GPL Yoast Seo Premium WordPress SEO Plugin V24.9

2025-04-15 - version 24.9​

• fix - Fixes a bug where the AI generator modal would not be visible when using Astra plugins.
• update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.9.

2025-04-01 - version 24.8​

• add - Improves error messages related to AI features by updating the link directing to Yoast Support.
• update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.8.
• update - Removes the beta label from the front-end SEO inspector.

2025-03-04 - version 24.6​

• add - Provides support for the Optimized Markup feature in Elementor.
• update - Uses approximation when counting tokens to be sent as Yoast AI Optimize prompt.
• update - Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.6.
• update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.6.

Yoast SEO 24.5 February 18, 2025​

Yoast SEO 24.5 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements

• Issues a warning message when the image automatically selected for a post social preview is in the unsupported AVIF format.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where the canonical presenter would throw a deprecation notice when the environments run PHP >= 8.1. Props to aanduque.

Other

• Simplifies calculating the date replacement variable before displaying it in the frontend. Props to apermo.
• Updates the Yoast WooCommerce SEO integration cards with the latest Woo logo.

Yoast SEO 24.4 - February 4, 2025

• Yoast SEO 24.4 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
• Bugfixes
• Fixes a bug where editing a link in the block editor would have unexpected consequences when using undo.
• Fixes a bug where the article:modified_time meta tag would show an earlier time than the articleublished_time meta tag for scheduled posts.
• Fixes a bug where the Schema type of the product would not be locked when Yoast WooCommerce SEO is enabled.
• Fixes a bug where using hyphens at the start or end of a sentence would cripple the content analysis when editing a post.

Yoast SEO Premium v24.3 - January 21, 2025
Yoast SEO 24.3 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements

• Adds the Yoast AI Optimize feature to sentence length and paragraph length assessments.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where interacting with the SEO/Readability/Inclusive language analysis tab/collapsible would disable the highlighting buttons when an AI Optimize button was present in the analysis results.
• Fixes a bug where modifying content in the editor that could lead to a different analysis score would disable the highlighting buttons when an AI Optimize button was present in the analysis results.
• Fixes a bug where switching between "visual" and "code" editors inside the Block editor would not disable the highlighting buttons when there was no AI Optimize button in the analysis results.

Other

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.3.

Yoast SEO Premium Changelog 2025-01-07 - v24.2​

• fix - Fixes a bug where translations would break for the internal linking unindexed notice when in other languages.
• fix - Fixes a bug where an error modal requesting a Yoast WooCommerce SEO subscription was shown when clicking the 'Use AI' button for Custom Post Type (CPT) products and taxonomies.
• update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.1.
• update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.2.

Yoast SEO Premium Changelog Version 24.1 December 18, 2024

• 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!

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where the Yoast AI usage counter would only be displayed after a delay.

Other

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.1.

Yoast SEO Premium 24.0 - December 3, 2024
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.

Yoast SEO v23.9 - November 19, 2024
Yoast SEO 23.9 brings enhancements to the Yoast SEO Semrush integration and various bug fixes. Find more about Yoast SEO 23.9 in our release post!
Enhancements

• Adds a maximum width to the problems and notifications sections on the General page.
• Adds Intent and Difficulty to the metrics shown in the Semrush integration.
• Improves the compatibility of the Yoast blocks with WordPress 6.7.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error is triggered in PHP 8.x when a user's additional contact methods have been improperly set to null. Props to PhilETaylor.
• Fixes a bug where the First time configuration would have a double separator for the title and content.
• Fixes a bug where the First time configuration would not resize properly on smaller width screens.

Other

• Stops PHP notices on WordPress 6.7 about _load_textdomain_just_in_time loading incorrectly.