1.19

Release date: 2026-05-26

Enhancements:

• Adds a Logger panel to the Yoast Test Helper (Tools → Yoast Test) that replaces Yoast SEO's NullLogger via the wpseo_logger filter and persists captured entries to either a custom DB table or a JSONL file.
• Adds a "MyYoast OAuth overrides" card that swaps Yoast SEO's MyYoast OAuth issuer + software statement + initial access token at runtime, fetched from {issuer}/api/oauth/software-statements using a developer-supplied PAT. Lets you point Yoast SEO at a non-production MyYoast environment (staging, local, custom URL) without editing wp-config.php.
• Updates the list of available domains in the Domain dropdown section.
• Adds a custom domain option in the Domain dropdown section.

Other:

• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 7.0.
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.8.
• The plugin has no known incompatibilities with PHP up to 8.5.
• Drops compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3.
• Improves discoverability of security policy.

1.19-RC4

1.19

Release date: 2026-05-26
Changes compared to 1.19-RC3:

Other:

• Fixes the RC workflow failing on RC4+ with "Please tell me who you are" when the release branch already exists and develop has new commits to merge in. #288

Non user facing:

• Removes the file-on-disk storage backend from the Logger panel. The Logger now writes only to the custom database table. #287

1.19-RC3

1.19

Release date: 2026-05-26
Changes compared to 1.19-RC2:

Non user facing:

• Fixes an unreleased database error shown on the Yoast Test Helper admin page when the logger had never been enabled. #286
• Fixes follow-ups observed during the first live Release RC run for 1.19-RC2. #285

1.19-RC2

1.19

Release date: 2026-05-26
Changes compared to 1.19-RC1:

Non user facing:

• Adds GitHub Actions workflows to automate the plugin's release pipeline (changelog generation, full release with wordpress.org SVN deploy, and RC pre-release). #283
• Reverts #242 ("Add ability to toggle Site Kit dashboard feature"). #284

1.19-RC1

1.19

Release date: 2026-05-26

Enhancements:

• Adds a "MyYoast OAuth overrides" card that swaps Yoast SEO's MyYoast OAuth issuer + software statement + initial access token at runtime, fetched from {issuer}/api/oauth/software-statements using a developer-supplied PAT. Lets you point Yoast SEO at a non-production MyYoast environment (staging, local, custom URL) without editing wp-config.php. #282
• Updates the list of available domains in the Domain dropdown section. #282
• Adds a custom domain option in the Domain dropdown section. #282
• Adds a Logger panel to the Yoast Test Helper (Tools → Yoast Test) that replaces Yoast SEO's NullLogger via the wpseo_logger filter and persists captured entries to either a custom DB table or a JSONL file. #281
• Adds the option to toggle the Site Kit Dashboard feature feature-flag. #242

Other:

• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 7.0. #280
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.8. #267
• The plugin has no known incompatibilities with PHP up to 8.5. #265
• Drops compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3. #241
• Improves discoverability of security policy. #208

Non user facing:

• Update dev dependencies #274
• Updated dev dependencies #272
• Code quality #271
• Code consistency #270
• Code modernization #269
• Improve CI security #266
• Improve CI security #264
• Clean up code #263
• Improve CI security #262
• Improve CI security #261
• Improve CI security #260
• Improve CI security #259
• CI improvements #258
• CI improvements #257
• CI improvements #256
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.9. #253
• Removes maxlength from the input fields of the upgrade routines. #248
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.7. #244
• Update Dependabot config #243
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.8. #239
• Updated dev dependencies #238
• Set the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.6. #237
• Improve dev experience #236
• Improve CI #235
• Verified compatibility with PHP 8.4 #234
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.7. #233
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.5. #232
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.6. #230
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.4. #229
• Update dev dependencies #227
• Set the WordPress tested up to version to 6.5. #226
• Update select dependencies #223
• Code modernization #220
• Code quality #219
• Code QA/consistency #218
• Code QA/consistency #217
• Code QA/consistency #216
• Code QA/consistency #215
• Be explicit about required PHP extensions #213
• CI/Composer scripts improvement #212
• CI/CS consistency #211
• Documentation improvements #210
• QA #209
• The plugin has no known incompatibilities with PHP 8.3 #206
• Tidy up composer.json file and improve usability of scripts #201
• Prevent more dev-only files from being included in packaged up versions of this repo. #200
• CI maintenance #190
• Ensure that dependabot PRs get reviewed/merged. #189

1.18

= 1.18 =

Release date: February 1st, 2024

Enhancements:

• Adds a schema endpoint to any URL. Suffix the URL with /schema/ or ?schema and you'll get only the Schema for that URL, pretty printed.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the DB versions for Local SEO and News SEO would not be updated correctly.
• Fixes some small bugs that could result in PHP notices/warnings/errors.

Other:

• Adds a checkbox to use the AI staging API.
• Removes the checkbox to enable the feature flag for the structured data blocks.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.4.
• Sets minimum WordPress version to 6.3.
• Drops compatibility with PHP 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1.
• Improves translation handling for post types registration and indexation reset. Props to @alexclassroom.

1.18-RC7

Changes compared to 1.18-RC7:

Other:

• Improves translation handling for post types registration and indexation reset. Props to @alexclassroom. (#224)
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.3. (#214)

1.18-RC6

Changes compared to 1.18-RC6:

Bugfixes:

• Fixes some small bugs that could result in PHP notices/warnings/errors. #207

Other:

• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.4. #205

1.18-RC5

Changes compared to 1.18-RC4:

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the DB version for News SEO would not be updated correctly. #199

1.18-RC4

Changes compared to 1.18-RC3:

Enhancements:

• Adds a checkbox to use the AI staging API. #195

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the DB version for Local SEO would not be updated correctly. #198

Other:

• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.2. #196
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.3. #193

Non user facing:

• Removes filter_input and filter_var for PHP 8.1. #192
• Set the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.1. #188