20.8-RC1

Changes compared to: 20.7

Enhancements:

• Improves feedback strings for the keyphrase density assessment by referring to the keyphrase in general instead of the focus keyphrase. #20213
• Improves the accuracy of the content analysis by excluding texts within textarea tags from the analysis. #20212

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where an entry in the indexable table would be created when an archive of a non-public but publicly queryable post type would be visited. #20146
• Fixes a bug where entries in the indexable table would be created for archives of excluded post types. #20146
• Fixes a bug where the score icon for the SEO and Readability tabs would not show a sad emoji when the post is empty or there is no set keyphrase. #20051
• Fixes a bug where a warning about a missing key in a component would be thrown in the console in the Yoast SEO Settings page. #20261

Other:

• Renames "SEO Framework" to "The SEO Framework". #20078

Non user facing:

• Adds the inclusive language score as an indexable column. #20157
• Adds tracking for our indexable data. #20278
• Merges WPSEO_Shortlink with Short_Link_Helper. #20209
• Makes WPSEO_Shortlink wrap calls from Short_Link_Helper. #20209
• Adds and improves indexable builder unit tests. #20200
• Reverts background cron indexation #20268
• Adds unit tests and integration tests for SEO_Links_Repository class. #20222
• Adds cron background indexing and fixes a couple of bugs related to post type archives #20240
• Update dev dependencies #20272
• CI maintenance #20273
• CI maintenance #20274
• Adds unit tests to class: Indexable_Link_Builder, and refactors existing tests. #20069
• Test QA #20275
• Ensure that dependabot PRs get reviewed/merged. #20276
• adds unit tests to indexable attachment watcher. #20203
• Merges the feature branch feature/lingo-fixes into trunk. #20250