27.3

= 27.3 =

Release date: 2026-03-31

Yoast SEO 27.3 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements

• Adds the highlighting feature to keyphrase in subheadings assessment. Now users can highlight the headings that include the keyphrase or synonyms.
• Introduces a more robust HTML processing approach for the keyphrase in subheadings assessment.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where Deprecated: strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated notices appeared on certain actions, like when activating the plugin, or saving a Yoast setting. Props to @sabernhardt.
• Fixes a bug where the installation success redirect was incorrectly fired during AJAX, cron, REST API, or JSON requests, breaking integrations such as the Bluehost SSO.
• Fixes a console error in the editor related to AI Generate feature that occurred when the “Enable SEO controls and assessments” option was disabled for a content type.

Other

• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 7.0.
• Improves security of format_json_encode() by removing JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES, which could allow a user to control tags in the schema JSON-LD output. Props to @rob006.
• Updates the completion message and changes the call-to-action button text of the First-time configuration.