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Yoast SEO |
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Requires at least: 6.8 |
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Tested up to: 7.0 |
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Requires PHP: 7.4 |
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Changelog |
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## 27.9 |
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Release date: 2026-06-22 |
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#### Enhancements |
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* Improves the performance of the content analysis by reusing previously built HTML trees across assessor runs, related-keyphrase passes and research calls instead of rebuilding the tree for each. |
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* Passes shortcodes to the Insights analysis data for more consistent analysis result across application. |
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#### Bugfixes |
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* Fixes a bug where the recently modified posts were fetched twice when using the Content Planner. |
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#### Other |
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* Adds the web-server family to the server data collected for opt-in tracking. |
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## 27.8 |
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Release date: 2026-06-09 |
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#### Enhancements |
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* Significantly reduces loading times of the root sitemap on sites with many users. |
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* Reduces loading times of the author sitemap on sites with many users. |
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* Makes the schema aggregator faster by drastically reducing the roundtrips to the database, when indexables are disabled. |
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* Makes the SEO optimization faster by drastically reducing the roundtrips to the database. |
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* Prevents unnecessary expensive DB queries when admin pages are being visited. |
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* Optimizes expensive DB queries when performing actions in admin pages related to SEO optimization. |
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#### Bugfixes |
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* Ensures compatibility with the React 19 version bundled in Gutenberg 23.3 (WordPress 7.1), fixing several screens and components that could otherwise fail to render. |
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* Fixes a bug where the dismiss button in the Webinar promo notice in general page was transparent. |
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* Improves post editor rendering performance by stabilising Redux selector and `withSelect` references in multiple components to prevent unnecessary re-renders. |
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* Fixes a bug where NaN was set as the Primary taxonomy and triggered a console error. |
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#### Other |
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* Removes the Yoast group from the filter bar on the WordPress plugins list. |
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* Sets the title of a child task to "(no title)" in the task list, when the related post has no title. |
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* Introduces the `wpseo_custom_fields_pre_query` filter, allowing sites to short-circuit the potentially expensive custom-fields lookup in Yoast settings, with a pre-computed list or a custom query. |
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### Earlier versions |
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For the changelog of earlier versions, please refer to [](https://yoa.st/yoast-seo-changelogthe changelog on yoast.com](https://yoa.st/yoast-seo-changelog](https://yoa.st/yoast-seo-changelog). |
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