YYoast SEO: version, compatibility and updates

Yoast SEO is a WordPress plugin with 10+ million active installs. The current version on WordPress.org is 28.8, last updated on 27 October 2026.

Facts from WordPress.org

Does Yoast SEO work with WordPress 7.2?

Yoast SEO says it was tested up to WordPress 7.1.4. It does not yet say it has been tested with WordPress 7.2. See the full WordPress 7.2 compatibility list.

What the plugin says about itself

Real-time SEO guidance, schema, and AI built in. Help search engines and AI systems understand your content. All AI tools included, no hidden fees. Yoast SEO: the #1 WordPress SEO plugin Since 2008, Yoast SEO has helped site owners get their content found. More than 10 million websites now run it, from small local businesses to some of the most visited sites on the web. Our mission is SEO for everyone. You should not need a specialist, a big budget, or a technical background to give your content a fair chance of being discovered. Yoast SEO gives you everything you need to manage your on-site SEO. The Yoast SEO Premium plugin and its extensions unlock more advanced and AI-powered tools. Ready for search, and ready for AI People no longer only type queries into Google. They ask AI assistants, and those answers are built from content the AI has crawled, understood, and trusted. Yoast SEO he…

Newest changelog entry

28.8 Release date: 27 October 2026 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 .

Recent releases

Days are when each version's tag was created in WordPress.org's code repository.

Questions