11.9-RC4

Changes compared to 11.9-RC3:

• Sets WC tested up to version to 3.7.

11.9-RC3

Changes compared to 11.9-RC2:

• Fixes a bug where some translations would be missing in the metabox, sidebar, configuration wizard and the help center.

Non-user-facing:

• Fixes a bug where buttons in notifications would be broken.

11.9-RC2

Changes compared to 11.9-RC1:

• Changes the shortlinker's days_active from >30 to 30plus to avoid output escaping trouble. #13349
• Adds aria and data attributes to the filters we use for wp_kses_post. This is to support WordPress < 5.1. This affects only the tab content of the React tabs (SEO & Readability) and the collapsible sections, since this is where we currently apply the filters before using wp_kses_post. #13345

11.8

= 11.8.0 =
Release Date: August 6th, 2019

Release history tells us that the releases in the months of July and August are usually very quiet and not 'that notable'. Due to vacations from team members, the focus is usually on fixing bugs and cleaning up. Not for Yoast SEO 11.8! This new release gives us an enhanced metabox, bug fixes and the help of contributors from outside the company! Find out all about Yoast SEO 11.8 in our 11.8 release post!

Enhancements:

• Moves advanced SEO settings to a collapsible in the SEO tab.
• Social settings tab in the metabox now contains collapsibles instead of tabs.
• Adds style for padding to the metabox menu to avoid it being overwritten by custom editor styles. Props to @emilyatmobtown.
• Improves sanitization of the schema output.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the WP_Query::get_posts() method would be called multiple times when the query includes several taxonomy terms, resulting in different results. Props to @Chouby.
• Fixes a bug where the checkbox in the customizer about showing the blog page in the breadcrumbs would do exactly the opposite of what it promised. Props to @garrett-eclipse.
• Fixes a bug where the snippet title and meta description fields would still be left-to-right when the site was set to a right-to-left language.

11.9-RC1

= 11.9.0 =
Release Date: August 20th, 2019

Find out all about Yoast SEO 11.9 in our 11.9 release post!

Enhancements:

• Improves security by adding output escaping.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the image from the configuration wizard notification was missing an empty alt attribute.
• Fixes a bug where the snippet preview would overwrite the Gutenberg modal overlay color.

11.8-RC8

• [not-userfacing] Makes the inner width of the search appearance's papers are 600px, as before.

11.8-RC6

Changes compared to 11.8-RC5:
Nothing, except that this tag is based on the release branch instead of trunk 🙃.

11.8-RC5

Changes compared to 11.8-RC2:

• Introduces the feature flag YOAST_SEO_EXPERIMENTAL_PHP56 to prevent loading the code from the src folder.

11.8-RC2

Changes compared to 11.8-RC1:

• Fixes a bug where the snippet title and meta description fields would still be left-to-right when the site was set to a right-to-left language.

11.7

= 11.7.0 =
Release Date: July 23rd, 2019

By now you probably know the 11.x releases of Yoast SEO are all about Schema. In this release, we’ve enabled the possibility to use a subset of HTML tags in the FAQ and HowTo blocks! Find out all about Yoast SEO 11.7 in our 11.7 release post!

Enhancements:

• Allows a subset of HTML tags in FAQ answer, HowTo description and HowToStep description schema output: <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>, <br>, <ol>, <ul>, <li>, <a>, <p>, <b>, <strong>, <i>, <em>, and their closing counterparts.
• Remove the noindex from feeds as this causes issues for podcasts and other feeds.
• Improves the accessibility of the horizontal tabs in the metabox by implementing an ARIA tabbed user interface.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where the avatar in the knowledge graph settings would incorrectly overwrite the default user profile picture.