Changes compared to: 23.7-RC2

Non user facing:

• Removes notices on first time configuration tab. #21707

Changes compared to: 23.7-RC1

Non user facing:

• Update testing workflow to install SVN #21706

= 23.6 =

Release date: 2024-10-08

Yoast SEO 23.6 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements

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

Bugfixes

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

Other

• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.5.

Changes compared to: 23.6

Enhancements:

• Removes the keyphrase in slug assessment for static home pages. #21624

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where another plugin running the exit() function inside the plugin_loaded hook would result in a fatal error. Props to @menno-ll. #21062
• Fixes a bug where a database error would occur when there were no public taxonomies available for indexing. #21668

Other:

• Removes translation strings that are not meant for the Yoast SEO Free version from the plugin. #21567
• Resets the notice for search engines discouraged when changing Search engine visibility to visible. #21659

Non user facing:

• Adjust the styling of a button styled as link in the new general page alert content. #21660
• Adds upsells to the redesign of the general page. #21645
• Shows admin-wide Yoast notices in the new dashboard #21644
• Stops showing all other notices in the new Dashboard #21644
• Updates the FTC link wherever it's used in the plugin #21661
• Replace custom code with core's wp_is_serving_rest_request() #21676
• Adds a top margin to the Start SEO data optimization button inside notifications. #21665
• Removes line break before the "We estimate this could take..." sentence. #21665
• Separate ad from alerts cards grid in the general page, fix grid height and sticky effect to the upsell sidebar. #21662
• Adds alert center to dashboard redux store. #21649
• Adds an upsell for Yoast AI Generate on WooCommerce product categories and tags. #21686
• Refactors the UI library SidebarNavigation change from #21614. #21652
• Changes the ui for the buttons in the notification centre. #21658
• Changes the ui for the buttons in the notification centre. #21658

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC5

Non user facing:

• Updates the Black Friday ad title. #21690

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC4

Non-user facing:

• Reverts #21633, Not backwards compatible. #21687

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC3

Non user facing:

• Fixes a bug where the Black Friday sale start and end times were incorrect. #21679
• Removes the mention of price in the Black Friday sidebar ad in the Yoast admin pages. #21680

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC2

Other:

• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.5. #21673

Non user facing:

• Removes the promo code from the Black Friday sale. #21677

Changes compared to: 23.6-RC1

Non user facing:

• Adds promo code to Black Friday ad in the upsell modals. #21674
• Add Black Friday promotion ad to taxonomies editor. #21667

= 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.