Yoast SEO changelog

With Yoast SEO 20.4, you can reduce your site's carbon footprint and improve your SEO with just a few clicks. The crawl optimization settings let you turn off crawling for certain URLs, scripts, and metadata that WordPress automatically adds. Previously only available in Premium, but now available for all! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 20.4 in our release post!

Yoast SEO 20.3 is out and comes with several enhancements, fixes, and improvements. With an improved highlighting feature and enhanced support for the Portuguese language, Yoast SEO 20.3 helps you find where you need to make SEO edits quickly and easily. Upgrade now and take your website's SEO to the next level! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 20.3 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a security issue in the post editor.

In Yoast SEO 20.2, we've improved our innovative indexables technology. We've developed a faster and more reliable way of indexing your site's data. In turn, we make better use of this data to improve your site's SEO. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 20.2 in our release post!

Create a more inclusive online world with Yoast SEO 20.1. Our improved inclusive language analysis provides real-time feedback and offers suggestions to help your content reach a broader audience. For our Premium users, there's a bonus - a new Mastodon integration to take your online presence to the next level. Get it now! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 20.1 in our release post!

We're proud to introduce a brand new settings interface in Yoast SEO 20.0. We've worked hard to make this interface both beautiful and helpful. It's now much easier and enjoyable to work on your SEO. Plus, it's the start of much more cool stuff to come! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 20.0 in our release post!

Yoast SEO 19.14 introduces the first round of improvements to the inclusive language analysis. We've made the analysis smarter in detecting terms in certain contexts and improved the feedback we give writers. Check it out! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.14 in our release post!

Yoast SEO 19.13 proactively fixes an issue we found in the upcoming release of the Gutenberg editor. This release of the block editor breaks the link functionality when used in conjunction with Yoast SEO. The Yoast SEO release works around that so users can keep adding and changing links. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.13 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Prevents an incompatibility with the upcoming Gutenberg 14.8.0.

In Yoast SEO 19.12, we're introducing the inclusive language analysis — previously only available in Yoast SEO Premium. This will help you get feedback on words that might exclude part of your audience and get inclusive alternatives. This is only available in English for now. Plus, it is opt-in. Try it! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.12 in our release post!

Yoast SEO 19.11 is out now. We're optimizing the Yoast SEO plugin to use fewer resources. This helps make your site faster and more efficient. In this release, we're doing this by streamlining your database. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.11 in our release post!

Yoast SEO 19.10 is out today. This release mostly consists of bug fixes and enhancements. In addition, we’re getting our WordPress plugins ready for the upcoming High Performance Order Storage feature in WooCommerce 7.1+. Update now! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 19.10 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 19.9 is out today. Yoast SEO already supports the Schema necessary for Google's Site Names update, but we've expanded support for it in this release. In addition, we give users more control over what names they can add, including an alternate title. Of course, there's a lot more, so check it out! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.9 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 19.8 is out now! In this release, we’ve mainly focused on enhancements, fixes, and other improvements. For instance, you’ll find improvements to our structured data implementation. Check it out! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.8 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Other​

• Removes the cURL minimal version check from the Site Health page, as it was causing issues.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown in combination with certain plugins that change the standard login page URL.

Other​

• Changes the copy in the robots.txt comment.

Yoast SEO 19.7 is out today! We’ve rolled out some general enhancements, bug fixes, and security improvements in this release. Go check it out! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.7 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Enhancements​

• Improves the handling of fatal errors in the front-end by preventing Yoast SEO to run in the login page, allowing users to access their dashboard.
• Excludes empty custom post type sitemaps from sitemap_index.xml.
• Introduces a new filter wpseo_sitemap_post_type_first_links that can be used to add links at the start of the first sitemap page for post types. Props to @jamalbou.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug in the default editor where image elements would lead to repeated requests for that image source while editing content.

Other​

• Adds new disabled toggles to the Crawl settings tab in the General page.

Other​

• Fixes compliance with the wordpress.org plugin guidelines.

Yoast SEO 19.6 is out today! In this release, we’ve rolled out some general enhancements. In addition, we’ve improved the performance of Yoast SEO on bigger, more complex sites. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.6 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown on the front-end when Yoast SEO 19.5 was used with an older version of Yoast SEO Premium.

Yoast SEO 19.5 is out today! This release includes more fixes and enhancements to enjoy. We've also made adjustments to our schema implementation, changing the order in which schema nodes are output. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.5 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 19.4 is out today! In this release, we’ve rolled out some improvements to our Schema structured data implementation. Additionally, we've fixed several bugs and added a couple of small enhancements to ensure you get the best user experience with Yoast SEO. But that's not all, we also have a new integration page coming in this release. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.4 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 19.3 is out today! In this release, we’ve rolled out some improvements to our Schema structured data implementation. In addition, we also added an Insights tab with information about your content, improved our content analyses and a whole lot more. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.3 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 19.2 is out today! In this release, we've rolled out some improvements to the content and SEO analyses and we've added an integration with WordProof to timestamp privacy pages on the blockchain. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.2 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 19.1 is out today! In this release, we've rolled out some improvements that make the content and SEO analyses more flexible. We've also expanded our range of crawl settings in Premium. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.1 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Say hi to Yoast SEO 19.0! This release helps make your sitemaps available to Bing, we've updated Yoast SEO to add your XML sitemap link(s) to your robots.txt file — if you want. Plus: we've fixed a couple of bugs with Elementor and our readability analyses. Happy updating! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 19.0 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 18.9 is out now! In this release, we have improved the first experience users have with the plugin. The first-time configuration takes users by the hand and guides them in properly setting everything up so that search engines understand their site. Make sure to run that first-time configuration to see if you’ve filled everything in correctly! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.9 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Did you catch the latest update from Google? Today they made some small changes to how they read XML sitemaps. But you don't have to worry about that - today's Yoast SEO 18.8 update already applies the latest standards. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.8 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Enhancements​

• Removes XML sitemap image properties title and caption following deprecation by Google.

Meet Yoast SEO 18.7: a small Yoast SEO update, fixing several bugs and adding enhancements. We improved our Schema structured data implementation in this release and fine-tuned our SEO analyses. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.7 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Meet Yoast SEO 18.6: a small Yoast SEO update, fixing a number of bugs, including several bugs related to the Wincher integration. With the Wincher integration, you can track the rankings of your articles in the search results. If you haven’t checked that feature out, please do so! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.6 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a version mismatch caused broken styling in WooCommerce select fields when linking products.
• Fixes a bug where keyphrases could show up multiple times in Wincher table.
• Fixes a bug where the Wincher connection flow would fail on certain installations.
• Fixes a bug where the Wincher integration could throw a fatal error on PHP 8.0+.

Other​

• Adds a disabled Wincher integration toggle to the Network admin/Multisite Integrations tab.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would occur on the site health page if WordFence was installed and active.
• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would occur on PHP 5.6.

Say hi to Yoast SEO 18.5! You'll find a number of fixes and enhancements. We've also included more improvements to the rebuild of the AIOSEO importer we introduced a few weeks ago. Happy updating! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.5 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Other​

• Reverts the 18.4 release due to errors in the WordProof integration.

In Yoast SEO 18.4, we're launching a new integration with an innovative new service called WordProof. WordProof offers a way to add timestamps to your content and add those to the blockchain to prove ownership. Try it out now! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.4 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Enhancements​

• Adds the possibility to timestamp your Privacy Policy page and your WooCommerce Terms and Conditions page by use of a WordProof certificate.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the Google preview would display wrong breadcrumbs for child pages.
• Fixes a potential error related to the has_ancestors column of our indexables table. Props to @junaidbhura.

Other​

• Sets the minimum required WordPress version to 5.8.

Meet Yoast SEO 18.3! For this release, we did another round of fixes and improvements. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.3 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 18.2 is out today! This release includes more fixes and enhancements to enjoy. We improved the workings of the FAQ and How-to blocks. Happy optimizing! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.2 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 18.1 is out today! This new release brings another round of bug fixes, plus a new way for us to handle the translations in our plugin — leading to a smaller plugin size for you to install. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.1 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 18.0 is out now! This release contains a number of bug fixes and a couple of enhancements. We've enhanced schema presentation for non-alphanumeric languages and made several improvements in both the SEO and readability analysis of the Japanese language. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 18.0 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 17.9 is now available! Yoast SEO now comes with a keyphrase tracking tool powered by Wincher that lets you monitor your keyphrases, straight from the plugin! Make sure to try out this new keyphrase tracking feature and let us know what you think. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 17.9 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 17.8 is out now and ready for you to download. In this release, we fix a number of bugs and added a few enhancements for you to enjoy! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 17.8 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the notification to start configuring Yoast SEO would also been shown on existing installations.
• Fixes a bug where Yoast addons would not inherit the auto-update settings from Yoast SEO.
• Fixes a bug where changing the auto-update settings of another plugin could stop Yoast addons from being auto-updated.

Meet Yoast SEO 17.7! This release introduces a new configuration workout to help you set up the Yoast SEO plugin properly from the get-go. Get the basic settings right in Yoast SEO and create a solid foundation for your SEO! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 17.7 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 17.6 is out today! This new release brings several fixes and enhancements to improve how the plugin works. And we’re getting it ready for the upcoming WordPress 5.9 release. Go check it out! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 17.6 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Say hello to Yoast SEO 17.5! Or maybe γεια would fit better, as this release introduces Greek readability support. Plus: you’ll also be able to find | and ~ title separators again. Happy updating! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 17.5 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO 17.4 is out today! This release comes with several fixes and enhancements to help database performance on larger sites by cleaning up data and streamlining retrieval. Happy updating! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 17.4 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Improves two queries used to determine whether or not a site has been fully processed using our SEO data optimization. This should prevent potential slowdowns in extremely large sites.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the url property in the search page schema would be empty.
• Fixes a bug where a duplicate canonical tag was output for web stories created with the Web Stories plugin. Props to swissspidey.
• Fixes a bug where a race condition could occur that caused the rewrite rules to be flushed on every page request when using a persistent cache like Redis. This may speed up your site’s load times if it’s using persistent caching.

Yoast SEO 17.3 is out today! This release includes general bug fixes to some SEO assessments and improvements to indexables data management. Now is as good a time as any to start optimizing your content with Yoast SEO! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO 17.3 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug that could lead to a fatal error in the breadcrumbs block for auto-draft posts.

Yoast SEO 17.2 is out now! Yoast SEO comes with many powerful tools that will help you write SEO-proof and readable texts. And as of today, you can also work on your readability in the Farsi language. Readable content is awesome content! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 17.2 in our release post!

Yoast SEO 17.1 is out today! In this release, you’ll find a couple of small changes that’ll help you write great titles that stand up to Google’s scrutiny. It also includes some behind-the-scenes improvements, including several fixes for our indexables data management. For now, please enjoy Yoast SEO and write the best possible content in the language of your choice! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 17.1 in our release post!

Say hello to Yoast SEO 17.0! This release includes some behind-the-scenes improvements, including several fixes for our indexables data management. For now, please enjoy Yoast SEO and write the best possible content in the language of your choice! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 17.0 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Speeds up load times of admin pages by preventing unnecessary counts of unindexed objects.
• Cleans up items from the database that are not used anymore, thereby reducing the size of many sites' database.
• Improves the overall performance and responsiveness in Gutenberg.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the Save all button in the bulk editor did not work.
• Fixes a bug where the Existing column in the bulk editor did not update after save.

Other​

• Updates the message that recommends you to install WooCommerce SEO when WooCommerce is installed.

Meet Yoast SEO 16.9: This release comes with two new image SEO assessments and improved performance. Happy updating! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 16.9 in our release post!