Yoast SEO Premium v28.1 - the #1 WordPress SEO plugin

* add - Improves post editor rendering performance by stabilising the `getKeywords` Redux selector reference to prevent unnecessary re-renders.
* fix - Fixes a bug where the addon installer repeatedly downloaded Yoast SEO on every request when the installation failed or was outdated.
* fix - Fixes a bug where the XML sitemap could fail to generate when redirects were combined with another plugin or theme that also filtered sitemap entries.
* update - Sets the title of a child task to "(no title)" in the task list, when the related post has no title.
* update - Improves cross-version PHP compatibility.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 27.8.

Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 27.7.

- Adds the Content Planner feature, which allows users to get AI-powered content suggestions and structured outlines for new posts directly from the block editor.
- Fixes a bug where an empty Yoast Related Links block could not be selected or removed from the editor.
- Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 27.6.

Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 27.5

Enhances the task list with a task about adding Open Graph images to recent content.
Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 27.4.
Informs users about the availability of a free trial for Yoast AI Brand Insights.

- Improves focus management restauration when the AI Optimize dialog is dissmissed.
- Fixes a bug where the AI Optimize dialog did not have focus when visible.
- Fixes a console error in the editor related to AI Optimize feature that occurred when the “Enable SEO controls and assessments” option was disabled for a content type.
- Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 7.0.
- Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 27.3

-Enhancements: Updates the design of the emoji picker button.
-Bugfixes: Fixes a bug where AI Summarize block's "Generate summary" button would be disabled when it's added in template-locked mode in Block editor regardless of content presence.
- Fixes a bug where Table of Contents block would not be not generated correctly when it's added in template-locked mode in Block editor.
- Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.8.
- Improves the translatability of some tasks' title and content in the task list.

New: Yoast SEO Premium now includes full access to the Site Kit by Google integration in your Dashboard.

Enhancements:
Enables the Yoast Dashboard integration with Site Kit by Google for all Yoast SEO Premium users.
Removes H1 from the AI Summarize block heading options.
Makes the keyphrase distribution assessment available when no content or keyphrase has been added.
Bugfixes:
Fixes a bug where the location shortcodes blocks would not be excluded from the AI Optimize analyses assessments.
Other:
Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.5.

Yoast SEO 26.3 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Bugfixes
Fixes a bug where the llms.txt file template contained a spelling error "can by found" instead of "can be found". Props to aditya241104.
Other
Introduces the wpseo_llmstxt_link_description filter for link descriptions in the llms.txt file. Props to @Godzilaa.
Removes the external link icon from the Customize llms.txt file button in the Site features section of the plugin's Settings page.

Enhancements<br/>
Adds a Pronouns field to the user profile and includes these pronouns in the Schema.org output. Props to jdevalk.
Adds edit buttons next to the keyphrase in meta description, keyphrase in slug, and keyphrase in SEO title assessments when there is no keyphrase and/or no meta description, slug, or SEO title.
Improves the transition words assessment for Arabic by expanding the list of recognized transition words. Props to Reem76-ar.
Introduces Content blocks collapsible inside Yoast Metabox and Sidebar to improve Yoast custom blocks discoverability.
Other
Adapts the behavior of the Contact our support team button in the Support page to our new Premium and WooCommerce SEO subscription plans.
Disables opcache invalidation on plugin upgrade for a subset of the userbase.

Enhancements
Improves the UX of the llms.txt settings page, by informing the user that they have to save their changes in order for the file to be generated.
Introduces the option to add an Ahrefs verification code via the Yoast Settings page.
Bugfixes
Fixes a bug where the llms.txt opt-in would hide behind the WordPress sidebar when on RTL language.
Other
Introduces the Yoast\WP\SEO\should_invalidate_opcache filter that disables opcache invalidation on plugin upgrade.
Lets users know about the new Yoast SEO AI+ plan and related features.
Updates the Site features page to include icons instead of images.

Yoast SEO 25.9 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements
Improves the UX of the llms.txt feature by displaying errors with generating the llms.txt file in the relevant settings page.
Improves the UX of onboarding new users by preventing irrelevant modals from displaying in the First Time Configuration.
Other
Updates the copy of the consent modal for using the Yoast AI features.

2025-08-26
* fix - Fixes a bug where redirect notification would be created when changing the slug on a non public term.
* fix - Fixes a bug where redirect notification would not be created when changing the slug on a public term with url arguments in the permalink.
* fix - Fixes a bug where redirect notification would be created when changing the slug on a non public term.
* fix - Fixes a bug where redirect notification would not be created when changing the slug on a public term with url arguments in the permalink.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.8.