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Yoast SEO 15.6

Say hi to Yoast SEO 15.6! In the latest version of Yoast SEO, you’ll find a number of bug fixes and performance enhancements. Happy updating! Read more about what’s new in Yoast SEO 15.6 in our release post!

Enhancements​

  • Improves keyphrase recognition in Norwegian by filtering out function words such as 'tredje', 'deres' and 'noen'.
  • Improves the performance of the taxonomy sitemap generation. Props to mikeyarce.
  • Adds the Tag, Category and Primary Category snippet variables in the Google preview of our Elementor integration.
  • Adds advanced snippet variables to the Google preview of our Elementor integration.
  • Ensures that there's always a meta description for Web Stories. Props to swissspidy.
  • Extends the plugin conflict list.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the non-indexable custom post types elementor_library and oembed_cache would be saved to the indexable table.
  • Fixes a bug where the SEMrush modal would trigger errors and wouldn't display a chart when all the Trend values were zero.
  • Fixes a bug where very large WordPress installations would experience time-outs because the database would be overloaded with duplicate indexable IDs.
  • Fixes a bug where the social preview placeholders and info text would not be translatable.

Other​

  • Deprecates the WPSEO_Validator class because it was not used anymore. Props to rafaelbernard.
  • Fixes the URL to the Travis badge on our open source GitHub repository. Props to rodrigoprime.
  • Makes the integration with Web Stories for WordPress more robust. Props to swissspidy.