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17.2

Yoast SEO 17.2 is out now! Yoast SEO comes with many powerful tools that will help you write SEO-proof and readable texts. And as of today, you can also work on your readability in the Farsi language. Readable content is awesome content! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 17.2 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Optimizes performance for saving a post and running the SEO Optimization tool, by inserting and deleting prominent words into and from the database in one query, instead of word by word.
  • Introduces word form support for more Russian irregular nouns.
  • Introduces word form support for the most common perfective verbs in Russian.

Other​

  • Prevents loading Premium if Free is on an outdated version, to prevent backwards compatibility issues.

17.1.2

Bugfixes:

  • Fixes a bug where internal linking suggestions, in either the editor or the orphaned content workout, and the related links block would not load on WordPress installations that have a different database table prefix than the default wp_.

17.1.1

Bugfixes:

  • Fixes a bug where newly added Yoast Related Links blocks would load indefinitely.

17.1

Yoast SEO 17.1 is out today! In this release, you’ll find a couple of small changes that’ll help you write great titles that stand up to Google’s scrutiny. It also includes some behind-the-scenes improvements, including several fixes for our indexables data management. For now, please enjoy Yoast SEO and write the best possible content in the language of your choice! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 17.1 in our release post!

17.0

Say hello to Yoast SEO 17.0! This release includes some behind-the-scenes improvements, like an improved Spanish word form feature and several fixes for our indexables data management. For now, please enjoy Yoast SEO and write the best possible content in the language of your choice! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 17.0 in our release post!

16.9

Meet Yoast SEO 16.9: This release comes with a brand-new SEO workout that helps you make sure that your content is findable! It shows you if your website is suffering from orphaned content problems and helps you fix them. Moreover, the plugin now comes with two image SEO assessments and improved performance. Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.9 in our release post!

16.8

Yoast SEO 16.8 is out today! This release comes with an updated readability analysis with support for two new languages: Norwegian and Slovak. Slovak doesn’t just get full readability support but also support for our word forms feature. This Premium language feature helps you improve your content in a much more natural way. Did you know that Yoast SEO is nearing language support for twenty languages? Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.8 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Introduces word form support for Slovak.

Other​

  • Deprecates the Yoast\WP\SEO\Integrations\Watchers\Zapier_APIKey_Reset_Watcher class in favor of the Yoast\WP\SEO\Premium\Integrations\Watchers\Zapier_APIKey_Reset_Watcher class.
  • Deprecates the Yoast\WP\SEO\Integrations\Watchers\Premium_Option_Wpseo_Watcher class in favor of the Yoast\WP\SEO\Premium\Integrations\Watchers\Premium_Option_Wpseo_Watcher class.

16.7

Meet Yoast SEO Premium 16.7! This release comes with extended support for headless WordPress. And the new Premium Algolia integration will improve the quality of your site search and help users find your most important content! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.7 in our release post!

Enhancements​

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the SEO data optimization did not work on subsites in a multisite environment.
  • Fixes a bug where posts with post types that no longer exist could be shown in the cornerstone workout.
  • Fixes a bug that caused the new Workouts feature to always display in English.

16.6

Make working on your SEO easy as ABC! Yoast SEO 16.6 introduces SEO workouts to help your site keep fit. In this first SEO workout we’ll help you improve your internal linking based on the cornerstone approach. This SEO workflow will make this crucial process insightful for you and improve your SEO fitness! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.6 in our release post!

16.5

Yoast SEO 16.5 is out today! This release introduces an addition to Yoast’s social media features: the Social Appearance Templates. With these templates, you can set a default social template for every page, custom post type, taxonomy, and archive. No more ugly images, weird titles or meta descriptions for you! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.5 in our release post!

16.4

Meet Yoast SEO 16.4: This brand-new version of Yoast SEO Premium comes with a rewritten language analysis, plus a newly supported language: Czech. People who write in this language can now fully use our tools to improve their content. We hope you enjoy this update! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.4 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Introduces word form support for Czech.
  • Improves Hungarian word form recognition of certain words with the letter combinations cs, dz, dzs, gy, ly, ny, ty, and zs, for example balszerencséjük and balszerencséjére.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where word form support for languages other than English would not work in Elementor.

16.3

Out now: Yoast SEO 16.3! This release helps you with one of the key aspects of modern SEO: Structured data. Yoast SEO 16.3 comes with a lot of enhancements for the Schema.org implementation. You can now enhance your personal profile in Schema, for instance! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.3 in our release post!

16.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where users with a role of Editor, or SEO Manager, or SEO Editor could no longer access the administration page to manage the Redirects.
  • Fixes a bug where the protocol instead of the domain would be displayed in the social previews.

16.1

Yoast SEO Premium 16.1 is out today! It features several fixes that make the plugin chug along nicely. Happy updating! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO Premium 16.1 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the Insights and Link suggestions features would always be re-enabled upon plugin activation, even if the user had disabled them.
  • Fixes a bug where upgrade routines would only be run in the admin, which meant they would not be triggered when updating the plugin via the CLI without visiting the admin.
  • Fixes a bug where the Premium as an addon installation status could be reset when it didn't have to be.

16.0.3

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the “Activate your subscription” link would be in the wrong place on the Plugins page. Sorry for the confusion.
  • Fixes a bug where the strip category base class would be wrongly instantiated under specific circumstances.

16.0.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a fatal error would occur on plugin activation if Yoast SEO was not activated and the automatic installation for Yoast SEO had been completed successfully before.

16.0.1

Other​

  • Upgrades the automatic installation of Yoast SEO to install Yoast SEO 16.0.1.

16.0

Yoast SEO 16.0: The Sweet Sixteen release is out! It comes with several fixes and improvements. Happy updating and thank you for using Yoast SEO Premium! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.0 in our release post!

Other​

  • Yoast SEO Premium now requires Yoast SEO to be installed and activated. The first time you upgrade to Yoast SEO Premium 16.0, Yoast SEO 16.0 will automatically be installed and activated for you.
  • Hides the 'deactivate' button for Yoast SEO on the Plugins page, as long as Yoast SEO Premium is active, because Yoast SEO Premium cannot function properly without Yoast SEO. When Yoast SEO Premium is deactivated, the 'deactivate' button for Yoast SEO will reappear.
  • Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 5.6.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 16.0. See the core changelog.

15.9.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where Zapier calls would not trigger in timezones west of GMT.
  • Fixes a bug where a deprecation notice was displayed in the Redirects page when using WordPress 5.7.

Other​

  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 15.9.2. See the core changelog.

15.9.1

Welcome to Yoast SEO 15.9.1! This release contains an improvement for the FAQ block schema output, and makes sure the plugin is compatible with WordPress Core's auto-update feature and robots changes. Read more about those changes in our post about Yoast SEO 15.9.1 and WordPress 5.7!

Other​

  • Adds a notification to prompt users to enable auto-updates for Yoast SEO Premium, in case they also have auto-updates for WordPress Core enabled.
  • Enables/disables auto-updates for the Yoast Woocommerce, News, Video and Local SEO plugins when auto-updates for Yoast SEO Premium are enabled/disabled.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 15.9.1. See the core changelog.

15.9

Yoast SEO 15.9 is out! This release comes with performance improvements and general enhancements. Happy updating and thanks for using Yoast SEO Premium! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.9 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Improves the performance of loading redirects.
  • Fixes possible misinterpretations or deprecation errors in the redirect manager due to an outdated SQL operator.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where Yoast SEO instead of Yoast SEO Premium would be shown as the plugin name in the taxonomy metabox in Internet Explorer.

Other​

15.8.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where JavaScript and CSS files were missing for customers who downloaded 15.8.1 immediately after it was released.

15.8.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where no Zapier API key would be generated when enabling the Zapier integration.

15.8

Say hi to Yoast SEO 15.8! This release comes with a brand-new breadcrumbs block for the block editor. Try it out and guide your users - and Google! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.8 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • You no longer have to type your name and email address when you send a support request via the HelpScout beacon. They’re taken from your WordPress profile.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the wrong HelpScout beacon would load, thus not showing an ‘Ask’ option.
  • Fixes a bug where the Estimated Reading Time icon placeholder would be output as ICON_PLACEHOLDER when the post content was rendered directly, for example in a Latest Posts block. The icon is no longer visible when the post content is rendered directly.

Other​

15.7

Meet Yoast SEO 15.7! Do you already use the state-of-the-art Premium analysis in Yoast SEO? Great! It now also comes with full language support for Turkish! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.7 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Introduces word form support for Turkish.
  • Adds block previews for the table of contents block, the related links block and the estimated reading time block.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the Estimated Reading Time block would not handle the icon correctly for non-administrator and non-editor users. The affected posts need to be saved again in order to add the icon on the frontend.
  • Fixes a bug where the Estimated Reading Time block would not support additional CSS classes.

Other​

15.6

Say hi to Yoast SEO 15.6! You can now add an Estimated reading time block to your posts! You can also find the estimated reading time in the Insights Tab on your posts/pages. Plus: Word form support for Norwegian writers! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.6 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Adds a Block Editor block that shows the estimated reading time for a Page or Post.
  • Adds the estimated reading time to the Insights Modal.
  • Introduces word form support for Norwegian.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the Yoast siblings and subpages blocks were not active in certain edge cases.

Other​

  • Reduces JavaScript bundle sizes, which should result in slightly faster page loads of the editor.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 15.6. See the core changelog.

15.5

Out now: Yoast SEO 15.5! In this release, you’ll find full language support for Hungarian!
This means that Yoast SEO recognizes different word forms of your focus keyphrase. Helping for better readability and for you to rank better! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.5 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Introduces word form support for Hungarian.

Other​

15.4

It’s here: Yoast SEO 15.4! In this release, you’ll find a seamless, easy-to-use integration of Yoast SEO with Elementor. Building websites and optimizing content for the search engines now in one workflow! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.4 in our release post!

Other​

15.3

Out now: Yoast SEO 15.3! In this release, you’ll find the new Zapier integration that makes it easy as ABC to share your content. Use zaps to automatically share your published posts! You’ll also find full language support for Hebrew in our analysis, helping you write high-quality content! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.3 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Adds an integration with Zapier to easily create zaps that instantly share your published posts with 2000+ destinations like Twitter, Facebook, and more. This is released in beta.
  • Introduces word form support for Hebrew.

Other​

15.1.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown on the post edit screen in cases where SEO data had never been indexed.

15.1

Enhancements​

  • Adds buttons to easily add related keyphrases from the SEMrush integration.
  • Improves the styling of the link suggestions by adding labels and showing just one list of items.
  • Adds an activation link to the plugins overview page that is shown when your plugin is not activated in MyYoast.
  • Always shows a link to the FAQ on the plugins overview page.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the related links block would thrown an error when the metabox was disabled.

Other​

  • Integrates the internal linking suggestions indexing tool on the tools page into the general indexing tool of Yoast SEO.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 15.1. See the core changelog.

15.0

Enhancements​

  • Introduces word form support for Arabic.
  • Introduces a new table of contents block. In order for the table of contents block to work, all heading blocks will automatically have anchors generated for them.
  • Improves internal linking suggestions for languages without function word recognition by increasing the number of prominent words that are saved for a post, page or term.
  • Improves internal linking suggestions and insights for Arabic and Urdu by improving the prominent word recognition when words in the text occur with specific punctuation marks.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where no plugin icon and compatibility data would be displayed on the plugins update screen.

Other​

  • Removes the feedback link underneath the focus keyphrase input field.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 15.0. See the core changelog.

14.9

Enhancements​

  • Adds word form functionality for Polish.
  • Improves internal linking suggestions and Insights for Hebrew by filtering function words.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a PHP error would be thrown about the WPSEO_Replace_Vars service being private.

Other​

14.8

Enhancements​

  • Adds the Yoast Related Posts block which generates a list of links to related posts.
  • Improves the text of the user feedback link in the SEO analysis tab and shows it for all languages.
  • Improves internal linking suggestions and Insights for Arabic by filtering function words.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where opening the sidebar would make the user feedback link disappear inside the metabox.

Other​

  • Sets minimum supported WordPress version to 5.4.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 14.8. See the core changelog.

14.5

Enhancements​

  • Adds a siblings block and a subpages blocks which can be used to improve internal linking.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where an empty string set as rest_base for a post type would give JavaScript errors.

Other​

14.4

Enhancements​

  • Adds a fix for French nouns ending in -ition and -itions (e.g., supposition, suppositions) so that they can be recognized and matched with the corresponding verb and/or adjective (e.g., supposer).
  • Improves recognition of first person plural verb forms in French (e.g., chantons).
  • Adds keyphrase recognition for infinitives in Russian on ть (ать, ять, еть) and improves recognition of perfective infinitives in Russian on уть (блеснуть).

Other​

14.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the buttons in several notifications didn't work.

Enhancements​

  • Adds word form support for Russian.
  • Improves keyphrase recognition in French when the keyphrase contains a word which gets the -x suffix in plural (e.g., jeux).
  • Improves keyphrase recognition in French when the keyphrase contains irregular nouns or adjectives.
  • Improves keyphrase recognition in French when the keyphrase contains words ending in -issement(s).
  • Updates the copy of the notification displayed when the Premium plugin subscription isn't activated.

Other​

14.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the styling of the score column heading on the post overview would be broken.
  • Fixes a bug when the keyphrase distribution assessment might return skewed results if a text contains lists of single words.

Enhancements​

  • Adds word forms support for French (beta version).
  • Improves the way Dutch diminutive nouns are recognized as forms of the keyphrase.

Other​