24.3-RC2

Changes compared to: 24.3-RC1

Non user facing:

• Updates the readability analysis result when there is a change in the list of Gutenberg blocks wpBlocks. #21953

24.2

= 24.2 =

Release date: 2025-01-07

Yoast SEO 24.2 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements

• Improves the tooltips accessibility in the related keyphrase suggestions modal.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where a deprecation message would appear in PHP 8+ when saving a post containing images with invalid sources. Props to kkmuffme.
• Fixes a bug where a TypeError would occur when checking for capabilities of SEO Manager user role when the roles were not passed as an array. Props to kfeinUI.
• Fixes a bug where styles on buttons, intent badge and modal links would not adjust the direction when on RTL view.

Other

• Changes the title text on the Yoast installation success page.
• Fixes a console warning about ReactDOM.render being no longer supported in React 18.

24.3-RC1

Changes compared to: 24.2

Enhancements:

• Introduces more robust HTML processing and highlighting for the sentence length and paragraph length assessments. #21866

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the View button label in the Yoast dashboard would not be available for translation. #21931
• Fixes a bug where the text color in the search on our settings page would not change correctly when active, resulting in bad contrast. #21929
• Fixes a bug where the Semrush request would be executed twice when opening the related keyphrases modal. #21913

Other:

• Improves contrast in the related keyphrase suggestions table. #21916
• Improves contrast in the RSS supported variables explainer table. #21916

Non user facing:

• Improve CI #21942
• Improve CI #21943
• Rename the feature flag for the sitekit integration #21945
• Adjusts the design for the related keyphrase suggestions table header for "Add keyphrase" column. #21917
• Refactor check for if AI Feature is enabled. #21882
• Refactor check for if AI Feature is enabled. #21882
• Improves RTL support in certain areas like the mobile menu in dashboard and settings. #21909
• Adds additional routes to the experimental content analysis API. #21927
• Improve dev experience #21934
• Removes outdated code for the Semrush table. #21915
• Improve test setup #21928
• Adjusts untranslated strings for the Yoast Premium ads modals on the editors. #21932
• Relocate related keyphrase suggestions links to client side a add tests to the modal content component. #21865
• Adds a feature flag for the sitekit integration, without doing much else. #21944

24.1

= 24.1 =

Release date: 2024-12-18

Yoast SEO 24.1 adds the Yoast SEO Dashboard to monitor your site's SEO performance in one overview. Find more about Yoast SEO 24.1 in our release post!

Enhancements

• Introduces the Yoast Dashboard, a place where site administrators can check the SEO and Readability performance of the site's posts.
• Adds Not analyzed as an option in the readability filter in the posts page.
• Enhances the existing Needs improvement option in the readability filter in the posts page, to include posts that don't have enough content as well.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where posts that have been set to explicitly not be noindexed and had no keyword set would not appear in the relevant SEO filter in the posts page.

Other

• Improves the translatability of feedback for the paragraph length and the sentence length assessments.

24.2-RC1

Changes compared to: 24.1

Enhancements:

• Improves the tooltips accessibility in the related keyphrase suggestions modal. #21894

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where TypeError would occur when checking for capabilities of SEO Manager user role when the roles were not passed as an array. Props to kfeinUI. #21881
• Fixes a bug where a deprecation message would appear in PHP 8+ when saving a post containing images with invalid sources. Props to kkmuffme. #21786

Other:

• Fixes a console warning about ReactDOM.render being no longer supported in React 18. #21889
• Changes the title text on the Yoast installation success page. #21889

Non user facing:

• Update dependencies #21920
• Adds an integration test to make sure the filter pairs repository returns the needed data. #21897
• Refactors microcaching to use the decorator pattern. #21879
• Adds integration test for the Taxonomies_Repository class. #21893
• Adds tests for the Dashboard frontend. #21898
• Increases the shadow of the header and widgets on the Dashboard page. #21899
• Adds an integration test to make sure the endpoints repository returns the needed data. #21896
• Update test tooling #21919

24.1-RC3

Changes compared to: 24.1-RC2

Non user facing:

• Fixes an unreleased bug where we would show post types with false show_ui in the dashboard feature, which would result into linking to non existing admin pages. #21902
• Adds troubleshooting mode in score endpoints #21891

24.1-RC2

Changes compared to: 24.1-RC1

Non user facing:

• Changes the admin bar notification URL to point to the alert center. #21901
• Changes the Dashboard' learn more link copy and URL. #21901

24.0

= 24.0 =

Release date: 2024-12-03

Yoast SEO 24.0 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements

• Allows to set OpenGraph image HTML metadata width, height, and type to null in order not to show them. Props to GiovanniMounir.
• Improves the transition words assessment for Portuguese and English by updating the relevant lists of transition words. Props to BrunoAseff.
• Introduces an error message in the Yoast General page in case of JavaScript errors.
• Updates the design and translations of the country selector in the modal for related keyphrase suggestions.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where the first step in the First time configuration would not be considered finished unless the Site representation step would be finished as well.
• Fixes a bug where the settings for a post type are inaccessible when the permalink structure includes special characters that require encoding, e.g., when WooCommerce products are set to use the "Shop base with category" permalink structure.
• Fixes a bug where the Yoast General page would not reflect the active menu item properly if using a fallback.

Other

• Improves the documentation for wpseo_enable_tracking filter. Props to kkmuffme.

24.1-RC1

Changes compared to: 24.0

Enhancements:

• Introduces Yoast dashboard, a place where site administrators can check the SEO and Readability performance of the site's posts. #21888
• Adds Not analyzed as a option in the readability filter in the posts page. #21834
• Enhances the existing Needs improvement option in the readability filter in the posts page, to include posts that don't have enough content as well. #21834

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where posts that have been set to explicitly not be noindexed and had no keyword set would not appear in the relevant SEO filter in the posts page. #21885

Other:

• Improves the translatability of feedback for the paragraph length and the sentence length assessments. #21824

Non user facing:

• Fixes an unreleased bug where the dashboard widgets wouldnt work when permalinks where set to plain. #21863
• Makes sure content types and taxonomy labels are properly decoded. #21886
• Clears the selected term when a content type is selected. #21840
• Makes sure content types and taxonomy labels are properly decoded. #21886
• Includes metadata in the API endpoints about the time the query took to complete and whether cache was used. #21861
• Clears the selected term when a content type is selected. #21840
• Adds a tooltip with information to the not analyzed scores. #21870
• Improves copy in the dashboard #21862
• Adds micro caching around the score queries #21855
• Adds ad at the bottom of the dashboard page. #21839
• Changes some copy for disabled analyses. #21883
• Changes some copy for when there are a lot of not analyzed posts. #21883
• Adds micro caching around the score queries #21855
• Addresses some feedback from UX. #21860
• Shows description based on which score has the highest amount, in both the SEO and Readability widget of the dashboard. #21838
• Enhances API endpoints by returning a 500 error code when queries fail. #21864
• Addresses some feedback from UX. #21860
• Implements the analysis and indexable not available states. #21835
• Refactors determining object types to use objects from the start. #21868
• Implements the analysis and indexable not available states. #21835
• Refactors determining object types to use objects from the start. #21868
• Implements the fetching of the scores. #21852
• Adds configuration data to the dashboard script data. #21825
• Adds configuration data to the dashboard script data. #21825
• Fixes a bug where the content analysis would become unresponsive when processing very long keyphrases in Arabic and Hebrew. #21807
• Fix scores for edge cases where the dashboard and the posts page show different results #21885
• Creates API endpoints for SEO and readability scores #21847
• Creates API endpoints for SEO and readability scores #21847
• Release new package versions. #21828
• Adds post type and taxonomy filters in the script data for the frontend to use. #21814
• Fix scores for edge cases where the dashboard and the posts page show different results #21885

24.0-RC4

Changes compared to: 24.0-RC3

Non user facing:

• Fixes integration tests when Black Friday sale is on. #21874