Editor won't work at all (plugin conflict Yoast SEO 8.1 and Gutenberg 3.7, fixed in Yoast SEO 8.1.1)

[jalexander4444]

Describe the bug
When I try to edit a post or add a new post, I get a message that says "The editor has encountered an unexpected error." This has been happening since I updated the Gutenberg plugin earlier today. Clicking "Attempt Recovery" has not fixed the issue.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'New'
2. Click on 'Post.'
3. See error

OR

1. Go to 'All Posts'
2. Click 'Edit'
3. See error

Expected behavior
I should be able to add a new post or edit an existing post.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
• Browser - Chrome
• Version - 68

Additional context

• Gutenberg version - 3.7.0
• Bug message:
  TypeError: Cannot read property 'getCollectionByRoute' of undefined
  at t.value (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/js/dist/wp-seo-post-scraper-810.min.js?ver=8.1:1:145344)
  at t.value (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/js/dist/wp-seo-post-scraper-810.min.js?ver=8.1:1:144551)
  at jc (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/vendor/react-dom.min.82e21c65.js:134:123)
  at gc (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/vendor/react-dom.min.82e21c65.js:127:223)
  at vb (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/vendor/react-dom.min.82e21c65.js:126:230)
  at ub (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/vendor/react-dom.min.82e21c65.js:126:65)
  at zd (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/vendor/react-dom.min.82e21c65.js:124:449)
  at ra (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/vendor/react-dom.min.82e21c65.js:123:319)
  at Object.enqueueSetState (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/vendor/react-dom.min.82e21c65.js:189:231)
  at r.q.setState (https://blog.workful.com/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/vendor/react.min.ab6b06d4.js:18:441)

[Soean]

Hey @jalexander4444
thanks for your issue. It's an error from the Yoast plugin, they are working on it, see: Yoast/wordpress-seo#10867
Yoast SEO 8.1.1 will fix it.

[jalexander4444]

@Soean Thanks so much for letting me know!

[afercia]

Sorry for the issue, yes there's a pending fix in the Yoast plugin that will be hopefully released on Monday.

The bug happens when trying to open the "Categories" panel in the Gutenberg sidebar. As a temporary workaround I would suggest: temporary disable Yoast SEO, then edit a post in Gutenberg and close the Categories panel. Then you can safely re-activate Yoast SEO and edit posts, as long as you don't re-open the Categories panel 🙂

[jalexander4444]

@afercia Thank you for the workaround!

[designsimply]

Thank you so much for reporting the conflict!

Here is the related issue at Yoast SEO for reference: Yoast/wordpress-seo#10850

[designsimply]

A temporary workaround plugin file was posted at Yoast/wordpress-seo#10867 (comment)

[jdevalk]

This was fixed in our 8.1.1 release we did just now.

[GlennMartin1]

Yoast 8.1.1 has been released. Please update and activate your Yoast plugin, and (if applicable) deactivate and uninstall the workaround, and confirm the issue is addressed.