23.3

= 23.3 =

Release date: 2024-08-20

Yoast SEO 23.3 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Other

• This release only contains non-user-facing maintenance changes.

23.4-RC1

Changes compared to: 23.3

Enhancements:

• Re-enables the script concatenation that was disabled to prevent a bug with WordPress 5.5. #21504
• Improves the schema output by following the specification for the SearchAction more strictly. #21492
• Adds так to the words recognized by the transition words assessment in Russian. Props to @pavelmai83. #21440
• Improves the look of the Yoast SEO metabox in the block editor by centering it and making it stand out more by using a background color. #21426

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where two admin links would not be resolvable when using a custom admin URL. #21523
• Fixes a bug where the Yoast user settings would be wiped out after a user profile update when the respective global settings were disabled. #21537
• Fixes a bug where the first tag instead of the primary tag would be shown in a permalink when adding a link in the Classic editor. #21524

Other:

• Deprecates the Disable_Concatenate_Scripts_Integration class. #21504
• Deprecates some functions in the Yoast_Input_Validation class. #21515
• Adds a learn more link to the primary category picker. #21533
• Deprecates the Duplicate_Post_Integration class. #21528
• Deprecates the WPSEO_Admin_User_Profile::user_profile() method and the admin/views/user-profile.php file. #21537

Non user facing:

• Adds a condition in the yoastseo worker to update the readability analysis assessor when the Paper's keyphrase changes. #21530
• Refactors the way we handle the DI container injection in our background indexing systems. #21502
• Streamlines checking for dependencies on admin pages. #21508
• Removes unused add_settings_error function. #21510
• Removes unused code related to our Zapier integration that has been previously deprecated. #21528
• Refactors filter_input calls in first-time-configuration-notice-helper.php. #21513
• Refactors filter_input calls in settings-integration.php. #21513
• Removes dependency on the filter_input function. #21513
• Disables the highlighting button when the AI Optimize button or toast is active. #21544
• Adds the block length information when retrieving the Gutenberg blocks to be sent to the analysis. #21520
• Refactors code related to the spacing between columns in the analysis results (score icon, assessment text, buttons). #21538
• Updates the crawl cleanup to use the native WordPress way of disabling RSS feeds. #21496

23.3-RC4

Changes compared to: 23.3-RC3

Non user facing:

• Reverts partially supporting Elementor document switching. #21545

23.3-RC3

Changes compared to: 23.3-RC2

Non user facing:

• Fixes an unreleased bug where slug would change when switching to draft post in elementor editor. #21541

23.3-RC2

Changes compared to: 23.3-RC1

Non user facing:

• Fixes an unreleased bug where our save action would not send the same data anymore. #21522
• Fixes an unreleased bug where saving while switching a document would result in a timing issue. #21522

23.2

= 23.2 =

Release date: 2024-08-06

Yoast SEO 23.2 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about Yoast SEO 23.2 here.

Enhancements

• Excludes image captions from the keyphrase in introduction assessment: image captions at the beginning of a post will not be treated as an introduction anymore.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug where the wpseo_posts_for_related_keywords filter would not work anymore since it was accidentally renamed.

Other

• Deprecates the Ai_Generate_Titles_And_Descriptions_Introduction_Upsell class.

23.3-RC1

Changes compared to: 23.2

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the Yoast tab would disappear when opening and closing the Site Settings in Elementor. #21514

Non user facing:

• Exposes a helper used to remove quotes surrounding the keyphrase before sending it to Yoast AI. #21489
• Release new package versions. #21485
• Reimplements the lock icon for AI buttons using heroicons. #21495

23.2-RC7

Changes compared to: 23.2-RC6

Non user facing:

• Allows setting a reason for a disabled Yoast AI Optimize button. #21511

23.2-RC6

Changes compared to: 23.2-RC5

Non user facing:

• Fixes an unreleased bug where the AI buttons would be shown when the AI feature as a whole was disabled. #21503
• Fixes the introduction modal copy and padding, as well as the Wistia video ID. #21501

23.2-RC5

Changes compared to: 23.2-RC4

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the wpseo_posts_for_related_keywords filter would not work anymore since it was accidentally renamed. #21498