v26.2

Changelog

v26.2

Released: October 21, 2025

Enhancements

• Makes the HelpScout Beacon in the Support page accessible to all users with any valid plan, regardless of the add-ons they have installed/activated.

Other

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.2.

v26.1

Released: October 7, 2025

• Yoast SEO 26.1 brings more enhancements and bug fixes.

Full Changelog: v26.0...v26.2

v26.0

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where a redirect could not be removed if it included our own redirect routes.
• Fixes a bug where a string from the usage counter tooltip for AI features was missing in RTL languages.
• Fixes a bug where the filter and search values would be persistent when switching tabs in the redirects page.

Other

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.0.
• Fixes a security defect where users with edit_posts capabilities (Contributor+) could execute stored cross-site scripting if the plugin's AI feature was enabled. Props to [stealthcopter](https://github.com/stealthcopter).

v25.5

Other

• Adds an announcement for the Google Docs add-on.
• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.5.

Full Changelog: v25.0...v25.5

v25.0

Enhancements

• Improves the Yoast SEO Premium update process by decluttering the page from unnecessary admin notices.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where the AI Generator usage counter would not be correctly styled when retrieving suggestions in the Classic Editor and Elementor.

Other

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.0.
• Drops compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3.

v24.7

What's new in v24.7?

Released: March 18, 2025

Yoast SEO 24.7 brings more enhancements and bug fixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements

• Improves the accuracy of assessments measuring character count for Japanese texts by removing common punctuation from the count.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where the help beacon would be displayed over table pagination on the bulk editor page.

Other

• Improves the feedback strings of the subheading distribution assessment for better translatability.
• Removes extra span tags in the Post/Page overview. Props to dilipbheda.

v23.5

What's New in 23.5

Released: September 24, 2024

Enhancements

• Improves the clarity of error messages that are shown when there is a problem with AI features.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where the toast notification would appear in the wrong position when using AI Generate with little or no content.

• Fixes a bug where two sentences in the internal linking suggestions would not be translated.

Other

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 23.5.

v23.4

Signed-off-by: Kolja Nolte <kolja.nolte@gmail.com>

v22.5

Yoast SEO Premium 22.5

Released on April 16, 2024

What's New

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 for more information.

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.

v22.2

Full Changelog: v15.3...v22.2

v15.7

Meet Yoast SEO 15.7! For this release, we thought we’d remind you of the powerful content analysis in Yoast SEO - it helps you write awesome content that ranks! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.7 in our release post!

Enhancements:

• Expands the readability analysis for Turkish:
  • Adds the transition words assessment.
  • Adds the consecutive sentences beginnings assessment.
  • Adds the sentence length assessment.
  • Adds the passive voice assessment.
• Improves keyphrase recognition in Turkish by filtering out function words such as birinci, i̇kinci, üçüncü.
• Adds the advanced snippet variables to the Social previews of our Elementor integration.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where empty author archive pages would be indexed when the author had published a custom post-type that was not shown on his/her author archive page. Props to stodorovic.