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Yoast SEO Premium

by Yoastv28.5Unlimited sites

Yoast SEO Premium is a WordPress plugin from Yoast that guides you through on-page search optimization as you write.

Product facts

Version
28.5
Released
15 September 2026
Type
Plugin
Licence
GPL
Included in
Every plan, or $47.99 on its own

Overview

Search optimization involves a lot of small, repetitive jobs: writing titles and meta descriptions, choosing keywords, linking related posts and fixing pages that have moved. Yoast SEO Premium brings these tasks into the WordPress editor so you can handle them while you write. It gives real-time recommendations for your content, and many of them can be applied with one click.

The plugin also looks after the technical side. The redirect manager sends visitors from old or renamed pages to the right place, which helps avoid dead links and 404 errors. You can optimize a page for up to five keyword variants, preview how it will look on Facebook and Twitter/X, and switch on protection that keeps AI bots from scraping your content. It suits blogs, business sites and developer projects alike.

Features

  • AI-assisted content suggestions: Get real-time recommendations while you write to fine-tune your content for search engines and readers, with easy one-click updates for many of the changes.
  • AI-generated titles and descriptions: Create SEO titles and meta descriptions automatically, written for both search engines and social media platforms, so you start from a solid draft instead of a blank field.
  • Multiple keyword synonyms: Optimize a page for up to five keyword variants and receive a separate SEO analysis for each one, which widens the range of terms your content can cover.
  • Internal linking suggestions: See suggestions for where to add internal links as you write, which helps you build a clearer site structure without searching through old posts by hand.
  • Automatic redirect manager: Redirect old or renamed pages to their new locations so visitors do not land on dead links or 404 errors, and your existing pages keep their place.
  • Social media preview tool: Preview how a page will appear on Facebook and Twitter/X before you publish, so you can adjust the snippet that people see when the link is shared.
  • Content protection from AI bots: Use a simple toggle to protect your content from unauthorized scraping and use by AI bots, keeping control over how your writing is used.

Best for

  • Bloggers who want guided on-page SEO while writing
  • Business owners managing a WordPress site's search presence
  • Developers building WordPress sites for clients

Changelog

Version 28.5 — 15 September 2026

  • Fixed Fixes a bug where the editor was unresponsive when WooCommerce's experimental block-based email editor was enabled.
  • Fixed Fixes a bug where the SEO data optimization looped endlessly when the prominent words indexation script failed to initialize.
  • Fixed Fixes a bug where all prominent words were saved instead of the configured per-indexable limit.
  • Improved Bumps the minimum required version of Yoast SEO to 28.5.

FAQ

Is Yoast SEO Premium free?

The code of Yoast SEO Premium is licensed under the GPL, so anyone may use, change and share it. Buy GPL is a paid service: a plan or a purchase of Yoast SEO Premium gives you the download and its updates. The developer's own support, licence key and online services are not included.

Which version of Yoast SEO Premium is this?

Version 28.5, released 15 September 2026. New versions appear here when the developer publishes them.

How do I update Yoast SEO Premium?

Install Buy GPL Updater on your site and paste your key from My Account. It installs new versions of Yoast SEO Premium for you.