Yoast SEO Premium - Best Seo Plugin For WP

* update - Improves permission checks in REST API routes.
* update - Modernizes how translations of the plugin work by removing the unneeded `load_plugin_textdomain()` calls.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 27.0

* add - Updates the design of the emoji picker button.
* fix - 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.
* fix - 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.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.8.
* update - Improves the translatability of some tasks' title and content in the task list.

* fix - Fixes a bug where the thank you page redirect would interrupt Bluehost authentication flows when the first wp-admin visit was an AJAX request.
* fix - Fixes a bug where workouts would be disabled when internal link suggestions would be disabled.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.7.
* update - Improves redirect security by restricting non-privileged users to only create 301 and 410 redirects with relative URLs.

* add - Adds Premium tasks to the newly-released task list.
* fix - Fixes a bug where empty AI Summarize block markers would remain in the content when users delete the summary in Classic Editor's visual mode.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.6.

New: Yoast SEO includes the necessary updates to support the Site Kit by Google integration for all Premium users, with Yoast SEO (free) support following soon. Read the full release post here.

Enhancements
Integrates the Yoast SEO tab into the Elementor Editor's Elements panel sidebar to provide enhanced access to SEO settings.
Makes the keyphrase density assessment and keyphrase in subheadings assessment available when no content has been added.
Bugfixes
Fixes a bug where table backgrounds in the RSS settings and Semrush related keyphrases tables would expand beyond the rounded corners in Firefox.
Other
Relocates the introduction notification to point to the Yoast SEO tab within the Elements panel sidebar of the Elementor Editor for better user guidance.
Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.9.

Fixes a bug for users who have the Site Kit integration enabled, where a fatal error would be thrown for edge cases, like when custom code intervened with the default WP login flow.
Fixes a bug in the Settings page where the advanced tab would close when selecting one of its options or other options after visiting the advanced tab.
Other
Adds a button for using AI to generate custom an SEO title or meta description in the pre-publish sidebar of the block editor, if all recent posts have been using default SEO data.
Adds the Yoast siblings and subpages premium blocks to the Yoast custom blocks menu tab in pages.
Improves performance when author archives are disabled and an author is created. Props to ErikBrendel.

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.

Yoast SEO 26.2 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements
 

• 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.

* add - Adds tooltips to the AI Summarize `Generate summary` and `Regenerate summary` buttons when they are disabled.
* add - Prevents AI Optimize from suggesting improvements to the content of the AI Summarize block.
* add - Excludes the content of the AI Summarize block from the content that should be summarized when re-generating a summary.
* fix - Fixes a bug where the modals would be rendered every time on hovering over the transform options in the AI summarize menu.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.1.
* update - Adds the `wpseo_premium_orphaned_count_cache_invalidation_method` filter to allow the ability to swap the way to invalidate the `orphaned_count` object cache.
* update - Adds the `wpseo_premium_orphaned_count_cache` filter to allow the ability to completely disable the `orphaned_count` object cache.

* fix - Fixes a bug where the filter and search values would be persistent when switching tabs in the redirects page.
* fix - Fixes a bug where a string from the usage counter tooltip for AI features was missing in RTL language.
* fix - Fixes a bug where a redirect could not be remove if it included our own redirect routes in the redirect.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.0.

New: introduces Yoast AI Summarize, instantly condense long-form content into clear key takeaways, in seconds. Read the release post here.
Enhancements
Introduces AI Summarize, the new Yoast custom block which generates a summary of the content using AI.
Other
Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.9.

* 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.

v25.6 - July 29, 2025
Yoast SEO v25.6 adds enhancements to the llms.txt feature, introducing manual personalization. Read the release post here!
Enhancements
Adds a free preview of the AI features from Yoast SEO Premium.
Introduces a way to manually select the pages to be included in the llms.txt file.
Bugfixes
Fixes a bug where the icon on search appearance would not be aligned when on a right-to-left locale.

July 15, 2025
Yoast SEO v25.5 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements
Enhances the UX of the llms.txt feature by informing users about potential issues with generating the file via Yoast’s alert center.
Changes post lists in the llms.txt file to use canonical URLs.
Bug fixes
Fixes a bug where a request limit warning would be shown in the Semrush related keyphrases when no warning was applicable.
Other
Adds an announcement for the Google Docs add-on.
Changes the Upgrades page to a Plans page.
Removes redundant flushing of cache groups when incoming links for posts change.

July 1, 2025
Yoast SEO 25.4 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.
Enhancements
 

• Adds descriptions for the posts listed in the llms.txt file, using their excerpts when those are explicitly set.
• Adds support for preventing specifically noindexed posts from getting into the llms.txt file.
• Changes one of the feedback texts for the text length assessment to be consistent with the others.
• Improves support for non-english characters in llms.txt, for servers that don't serve .txt files in UTF-8.
• Improves the feedback of the competing links assessment by making it clearer.
• Makes the assessments single title and competing links available from the get-go in the SEO analysis.
• Prioritizes cornerstone content for the posts lists in the llms.txt file.
• Renames the link keyphrase assessment to competing links.

2025-06-18 
* fix - Automatically cleans up the unexpected classes added by AI Optimize for the Classic editor.
* fix - Fixes a bug where the class names used for AI Optimize feature in Classic editor were not cleaned up when a post is saved or published.
* fix - Fixes a bug where a console error would appear when Yoast AI was enabled and a post was opened, saved, or published when inside the Classic code editor.
* update - Temporarily disables the AI Optimize feature in the Classic editor.
* update - Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.3.1.