== Changelog ==

Yoast SEO 21.9​

January 23, 2024
We've just released Yoast SEO 21.9. This release comes with many behind-the-scenes improvements and general enhancements. Find out more about what's new in Yoast SEO 21.9 in our release post!

Enhancements​

• Adds a filter to add images to the front page in sitemaps.
• Adds a filter to allow adding images to terms in sitemaps.
• Clears rewrite rules only for the strip category base option.
• Removes the clearing of rewrite rules on every option update.
• Replaces the sitemap rewrite rules mechanism, props to felixarntz.

Bugfixes​

• Fixes a bug where a post would be saved when trying to dismiss a notification while editing.
• Fixes a bug where editing a product would either crash or be slow when there is a high number of registered attributes.
• Fixes a bug where the Yoast plugin icon in the block editor would not have any horizontal spacing anymore when rendered in "compact" mode.

Other​

• Be explicit about required PHP extensions.
• Improves PHP 8.2 compatibility.
• Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.3.