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26.8

Yoast SEO 26.8 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Updates the design of the emoji picker button.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where AI Summarize block's "Generate summary" button would be disabled when it's added in template-locked mode in Block editor regardless of content presence.
  • Fixes a bug where Table of Contents block would not be not generated correctly when it's added in template-locked mode in Block editor.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.8.
  • Improves the translatability of some tasks' title and content in the task list.

26.7

Yoast SEO Premium 26.7 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the thank you page redirect would interrupt Bluehost authentication flows when the first wp-admin visit was an AJAX request.
  • Fixes a bug that caused workouts to be disabled when internal linking suggestions were turned off.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.7.
  • Improves redirect security by restricting non-privileged users to only create 301 and 410 redirects with relative URLs.

26.6

Yoast SEO Premium now includes an expanded SEO task list. Read the full release post here.

Enhancements​

  • Adds Premium tasks to the newly-released task list.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where empty AI Summarize block markers would remain in the content when users delete the summary in Classic Editor's visual mode.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.6.

26.5

New: Yoast SEO Premium now includes full access to the Site Kit by Google integration in your Dashboard. Read the full release post here.

Enhancements:​

  • Enables the Yoast Dashboard integration with Site Kit by Google for all Yoast SEO Premium users.
  • Removes H1 from the AI Summarize block heading options.
  • Makes the keyphrase distribution assessment available when no content or keyphrase has been added.

Bugfixes:​

  • Fixes a bug where the location shortcodes blocks would not be excluded from the AI Optimize analyses assessments.

Other:​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.5.

26.4

Enhancements​

  • Adds a warning when a user redirects a URL that includes wp-json/.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.4.

26.2

Enhancements​

  • Makes the HelpScout Beacon in the Support page accessible to all users with any valid plan regardless of the add-ons they have installed/activated.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.2.

26.0

Yoast SEO 26.0 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a redirect could not be removed if it included our own redirect routes.
  • Fixes a bug where a string from the usage counter tooltip for AI features was missing in RTL languages.
  • Fixes a bug where the filter and search values would be persistent when switching tabs in the redirects page.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.0.
  • Fixes a security defect where users with edit_posts capabilities (Contributor+) could execute stored cross-site scripting if the plugin's AI feature was enabled. Props to stealthcopter.

25.9

New: introduces Yoast AI Summarize, instantly condense long-form content into clear key takeaways, in seconds. Read the release post here.

Enhancements​

  • Introduces AI Summarize, the new Yoast custom block which generates a summary of the content using AI.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.9.

25.8

Yoast SEO 25.8 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where redirect notification would be created when changing the slug on a non public term.
  • Fixes a bug where redirect notification would not be created when changing the slug on a public term with url arguments in the permalink.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.8.

25.7.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a deprecation warning would be thrown when WP_DEBUG is enabled and a site is on PHP 8.1 or newer.

25.6

Yoast SEO Premium 25.6 brings support for Yoast SEO 25.6 and enhances the llms.txt feature with manual personalization. Read the release post here!

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.6.

25.3.1

Updates Yoast AI Optimize for the Classic Editor as part of ongoing improvements. Learn more in the release post here.

Bugfixes​

  • Automatically cleans up the unexpected classes added by AI Optimize for the Classic editor.
  • Fixes a bug where a console error would appear when Yoast AI was enabled and a post was opened, saved, or published when inside the Classic code editor.
  • Fixes a bug where the class names used for AI Optimize feature in Classic editor were not cleaned up when a post is saved or published.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.3.1.
  • Temporarily disables the AI Optimize feature in the Classic editor.

25.3

New: Yoast SEO 25.3 introduces llms.txt support to help AI tools understand your site better. Read the full release post here!

Enhancements​

  • Improves the placement of the AI Optimize introduction popover in the Classic editor.

Other​

  • Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.3.
  • Disables the code editor switch button in Classic editor when the Yoast AI Optimize notification is visible.