Yoast WooCommerce SEO for WordPress v16.8

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Yoast WooCommerce SEO for WordPress v16.8
= 16.8
March 31, 2026

Enhancements​

• Updates the logic to determine which page @type to output in the schema for a Product page.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where screen reader text was rendered in the search appearance preview.

Other​

• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 7.0.
• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 27.3.
• Confirmed compatibility with PHP 8.5. Please report any issues you may still see.
• Modernizes how translations of the plugin work by removing the unneeded load_plugin_textdomain() calls.
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.8.

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Yoast WooCommerce SEO for WordPress v16.7
= 16.7
October 21, 2025

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 26.2.

Yoast WooCommerce SEO for WordPress v16.6
= Enhancements

• Adds a new condition to the image alt attributes assessment for when no content and/or image has been added.
• Aligns product variation priceSpecification with the simple product priceSpecification schema.
• Enhances variable products schema output by adding support for the variesBy property.
• Renames the image alt tags assessment to image alt attributes assessment.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a fatal error would be thrown in product pages when WooCommerce add-ons added schema but didn't account for the new WooCommerce schema structure, introduced in WooCommerce v9.5.0.
• Fixes a bug where a variable product without a product image would lead to a malformed schema output.
• Fixes a bug where product attributes would not be included in a product schema.
• Fixes a bug where simple products having a custom attribute with multiple values would still be rendered in the schema.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 25.9.
• Drops compatibility with PHP 7.2 and 7.3.
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.7.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.8.

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December 18, 2024
Enhancements
Adds support for the new priceSpecification schema type format introduced by WooCommerce 9.5.0.
Other
Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 24.1.
Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.7.

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• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.5.

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* add - Adds the ability to set a page as the designated return policy page, which gets added in the structured data graph.
* fix - Fixes a bug where `wp_get_attachment_image_src` gets called with a non-existing image id, thus returning `false` instead of an array.
* fix - Fixes a bug where the feedback for the _SKU_ assessment would not be translated when the SKU was missing.
* update - Sets the _WordPress tested up to_ version to 6.6.
* update - Sets the minimum required Yoast SEO version to 23.5.
* update - Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.4.

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Enhancements​

• Adds ProductGroup schema to be compatible with Product variant schema.

Other​

• Sets the minimum required Yoast SEO version to 22.0.
• Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.5.

16.1.1​

February 23, 2024

Other​

• Prevents future update problems for Woo marketplace subscribers who have purchased Yoast WooCommerce SEO from Yoast.com.

16.1​

February 6, 2024

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where, if a product page had a previously selected page type, that page type would be added in the schema together with WebPage and ItemPage.
• Fixes a bug where Twitter fallback image would be used, even when not applicable.

Other​

• Includes various code improvements.
• Sets the minimum required Yoast SEO version to 22.0.
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.3.

== Changelog ==

v16.0 - Updated December 12, 2023

The last release of WooCommerce SEO received generative AI support for product titles and meta descriptions. In WooCommerce SEO 16.0, we added another great feature: easy import and export of global identifier values like GTIN8 and UPC. Check out this great timesaver! Find out more about what's new in Yoast WooCommerce SEO 16.0 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds support for global identifier values (GTIN8, GTIN12 / UPC, GTIN13 / EAN, GTIN14 / ITF-14, ISBN, MPN) into the Import/Export feature of the WooCommerce Product.

Other​

• Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 21.7.
• Adds checks to ensure that the plugin has no known incompatibilities with PHP 8.3.
• Improves the discoverability of the security policy.