22.4

= 22.4 =

Release date: 2024-04-03

Yoast SEO 22.4 brings optimizations and bug fixes. Our customers who use Elementor can wave goodbye to that unnecessary redirect when saving a post for the first time. Find more about Yoast SEO 22.4 in our release post!

Enhancements

• Removes a duplicated database query on author pages with internal images.
• Removes two unnecessary database queries on pages where external images are of SEO interest, like author pages with Gravatar author images.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where an unneeded redirect would be created when a post was first published in Elementor.

Other

• Deprecates the slug of the _dependencies property of the private $plugins property in the WPSEO_Plugin_Availability class.
• Fixes the width of the Page type dropdown field in the Settings page.
• Replaces .substr() with .substring() in JS files since it's deprecated.
• Stops showing deprecation warnings when retrieving data for paid add-ons goes wrong.
• Stops showing notifications about incompatibility with the WooCommerce's new beta product editor, after WooCommerce is deactivated.
• Stops showing a notification prompting to install Yoast Woo SEO, after WooCommerce is deactivated.

22.5-RC1

Changes compared to: 22.4

Enhancements:

• Recalibrates the recommended length of the text on taxonomy pages for the text length assessment. #21259
• Prevents image formats other than JPG, GIF, PNG and WEBP to be used for the twitter:image meta tag. #21260

Bugfixes

• Fixes an incompatibility with ES_WP_Query library used by the WordPress VIP Enterprise Search. #21241

Other:

• Renames all user-facing Twitter references to X, including the X profile's sameAs schema output URL. #21248
• Resolves a typo in the list of German transition words. Props to magnusmartin85. #21266
• Renames the leiCode fields to LEI code in the plugin's settings. #21246
• Removes the link to the now-retired Google Mobile-Friendly Test from the admin bar menu. #21231
• Deprecates unused method is_image_url_valid. #21260

Non user facing:

• Properly reports increase in test coverage in the WPSEO_Suggested_Plugins class. #21249
• Updates the toolings in yoastseo package. #20651
• Fix hyperlinks to our documentation. #21263
• Re-instates the original checks in the get_term_id method to ensure API backward compatibility. #21264

22.4-RC3

Changes compared to: 22.4-RC2

Non user facing:

• Revert Mockery related CI changes #21262

22.4-RC2

Changes compared to: 22.4-RC1

Non user facing:

• Fixes the failing unit tests by preventing Mockery from being updated to the buggy 1.6.10 version. #21253

22.3

= 22.3 =

Release date: 2024-03-19

Yoast SEO 22.3 is out today. In this release, you’ll find various fixes and improvements for a better user experience. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 22.3 in our release post!

Enhancements

• Removes an unnecessary query relating to breadcrumb schema generation on the homepage.

Bugfixes

• Adds x.com as a possible domain for the Twitter validation in our first time configuration social profiles settings.
• Fixes a bug where the Or go to your SEO dashboard link in the final step of our first time configuration would not be focusable using tab.

Other

• Removes the autofill for taxonomy keyphrases.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.5.

22.4-RC1

Changes compared to: 22.3

Enhancements:

• Removes a duplicated database query on author pages with internal images. #21178
• Removes two unnecessary database queries on pages where external images are of SEO interest, like author pages with Gravatar author images. #21178

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where an unneeded redirect would be created when a post was first published in Elementor. #21182

Other:

• Stops showing a notification prompting to install Yoast Woo SEO, after WooCommerce is deactivated. #21198
• Replaces .substr() with .substring() in JS files since it's deprecated. #21196
• Fixes the width of the Page type dropdown field in the Settings page. #21201
• Stops showing deprecation warnings when retrieving data for paid add-ons goes wrong. #21219
• Stops showing notifications about incompatibility with the WooCommerce's new beta product editor, after WooCommerce is deactivated. #21198
• Deprecates the slug of the _dependencies property of the private $plugins property in the WPSEO_Plugin_Availability class. #21198

Non user facing:

• Improves the performance of the content analysis. #20925
• Fixes the new way of asset building for Windows environments #21199
• Refactors the way we send data to the front-end, to be more future proof. #21160
• Adds integration tests covering the queries in the upgrade routine that will be rewritten with placeholders. #21109
• Fixes the Fix GH actions' JS tests when not needing to run yoastseo tests. #21195
• Make use of %i placeholders to prepare WordPress queries. #21148
• Optimizes development processes for building JavaScript. #20874
• Adds click to buy data attributes to redirect manager upsell button. #21244

22.3-RC2

Changes compared to: 22.3-RC1

Other:

• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.5. #21237

22.2

= 22.2 =

Release date: 2024-03-05

Yoast SEO 22.2 is out today. In this release, you’ll find language analysis enhancements. More accurate keyphrase recognition and translation improvements to Yoast News SEO. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 22.2 in our release post!

Enhancements

• Improves keyphrase detection by treating hyphens and en-dashes as word boundaries. For example, if the keyphrase is 'dog-training tips', a keyphrase occurrence will be recognized as long as the words 'dog', 'training', and 'tips' are found in the same sentence.
• Improves recognition of single-word function words for Arabic and Hebrew.
• Improves the highlighting of keyphrases that contain hyphens or dashes. For example, if the keyphrase is 'Cold War era', it will be correctly highlighted in the phrase 'post-Cold War era'. Previously, the word 'post' would also be highlighted.
• Improves the inclusive language analysis by refining feedback strings and excluding false positives for phrases related to mental health.

Bugfixes

• Adds x.com as a possible domain for the Twitter validation in our site representation settings.
• Fixes a bug where sitemap.xml would redirect to a 404 when the HTTPS server value of the response would be "On" instead of "on".
• Fixes a bug where the keyphrase in slug assessment would crash when the site language was Indonesian, the keyphrase contained a reduplicated word (e.g. 'buku-buku'), and a form of that word also occurred in the slug.
• Fixes a bug where the "Organization description" field would still be focusable via tabbing.
• Fixes a bug where the Organization's Site founding date would span 2 lines in Chrome, by removing our placeholder.
• Fixes a bug where the schema of a post requested through a REST request wouldn't include the primary image.
• Fixes a bug where the upsell message for Yoast WooCommerce SEO would appear when using the AI feature on a non-WooCommerce product page.

22.3-RC1

Changes compared to: 22.2

Enhancements:

• Removes an unnecessary query relating to breadcrumb schema generation on the homepage. #21170

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the Or go to your SEO dashboard link in the final step of our first time configuration would not be focusable using tab. #21185
• Adds x.com as a possible domain for the Twitter validation in our first time configuration social profiles settings. #21194

Other:

• Removes the autofill for taxonomy keyphrases. #21181

Non user facing:

• Update versions of packages. #21176
• Adds a tooltip element to the Yoast UI library. #21111
• Update versions of packages. #21176
• Enables the AI generator functionality for taxonomies. #21145

22.2-RC4

Changes compared to: 22.2-RC3

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the Organization's Site founding date would span 2 lines in Chrome, by removing our placeholder. #21187