23.7-RC1

Changes compared to: 23.6

Enhancements:

• Removes the keyphrase in slug assessment for static home pages. #21624

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where another plugin running the exit() function inside the plugin_loaded hook would result in a fatal error. Props to @menno-ll. #21062
• Fixes a bug where a database error would occur when there were no public taxonomies available for indexing. #21668

Other:

• Removes translation strings that are not meant for the Yoast SEO Free version from the plugin. #21567
• Resets the notice for search engines discouraged when changing Search engine visibility to visible. #21659

Non user facing:

• Adjust the styling of a button styled as link in the new general page alert content. #21660
• Adds upsells to the redesign of the general page. #21645
• Shows admin-wide Yoast notices in the new dashboard #21644
• Stops showing all other notices in the new Dashboard #21644
• Updates the FTC link wherever it's used in the plugin #21661
• Replace custom code with core's wp_is_serving_rest_request() #21676
• Adds a top margin to the Start SEO data optimization button inside notifications. #21665
• Removes line break before the "We estimate this could take..." sentence. #21665
• Separate ad from alerts cards grid in the general page, fix grid height and sticky effect to the upsell sidebar. #21662
• Adds alert center to dashboard redux store. #21649
• Adds an upsell for Yoast AI Generate on WooCommerce product categories and tags. #21686
• Refactors the UI library SidebarNavigation change from #21614. #21652
• Changes the ui for the buttons in the notification centre. #21658
• Changes the ui for the buttons in the notification centre. #21658

23.6-RC6

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC5

Non user facing:

• Updates the Black Friday ad title. #21690

23.6-RC5

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC4

Non-user facing:

• Reverts #21633, Not backwards compatible. #21687

23.6-RC4

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC3

Non user facing:

• Fixes a bug where the Black Friday sale start and end times were incorrect. #21679
• Removes the mention of price in the Black Friday sidebar ad in the Yoast admin pages. #21680

23.6-RC3

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC2

Other:

• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.5. #21673

Non user facing:

• Removes the promo code from the Black Friday sale. #21677

23.6-RC2

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC1

Non user facing:

• Adds promo code to Black Friday ad in the upsell modals. #21674
• Add Black Friday promotion ad to taxonomies editor. #21667

23.5

= 23.5 =

Release date: 2024-09-24

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

Enhancements

• Improves analysis score feedback labels in the publish sections.
• Improves our integration with cache plugins by preventing flushing their cache when not needed.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where Arabic keyphrases containing certain function words were not correctly matched.

23.6-RC1

Changes compared to: 23.5

Enhancements:

• Adds a filter to modify the sitemap's URL. Props to @ashujangra. #21611
• Uses the full-sized counterpart when a resized first content image is used for Open Graph and X images. #21534
• Improves the transition words assessment for Turkish and English by expanding the relevant lists of transitions words. Props to abulu. #21616

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the link popover would be hidden when editing a post in tablet/mobile view. Props to stokesman. #21615
• Fixes a bug where the content analysis would error when removing an image caption in the default editor. #21590
• Fixes a visual inconsistency where the descriptions of the disabled Premium policy settings would look enabled, when they are not enabled. #21581

Non user facing:

• Adds an empty placeholder for a new dashboard page. #21606
• Refactor server side check for whether Woocommerce is active. #21598
• Fixes a bug where webinar link would be missing when on settings page. #21612
• Adds a sidebar to the new dashboard page. #21614
• Refactor check for news SEO add-on. #21620
• Refactors the way we check for woocommerce and woo seo in the editor. #21617
• Adds problems and notifications sections in alert center. #21646
• Prevents a deprecation warning when editing a post with Gutenberg version 19.1. #21634
• Refactors isPrivateBlog preference. #21629
• Removes outdated user language code property from window object. #21627
• Refactor check if AI feature is active property. #21633
• Refactor sitewide Social image property. #21631
• Refactor the social appearance property in editors. #21639
• Integrates the FTC into the new dashboard #21623
• Rewrites JavaScript prototype-based classes inside yoastseo package into the newer class syntax. #21325
• Moves the new dashboard page to the root of the Yoast SEO menu #21641
• Adds notification and problem information to the script data. #21647
• Adds black friday promotion dates and content. #21601
• Adds black friday promotion dates and content. #21601
• Add paper styling to different components that are part of the new dashboard. #21642
• Fixes an unreleased bug where the NEW_DASHBOARD_UI feature flag would negatively influence other admin pages. #21650
• Remove unreleased jetpack ad code. #21613
• Removes the woocommerceUpsell property from wpseoScriptData. #21589
• Removes outdated translations properties from fields definitions. #21592
• Moves woocommerce and jetpack boost upsell links to client side. #21582

23.5-RC2

No changes compared to: 23.5-RC1

This was created to test the deployment after the recent changes in WP.org SVN

23.4

= 23.4 =

Release date: 2024-09-03

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

Enhancements

• Adds support for discarding the changes when switching to a post, using the Top bar feature in Elementor.
• Adds так to the words recognized by the transition words assessment in Russian. Props to @pavelmai83.
• Improves the schema output by following the specification for the SearchAction more strictly.
• Re-enables the script concatenation that was disabled to prevent a bug with WordPress 5.5.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where an image caption inside a classic block would be considered the introduction when using the keyphrase in introduction assessment in the default editor.
• Fixes a bug where the first tag instead of the primary tag would be shown in a permalink when adding a link in the Classic editor.
• Fixes a bug where the Yoast tab would disappear when opening and closing the Site Settings in Elementor.
• Fixes a bug where the Yoast user settings would be wiped out after a user profile update when the respective global settings were disabled.
• Fixes a bug where two admin links would not be resolvable when using a custom admin URL.

Other

• Adds a learn more link to the primary category picker.
• Deprecates some functions in the Yoast_Input_Validation class.
• Deprecates the Disable_Concatenate_Scripts_Integration class.
• Deprecates the Duplicate_Post_Integration class.
• Deprecates the WPSEO_Admin_User_Profile::user_profile() method and the admin/views/user-profile.php file.