YOAST SEO - Best Wordpress SEO Plugin v23.7

Yoast SEO 23.7
October 22, 2024
Yoast SEO 23.7 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements
Removes the keyphrase in slug assessment for static home pages.
Bug fixes
Fixes a bug where a database error would occur when there were no public taxonomies available for indexing.
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.
Other
Removes translation strings that are not meant for the Yoast SEO Free version from the plugin.
Resets the notice for search engines discouraged when changing Search engine visibility to visible.

Yoast SEO 23.6 - October 8, 2024
Yoast SEO 23.6 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements
Adds a filter to modify the sitemap's URL. Props to ashujangra.
Improves the transition words assessment for Turkish and English by expanding the relevant lists of transitions words. Props to abulu.
Uses the full-sized counterpart when a resized first content image is used for Open Graph and X images.
Bug fixes
Fixes a bug where the content analysis would error when removing an image caption in the default editor.
Fixes a bug where the link popover would be hidden when editing a post in tablet/mobile view. Props to stokesman.
Fixes a visual inconsistency where the descriptions of the disabled Premium policy settings would look enabled, when they are not enabled.
Other
Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.5.

2024-09-24 - version 23.5
* add - Improves the text of error messages that are shown when there is a problem with using the AI features.
* fix - Fixes a bug where two sentences in the internal linking suggestions would not be translated.
* fix - Fixes a bug where the toast notification would appear in the wrong position when using the AI generator with little or no content.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.5.

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.

Plugin Nulled Free
Yoast SEO 23.3 - August 20, 2024
Yoast SEO 23.3 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Other
This release only contains non-user-facing maintenance changes.

2024-08-06 - v23.2
* add - Introduces the _AI Optimize_ feature!
* add - Improves the user experience for Yoast AI Generate by checking if the user has an active subscription before asking for consent.
* update - Deprecates the `Ai_Generate_Titles_And_Descriptions_Introduction` class.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.2.

Yoast SEO v23.1 - July 23, 2024
Yoast SEO 23.1 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements
Disables an unneeded cleanup cron job when indexables are disabled.
Removes an unnecessary query when indexables are disabled.
Other
Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.6.

Yoast SEO 23.0 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements

• Removes a redundant database write query, when saving a post.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where unnecessary data was written in the Yoast database on non-production sites (or when the relevant Yoast\WP\SEO\should_index_indexables filter was used to disable such a behavior).

Other

• Deprecates the Wordproof feature.
• Deprecates the following classes: Wordproof, Wordproof_App_Config, Wordproof_Helper, Wordproof_Integration_Active_Conditional, Wordproof_Plugin_Inactive_Conditional, Wordproof_Translations.

Yoast SEO v22.9 - June 18, 2024
Yoast SEO v22.9 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements

• Helps guide Elementor users to Yoast when they have the new editor top bar activated.
• Adds additional filter options for the og:image meta tags.
• Improves compatibility with custom RSS feeds. Props to @gsusI.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where a PHP notice would be thrown on RSS feeds when a canonical URL can not be created for its parent page.

Others

• Changes the copy in the admin sidebar from Premium to Upgrades.

Yoast SEO v22.7 - May 14, 2024
Yoast SEO 22.7 converts selected blocks to the Blocks V3 API and brings multiple bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements

• Converts the Yoast How-to and FAQ blocks to use the Blocks V3 API.
• Introduces a date and a separator snippet variable to the meta description text field, to make clear that both the date and a separator are automatically added to the character count of the meta description. Hovering over the variables reveals a tooltip with more explanation.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where a PHP deprecation error would be thrown when trying to convert a relative URL to an absolute one, with the provided value being null.
• Fixes a bug where the character count of the meta description field would not include the automatically added date and separator when no additional content was provided.
• Fixes a bug where the elements in the Yoast sidebar and metabox are displayed in an incorrect order if Yoast SEO Premium is activated.

Other

• Deprecates \Yoast\WP\SEO\Integrations\Blocks\Structured_Data_Blocks::enqueue_block_editor_assets().
• Properly escapes tags in the Enhanced Slack Sharing presenter to prevent incorrect rendering and unwanted, potentially malicious behavior. Props to @rob006.
• Removes the yoast-components-package script.
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.4.