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26.1.1

Other​

  • Updates an outdated piece of copy.

26.1

Yoast SEO 26.1 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Improves the UX of the llms.txt settings page, by informing the user that they have to save their changes in order for the file to be generated.
  • Introduces the option to add an Ahrefs verification code via the Yoast Settings page.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the llms.txt opt-in would hide behind the WordPress sidebar when on RTL language.

Other​

  • Introduces the Yoast\WP\SEO\should_invalidate_opcache filter that disables opcache invalidation on plugin upgrade.
  • Lets users know about the new Yoast SEO AI+ plan and related features.
  • Updates the Site features page to include icons instead of images.

26.0

Yoast SEO 26.0 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Opens the Advanced Settings' section when clicking the Customize llms.txt file button.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a string in the AI Generate usage counter tooltip was missing in RTL languages.

Other​

  • Adds an introduction which would show after 14 days of the plugin activation or update.
  • Adds safety check when accessing an array to avoid PHP warnings when getting the upgrade campaign for Wincher integration. Props to @bor0.
  • Allow changing the main image ID through a filter wpseo_schema_main_image_id. Props to @JoryHogeveen.
  • Ensures compatibility with the recent Wincher API changes.

25.9

Yoast SEO 25.9 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Improves the UX of the llms.txt feature by displaying errors with generating the llms.txt file in the relevant settings page.
  • Improves the UX of onboarding new users by preventing irrelevant modals from displaying in the First Time Configuration.

Other​

  • Updates the copy of the consent modal for using the Yoast AI features.

25.7

Yoast SEO 25.7 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Re-generates the llms.txt file immediately when there's any change in the selection of the pages to be included.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the AI free sparks upsell would appear instead of the rate limit error in cases where the rate limit for AI Generate was reached before the free sparks limit.

Other​

  • Adds an announcement for the upcoming AI Brand Insights feature.
  • Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.7.

25.6

Yoast SEO 25.6 adds enhancements to the llms.txt feature, introducing manual personalization. Read the release post here!

Enhancements​

  • Adds a free preview of the AI features from Yoast SEO Premium.
  • Introduces a way to manually select the pages to be included in the llms.txt file.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the icon on search appearance would not be aligned when on a right-to-left locale.

25.5

Yoast SEO 25.5 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Enhances the UX of the llms.txt feature by informing users about potential issues with generating the file via Yoast’s alert center.
  • Changes post lists in the llms.txt file to use canonical URLs.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a request limit warning would be shown in the Semrush related keyphrases when no warning was applicable.

Other​

  • Adds an announcement for the Google Docs add-on.
  • Changes the Upgrades page to a Plans page.
  • Removes redundant flushing of cache groups when incoming links for posts change.

25.3.1

This is a maintenance release which is required to align with changes to Yoast SEO Premium 25.3.1.

25.3

New: Yoast SEO 25.3 introduces llms.txt support to help AI tools understand your site better. Read the full release post here!

Enhancements​

  • Introduces the llms.txt feature, which gives site owners the opportunity to automatically generate an llms.txt file. This file helps LLMs to better understand the site's content.

25.2

Yoast SEO 25.2 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Makes the keyphrase in image alt attributes assessment available when no content has been added.
  • Renames image keyphrase assessment to keyphrase in image alt attributes assessment.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug in the retrieval of post categories titles where a non-existent term might be referenced. Props to @bor0.
  • Fixes a bug where the Yoast introduction in the Elementor editor would not be positioned correctly when on Elementor version 3.30.0.

Other​

  • Excludes gallery, embed and playlist shortcodes from the keyphrase in introduction analysis in Classic editor.

25.1

Yoast SEO 25.1 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Adds more phrases regarding disability to the inclusive language assessment.
  • Improves the feedback for "lame" in the inclusive language assessment.
  • Makes the following SEO assessments available in the analysis by default, even when no content has been added: keyphrase in introduction, keyphrase in meta description, keyphrase in SEO title, keyphrase in slug and previously used keyphrase.
  • Optimizes the function used to fetch post IDs which share the same focus keyphrase. Props to dilipbheda.

25.0

Yoast SEO 25.0 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Optimizes the wp yoast cleanup CLI command update_indexables_author_to_reassigned step, which can become very slow for very large data sets. Props to eddiesshop.
  • Improves the feedback texts for the passive voice and consecutive sentences assessments in case there is nothing to report.
  • Makes the images, internal links, and external links assessments available when no content has been added.

Other​

  • Drops compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3.
  • Improves the translatability of feedback strings for the keyphrase length assessment.

24.8.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a potential fatal error on the dashboard page.

24.8

Yoast SEO 24.8 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Adds pregnant women to the potentially non-inclusive phrases targeted by the inclusive language analysis.
  • Improves the inclusive language analysis feedback for the potentially non-inclusive word exotic, and prevents the feedback from appearing when exotic is followed by words common in scientific contexts.

Other​

  • Removes the Yoast AI Optimize modals from the Yoast admin pages.

24.7

Yoast SEO 24.7 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Improves the accuracy of assessments measuring character count for Japanese texts by removing common punctuation from the count.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the help beacon would be displayed over table pagination on the bulk editor page.

Other​

  • Improves the feedback strings of the subheading distribution assessment for better translatability.
  • Removes extra span tags in the Post/Page overview. Props to dilipbheda.

24.6

Yoast SEO 24.6 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Provides support for the Optimized Markup feature in Elementor.
  • Removes the breadcrumbs from the Search snippet preview in Mobile mode.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where invalid inner blocks would be removed when saving a post in the block editor.

Other​

  • Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.6.