SSEOKEY 2.0 is finally here! Please update as soon as possible to take advantage of the latest features, fixes, and enhancements.
[New] Enhanced ALT Text Editor
Our ALT text editor was already praised for being practical, user-friendly, and a real time-saver. However, it was still missing some features. In this second version, we have improved the ALT editor further:
- Larger Images: Easier to review before filling out your ALT text.
- New Filter: Shows only featured images, allowing you to prioritize your work when handling a large volume of images.
- Simplified Interface: Removes unnecessary visual elements added by WordPress or other plugins.
- Media Type Correction: PDF and other non-relevant media types are no longer listed.
We’re already planning more features for version three, including AI assistance—more to come on that soon!
[New] Open Graph and Twitter Card Data
The second major update is the automatic, optimized addition of Open Graph and Twitter Card data.
For those unfamiliar, these are hidden data points that help Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) find the right image, title, and description when sharing your content. As of August 26, 2024, Google has announced its use of certain Open Graph data when rewriting page titles in search results.
As of August 26, 2024, Google has also announced its use of certain Open Graph data when rewriting page titles in search results.
At SEOKEY, we aim to simplify your workflow. Version 2.0 automates optimized Open Graph and Twitter Card data addition without any extra effort required—a real time-saver and a seamless way to unify your existing optimizations. SEOKEY intelligently reuses already accessible data such as featured images, meta tags, and more.
We now add the following optimized data without any further action:
- Global Open Graph Data:
- ‘og:url’
- ‘og:type’
- ‘og:locale’
- ‘og:site_name’
- Author Pages (if enabled):
- ‘og:first_name’
- ‘og:last_name’
- For Each Published Content:
- ‘og:title’
- ‘og:description’
- ‘article:author’
- ‘article:publisher’
- ‘article:section’
- ‘og:published_time’
- ‘og:updated_time’
- For Content Images (Featured Image):
- ‘og:image’
- ‘og:image:secure_url’
- ‘og:image:alt’
- ‘og:image:width’
- ‘og:image:height’
- Twitter Card Data (for X):
- ‘twitter:card’ (summary_large_image)
- ‘twitter:url’
- ‘twitter:title’
- ‘twitter:description’
- ‘twitter:site’
- ‘twitter:creator’
- ‘twitter:image’
To dive deeper, you can find more details in our technical documentation.
All New Features and Improvements
SEOKEY 2.0 also includes numerous improvements and fixes. Here’s the full list:
- New: SEOKEY now automatically adds OpenGraph and Twitter Card data (Google now uses this data). If you’re already using another plugin for this, SEOKEY won’t add it.
- New: Improved ALT editor. It’s now easier to use with a larger image display and a new image filter to show only featured images.
- Improvement: Refined the keyword menu interface (first iteration) to enhance usability.
- Improvement: Optimized admin performance by removing redundant SEOKEY action hooks and options.
- Improvement: Enhanced message provided by SEOKEY when editing content and no SEO issues are detected.
- Improvement: Removed unnecessary action links in the ALT editor (previously added by WordPress, themes, or other plugins), reducing distractions.
- Improvement: Improved several wordings in the Wizard and SEO audit.
- Improvement: (FREE) Updated interface to better explain what’s included in SEOKEY PRO.
- Fix: (PRO) Removed deprecated Ping Sitemap function (https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/06/sitemaps-lastmod-ping)
- Fix: (PRO) Fixed a very rare fatal error when Search Console fails to provide a suggested keyword in the MetaBox.
- Fix: Excluded PDF, ZIP, and other non-image files from the ALT editor (as these files don’t have alternative text).
- Fix: Resolved rare issue with missing trailing slash in terms XML sitemaps.
- Fix: (FREE) Adjusted the position of the “PRO” label in the SEOKEY MetaBox.
- Third-party: Fixed a rare Polylang canonical issue where the home URL was incorrect.
- DevNote: Added a new hook to disable SEOKEY meta descriptions (useful if using SEO functions within your theme).
- DevNote: Enhanced the Upgrader function, improving SEOKEY performance across all pages.
- DevNote: Separation of FREE vs. PRO code, which will significantly reduce the time needed to release new versions (first iteration).
What’s Next?
As you can see, we’ve started optimizing and refactoring our codebase. Our goal is simple: to speed up our development process so we can bring major versions to you faster. We already have multiple improvements planned to help enhance your visibility through audits, dashboard, content writing, keyword selection, and our various SEO tools.
Remember, you can check our public development roadmap here for updates on what we’re working on (and yes, we have a few surprises in store).
