Yoast SEO changelog - page 8

Meet Yoast SEO 16.7! This release comes with extended support for headless WordPress. Yoast SEO comes with a REST API that developers can use to access our metadata in a headless WordPress installation. In Yoast SEO 16.7, we’re making more data available and also in a different format: JSON. Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.7 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where many Premium editor features would not work if Yoast SEO was updated to version 16.6 while Yoast SEO Premium was still on version 16.5 or lower.

Yoast SEO 16.6 comes with a new round of improvements and fixes. We’ve updated the analysis to exclude sentences inside tables and table captions from the consecutive sentences assessment. Enjoy! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.6 in our release post!

Yoast SEO 16.5 is out today! This release comes with a number of fixes and enhancements. For instance, easier social media settings, better understanding of the Turkish and Czech languages and improvements to the breadcrumbs schema output. Read all about it in our release post!

Meet Yoast SEO 16.4: This brand-new version of Yoast SEO 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!

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. Enjoy! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.3 in our release post!

Say hi to Yoast SEO 16.2! This release focuses on improving stability and fixing several bugs. It also includes several enhancements. Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.2 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown when creating a new Elementor template or editing an existing one.

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

Enhancements​

• Changes the deactivation prevention text on the Plugins page from ‘Deactivate Yoast SEO Premium first’ to ‘Required by Yoast SEO Premium’ to avoid confusion.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where in rare cases incorrect usage of WP_Query could lead to incorrect SEO data.

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! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.0 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where invalid breadcrumbs would show PHP warnings.
• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown when a post ancestor was not an indexable.
• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown when both Yoast SEO and Polylang for WooCommerce were installed, and the site contained WooCommerce variable products. Props to manooweb.

Other​

• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 5.7 and minimum supported WordPress version to 5.6.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the order of the robots values was suboptimal when running WordPress 5.7. Note that the order has no effect on how the values are interpreted.

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!

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

Enhancements​

• Adds a preview of the chosen image for the organization and person image, social images, Facebook front page image and Facebook default image.
• Improves interoperability and consistency in database queries.
• Improves the performance by preventing database queries for the homepage indexable.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the disabled style of the switch toggles didn't look right.

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!

Meet Yoast SEO 15.7! For this release, we thought we’d remind you of the powerful content analysis in Yoast SEO - it helps you write awesome content that ranks! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.7 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where notifications in the notification center would not be dismissible on sites using FastCGI.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the estimated reading time would not be shown when posts that were created before Yoast SEO 15.6 were shared on Slack.

Other​

• Adjusts the default words per minute for the estimated reading time from 250 words per minute to 200 words per minute.

Say hi to Yoast SEO 15.6! In the latest version of Yoast SEO, you’ll find a number of bug fixes and performance enhancements. Happy updating! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.6 in our release post!