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24.3

Yoast SEO 24.3 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Adds the Yoast AI Optimize feature to sentence length and paragraph length assessments.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where interacting with the SEO/Readability/Inclusive language analysis tab/collapsible would disable the highlighting buttons when an AI Optimize button was present in the analysis results.
  • Fixes a bug where modifying content in the editor that could lead to a different analysis score would disable the highlighting buttons when an AI Optimize button was present in the analysis results.
  • Fixes a bug where switching between "visual" and "code" editors inside the Block editor would not disable the highlighting buttons when there was no AI Optimize button in the analysis results.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.3.

24.2

Yoast SEO 24.2 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where an error modal requesting a Yoast WooCommerce SEO subscription was shown when clicking the 'Use AI' button for Custom Post Type (CPT) products and taxonomies.
  • Fixes a bug where translations would break for the internal linking unindexed notice when in other languages.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.2.

24.1

Yoast SEO 24.1 adds the Yoast SEO Dashboard to monitor your site's SEO performance in one overview. Find more about Yoast SEO 24.1 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the Yoast AI usage counter would only be displayed after a delay.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.1.

24.0

Yoast SEO 24.0 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Improves keyphrase recognition for word forms ending in -er in English.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where AI Optimize suggestions would not be styled correctly in tablet or mobile mode.
  • Fixes a bug where AI Optimize suggestions would not be styled correctly in WordPress 6.7.
  • Fixes a bug where the inclusive language filter would be displayed on the WooCommerce orders overview page.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.0.

23.9

Yoast SEO 23.9 brings enhancements to the Yoast SEO Semrush integration and various bug fixes. Find more about Yoast SEO 23.9 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Implements a new design for the buttons for adding/removing related keyphrases in the Semrush integration.
  • Improves the compatibility of the Yoast blocks with WordPress 6.7.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the highlighting marker button would be incorrectly enabled when switching the editor mode from code to visual, while the AI Optimize toast notification was still visible.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.9.
  • Stops PHP notices on WordPress 6.7 about _load_textdomain_just_in_time loading incorrectly.

23.7

Yoast SEO 23.7 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Introducing a new feature: AI SEO title and meta description generation for WooCommerce product categories and tags! To unlock this SEO magic, make sure you have both Yoast SEO Premium and Yoast WooCommerce SEO installed.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the Table of Contents block title would not be translated when it was added to a page.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.7.

23.5

Yoast SEO 23.5 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Improves the clarity of error messages that are shown when there is a problem with AI features.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the toast notification would appear in the wrong position when using AI Generate with little or no content.
  • Fixes a bug where two sentences in the internal linking suggestions would not be translated.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.5.

23.4

Yoast SEO 23.4 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Disables the highlighting buttons whenever AI Optimize is used.
  • Enables the AI Optimize feature for the keyphrase in introduction assessment when the introduction is part of a Classic block.
  • Improves the success rate of AI Optimize suggestions for a post that contains list blocks.
  • Prevents showing the "not enough content" error message when AI Generate is used before the content is fully loaded.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a full stop would be added at the end of a previous sentence instead of the newly suggested sentence when using AI Optimize.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.4.

23.2

Introducing Yoast AI Optimize in beta for Yoast SEO 23.2! Receive AI-powered suggestions to help your content cross the 'SEO' finish line, getting your content closer to a green traffic light at a click. Explore the details in our latest release post!

Enhancements​

  • Introduces the AI Optimize feature for the keyphrase in introduction, keyphrase density, and keyphrase distribution assessments in the Block editor.
  • Improves the user experience for Yoast AI Generate by checking if the user has an active subscription before asking for consent.
  • Improves the word complexity assessment by not flagging the focus keyphrase or related keyphrases as complex words.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.2.
  • Deprecates the Ai_Generate_Titles_And_Descriptions_Introduction class.

23.0

Enhancements​

  • Converts the Yoast Estimated reading time block the Blocks V3 API.
  • Converts the Yoast Related links block to the Blocks V3 API and refactors it to an editable list of item blocks.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.0.

22.9

Yoast SEO 22.9 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Converts the Siblings and Subpages blocks to the V3 API.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a fatal error would occur when clicking Click here to remove the redirect after reverting the trashing of a post.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.9.

22.7

Yoast SEO 22.7 brings multiple bugfixes and adds helpful error messages where AI title & description generator errors appear. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Adds more helpful error messages when the AI title & description generator errors, for easier troubleshooting.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown when using the AI title & description generator but the request timed out.
  • Fixes a bug where errors while saving a post would not contain the error explanation.
  • Fixes a bug where existing tags would not be saved when adding them to a post.
  • Fixes a bug where the AI title & description generator would not work for variants of locales, like formal German.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.7.
  • Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.4.

22.6

Exciting news: Yoast SEO 22.6 is live! Explore the latest performance updates and enhancements in your favorite SEO tool. Don't forget: PHP version update required. Learn more here!

Enhancements​

  • Improves performance when it comes to storing user metadata for data specific to Yoast SEO Premium.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.6.

22.5

Yoast SEO 22.5 brings maintenance updates and bug fixes throughout the plugin, refined guidance on optimal taxonomy practices and a smoother user experience. Check out the release post for version 22.5.

Enhancements​

  • Introduces a check for allowed MIME types when uploading images to a social appearance template.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where some feedback strings in the content analysis would no longer be translated.
  • Fixes a bug where a new field added to the Add custom fields to page analysis setting would sometimes be removed after being saved.
  • Fixes a bug where the Yoast Table of Contents block would throw a validation error when changing the heading level of the block's title.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.5.
  • Renames all Twitter references to X.