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

23.3-RC3

Changes compared to: 23.3-RC2

Non user facing:

• Fixes an unreleased bug where slug would change when switching to draft post in elementor editor. #21541

23.3-RC2

Changes compared to: 23.3-RC1

Non user facing:

• Fixes an unreleased bug where our save action would not send the same data anymore. #21522
• Fixes an unreleased bug where saving while switching a document would result in a timing issue. #21522