Release Notes

PHPLD Next 0.1.20

This release improves local-business SEO and starts the optional geocoding foundation needed for radius search.

What's New

• Added LocalBusiness JSON-LD to local-business listing pages when address, phone, website, coordinates, or social profile data is available.
• Added coordinate-aware schema output using optional latitude and longitude custom fields.
• Added sameAs structured data for Facebook and Instagram profile URLs when present.
• Marked filtered featured-category finder pages as noindex,follow while keeping their canonical URL pointed at the clean category or homepage URL.
• Added an optional listings:geocode-census Artisan command that fills latitude and longitude from the US Census Geocoder for US local-business listings.
• Expanded the Local Business preset with optional social, coordinate, and geocoding metadata fields.

Notes

• No database migration is required for this release.
• The Census geocoder command is optional and does not require an API key.
• Simple link-directory installs remain unchanged unless the local-business preset or featured-category finder is used.