week Local SEO for WordPress is launched as part of The Extension Manager, which plugin extends The SEO Framework with free and premium functional extensions, extra tools and services. Following his typically high standards of making WordPress plugins, Sybre Waaijer succeeded in delivering an advanced and leading Local SEO solution, far better than other existing similar solutions:
- Multiple locations supported (max 4096, not only 2)
- Opening hours per location
- (Reverse) Geocoding
- Fully automated (no sign up required at Google, Bing, etc.)
- Higher exposure (output script in header vs. on page)
- Significantly faster execution
- Multisite supported
- Much lower price
Furthermore, also restaurants are fully supported with added options for cuisines and reservations. This Local SEO solution really helps you to let your website rank higher in Google for your local community.
1.3.0 – Secular SEO
In this release, the Local extension has been added, the extensions are now loaded much faster, we’ve fixed scrolling performance issues inside the administrative boxes, and the plugin now works as intended on Windows servers.
30,000 active installations | A rising star
In April 2017 The SEO Framework reached 20,000 installations within 1.5 years and now only 4 months later the next milestone is there. The developers of another 10,000 websites/blogs gave their trust to this free and no-ads plugin, which is seen as the go-to alternative for the market leaders “Yoast SEO” and “All in One SEO Pack”. Sybre Waaijer as the creator of The SEO Framework is very proud, that his SEO plugin is now in the top 2% of most-used WordPress plugins. During the recent months, he worked hard on his new achievement Local SEO, which will go to market at the end of August 2017 as part of The Extension Manager.