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Yoast SEO 28.2 Released

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What’s new in Yoast SEO 28.2

Released: 2026-08-04

Active installations: 10,000,000

Tested up to WordPress 7.0.2

Requires PHP 7.4

Fixes a bug where the overall SEO score was lowered when the focus keyphrase did not consist of function words only. Props to @faisalahammad.
Fixes a bug where an uncaught fatal error was thrown in the post editor on sites using the OAuth connection to MyYoast, when the AUTH_KEY salt in wp-config.php was set to a non-string value.
Prevents Yoast SEO Abilities from being registered when indexables are disabled.

28.1

Redesigns the bulk editor page, which allows users to edit Metadata for multiple posts at once.