On January 24, 2023, version 20.0 of WordPress plugin, Yoast SEO, finally rolled out.
What is Yoast SEO? the Yoast SEO plugin, once installed into your WordPress website, acts like a virtual assistant, which will help out by making your site more assessible to users and search engine crawlers by improving your content’s SEO and readability.
What’s new in this version of Yoast SEO?
- A “sleek, modern look and streamlined navigation,” according to the company
- Guidance on best practices for every feature, toggle, and setting, as well as actionable SEO recommendations for traffic growth.
- A simple search feature to help find your most important SEO settings.
- Granular SEO controls for every template and page type. Take control of how your site looks in search results and on social media.
- Controls for how Yoast SEO integrates with other plugins and software, and discover new integration opportunities.
- Advanced settings for managing crawling and indexing; from meta tags to structured data and beyond.
You can check out Yoast’s post on their newest version here.