26.5-RC1

Changes compared to: 26.4

Enhancements:

• Integrates the Yoast SEO tab into the Elementor Editor's Elements panel sidebar to provide enhanced access to SEO settings. #22697
• Makes the keyphrase density assessment and keyphrase in subheadings assessment available when no content has been added. #22343

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where table backgrounds in the RSS settings and Semrush related keyphrases tables would expand beyond the rounded corners in Firefox. #22709

Other:

• Relocates the introduction notification to point to the Yoast SEO tab within the Elements panel sidebar of the Elementor Editor for better user guidance. #22697

Non user facing:

• Merges the branch feature/off-the-bat-analysis and the 5 PRs it contains into trunk. #22724
• Makes the AI Optimize buttons available for the keyphrase in introduction, keyphrase density, and keyphrase distribution assessments even when there is no keyphrase or content. #22610
• Adjusts the keyphrase distribution assessment's scoring criteria for texts that are shorter than 15 sentences. #22694
• Fixes an unreleased bug where keyphrase distribution would inaccurately return a green traffic light when there was a keyphrase set and the content consisted solely of excluded blocks. #22694
• Releases new JavaScript package versions. #22714
• Adjusts the scoring criteria for the keyphrase density assessment for texts shorter than 100 words. #22715
• Releases a new version of the JavaScript package @yoast/browserslist-config. #22713
• Re-introduces the other-admins alert, this time with an input field so that they can be subscribed to our newsletter #22672
• Updates the symfony/dependency-injection package to version 5.4 #21905