Video SEO ========= Requires at least: 5.3 Tested up to: 5.4 Stable tag: 13.1 Requires PHP: 5.6.20 Depends: Yoast SEO Video SEO adds Video SEO capabilities to WordPress SEO. Description ------------ This plugin adds Video XML Sitemaps as well as the necessary OpenGraph markup, Schema.org videoObject markup and mediaRSS for your videos. This repository uses [the Yoast grunt tasks plugin](https://github.com/Yoast/plugin-grunt-tasks). Installation ------------ 1. Go to Plugins -> Add New. 2. Click "Upload" right underneath "Install Plugins". 3. Upload the zip file that this readme was contained in. 4. Activate the plugin. 5. Go to SEO -> Extensions and enter your license key. 6. Save settings, your license key will be validated. If all is well, you should now see the XML Video Sitemap settings. 7. Make sure to hit the "Re-index videos" button if you have videos in old posts. Frequently Asked Questions -------------------------- You can find the [Video SEO FAQ](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/category/video-seo/) in our knowledge base. Changelog ========= ### 13.1: May 13th, 2020 Bugfixes: * Fixes a bug where a `last_fetched` tag would be output for videos in the video sitemap. ### 13.0: April 28th, 2020 Enhancements: * No longer outputs an `og:video:secure_url` meta tag, because it would always be output next to a similar `og:video`. * Changes the value of the `og:type` meta tag from `video.other` to the default `article` type on posts and pages containing a video. Other: * Metadata for YouTube video embeds now gets refreshed every 30 days, to fix a compliance issue with the YouTube terms of service wherein public data may only be cached for a maximum of 30 days. * Makes the `VideoObject` schema functionality compatible with the Yoast SEO 14.0. * Sets the minimum supported Yoast SEO version to 14.0. * Sets the minimum WordPress version to 5.3. ### 12.5: March 31st, 2020 Enhancements: * Added inLanguage property to the `VideoObject` schema piece ### 12.4.1: March 4th, 2020 Bugfixes: * Fixes a bug where YouTube videos would not be recognized, which meant that they wouldn’t be included in the XML Video Sitemap and the video settings in the metabox wouldn’t be available. You can re-index your YouTube videos with the Re-Index Videos button in the Video SEO options. ### 12.4: January 7th, 2020 Bugfixes: * Fixes a bug where the `ya:ovs:upload_date` meta tag would output an incorrect time. * Fixes a bug where incorrect video metadata would be saved on multisite environments in combination with MultilingualPress. ### 12.3.1: November 27th, 2019 Bugfixes: * Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown when Yoast SEO was used in combination with another plugin or theme containing a class named `Date_Helper`. Other: * Sets the minimum Yoast SEO version to 12.6.1. ### 12.3: November 26th, 2019 Other: * Sets the minimum required WordPress version to 5.2, the minimum Yoast SEO version to 12.6, and the minimum PHP version to 5.6.20. * Replaces the HelpScout Beacon 1.0 on the Video SEO admin page with the Beacon 2.0. * Fixes potential "Undefined index" notices when the RSS feed is being viewed. ### 12.2: October 15th, 2019 Enhancements: * Shows a floating `Save Settings` button on the Yoast SEO Video admin page when the normal button is not visible in the browser window. Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 12.2 ### 12.1: September 17th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 12.1 ### 12.0: September 3rd, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 12.0 ### 11.9: August 20th, 2019 Enhancements: * This add-on now has it's own tab in the Yoast SEO metabox, even if you have multiple Yoast SEO add-ons installed. Other: * Sets the minimum required Yoast SEO version to 11.9. ### 11.8: August 6th, 2019 Bugfixes: * Fixes a bug where the video title assessment and video body assessment were not loaded. Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.8 ### 11.7: July 23rd, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.7 ### 11.6: July 9th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.6 ### 11.5: June 25th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.5 ### 11.4: June 12th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.4 ### 11.3: May 28th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.3 ### 11.2: May 15th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.2 ### 11.1: April 30th, 2019 Enhancements: * Video SEO now uses Yoast SEO's new schema. [Read more about the schema output in our documentation](https://yoa.st/video-schema). Bugfixes: * Fixes a fatal error in the editor when the FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin is active. Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.1 ### 11.0: April 16th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 11.0 ### 10.1: April 2nd, 2019 Other: * Sets the minimum required Yoast SEO version to 10.1. * Removes the deprecated methods ( < 6.1 ). ### 10.0: March 12th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 10.0 ### 9.7: February 26th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.7 ### 9.6.1: February 12th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.6.1 ### 9.6: February 12th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.6 ### 9.5: January 22nd, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.5 ### 9.4: January 8th, 2019 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.4 ### 9.3: December 18th, 2018 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.3 ### 9.2: November 20th, 2018 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.2 ### 9.1: November 6th, 2018 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.1 ### 9.0: October 23th, 2018 Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 9.0 ### 8.4: October 9th, 2018 Bugfixes: * Fixes a bug where the changelog would not show up when the plugin was updated. Other: * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.4 ### 8.3: September 25th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.3 ### 8.2: September 11th, 2018 * Fixes a bug where the video thumbnail would be used as the OpenGraph image instead of the image set in the Social Preview section, resulting in Facebook displaying the wrong image. * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.2 ### 8.1: August 28th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.1 ### 8.0.1: August 21st, 2018 * Fixes a bug where a file was being referenced by an incorrect name, resulting in it never being loaded properly. ### 8.0: August 14th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 8.0 ### 7.9.1: August 7th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.9.1 ### 7.9: July 24th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.9 ### 7.8: July 10th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.8 ### 7.7: June 26th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.7 ### 7.6: June 5th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.6 ### 7.5: May 15th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.5 ### 7.4: May 1st, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.4 ### 7.3: April 17th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.3 ### 7.2: April 3rd, 2018 * Security hardening. * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.2 ### 7.1: March 20th, 2018 * Adds messages to all soft-deprecated methods, actions, hooks or filters. Added deprecation messages to four functions that didn't have a message yet. * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 7.1 ### 7.0: March 6th, 2018 Copy: * Changes activation warning to no longer suggest that activation failed, but rather that features won't be properly available as long as Yoast SEO is not active. Other: * Requires Yoast SEO 7.0 or higher to be installed. * Removes support for the [Vzaar video platform](http://vzaar.com/). * Removes support for videos added through the following plugins and themes which are no longer available, no longer (actively) maintained or have been deprecated by the plugin author: - [Advanced YouTube Embed Plugin by Embed Plus](https://wordpress.org/plugins/embedplus-for-wordpress/) - [IFrame Embed for YouTube](https://wordpress.org/plugins/iframe-embed-for-youtube/) - [Instabuilder](http://instabuilder.com/v2.0/launch/) - [KISS Youtube plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/kiss-youtube/) - PluginBuddy VidEmbed - [Simple Video Embedder](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-video-embedder/) - [Sublime Video](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sublimevideo-official/) - [Titan Lightbox](http://www.wplocker.com/plugins/codecanyon/656-codecanyon-titan-lightbox-for-wordpress.html) - [VideoJS - HTML5 Video Player for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/videojs-html5-video-player-for-wordpress/) - [VideoPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/video/) - [Viper Video Quicktags](https://wordpress.org/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/) - [Vippy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/vippy/) - [Vzaar Media Management](https://wordpress.org/plugins/vzaar-media-management/) - [Vzaar Official Media Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/vzaar-official-plugin/) - Weaver theme - [WordPress Video Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-video-plugin/) - WP OS FLV - [WP YouTube Player](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-youtube-player/) - [YouTube Insert Me](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-insert-me/) - [YouTube Shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-shortcode/) - [YouTube White Label Shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-white-label-shortcode/) - [YouTube with Style](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-with-style/) - [YouTuber](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtuber/) - Premise - [WordPress Automatic Youtube Video Post](https://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-youtube-video-posts/) ### 6.3 February 13th, 2018 * Load the XSL stylesheet from a static file when home and site URL are the same. * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 6.3 ### 6.2 January 23rd, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 6.2 ### 6.1: January 9th, 2018 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 6.1 ### 6.0: December 20th, 2017 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 6.0 ### 5.9: December 5th, 2017 Changes: * Removes deactivation of this plugin when Yoast SEO Premium is inactive. * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.9 ### 5.8: November 15th, 2017 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.8 ### 5.7: October 24th, 2017 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.7. ### 5.6: October 10th, 2017 Changes: * Changes the capability on which the submenu is registered to `wpseo_manage_options` * Changes the way the submenu is registered to use the `wpseo_submenu_pages` filter Bugfixes: * Fixes a bug where the license check endpoint was using an incorrect URL ### 5.5: September 26th, 2017 * Updated the internationalization module to version 3.0. ### 5.4: September 6th, 2017 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.4. ### 5.3: August 22nd, 2017 * Fixes a call to a deprecated method when generating the video sitemap. * Removed `wp_installing` polyfill. ### 5.2: August 8th, 2017 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.2. ### 5.1: July 25th, 2017 * Fixes a bug where the `isFamilyFriendly` meta property is not set properly. ### 5.0: July 6th, 2017 * Compatibility with Yoast SEO 5.0.