{"id":1044,"date":"2026-01-08T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:44:09","slug":"improved-local-business-block-widget-and-more-seopress-9-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1044","title":{"rendered":"Improved local business block\/widget and more \u2013 SEOPress 9.2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SEOPress 9.2 is now available.<\/b>\u00a0We encourage you to update your site as soon as possible to take advantage of the latest features, improvements, and fixes.<\/p>

\ud83c\udf89 New \u2013 Local Business block enhancements<\/h2>

Our Local Business block\/widget is now more powerful. From SEO, PRO, Local Business settings page, you can finally set a display format<\/strong> for the opening hours<\/strong>:<\/p>

  • 12 hour format (AM\/PM)<\/li>
  • 24 hour format<\/li> <\/ul>

    Plus, the separator<\/strong> can be changed to:<\/p>

    You can use our hooks mentioned below to filter this for more flexibility.<\/p>

    \"Local
    Local Business opening hours settings \u2013 SEOPress PRO<\/figcaption><\/figure>

    \ud83c\udf89 Other news<\/h2>

    This new update also includes:<\/p>

    • a better security<\/li>
    • jQuery is no longer required for the user consent cookie bar<\/li>
    • the post language is now correctly sent to the AI when using the universal SEO metabox<\/li> <\/ul>

      We have added two new hooks for the developers:<\/p>

      • seopress_lb_widget_opening_hours_separator<\/code> to filter the opening hours separator for the widget<\/li>
      • seopress_lb_block_opening_hours_separator<\/code> to filter the opening hours separator for the block editor<\/li> <\/ul>

        More details in the changelog.<\/p>

        Don\u2019t forget to subscribe to our newsletter to follow our latest product updates and receive the latest\u00a0Google News:<\/p>

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        Changelog<\/h2>

        This update contains the following changes (full changelog here):<\/p> 

        * NEW Display format and Time separator for Local Business widget \/ Block (PRO) \ud83c\udf89
 * NEW 'seopress_lb_widget_opening_hours_separator' and 'seopress_lb_block_opening_hours_separator' hook to filter the opening hours separator (PRO - * NEW Migrate SEO metadata from SiteSEO ( * INFO Remove jQuery dependency for User Consent Cookie Bar
 * INFO Strengthened security
 * FIX Target keywords detection with dots
 * FIX GA4 cookie domain error in browser console
 * FIX Deprecated PHP errors when editing a term taxonomy
 * FIX Post language sent to AI with the universal SEO metabox<\/pre> 
         
         
         \"Improved <\/div> 
         
         
         By Benjamin Denis<\/span> <\/span>
         <\/span><\/p> 
         CEO of SEOPress. 15 years of experience with WordPress. Founder of WP Admin UI & WP Cloudy plugins. Co-organizer of WordCamp Biarritz 2023 & WP BootCamp. WordPress Core Contributor. <\/p> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> 
        Product News,Local SEO#Improved #local #business #blockwidget #SEOPress1767876249<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
        SEOPress 9.2 is now available.\u00a0We encourage you to update your site as soon as possible to take advantage of the latest features, improvements, and fixes. \ud83c\udf89 New \u2013 Local Business block enhancements Our Local Business block\/widget is now more powerful. From SEO, PRO, Local Business settings page, you can finally set a display format for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[313,261,312,174,164],"class_list":["post-1044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo","tag-blockwidget","tag-business","tag-improved","tag-local","tag-seopress"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}