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What does the redirect manager in Yoast SEO do?

30 November 2017 | 13 Comments Edwin Toonen

The redirect manager in Yoast SEO Premium is a real lifesaver. It’s a feature we at Yoast use many times a day. Once you used it for a while, you wonder how you ever lived without it. The redirect manager makes everyday website optimization and maintenance a piece of cake. It takes care of all …

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What does the redirect manager in Yoast SEO do?

An alternative approach to Gutenberg

There’s a lot of discussion in the WordPress world right now about a new editing experience that’s in the making. It’s called Gutenberg. While some of that discussion is technical, every user that uses WordPress regularly should be aware of what’s coming. At Yoast, we are quite excited about the concept of Gutenberg. We think …

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An alternative approach to Gutenberg

How to improve WordPress search

28 September 2017 | 17 Comments Jimmy Comack

The default WordPress search functionality is certainly lacking in areas. Although changes were made in 2013 to improve it, there are still a few areas where WordPress could use some help. It is, however, relatively easy to improve WordPress search by adding a few pieces of code. Here, I’ll list some of the methods you could …

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5 questions: Alain Schlesser – WordPress Core Contributor

15 September 2017 | 2 Comments Edwin Toonen

Alain Schlesser – aka Schlessera – is a prolific WordPress Core Contributor and he is on a mission: “I want to make WordPress future-proof enough to withstand the next few online revolutions without drowning in technical debt, and as a direct consequence, ensure the longevity of the community that’s surrounding it”. Yoast supports him in …

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Yoast SEO 5.2: Accessibility, compatibility and bug fixes

8 August 2017 | 16 Comments Willemien Hallebeek

Today we’re releasing Yoast SEO 5.2. In this brand new version you’ll find some feature enhancements, accessibility improvements and a couple of bug fixes. In addition to that, we’ve laid some groundwork that will help us make Yoast SEO work well with the plugins our users use most. Read about all the improvements here! Accessibility Web accessibility …

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Yoast SEO 5.2: Accessibility, compatibility and bug fixes


Yoast SEO 4.5: update your PHP version

This is a rather special release, as it’s a project that’s close to my heart. It’s not a full-featured release, however, it is just necessary as a regular release. In Yoast SEO 4.5, we are urging site owners whose sites run on servers with an outdated version of PHP to update to a more recent …

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Yoast SEO 4.5: update your PHP version

WordPress archive pages: the tutorial

3 March 2017 | 9 Comments Jimmy Comack

Once your website starts growing and you continue writing blog posts, you’ll eventually end up with archive pages. These archive pages can be based on taxonomies, categories, custom post types and even dates. WordPress has built-in support for these archive pages, however there are some small drawbacks. In this post, I’ll explain to you how …

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WordPress archive pages: the tutorial