Are content blocks the future? And, what’s the benefit for SEO?
In Yoast SEO 8.0 you’ve met with the Yoast SEO Gutenberg sidebar. Since the 8.1 release, you can see the snippet preview in action in this sidebar. These are our first step of integrating Yoast SEO with Gutenberg. But there is more to come. Shortly, we’ll also introduce a whole new concept: Yoast SEO content blocks. […]
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Ask Yoast: Workaround to create category page
It can be quite a search to find the perfect WordPress theme. One that has a design you like, is nice and fast, and has all the functionalities you need. So, imagine you’ve finally found a theme you like, that answers all your needs, only to realise you’re not happy with the way it generates […]
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How we designed Yoast SEO for Gutenberg
With the launch of Yoast SEO 8.0, we’re revealing our first real integration with Gutenberg. We’ve been working on this for a long time, and it hasn’t always been easy. Today, we’d like to take you behind the scenes of what it took to bring Yoast SEO to Gutenberg, why we took the approach we […]
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Yoast SEO 8.0: Introducing the Yoast SEO Gutenberg sidebar & a revamped meta box
Please welcome the Yoast SEO Gutenberg sidebar! Update to Yoast SEO 8.0 and you’ll see our first steps to the – Gutenberg – future. If you’ve activated the Gutenberg plugin you’ll find a brand new version of the Yoast SEO meta box, in the sidebar! Not on Gutenberg yet? We’ve got good news for you […]
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Yoast SEO 7.9.1: Dutch checks complete & improved keyword recognition
At Yoast we’re convinced readability is essential if you want to rank high and give users a pleasant experience on your website. That’s why we’re so happy we’re now capable of fully analyzing content in yet another language: Dutch! Plus, if you write in a language with diacritics, i.e. marks on a letter that indicate […]
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How to safely change themes on your WordPress site
Changing a WordPress theme can be a trivial task, but it requires careful steps if you have a big website and don’t want to take risks. Lucy Barret explains.
How to optimize WordPress after running a page speed test
If you’re serious about your WordPress website, you have run a page speed test at some point. There are many variations of these tests out there. Some more convenient and true to your target audience than others. But they all will give you a pretty decent idea of where you can still improve your site. […]
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Yoast SEO 7.9: Getting rid of bugs in the summer
Say hi to a brand new version of Yoast SEO! As it’s summertime, our hard-working developers went out on a collective bug hunt. Together with the community – we’re so happy to be part of – they’re giving their all to make our plugin work better for everyone using it. For instance, to make the […]
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How to minimize CPU usage in WordPress
We discuss seven tips do minimize CPU usage in Wordpress
Synonyms and keyword distribution in Yoast SEO Premium
In the latest version of Yoast SEO Premium, we’ve released a new feature: synonyms. In the next months, you can expect even more updates making our SEO analysis smarter and more advanced. These changes will help you to write awesome, engaging content that’ll rank in the search engines. In this post, I’ll explain to you […]
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Yoast SEO 7.8: Synonyms and keyword distribution
Semantics is hard. What does a certain word mean in a specific situation? Which ‘mars’ are you talking about? Have you ever tried to discover all definitions of ‘run’? In most cases, context is everything. You can help humans and machines understand a text better by adding context. This is one of the reasons Yoast […]
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Most common, yet troubling WordPress errors and their solutions
Pawan Sahu discusses the most common WordPress problems and solutions.
5 questions for Yoast’s community hero Taco
Five years ago, I met Taco Verdonschot for the first time. He applied for a job at Yoast. He brought a cake to his job interview. So smart! He was the first developer we ever hired and probably the worst one we had. And although Taco wasn’t much of a developer, I knew right from […]
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Yoast’s WordCamp Europe sale: Taco’s personal favorites
At the moment, members of team Yoast are enjoying WordCamp Europe in Belgrade, and we want to celebrate that awesome event together with all of you! Which is why we’re having a sale during WordCamp Europe: you can now save 10% on any Yoast product or Academy course! And there is even a 15% discount on […]
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Is WordPress a good choice for SEO?
Is open-source platform WordPress a good choice for accomplishing the SEO goals you’ve been trying to achieve?
Using Gutenberg as an editor: does it make my life easier?
Being part of the blog team at Yoast I spend much time writing, correcting and editing content in the editor. Of course, I’ve heard about Gutenberg (it’s quite the thing here at Yoast) and glanced over it, but I didn’t take the time to do much with it myself. When the Gut Guys asked me […]
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Media / attachment URL: what to do with them?
In our major Yoast SEO 7.0 update, there was a bug concerning attachment URL’s. We quickly resolved the bug, but some people have suffered anyhow (because they updated before our patch). This post serves both as a warning and an apology. We want to ask all of you to check whether your settings for the […]
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Monthly conference update: Where were we in April?
Again it was a month packed with great conferences we were lucky enough to attend. Some Yoasters – of course – went to WordCamps like Torino, London and Vienna. In addition to that, others went to Playgrounds blend, React and TYPO3 UX. To top it off, I was given the opportunity to do a digital […]
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GDPR: ensuring your website is secure
In the run up to the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), new data shows that 86.5% of WordPress websites in the UK are vulnerable to known hackable exploits.
How to select the best caching solution for WordPress
There is no denying that the existence of an appropriate website is justified primarily by its loading speed: the faster, the better. … read more