Adds ‘Article’ as @type to articles that are set to be included in the news sitemap. This results in a @type array with at least ‘Article’ and ‘NewsArticle’.
Other:
Enables tracking when activating the plugin. It can be disabled in the Yoast SEO configuration wizard.
Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 5.4.
Adds News to the Yoast SEO sidebar in the Elementor editor and the block editor.
Merges the Exclude from News sitemap and the Googlebot-News index settings from the News meta box into one setting: Exclude this post from Google News. Because both settings served the same purpose, to exclude your content from the News sitemap.
Removes the Default genre setting from the News sitemap and settings because Google no longer supports Genres for articles in Google News...
Fixes a bug where a duplicate News section would be shown in the Yoast sidebar in the post editor when Yoast SEO Premium is active in combination with WP 5.8.
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