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27.8

Release date: 2026-06-09

Yoast SEO 27.8 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Enhancements

• Makes the schema aggregator faster by reducing database roundtrips when indexables are disabled.
• Speeds up the SEO optimization analysis by cutting down the number of database queries it runs.
• Optimizes resource-heavy database queries when performing actions on admin pages related to SEO optimization.
• Reduces loading times of the root sitemap on sites with many users.
• Reduces loading times of the author sitemap on sites with many users.
• Prevents unnecessary database queries when someone visits an admin page.

Bugfixes

• 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.
• Fixes a bug where NaN became the Primary taxonomy and triggered a console error.
• Fixes a bug where the dismiss button in the Webinar promo notice on the General page was transparent.
• Improves post editor rendering performance by stabilizing Redux selector and withSelect references in multiple components to prevent unnecessary re-renders.

Other

• Introduces the wpseo_custom_fields_pre_query filter, letting sites skip the resource-heavy custom-fields lookup in Yoast settings by supplying a pre-computed list or a custom query.
• Removes the Yoast group from the filter bar on the WordPress plugins list.
• Sets the title of a child task to “(no title)” in the task list when the related post has no title.

27.7

Release date: 2026-05-27

Yoast SEO 27.7 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.

Bugfixes

• Fixes a bug in Schema aggregator where products Schema pieces had incorrect @id values for mainEntityOfPage and image properties.
• Fixes a bug where a FocusTrap warning was thrown and the X button did not receive focus when the replace content confirmation modal from the AI Content Planner was opened.
• Fixes a bug where a warning was triggered in the console when editing a post with the Content Planner feature enabled.
• Fixes a bug where only the first piece was returned when indexables were not available.
• Fixes a bug where the AI features section was rendered twice on the user profile page.
• Fixes a bug where the block editor was crashing when some AI features were triggering errors.
• Fixes a bug where the Content Planner inline banner was displayed when editing a template or template part.

Other

• Makes the Academy, Upgrade and Brand insights links visible to more user roles.

Earlier versions

For the changelog of earlier versions, please refer to the changelog on yoast.com.