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15.1.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown on the post edit screen in cases where SEO data had never been indexed.

15.1

Enhancements​

  • Adds buttons to easily add related keyphrases from the SEMrush integration.
  • Improves the styling of the link suggestions by adding labels and showing just one list of items.
  • Adds an activation link to the plugins overview page that is shown when your plugin is not activated in MyYoast.
  • Always shows a link to the FAQ on the plugins overview page.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the related links block would thrown an error when the metabox was disabled.

Other​

  • Integrates the internal linking suggestions indexing tool on the tools page into the general indexing tool of Yoast SEO.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 15.1. See the core changelog.

15.0

Enhancements​

  • Introduces word form support for Arabic.
  • Introduces a new table of contents block. In order for the table of contents block to work, all heading blocks will automatically have anchors generated for them.
  • Improves internal linking suggestions for languages without function word recognition by increasing the number of prominent words that are saved for a post, page or term.
  • Improves internal linking suggestions and insights for Arabic and Urdu by improving the prominent word recognition when words in the text occur with specific punctuation marks.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where no plugin icon and compatibility data would be displayed on the plugins update screen.

Other​

  • Removes the feedback link underneath the focus keyphrase input field.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 15.0. See the core changelog.

14.9

Enhancements​

  • Adds word form functionality for Polish.
  • Improves internal linking suggestions and Insights for Hebrew by filtering function words.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a PHP error would be thrown about the WPSEO_Replace_Vars service being private.

Other​

14.8

Enhancements​

  • Adds the Yoast Related Posts block which generates a list of links to related posts.
  • Improves the text of the user feedback link in the SEO analysis tab and shows it for all languages.
  • Improves internal linking suggestions and Insights for Arabic by filtering function words.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where opening the sidebar would make the user feedback link disappear inside the metabox.

Other​

  • Sets minimum supported WordPress version to 5.4.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 14.8. See the core changelog.

14.5

Enhancements​

  • Adds a siblings block and a subpages blocks which can be used to improve internal linking.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where an empty string set as rest_base for a post type would give JavaScript errors.

Other​

14.4

Enhancements​

  • Adds a fix for French nouns ending in -ition and -itions (e.g., supposition, suppositions) so that they can be recognized and matched with the corresponding verb and/or adjective (e.g., supposer).
  • Improves recognition of first person plural verb forms in French (e.g., chantons).
  • Adds keyphrase recognition for infinitives in Russian on ть (ать, ять, еть) and improves recognition of perfective infinitives in Russian on уть (блеснуть).

Other​

14.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the buttons in several notifications didn't work.

Enhancements​

  • Adds word form support for Russian.
  • Improves keyphrase recognition in French when the keyphrase contains a word which gets the -x suffix in plural (e.g., jeux).
  • Improves keyphrase recognition in French when the keyphrase contains irregular nouns or adjectives.
  • Improves keyphrase recognition in French when the keyphrase contains words ending in -issement(s).
  • Updates the copy of the notification displayed when the Premium plugin subscription isn't activated.

Other​

14.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the styling of the score column heading on the post overview would be broken.
  • Fixes a bug when the keyphrase distribution assessment might return skewed results if a text contains lists of single words.

Enhancements​

  • Adds word forms support for French (beta version).
  • Improves the way Dutch diminutive nouns are recognized as forms of the keyphrase.

Other​

13.5

Enhancements​

  • Adds word form support for Spanish.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the text analysis would break if the text contains the word "Ying".

Other​

13.4.1

Bugfixes:

  • Replaces the use of the deprecated category_link filter by term_link. Props to Chouby

13.4

Enhancements​

  • Adds word form support for Dutch.

Other​

13.0

Bugfixes:

  • Fixes a bug where the redirect file for apache or nginx wasn't written.

Other​

12.9.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown when malformed redirect URLs were present in the database.

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​