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Yoast SEO 23.4

Yoast SEO 23.4 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements​

  • Adds support for discarding the changes when switching to a post, using the Top bar feature in Elementor.
  • Adds так to the words recognized by the transition words assessment in Russian. Props to @pavelmai83.
  • Improves the schema output by following the specification for the SearchAction more strictly.
  • Re-enables the script concatenation that was disabled to prevent a bug with WordPress 5.5.
  • 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.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where an image caption inside a classic block would be considered the introduction when using the keyphrase in introduction assessment in the default editor.
  • 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.
  • Fixes a bug where the Yoast tab would disappear when opening and closing the Site Settings in Elementor.
  • Fixes a bug where the Yoast user settings would be wiped out after a user profile update when the respective global settings were disabled.
  • Fixes a bug where two admin links would not be resolvable when using a custom admin URL.

Other​

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