23.5

= 23.5 =

Release date: 2024-09-24

Yoast SEO 23.5 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements

• Improves analysis score feedback labels in the publish sections.
• Improves our integration with cache plugins by preventing flushing their cache when not needed.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where Arabic keyphrases containing certain function words were not correctly matched.

23.6-RC1

Changes compared to: 23.5

Enhancements:

• Adds a filter to modify the sitemap's URL. Props to @ashujangra. #21611
• Uses the full-sized counterpart when a resized first content image is used for Open Graph and X images. #21534
• Improves the transition words assessment for Turkish and English by expanding the relevant lists of transitions words. Props to abulu. #21616

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the link popover would be hidden when editing a post in tablet/mobile view. Props to stokesman. #21615
• Fixes a bug where the content analysis would error when removing an image caption in the default editor. #21590
• Fixes a visual inconsistency where the descriptions of the disabled Premium policy settings would look enabled, when they are not enabled. #21581

Non user facing:

• Adds an empty placeholder for a new dashboard page. #21606
• Refactor server side check for whether Woocommerce is active. #21598
• Fixes a bug where webinar link would be missing when on settings page. #21612
• Adds a sidebar to the new dashboard page. #21614
• Refactor check for news SEO add-on. #21620
• Refactors the way we check for woocommerce and woo seo in the editor. #21617
• Adds problems and notifications sections in alert center. #21646
• Prevents a deprecation warning when editing a post with Gutenberg version 19.1. #21634
• Refactors isPrivateBlog preference. #21629
• Removes outdated user language code property from window object. #21627
• Refactor check if AI feature is active property. #21633
• Refactor sitewide Social image property. #21631
• Refactor the social appearance property in editors. #21639
• Integrates the FTC into the new dashboard #21623
• Rewrites JavaScript prototype-based classes inside yoastseo package into the newer class syntax. #21325
• Moves the new dashboard page to the root of the Yoast SEO menu #21641
• Adds notification and problem information to the script data. #21647
• Adds black friday promotion dates and content. #21601
• Adds black friday promotion dates and content. #21601
• Add paper styling to different components that are part of the new dashboard. #21642
• Fixes an unreleased bug where the NEW_DASHBOARD_UI feature flag would negatively influence other admin pages. #21650
• Remove unreleased jetpack ad code. #21613
• Removes the woocommerceUpsell property from wpseoScriptData. #21589
• Removes outdated translations properties from fields definitions. #21592
• Moves woocommerce and jetpack boost upsell links to client side. #21582

23.5-RC2

No changes compared to: 23.5-RC1

This was created to test the deployment after the recent changes in WP.org SVN

23.4

= 23.4 =

Release date: 2024-09-03

Yoast SEO 23.4 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements

• Adds support for discarding the changes when switching to a post, using the Top bar feature in Elementor.
• Adds так to the words recognized by the transition words assessment in Russian. Props to @pavelmai83.
• Improves the schema output by following the specification for the SearchAction more strictly.
• Re-enables the script concatenation that was disabled to prevent a bug with WordPress 5.5.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where an image caption inside a classic block would be considered the introduction when using the keyphrase in introduction assessment in the default editor.
• Fixes a bug where the first tag instead of the primary tag would be shown in a permalink when adding a link in the Classic editor.
• Fixes a bug where the Yoast tab would disappear when opening and closing the Site Settings in Elementor.
• Fixes a bug where the Yoast user settings would be wiped out after a user profile update when the respective global settings were disabled.
• Fixes a bug where two admin links would not be resolvable when using a custom admin URL.

Other

• Adds a learn more link to the primary category picker.
• Deprecates some functions in the Yoast_Input_Validation class.
• Deprecates the Disable_Concatenate_Scripts_Integration class.
• Deprecates the Duplicate_Post_Integration class.
• Deprecates the WPSEO_Admin_User_Profile::user_profile() method and the admin/views/user-profile.php file.

23.5-RC1

Changes compared to: 23.4

Enhancements:

• Improves our integration with cache plugins by preventing flushing their cache when not needed. #21549
• Improves analysis score feedback labels in the publish sections. #21568

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where Arabic keyphrases containing certain function words were not correctly matched. #21569

Non user facing:

• Simplifies the way we import yoastseo modules inside content-analysis-api app. #21337
• Simplifies the way we import yoastseo modules inside content-analysis app. #21337
• Removes unnecessary inclusive language feedback string variables. #21535
• Moves the translation for featured image notice to the feature image integration. #21556
• Fixes an unreleased bug where switching from a page to a draft post would cause a slug change. #21587
• Moves translations for (no parent) in Parent title replacement variable to client side. #21572
• Deprecated old translations for the metabox fields list. #21559
• Stops using W3 Total cache's deprecated w3tc_pgcache_flush function in favor of the w3tc_flush_posts one. #21549
• Removes old media field code. #21553
• Remove old translations logic. #21561
• Moves and renames inclusive language feedback variables for clarity and better organization. #21571
• Prevents the installation of addons requiring a higher Yoast SEO version than the current one if the YOAST_SEO_CHECK_REQUIRED_VERSION is set. #21391
• Remove translation for outdated media field. #21574
• Relocates publish box translations for analysis results in classic editor and match the translations with block editor. #21568

23.4-RC3

Changes compared to: 23.4-RC2

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where an image caption inside a classic block would be considered the introduction when using the keyphrase in introduction assessment in the default editor. #21564

23.4-RC2

Changes compared to: 23.4-RC1

Enhancements:

• Adds support for discarding the changes when switching to a post, using the Top bar feature in Elementor. #21548

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the Yoast tab would disappear when opening and closing the Site Settings in Elementor. #21548

Non user facing:

• Reverts partially supporting Elementor document switching. #21545

23.3

= 23.3 =

Release date: 2024-08-20

Yoast SEO 23.3 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Other

• This release only contains non-user-facing maintenance changes.

23.4-RC1

Changes compared to: 23.3

Enhancements:

• Re-enables the script concatenation that was disabled to prevent a bug with WordPress 5.5. #21504
• Improves the schema output by following the specification for the SearchAction more strictly. #21492
• Adds так to the words recognized by the transition words assessment in Russian. Props to @pavelmai83. #21440
• Improves the look of the Yoast SEO metabox in the block editor by centering it and making it stand out more by using a background color. #21426

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where two admin links would not be resolvable when using a custom admin URL. #21523
• Fixes a bug where the Yoast user settings would be wiped out after a user profile update when the respective global settings were disabled. #21537
• Fixes a bug where the first tag instead of the primary tag would be shown in a permalink when adding a link in the Classic editor. #21524

Other:

• Deprecates the Disable_Concatenate_Scripts_Integration class. #21504
• Deprecates some functions in the Yoast_Input_Validation class. #21515
• Adds a learn more link to the primary category picker. #21533
• Deprecates the Duplicate_Post_Integration class. #21528
• Deprecates the WPSEO_Admin_User_Profile::user_profile() method and the admin/views/user-profile.php file. #21537

Non user facing:

• Adds a condition in the yoastseo worker to update the readability analysis assessor when the Paper's keyphrase changes. #21530
• Refactors the way we handle the DI container injection in our background indexing systems. #21502
• Streamlines checking for dependencies on admin pages. #21508
• Removes unused add_settings_error function. #21510
• Removes unused code related to our Zapier integration that has been previously deprecated. #21528
• Refactors filter_input calls in first-time-configuration-notice-helper.php. #21513
• Refactors filter_input calls in settings-integration.php. #21513
• Removes dependency on the filter_input function. #21513
• Disables the highlighting button when the AI Optimize button or toast is active. #21544
• Adds the block length information when retrieving the Gutenberg blocks to be sent to the analysis. #21520
• Refactors code related to the spacing between columns in the analysis results (score icon, assessment text, buttons). #21538
• Updates the crawl cleanup to use the native WordPress way of disabling RSS feeds. #21496

23.3-RC4

Changes compared to: 23.3-RC3

Non user facing:

• Reverts partially supporting Elementor document switching. #21545