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Yoast SEO Premium changelog

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12.8

Bugfixes:

  • Fixes a bug where incorrect redirects would be created on multisite environments in combination with MultilingualPress.
  • Fixes a bug where the notification to analyze your content for better internal linking suggestions was not shown.

Other​

12.6

Enhancements​

  • Adds the HelpScout Beacon to the plugins redirect page.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the verb form 'landscape' was not recognized in the text when the keyphrase contained the verb 'landscaping'.

Other​

12.3

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where internal linking suggestions were not aligned correctly, but were indented instead.

Other​

12.2

Other​

  • Enables the tracking of diagnostic data.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 12.2. See the core changelog.

12.0.1

Bugfixes:

  • Fixes a bug where custom replacement variables would not be replaced in some implementations.

11.9

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where multiple redirects would be created when editing taxonomies on a multisite environment.
  • Fixes a bug where the social preview forms were shown twice on taxonomies.

Other​

11.8

Bugfixes:

  • Fixes a bug where regex redirects starting with a forward slash could not be deleted.

Other​

11.7

Enhancements​

  • Improves the feedback message for internal linking suggestions when a text contains prominent words, but no linking suggestions were found.
  • Improves the modal that is shown during the site-wide internal linking analysis.
  • Adds a description to the site-wide internal linking analysis button on the Tools page.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where no help buttons would be shown in the social preview tabs in the metabox.
  • Fixes a bug where the site-wide internal linking analysis would not stop when the Stop analyzing was clicked.
  • Fixes a bug where CSV imports would always fail on multisite environments.

Other​

11.6

Enhancements​

  • Added caching for AJAX requests regarding social preview images.

Bugfixes

  • Fixes a bug where an AJAX request would be sent on every keystroke when an image was present in the content, which would also result in '400 bad request' HTTP errors.

Other​

11.5

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the alert icon would be missing in the warning that is shown in the metabox when the user doesn't have an active license.

Other​

11.3

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes fatal error when creating a redirect containing a double quote when .htaccess redirects were active.
  • Fixes a bug where the update notification counter would show an incorrect count when the plugin was out of date.

Other​

11.2.0

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the create redirect button would be shown for users without the right permissions.

Enhancements​

  • Improves the keyphrase recognition for additional irregular verbs in German (e.g., brennen, senden, kennen).
  • Fixes a performance problem relating to collecting post cache including Prominent Words. These were being primed but are only used in internal functionality.

Other​

11.1

Bugfixes​

  • Improves the recognition of German keyphrases that include words with an i or e in between vowels (e.g., schrieen, schreien, speie).
  • Improves recognition of German 3rd person singular verb forms (e.g., arbeitet).

Other​

11.1.0

Bugfixes​

  • Improves the recognition of German keyphrases that include words with an i or e in between vowels (e.g., schrieen, schreien, speie).
  • Improves recognition of German 3rd person singular verb forms (e.g., arbeitet).

Other​

11.0

We've made huge changes to the schema.org markup we output, adding multiple different types of Schema. Be sure to check our posts on yoast.com about this release!

Enhancements​

  • Schema changes:
  • Adds Person markup for author pages.
  • Adds WebPage markup for all pages.
  • Adds Article markup for posts, with Person markup for the author.
  • Changes the ‘Organization or Person’ section of the Knowledge graph settings to allow selecting an author that is the ‘Person’ that the website represents.
  • Adds MySpace, SoundCloud, Tumblr and YouTube URL input fields to people’s profiles.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes an issue where the metabox would not display on term edit pages when running the development build of Gutenberg.

10.1.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the license information from MyYoast is being saved aggressively, causing updates in MyYoast to take 24 hours to show up in the site.

10.1.0

Enhancements​

  • Introduces recognition of grammatical forms for German keyphrases. This means that plural forms such as Häuser will be recognized if your keyphrase is Haus, for example. Doesn't just work for those of you who have multiple homes by the way.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the Internal Linking metabox would show a warning that not all posts were analyzed, while all eligible posts actually were indexed.
  • Fixes a bug that impeded recognition of word forms for keyphrases on taxonomy pages.

Other​

  • Removes all functionality that has been deprecated before Yoast SEO 6.1.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 10.1.0.

10.0

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a related keyphrase or synonym field containing a backslash or consecutive double quotes would be emptied when saving a post or term.
  • Fixes a bug where backslashes would be removed from the Twitter and Facebook title and description when saving a term.

Other​

9.7.0

Enhancements​

  • Implements analysis markers for related keyphrases.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where quotes in the related keyphrases and synonyms could stop those fields from appearing.

Other​

9.6.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where translations would be rendered incorrectly.

9.6.0

Enhancements​

  • Adds an "Ok" button to dismiss redirect notifications in the quick edit menu.
  • Improves the Redirects table accessibility by removing a duplicate button.

Other​

9.5.0

Enhancements​

  • Adds a validator to the redirect manager to check if the redirect origin is relative.
  • Adds internal linking suggestions and insights for Swedish.
  • Improves the error logging for certain types of errors in the prominent words analysis and internal linking suggestions.

Other​

9.4.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where Premium features in the metabox might not work for custom post types.

9.4.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where additional keyphrases and synonyms would not be saved for taxonomies.

9.4.0

Content analysis recalibration (beta):

  • When the recalibration beta is enabled a "Stale cornerstone content"-filter is added to relevant content types.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where admin-assets would be loaded on pages where they are not relevant.
  • Fixes a bug where changing the slug of an inaccessible post type creates a redirect for that object.

Enhancements​

  • Improves the feedback given when importing redirects.

Other​

9.3.0

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where redirects that contained URI encodable characters couldn't be removed individually.

Other​

9.2.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where editing a content type item (page/post) would result in a blank page (Fatal error) when the metabox is disabled for that type.

9.2.0

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the internal linking box is shown for post types that has the Yoast Metabox disabled.
  • Fixes internal linking button size in the document settings sidebar in Gutenberg.
  • Fixes a bug where no redirect notification was shown in Gutenberg when the permalink was updated.
  • Fixes a bug where the social previews won't reflect the entered post/page title realtime.

Other​

  • Adds additional context to the wpseo_premium_post_redirect_slug_change filter call.

9.1.0

Enhancements​

  • Improves an SQL query to perform better on sites with a lot of orphaned content.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the activation warning would be incorrectly displayed on a sub-site within a multisite environment.
  • Fixes a bug where a PHP warning would be displayed when php_uname has been disabled for security reasons.
  • Fixes a bug where a PHP notice would be displayed when visiting a non-existing post.

Other​

9.0.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the Gutenberg (v4.1) editor was partially hidden behind the metabox.

Other​