Yoast SEO (Free Activated) changelog

Release notes for every version we have on record, newest first.

Latest 28.8 · 27 Oct 2026 2 versions Since Oct 2026

2026 2 versions

28.8 Latest 27 Oct 2026 5 new4 fixed1 changed

New

New Yoast Abilities for AI agents, Schema Feeds support, and the groundwork for Yoast AI Generate for image alt text in Yoast WooCommerce SEO 17.0. Read the release post here.
Adds AI-powered image alt text generation for WooCommerce product images, including a dedicated Image alt text tab in the bulk editor for Yoast WooCommerce SEO.
Adds Yoast abilities that let agents turn site-wide features on and off: llms.txt, Open Graph data, Schema Aggregator, Schema Framework, X card data, and XML sitemaps.
Adds a Yoast ability that lets agents update Site representation settings.
Adds the sf:contentType element from NLWeb's Schema Feeds specification to the schema map.

Fixed

Fixes a bug where AI Optimize buttons were shown in the content analysis when AI features were turned off.
Fixes a bug where the AI features' free trial was treated as already started after the Yoast SEO settings were saved.
Fixes a bug where the bulk editor kept the SEO analysis active when the user had turned it off in their profile.
Fixes a bug where the time the schema aggregation endpoint was enabled was not recorded when the setting was saved from the Site features page.

Changed

28.7 13 Oct 2026 2 improved1 fixed

Improved

Allows agents to update titles and descriptions via the respective Yoast Ability.
For the changelog of earlier versions, please refer to the changelog on yoast.com.

Fixed

Yoast SEO 28.7 brings more enhancements and bugfixes. Find more information about our software releases and updates here.