Release notes

Everything new across Yoast, month by month. For the story behind bigger releases, read our release posts. For every fix and technical detail, see the Yoast changelogs.

Last updated: November 9, 2026

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October 2026

(Yoast SEO) Update titles and descriptions from your AI tools: Use your AI tools to update a post’s SEO title, meta description, and the previews people see when it’s shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, or X. Learn more

(Yoast SEO) Manage site features from your AI tools: Use your AI tools to turn llms.txt, XML sitemaps, social sharing data, and schema features on or off, and to update how your site is represented in search. Learn more

(Yoast SEO) Clearer labels in your schema map: Your schema map now labels the type of content in each entry, using the Schema Feeds format. Learn more

(Yoast SEO) Yearly code cleanup: Build themes or plugins on Yoast SEO? Check the list of removed code before you update. Learn more

(Yoast WooCommerce SEO and Yoast SEO AI+) Generate image alt text with AI: Generate alt text for your product images from your product data and the photo itself, then review each suggestion before it goes live, one product at a time or across your catalog in the Bulk Editor. Learn more

(Yoast SEO AI+ for Shopify) A new plan for Shopify stores: Get everything in Yoast SEO for Shopify, plus Yoast AI Brand Insights, so you can see how ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity describe your brand. Learn more

September 2026

(Yoast SEO) Fix technical SEO from your AI tools: Use AI tools such as Claude or Cursor to review a post’s SEO settings and fix them, including canonical URLs, robots settings, and schema type, without logging in to WordPress. Learn more

(Yoast SEO) Find weak metadata faster: Filter the Bulk Editor to show only posts with a missing or weak SEO title, meta description, or social description, then select them all in one click. Learn more

(Yoast SEO) Open the Bulk Editor from your posts list: Select posts, pages, or products in WordPress, choose Bulk edit, and your selection opens in the Bulk Editor, ready to work on. Learn more

(Yoast SEO Premium) Know which AI drafts to double-check: After you draft metadata in bulk with AI, the Bulk Editor flags posts that had little content to work from, so you know which suggestions need a second look. Learn more

(Yoast WooCommerce SEO) Faster schema for product variations: If you sell products in different sizes or colors, their schema now loads faster, and each variation’s price follows your VAT settings. Learn more

(Yoast SEO for Shopify) See your setup status: Check at a glance whether your schema and breadcrumbs are set up correctly.

August 2026

(Yoast SEO) All your structured data in one file: Schema Aggregation now publishes a schemamap.xml file on your site, giving search engines and AI tools one place to find the structured data that describes your content. Learn more

(Yoast SEO) Faster sitemaps on bigger sites: Yoast SEO now gathers the data for your XML sitemaps in batches instead of one item at a time. Your sitemaps, the lists that help search engines find your pages, are ready sooner when search engines ask for them. Learn more

(Yoast SEO) Ready for WordPress 7.1: Yoast SEO is now tested up to WordPress 7.1 and needs WordPress 6.9 or later. Learn more

July 2026

(Yoast SEO) A redesigned Bulk Editor: Update titles, meta descriptions, and focus keyphrases across your whole site in one place, with filters and a separate view for posts, pages, and products. Learn more

(Yoast SEO Premium) Draft metadata in bulk with AI: Select the posts that need titles or descriptions, draft them with AI, and approve each one before anything saves. Learn more

(Yoast WooCommerce SEO and Yoast SEO AI+) Draft product metadata with AI: Use AI to draft titles and descriptions for your products and product categories in the Bulk Editor. Learn more

(Yoast SEO) Works with Elementor’s atomic editor: If you build pages in Elementor’s new atomic editor, your SEO and readability assessments now work there too, including keyphrase highlighting. Learn more