Yoast SEO Premium changelog

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

Enhancements​

• Disables the highlighting buttons whenever AI Optimize is used.
• Enables the AI Optimize feature for the keyphrase in introduction assessment when the introduction is part of a Classic block.
• Improves the success rate of AI Optimize suggestions for a post that contains list blocks.
• Prevents showing the "not enough content" error message when AI Generate is used before the content is fully loaded.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a full stop would be added at the end of a previous sentence instead of the newly suggested sentence when using AI Optimize.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.4.

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

Enhancements​

• Adds automatic scroll in AI Optimize when the first suggestion is out of view.
• Ensures that AI suggestions don't include unnecessary quotes.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.3.

Introducing Yoast AI Optimize in beta for Yoast SEO 23.2! Receive AI-powered suggestions to help your content cross the 'SEO' finish line, getting your content closer to a green traffic light at a click. Explore the details in our latest release post!

Enhancements​

• Introduces the AI Optimize feature for the keyphrase in introduction, keyphrase density, and keyphrase distribution assessments in the Block editor.
• Improves the user experience for Yoast AI Generate by checking if the user has an active subscription before asking for consent.
• Improves the word complexity assessment by not flagging the focus keyphrase or related keyphrases as complex words.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.2.
• Deprecates the Ai_Generate_Titles_And_Descriptions_Introduction class.

Yoast SEO 23.1 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

• Converts the Yoast Table of Contents block to use the Blocks V3 API.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.1.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.6.

Enhancements​

• Converts the Yoast Estimated reading time block the Blocks V3 API.
• Converts the Yoast Related links block to the Blocks V3 API and refactors it to an editable list of item blocks.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.0.

Yoast SEO 22.9 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

• Converts the Siblings and Subpages blocks to the V3 API.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would occur when clicking Click here to remove the redirect after reverting the trashing of a post.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.9.

Yoast SEO 22.8 brings enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

• Enhances the UI for the AI title and meta description generator.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes an incompatibility issue with the Genesis Blocks plugin.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.8.

Yoast SEO 22.7 brings multiple bugfixes and adds helpful error messages where AI title & description generator errors appear. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

• Adds more helpful error messages when the AI title & description generator errors, for easier troubleshooting.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown when using the AI title & description generator but the request timed out.
• Fixes a bug where errors while saving a post would not contain the error explanation.
• Fixes a bug where existing tags would not be saved when adding them to a post.
• Fixes a bug where the AI title & description generator would not work for variants of locales, like formal German.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.7.
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.4.

Exciting news: Yoast SEO 22.6 is live! Explore the latest performance updates and enhancements in your favorite SEO tool. Don't forget: PHP version update required. Learn more here!

Enhancements​

• Improves performance when it comes to storing user metadata for data specific to Yoast SEO Premium.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.6.

Yoast SEO 22.5 brings maintenance updates and bug fixes throughout the plugin, refined guidance on optimal taxonomy practices and a smoother user experience. Check out the release post for version 22.5.

Enhancements​

• Introduces a check for allowed MIME types when uploading images to a social appearance template.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where some feedback strings in the content analysis would no longer be translated.
• Fixes a bug where a new field added to the Add custom fields to page analysis setting would sometimes be removed after being saved.
• Fixes a bug where the Yoast Table of Contents block would throw a validation error when changing the heading level of the block's title.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.5.
• Renames all Twitter references to X.

We've been spring cleaning for Yoast SEO 22.4. Elementor users can wave goodbye to that unnecessary redirect when saving a post for the first time. Across the plugin, users can expects a smoother experience due to bug fixes and optimizations. Find more about Yoast SEO Premium 22.4 in our latest release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where an AJAX request on the edit tags page that did not have data as a string would cause a JavaScript error on our side, stopping our redirect notification checks.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.4.

Yoast SEO 22.3 introduces a highly-requested AI feature exclusively for our Yoast SEO Premium customers: AI-generated titles and meta descriptions for taxonomies. You will also find additional refinements and fixes for a better user experience. Explore the details in our latest release post!

Enhancements​

• Introducing the option to generate titles and meta descriptions for category and tag pages on your website (taxonomies). Optimize your site for higher click-through-rates at the touch of a button.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.3.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.5.

Exciting news! Yoast SEO 22.2 is now live. We've fine-tuned translation features for Yoast News SEO. Plus, you can expect enhanced language analysis, ensuring even more accurate keyphrase recognition. Explore the details in our latest release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the link in the redirect overview would wrongly link to the home url + redirect url in the case of an absolute url.
• Fixes a bug where the upsell message for Yoast WooCommerce SEO would appear when using the AI feature on a non-WooCommerce product page.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.2.

Yoast SEO Premium 22.1 is out now. This release has an updated AI model that brings better results, especially for languages other than English. Try it!. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 22.1 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Improves the suggestions created by the AI title & description generator.
• Improved error handling for using the AI title & description generator for local sites and sites that don't have a publicly accessible REST API.
• Adds caching in the posts overview page for the query that counts cornerstone content.
• Adds caching in the posts overview page for the query that counts orphaned content.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where special characters in headings such as ampersands (&) and non-breaking spaces ( ) would be displayed as their encoded HTML entity version inside the Yoast Table of Contents block.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.1.

Yoast SEO Premium 22.0 is out. This release expands support for Organization schema, with numerous new details, which search engines use to fully understand your business. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 22.0 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds additional organization info fields and organization identifiers fields to the schema.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 22.0.

Yoast SEO Premium 21.9 is out now. This release is mainly focused on maintenance. It comes with many behind-the-scenes improvements and general enhancements. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.9 in our release post!

Elementor users rejoice! Yoast SEO Premium 21.8 comes with functional highlighting within the Elementor editor. Now you can see where you need to make edits in the text. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.8 in our release post!

Yoast SEO Premium 21.7 is out now. This release brings an improved word complexity assessment for the French language. Also, we fixed several bugs and added some enhancements. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.7 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Improves the accuracy of the word complexity assessment for French by recognizing more plural forms of non-complex words. For example, the plural form "résidences" is not marked as a complex word anymore, just like the singular form "résidence".

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 21.7.
• Adds checks to ensure that the plugin has no known incompatibilities with PHP 8.3.
• Improves the discoverability of the security policy.

Yoast SEO Premium 21.6 got a power-up with advanced AI technology -- now also for WooCommerce products! Create enticing titles and meta descriptions faster than ever. Own the search results with finely tuned, AI-crafted content that speaks directly to your audience. Upgrade to Premium and experience the future of SEO, where your content works smarter for you. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.5 in our release post!

In Yoast SEO Premium 21.5, we've enhanced our crawl optimization settings. You now have the option to block web crawlers used to train various AI, like OpenAI's GPTBot, Common Crawl's CCBot, and Google-Extended, from accessing your content. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.5 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds a filter to disable the Table of Content block to prevent auto generation of html anchors for headings.
• Adds optional blocking of the Google-Extended, ChatGPT and CCBot user-agents.
• Improves the word compexity assessment for English by expanding the list of frequently used words.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 21.5.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.4.

Yoast SEO Premium 21.4 is out today. This release comes with several fixes that improve how various features function. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.4 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the actionable buttons would not focus on the input fields when clicking on them in the sidebar.
• Fixes a bug where the Maximum heading level option within the Table of Contents block would not work as expected.

Other​

• Adds output escaping to the redirect message after adding a new redirect.
• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 21.4.

Yoast SEO Premium 21.3 is out now. In this release, we've improved the word complexity assessment, making it more helpful to improve your content. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.3 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Improves the accuracy of the word complexity assessment in English by recognizing more plural forms of non-complex words. For example, the plural form universities is not marked as a complex word anymore, just like the singular form university.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 21.3.

Yoast SEO Premium 21.2 is out now. This release brings fixes and enhancements, including an easier-to-use sidebar and improvements to the social media preview. Check it out! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.2 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Renames the Social preview sections to clarify which preview applies to which platform.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the cornerstone and inclusive language columns would be inadvertently displayed on product attribute terms.
• Fixes a bug where the Table of Contents block header would be displayed in the user language instead of the site language.

Other​

• Allows user to manage their consent when using the AI Generator even if the feature is turned off.
• Avoids registering the routes related to the AI Generator when the feature is disabled.
• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 21.2.
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.2.

Yoast SEO Premium 21.1 is out today. This release brings improvements and enhancements, including ones to our new AI feature. Be sure to try that feature if you still need to! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.1 in our release post!

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 21.1.
• The AI generator functionality is unavailable if the SEO Analysis is turned off. We now show an error immediately alerting users to this after leaving the AI introduction modal.

Yoast SEO Premium 21.0 comes with AI! You can now generate titles and meta descriptions with help from generative AI. Our AI reads your content, understands it, and creates accurate, engaging titles and descriptions. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 21.0 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Introduces the AI title & description generator. You can now speed up your workflow with high-quality suggestions for titles and descriptions for your search and social appearance, at the click of a button.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 21.0.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.3.

Yoast SEO Premium 20.13 is out today. This release brings performance improvements, leading to a better user experience. Read all about it! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.13 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Introduces the Yoast\WP\SEO edirects_options_autoload filter, which can be used to override the default setting of having the redirect options autoloaded.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.13.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.3.

Yoast SEO Premium 20.12 is here and it brings you new fixes and enhancements. This update comes with optimized functionalities that will enhance your SEO efforts and simplify your journey towards better rankings. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.12 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds an edit button to the SKU and Product identifier assessments on product pages if the Yoast WooCommerce SEO plugin is installed (version 15.8 or higher).
• We've made it easier to select a value for the site policies.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a heading would not be included in the table of contents when it was created by transforming a paragraph block.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required Free version to 20.12.

In Yoast SEO Premium 20.11, we've added a new way to help you improve your E-E-A-T. Add your publishing principles to your site settings, and we'll add the proper schema. Read all about it! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.11 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds support for structured data about a site's policies and publishing principles.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.11.

Yoast SEO Premium 20.10 is here. We've added a new support page that helps Premium users contact our dedicated support team quickly. In addition, we've done a regular round of fixes and enhancements, including improvements to the crawl optimization settings. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.10 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the icons for cornerstone and inclusive language in the taxonomy overview would not show a tooltip when hovering over them.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.10.

Yoast SEO 20.9 has an exciting enhancement to the Wincher integration, namely a brand-new dashboard widget that makes tracking your keyphrase rankings a breeze. Plus, we've taken care of any pesky bugs and made general improvements to enhance your user experience. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.9 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds an inclusive language score filter to the posts overview.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown in the block editor with PHP 8.0+ when additional keyphrases are stored in the DB in a malformed way.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.9.

In the 20.8 release of Yoast SEO Premium, we've added a new feature to help you monitor inclusive language in your posts. You can now see your post's inclusive language scores in the WordPress post overview. Here's how that works! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.8 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds a column to the table on the post overview page which shows the inclusive language score.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where warnings about duplicated keys for components would be thrown in the Block Editor.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.8.

We've just released Yoast SEO 20.7. Packed with fixes and enhancements to help you boost your website. Yoast SEO Premium has a new feature that lets you quickly discover your cornerstone content articles on your WordPress post overview. Upgrade today and take your website to the next level! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.7 in our release post!

Yoast SEO 20.6, released today, has enhancements and fixes to help your SEO. The latest update incorporates a new readability analysis, an extremely useful feature that alerts you whenever you overuse center-aligned text. Of course, there's more to discover! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.6 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds a text alignment assessment to the readability analysis in Block editor.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a wrong redirect preview URL would be shown when WordPress was installed in a subdirectory.

Other​

• Adds a dismissible notification for the removal of the Zapier integration when the integration is enabled.
• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.6.

Yoast SEO 20.5 includes a host of exciting improvements and fixes. One of the most noteworthy updates is the improved Google SERP preview that aligns with Google's current styling for mobile and desktop. For more information about these updates, please read all about our latest release. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.5 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the highlighting for the word complexity assessment would not be applied to the first sentence of a paragraph when that paragraph contained a new line character.

Other​

• Bumps minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.5.
• Drops compatibility with PHP 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1.
• Fixes security issues.

Have you tried the crawl optimization settings in Yoast SEO? We can lower your site's carbon footprint by reducing the number of irrelevant pages and resources crawled by search engines. With over 13 million Yoast SEO users, imagine our impact! Try it today and help our quest for a better and greener world. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.4 in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the previously used keyword assessment would potentially link to an empty page of results when the focus keyphrase had been used as a related keyphrase.

Other​

• Bumps minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.4.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.2.

Yoast SEO Premium 20.3 is out today. For this release, we did a round of enhancements and fixes. For one, we made improvements to the redirect manager making it easier to use. Check out the post for more information! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 20.3 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Makes links in the redirect manager clickable, to help with testing.
• Defers redirect management to the plugins_loaded hook to avoid a timing misalignment between the redirect manager and the Wordfence live traffic monitor.
• Enhances the word complexity assessment for English by filtering out more function words.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where reactivating Premium would switch usage tracking on regardless of the value set by the user.

Other​

• Bumps minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.3.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.2.1.

Today, we're launching Yoast SEO Premium 20.2. In this release, we've improved our indexables database technology. This database system helps us understand your site quicker while also making your site perform better. It also helps us do our best to make the web greener and lays the groundwork for exciting future possibilities. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 20.2 Premium in our release post!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown when Premium was installed alongside other plugins using the WHIP library.
• Fixes a bug where orphaned prominent words would remain in the database after their post or term had been deleted.

Other​

• Bumps minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.2.

In Yoast SEO 20.1, we're launching an integration with Mastodon, the decentralized social network. Among other things, this makes it easy for Yoast SEO Premium users to verify their profile link. Additionally, we've improved our inclusive language analysis to help you reach a wider audience with your content. Upgrade now! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 20.1 Premium in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds an integration to easily verify the link to your website on your Mastodon profile.
• Adds an integration with Easy Digital Downloads to improve its Schema output and connect it to the Yoast Schema graph.

Other​

• Bumps minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 20.1.

Yoast SEO 20.0 Premium comes with a brand new settings interface, which we've put in a lot of effort to make visually pleasing and functional. You'll find it a breeze to work on your SEO, and it's just the start of many amazing developments. Check it out! Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 20.0 Premium in our release post!

Other​

• Bumps the Yoast SEO minimum required version to 20.0.

The latest version of Yoast SEO Premium, 19.7, includes the first set of improvements to the inclusive language analysis feature. These updates make the analysis more effective at identifying terms used in specific contexts and provide better feedback to writers. Give it a try! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO Premium 19.7 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Improves the prominent words section in Insights and the internal linking suggestions by excluding URLs and email addresses from the prominent words.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a redirect loop in the search cleanup, when search includes encoded characters.

Other​

• Bumps the Yoast SEO minimum required version to 19.14.
• Sets minimum WP version to 6.0.

Yoast SEO Premium 19.6 is out today. In this release, we've mostly focused on smaller improvements. We've also made the inclusive language analysis available to all users of Yoast SEO. Haven't tried it yet? Please do; it can help you expand your audience. Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO Premium 19.6 in our release post!

Yoast SEO Premium 19.5 is out now. 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+. Check it out! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO Premium 19.5 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Other​

• Bumps the Yoast SEO minimum required version to 19.10.
• Ensures compatibility with the High Performance Order Storage feature in WooCommerce 7.1+.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.1.

Yoast SEO Premium 19.4 is out now. In this release, we've improved our Premium analysis with a new check for site titles. We've also added a new option to the crawl settings to manage the crawling of internal site search URLs. Plus, we've added several enhancements, fixes, and other improvements. Check it out! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 19.4 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Today, we’re releasing Yoast SEO Premium 19.3. We’ve rolled out some general enhancements, bug fixes, and security improvements in this release. Update now! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 19.3 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Enhancements​

• Adds an option to prevent the crawling of site search pages.
• Adds an option to prevent the crawling of /wp-json/.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the get_suggestions method would also return unrelated post types when you passed a post_type parameter.

Other​

• Fixes compliance with the wordpress.org plugin guidelines.

In Yoast SEO Premium 19.2, we’re introducing a new inclusive language analysis. This will help you get feedback on words that might exclude part of your audience and get inclusive alternatives. This is a beta launch and is only available in English for now. Plus, it is opt-in. Try it out! Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 19.2 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Yoast SEO Premium 19.1 is out today! We're introducing another new feature in this release: the front-end SEO Inspector. It's a tool that lets you check your SEO settings and metadata, right from the front-end of your website. Try it out! And read more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 19.1 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where the custom IDs of headings would be overwritten when editing a post with the block editor while having Yoast SEO Premium activated.

Other​

• Temporarily reverts a fix that automatically included subheadings in the Table of Content (ToC) when they were upgraded from a paragraph block in order to prevent the above bug. We will revisit this bug to bring back a more stable fix in the future.

In Yoast SEO Premium 19.0, we’re introducing a tool that lets you add emojis to your meta title and meta description. Check it out! Next to that, we're adding more languages to the word complexity assessment. But these are not the only things coming in this release. Read more about what's new in Yoast SEO Premium 19.0 in our release post in English or our release post in Spanish!