Internal Link Juicer Changelog

Version 2.1.2 (February 14, 2023)

Feature, Pro: Limit incoming/outgoing links on a per-post basis in the keyword editor
Improvement: Optimized batch processing for significantly better link index performance on large websites.
Improvement: Added option to hide the Internal Link Juicer admin bar entry (link index status)
Improvement, Pro: Expanded user role setting for keyword editor to include all available roles in the system
Improvement, Pro: New template tag “{{title}}” allows for post/term title usage in link templates

Version 2.1.1 (December 23, 2022)

Improvement: replaced dependency on SweetAlert2 with own modal implementation
Fix: Corrected view and hover area of admin bar link-index status
Fix, Pro: Fixed bug that in some cases caused custom fields to link to themselves

Version 2.1.0 (December 02, 2022)

Feature, Pro: Linking in custom field content (posts and meta) is now possible
Improvement, Pro: Added compatibility mode for Oxygen Builder and Muffin Builder page builders
Improvement: Updated dependencies

Version 2.0.4 (November 15, 2022)

Fix: Bug on greedy link mode (“link as often as possible” setting) got fixed
Fix: Links per paragraph limitation setting for individual assets got fixed when greedy link mode is turned on

Version 2.0.3 (November 03, 2022)

Feature: Added possibility to manually trigger index rebuild (or retrigger stuck build) in the dashboard
Fix: Fixed incorrect output of upper and lower case letters when in the “Link as often as possible” mode
Fix, Pro: Fixed an inbound link limiting bug that could have caused unexpected behavior

Version 2.0.2 (October 23, 2022)

Improvement: The display of scrolling within the statistics popup has been optimized
Fix: Fixed possible PHP warning when exporting a CSV file
Fix: Fixed a bug related to adding individual pages to the blacklist

Version 2.0.1 (October 04, 2022)

Improvement: Further optimizations for compatibility with the Divi theme
Improvement: Query for index-related changes in wp-admin stopped if no jobs are scheduled
Fix: Fixed database error related to the temporary linkindex that occurred under a few conditions

Version 2.0.0 (September 13, 2022)

Feature: Asynchronous mode on index creation for zero delays on the frontend and backend, regardless of the size of a website
Improvement: Improved algorithm for matching keyword boundaries enables better recognition of whole words and word separators

Version 1.3.12 (August 01, 2022)

Improvement: The loading hierarchy for the Divi theme compatibility mode has been further improved

Version 1.3.11 (July 29, 2022)

Improvement: Added compatibility mode for Divi theme
Fix: Prevent link builder processing content when sitemaps getting generated which may have caused memory issues on larger sitemap files

Version 1.3.10 (July 09, 2022)

Improvement, Pro: Added {{excerpt}} to available link-template placeholders for outputting the excerpt on generated links
Fix: Fixed logical bug in keyword matching, that caused keywords not to get linked under specific circumstances
Fix, Pro: Deleting a custom link now correctly triggers an update of the linkindex

Version 1.3.9 (May 28, 2022)

Improvement: A broad range of special characters is now available for linking
Fix, Pro: Triggering index rebuild in manual mode when configuration on the blacklist is made
Fix, Pro: Custom links now correctly trigger an index rebuild when their status changes

Version 1.3.8 (May 21, 2022)

Improvement: Better handling in the matching of sub-keywords within broader keyword definitions
Fix: Bug related to saving and serializing empty keyword definitions in the editor got fixed

Version 1.3.7 (May 03, 2022)

Fix: Error in Basic versions compatibility mode with Polylang got fixed

Version 1.3.6 (May 02, 2022)

Improvement, Pro: The compatibility mode for Polylang now restricts the linking of custom links based on their language
Improvement: Smaller performance optimization for the backend

Version 1.3.5 (April 27, 2022)

Fix: Display of configured keywords column on post overview got fixed for PHP 8
Fix: Problems that occurred under conditional scenarios when creating new posts have been fixed
Fix: Building the link index after changing the option for excluding HTML tags is working properly again

Version 1.3.4 (April 02, 2022)

Fix: Errors on post saving when having an empty whitelist got fixed

Version 1.3.3 (March 23, 2022)

Fix: Outgoing links in draft articles are now updated after revisions even if the article remains a draft

Version 1.3.2 (March 11, 2022)

Fix: Whitelist was not correctly applied to the linking behavior in some cases got fixed

Version 1.3.1 (March 02, 2022)

Improvement: Process of link building for future scheduled posts optimized
Fix: Bug in reordering of keywords in the keyword editor got fixed
Fix, Pro: Consideration of manually set links works reliably again

Version 1.3.0 (February 26, 2022)

Improvement: Restructuring plugin to a partialized construction of the link index, leads to immense performance improvement

Version 1.2.23 (January 29, 2022)

Fix: Error after downgrading from Pro version to Basic related to blacklisting childpages setting got fixed

Version 1.2.22 (December 27, 2021)

Improvement: Additional optimizations for index building speed
Fix: Warning about undefined variable during index construction got fixed
Fix, Pro: Error related to empty term meta got fixed

Version 1.2.21 (December 10, 2021)

Improvement: Further optimizations on the performance of linkindex construction
Fix, Pro: Error in the consideration of manually created links got fixed

Version 1.2.20 (December 05, 2021)

Improvement: Further optimization of index building performance

Version 1.2.19 (October 14, 2021)

Fix: False behavior when matching characters in Hindi language got fixed
Improvement: Added filter to manually link content, allows linking in conjunction with get_the_content()

Version 1.2.18 (September 26, 2021)

Improvement: Speed for building the index has been significantly improved

Version 1.2.17 (September 14, 2021)

Fix: Bug in setting links that was shipped by the last update got fixed

Version 1.2.16 (September 13, 2021)

Feature, Pro: Added possibility to configure a maximum amount of generated links per paragraph
Improvement: Further optimized keyword matching for cyrillic and non-ascii characters
Improvement: Prioritization of keyword order is now also possible by number of characters
Fix: Masking existing content that caused problems with page builders like Elementor got corrected
Fix: Not generating links in frontend due to some special HTML tags got corrected

Version 1.2.15 (July 05, 2021)

Feature: Added settings-tab to the keyword-editor, which enables granular settings based on single content assets
Improvement: Added option to exclude child pages of already blacklisted pages from linking as well
Improvement: Better support for cyrillic alphabet
Fix, Pro: Edit links for terms on the statistic dashboard now working correctly

Version 1.2.14 (May 11, 2021)

Feature, Pro: Added possibility to limit links within hierarchical taxonomies (e.g. categories) to allow building better silo structure
Fix: Removed protected magic methods from singletons that gave warnings under PHP 8

Version 1.2.13 (March 25, 2021)

Fix: Matching of keywords with apostrophe letters on substrings within words is also corrected.

Version 1.2.12 (March 18, 2021)

Fix: Matching of keywords with uppercase letters on substrings within words is corrected

Version 1.2.11 (March 10, 2021)

Fix: Keywords that start or end with a special character also get matched correctly
Fix: Display error on custom links template settings

Version 1.2.10 (February 04, 2021)

Improvement: Popup in link detail statistics got improved
Improvement, Pro: Import and Export features are now also available in WP-CLI
Fix: Removed deprecated jQuery code
Fix: Smaller fixes on import and export toolbox

Version 1.2.9 (January 11, 2021)

Fix: Apostrophes and other special characters can now be used for linking again
Fix: Escaping of special characters when exporting the keyword configuration to a CSV file has been corrected

Version 1.2.8 (October 29, 2020)

Improvement: Keywords in the editor are now sortable by drag and drop to simply reorder them when the setting “First configured keyword gets linked first” is active
Improvement, Pro: When “keep settings after plugin deactivation” is not activated, now also data from custom links get removed properly

Version 1.2.7 (October 01, 2020)

Fix: Statistics dashboard provides now also compatibility with PHP 5
Fix: Fixed PHP warning on HTML tag exclusions

Version 1.2.6 (September 09, 2020)

Fix: Several smaller fixes

Version 1.2.5 (September 07, 2020)

Improvement, Feature: The extended statistics dashboard from the Pro version is now also available in the Basic version with basic functions.
Improvement: The statistics dashboard has been significantly improved and the interface fine-tuned.
Improvement: All plugin related pages are now fully responsive
Improvement: Several UI improvements for dashboard and editor
Improvement, Pro: Better sanitization for URLs on file import

Version 1.2.4 (August 10, 2020)

Improvement: Additional restriction to keywords of public post types for index building now improves compatibility with third-party plug-ins (for example “AMP”)

Version 1.2.3 (July 24, 2020)

Improvement: Optimized content processing for better compatibility with third-party plug-ins (for example “ACF Blocks”)
Fix: Improved plugin uninstall routine which caused errors when upgrading to Pro version under some circumstances
Fix: The output of raw HTML symbols in the Gutenberg meta box options has been removed for the keyword editor

Version 1.2.2 (July 14, 2020)

Feature: Added full compatibility for Polylang
Improvement: Deleting link index table from database in recently added uninstall script
Improvement: Added vertical scrolling for keyword list on keyword editor when the list gets very long
Improvement, Pro: The Indexbuilder now also considers relative URLs if the option to not link if manual links exist is activated

Version 1.2.1 (July 05, 2020)

Feature, Pro: Directly create new custom links with configured keywords through CSV import when ID is empty
Fix: Preventing keywords import for non-existing assets
Fix: Added automatic line detection on file import for keywords, so import works also with Excel generated CSV files
Fix: Corrected a bug where index got not built immediately after creating a new post under some circumstances
Fix: Bug on configured keywords statistic when no keywords are configured got fixed

Version 1.2.0 (June 16, 2020)

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Feature: Added full compatibility for WPML
Feature: Added comprehensive toolbox for import and export of keywords and settings
Feature, Pro: Added additional tools for import of keywords from internal resources (post & term title, Yoast focus keyword(s), RankMath focus keywords)
Improvement, Pro: Redesign for Custom Links interface
Fix, Pro: When upgrading from Basic to Pro version, the deactivation of Basic version gets done automatically (no more errors when trying to install both versions at the same time)

Version 1.1.5 (March 08, 2020)

Improvement: Configured keyword phrases with dots get matched now
Improvement: Index rebuild process now also gets triggered when a scheduled post gets published
Improvement, Pro: Error handling for index rebuild notification has been further improved
Improvement, Pro: Added index rebuild notification for gutenberg editor on manual index building mode
Fix: Index now gets rebuilt when a new post gets created with gutenberg editor
Fix: Fixed broken link to plugin settings on the plugins overview page

Version 1.1.4 (January 11, 2020)

Fix: The index rebuilds now correctly on gutenberg when keywords got added on post save
Fix: Index rebuild after restoring default settings

Version 1.1.3 (December 27, 2019)

Feature: Statistics of stored keywords is now available in the list view of posts (and taxonomies on Pro), as well as in the dashboard
Improvement: Optimized interface of the keyword editor for enhanced usability
Improvement: Upper and lower case is now case sensitive when entering keywords in the editor, resulting in a wider range of supported characters
Improvement: redesigned the plugin options and added a configurable uninstall routine
Fix: The matching and conversion of keywords to links is now case sensitive so that the content is always displayed as it was written
Fix: Bug on HTML tag exclusions got fixed

Version 1.1.2 (October 06, 2019)

Improvement: The notice of the date when index got built last is now synchronous with server time.
Improvement, Pro: Index rebuild notification got translated and notifier got an error handling
Adjustment: The minimum length for keyword editor input is now two characters.
Fix: Error which influenced the output of content under some circumstances got fixed
Fix, Pro: Bug in statistic dashboard which caused missing entries got fixed.
Fix, Pro: Manual index rebuild now only can be triggered once and does not result in multiple builds if clicking multiple times.

Version 1.1.1 (August 22, 2019)

Added Feature: The linking of certain HTML parts (e.g. headings) within an asset can now be excluded by options.
Added Feature: A trial of the Pro version can now be activated via the dashboard
Added Pro Feature: Existing and manually created link targets within content can now be excluded from duplicate automated linking by setting
Improvement, Pro: Loading the statistics dashboard completely via AJAX before rendering (better performance for larger sites).
Improvement, Pro: Custom links now have the option to be opened in a new window
Fix: It is now possible to configure gaps in the editor at the beginning and end of a configured keyword at the same time
Fix: Solved a layout problem in the dashboard overview (occurred when there were no links in the index)
Fix, Pro: The overlay for detail statistics in the statistics dashboard is now displayed correctly
Fix, Pro: Option initialization after upgrade to pro now works properly

Version 1.1.0 (July 09, 2019)

Added Feature: Implemented an interactive tutorial for better plugin onboarding
Added Pro Feature: Implemented extensive statistics dashboard
Improvement: Added compatibility with WPML (Solution provided by J.-M. Duchi from TransConnector SA)
Improvement: Optimization / further development of the dashboard
Improvement: Added new actions to basic dashboard statistics
Improvement: Cleaned up editor scripts and styles on not needed backend sites
Improvement: Optimized index generation process results in speed up for backend
Fix: Index now automatically rebuilds itself after editing an article also with gutenberg editor
Fix: Better sanitation of keyword input on indexbuilder results in no more PHP warnings
Fix: Removed possible conflicts with other plugins that use select2 JS library
Fix, Pro: Bug which prevented linking of a taxonomy under some circumstances got fixed
Fix/Improvement, Pro: Index rebuild notifier cannot be displayed on wrong positions anymore and is now dismissable

Version 1.0.4 (April 24, 2019)

Added Feature: Configuration of the order for set keywords is now possible (options: FIFO, highest/lowest word count; thanks to son0fhobs)
Improvement, Pro: Optimized integration of custom links feature
Fix: Translation error on keyword editor (displayed “undefined” under some circumstances) got fixed

Version 1.0.3 (February 15, 2019)

Fix: Bug on nested replacements fixed

Version 1.0.2 (January 20, 2019)

Improvement: optimized generation of “maximum”- gap type
Fix: autolinking issues within shortcode generated content solved

Version 1.0.1 (December 30, 2018)

Improvement: rework of the user interface
Improvement: several improvements regarding plugin reliability
Added Pro Feature: Enable autolinking within terms and taxonomies
Added Pro Feature: Set own custom links for linking
Added Pro Feature: Configure allowed user roles for using the keyword editor
Added Pro Feature: Index Generation Modes
Added Pro Feature: Shortcode for excluding paragraphs from autolinking