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Yoast installation manuals

Thank you for installing a Yoast plugin, app or add-on!

On this page, you can find step-by-step installation manuals for all Yoast products, both for WordPress and Shopify. You can also find a help article that solves common errors that can happen when you install a Yoast plugin or add-on.

• Yoast installation manuals
  • Yoast SEO and Yoast SEO Premium for WordPress
  • Yoast SEO for Shopify
  • Yoast SEO add-ons for WordPress
  • Common installation and update errors

Yoast SEO and Yoast SEO Premium for WordPress

If you want to install our free Yoast SEO plugin or upgrade to Yoast SEO Premium for an even better SEO optimization experience, you can find our extensive step-by-step guides here.

How to install Yoast SEO for WordPress

Ready to start optimizing your SEO? Find a step-by-step guide on installing Yoast SEO for your WordPress site.

How to install Yoast SEO Premium for WordPress

Want to take your site’s SEO to the next level? Use this installation manual to get started immediately!

How to install Yoast SEO plugins for WordPress using Composer

Are you familiar with Composer? You can follow this installation manual to install Yoast products with Composer.

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Yoast SEO for Shopify

Yoast SEO is also available as an app for Shopify merchants. Click on the installation manual below to see what steps you need to take.

How to install Yoast SEO for Shopify

Want to optimize your online shop and start ranking higher? Follow the installation manual to install Yoast SEO for Shopify!

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Yoast SEO add-ons for WordPress

Want to elevate Yoast SEO or Yoast SEO Premium with our plugin add-ons? Find our installation manuals for WooCommerce, Local, News and Video below!

How to install Yoast WooCommerce SEO for WordPress

Ready to stand out with your products? Follow the steps to install Yoast WooCommerce SEO for WordPress.

How to install Yoast Local SEO for WordPress

Want to highlight your site in your local area? Install Yoast Local SEO to tailor your SEO to your region.

How to install Yoast News SEO for WordPress

Spread the news to more people! You can find a step-by-step manual on how to install Yoast News SEO for WordPress.

How to install Yoast Video SEO for WordPress

Capture more views for your site! On this page, you can find the installation manual for Yoast Video SEO for WordPress.

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Common installation and update errors

Do the steps in the installation manual not work? No worries: we’ll help you solve some errors that you may see during the installation process.

Common installation and update errors

Do you run into errors when you’re installing Yoast SEO products? In this article, you’ll find the solutions to your problems!

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How to install Yoast SEO for Shopify

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Table of contents

You see the “Something went wrong” error message

When you receive the message that something went wrong, there are several possible causes. Check below if these solutions fix the AI generator problems and errors.

You see the following error message

There are several other types of AI generator problems and errors. Try the solutions below to continue generating.

You have another problem

See below if the error or problem you have encountered has a solution.

How to refresh your connection

My problem or error is not in this list

The AI title & description generator is still in beta, which means that the feature is currently in a testing phase. As a result, it may still undergo some improvements or adjustments undergo before it becomes fully stable. While it’s available for use now, keep in mind that there may be occasional issues or changes as the developers refine the feature.

If you run into problems or errors that are not on this list, please contact our support team for assistance.

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How to download your Yoast SEO academy certificate

Once you’ve completed a course, you can download your certificate from the Yoast SEO academy. You can download this file in two different ways.

• 1. Download your certificate after completing the course
  When you have completed your course, you can immediately download your certificate. Click on ‘download certificate’ at the top of the page: this will take you to a page where you can print or save your certificate.

• 2. Download your certificate from the course overview
  You can also download the certificate by going to the Yoast SEO Academy My Courses homepage. Click on ‘View my certificate’ under any of the courses you’ve completed. You’ll see a separate page where you can download and print your certificate.

How to add your Yoast SEO academy certificate to your LinkedIn profile

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In this article, we’ll explore the most important reasons why some people opt to block unwanted bots from their site. Following that, we’ll show you how to block unwanted bots from your site using Yoast SEO.

Should you block bots from your site?

Blocking Google AdsBot

One of these bots crawling the web is called Google AdsBot. Google AdsBot is designed to assess the quality of landing pages to improve ad delivery to end-users. It evaluates the content on pages linked to ads, to make sure the content on those pages is relevant and of good quality.

So why would people want to block Google AdsBot? Well, for example, if they want to prevent the bot from consuming resources on their server, especially if they are not running Google Ads. Another reason could be to avoid potential security risks associated with bots accessing the site.

However, blocking Google AdsBot can have serious negative consequences if you are running Google Ads. It can negatively impact how Google assesses the quality of the landing pages for ads, which can, in turn, affect the performance of running Google Ads campaigns.

Blocking AI bots

Many of the other bots traveling the web are AI bots. These bots are pivotal in training content for AI models. They crawl sites, harvest data, and play a big role in training Large Language Models (LLMs) and the broader field of artificial intelligence (AI).

When deciding whether or not to block AI bots from your site, you need to consider a few things. On the one hand, blocking AI bots safeguards your unique content and enhances your data security. It can also save server resources, because AI bots can generate considerable server load when crawling and indexing pages.

But on the other hand, keeping these bots at bay might hide your site from some online searches and might hold back the growth of AI technologies. And, you should be careful: if you try to block certain unwanted bots, you might accidentally block the good ones.

Do you want to learn more about all this? Dive into our detailed article about the implications of (not) blocking AI bots.

How to block unwanted bots from your site

Yoast SEO has introduced a feature to make it simpler for users to block unwanted AI bots. Here’s how you can use Yoast SEO’s settings to prevent these AI bots from crawling your site.

If you’re using Yoast SEO free, you’ll only be able to block Google AdsBot from crawling your site. Yoast SEO Premium users also have the possibility to block Google Bard and Vertex AI bots, OpenAI GPTBot, an Common Crawl CCBot from your site.

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How does the Fera and Yoast SEO integration work?

When the Yoast and Fera apps are combined, Yoast acts as a bridge. It takes the ratings from Fera’s review app and translates them into a format that search engines can read, called structured data. The best part? This process is automatic once both apps are set up.

How to set it up

Verifying if the integration works

So, you’ve followed the steps above. Now, how can you find out if the Fera and Yoast SEO integration works? There are two ways to find out.

1. Source code check

View your website’s source code by right-clicking on the front end of your site, and then selecting “View Page Source”. In the source code, search for “AggregateRating”. This section confirms the integration.

2. Site search check

Use a search engine and type:

site:https://www.yourstore.com/products/product-name

Pick a product with a review. If the integration is successful, the product’s rating should be visible in the search results.

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In this article, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about this feature.

We’ve gone through the most frequently asked questions about the AI title & description generator in Yoast SEO. If you have any other questions about this feature, please contact our support team.

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You’ve reached the rate limit for today!
You have reached the Yoast AI rate limit. Please restrict the number of your requests.

This notification means that you’ve hit a usage limit we have set for the AI feature in Yoast SEO. Let’s dive into the details of these rate limits, so you understand why they are in place.

Why have we set rate limits?

These rate limits are there to make things fair and smooth for everyone, because they prevent any single user from overwhelming the system with an excessive number of requests. This helps maintain the quality and responsiveness of the AI title & description generator for all. So, while these limits might seem restrictive, they ultimately create a better experience for everyone.

Current rate limits

Currently, the following rate limits are configured for the AI feature in Yoast SEO. These limits are set per license or per user (IP-based) for each individual WordPress site. It’s important to note that for each of these limits, the restriction is based on whichever limit you hit first. Please be aware that these rate limits might change in the future.

Minutely rate limit

The first limit is a maximum of 10 requests per minute per user (IP-based) for each individual WordPress site. If you reach 10 suggestion requests per minute, further requests will be blocked for 5 minutes.

Hourly rate limit

The second limit is a maximum of 5 token requests per hour per user (IP-based) for each individual WordPress site. If you reach 5 token requests per hour, further requests will be blocked for one hour.

A token request is created every time you start using the Yoast AI feature in order to verify the user, site identity and rights to use the title & description generator. In some cases this token request can fail, and creating requests again leads to hitting the rate limit. If this happens, check the FAQ: AI title & description generator in Yoast SEO for solutions.

Daily rate limit

The third limit is a maximum of 100 requests per day per license for each individual WordPress site. If you reach 100 requests within a day, further requests will be blocked until the next day.

Monthly rate limit

The fourth limit is a maximum of 3000 requests per month per license for each individual WordPress site. If you reach 3000 requests within a month, further requests will be blocked until the next month starts.

How to prevent hitting a rate limit

To avoid hitting these limits, pay attention to how many requests you make to Yoast SEO’s AI feature. If you want to make requests for a lot of your posts, pages, products, categories and tags, don’t do them all together. Try to spread out your requests; do some now and do some later.

Do you have any other questions about the AI title & description generator? Then check out the FAQ: AI title & description generator in Yoast SEO.

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No more stressing over crafting the perfect titles and descriptions for your content, as this tool is here to do the heavy lifting for you! The feature helps you speed up your workflow, by generating high-quality suggestions for your titles and descriptions for your search and social appearance.

How can you benefit from generative AI in Yoast SEO?

Creating SEO-friendly titles and descriptions can be a hassle. It often takes a lot of time and requires you to really understand SEO best practices. This is now a problem of the past, because we’ve integrated generative AI into Yoast SEO.

The AI feature uses advanced generative AI to create engaging and creative SEO-optimized titles and meta descriptions. The feature uses one of OpenAI’s large language models, which is trained with massive amounts of data. It’s like having a personal SEO assistant who understands your content and provides you with optimal suggestions.

Where to find the AI title & description generator for posts, pages and products

With the AI feature, you can generate titles and descriptions for your search appearance, but also for your appearance on social media. Please note that you need to upgrade to the newest version of Yoast SEO Premium to use this feature for pages and posts. If you want to use the AI title & description generator for products, make sure that both Yoast SEO Premium and Yoast WooCommerce SEO are up-to-date.

You can find the feature when you go to “Posts”, “Pages” or “Products” and open the editor . Open the Yoast SEO sidebar in the top right corner or the Yoast SEO metabox and go to “Search appearance” or “Social media appearance”. Here, you’ll see a button called “Use AI” above the title and description fields.

How to use the AI title & description generator for posts, pages and products

Let’s take a look at how you can use the AI title & description generator in Yoast SEO for posts, pages and products.

Where to find the AI title & description generator for categories and tags?

If you want to customize your site’s appearance for the search engine and social media, check that you’ve upgraded to the newest version of Yoast SEO Premium.

You can navigate to the AI generator when you go to “Posts” in the WordPress sidebar. Here, click on “Categories” or “Tags”.

Click on any of the categories or tags and scroll down to the Yoast SEO metabox, Here, and open the “Search appearance” or “Social media appearance’. Here, you’ll see a button called “Use AI” above the title and description fields.

How to use the AI title & description generator for categories and tags

Let’s take a look at how you can use the AI title & description generator in Yoast SEO for categories and tags

1. Open one of the categories or tags
Click on any of the categories and tags to open the editor.

2. Click the “Use AI” button
If you want to use AI to generate an SEO title or meta description, open the Yoast SEO metabox and go to Search appearance or Social media appearance to locate the “Use AI” button there.

3. Approve the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Our AI features use external services, so check the button to approve the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy before you use the generator. You only need to approve once. Please be aware that granting consent will result in your data being transferred for the AI functionality.

4. Select and apply the option of your choice
Five options are generated for you. If you’re happy with the results, pick one and click the button called “Apply AI title” or “Apply AI description” in the bottom-right corner of the window. This will apply the title or description to your content automatically.

5. Not happy yet? Click “Generate 5 more” to get five new suggestions
If the options do not suit your needs, you can click on “Generate 5 more,” and you’ll receive five new suggestions to choose from. You can keep exploring until you find the perfect match for your content.

6. Finalize your title or description
We recommend that you edit the suggestions until they resonate with your content. You’re in full control, and with a little creativity, you’ll have captivating titles and meta descriptions that truly stand out.

Ready to get started?

To sum up, you can now use the AI title & description generator in Yoast SEO, which allows you to save a lot of time and effort. If you want more information about this tool, make sure to check out the FAQ: AI title & description generator in Yoast SEO. If you have specific questions about rate limits, check out the article Rate limits for the AI title & description generator in Yoast SEO.

Now, go ahead and start using the AI title & description generator yourself to take your SEO to a new level!

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What are breadcrumbs? Why are they important?

Breadcrumbs are a way to help your users better navigate your site and its structure. Additionally, they can appear on Google and provide a better user experience. If you want to know more about breadcrumbs please visit our: What are breadcrumbs and why are they important for SEO guide.

Did you know that to make it easy for users and search engines to navigate your site, you need more than breadcrumbs? Yoast SEO Premium comes with an internal linking feature, as well as workouts that can help make your content easy to find. These tools will help you keep your content structured, findable, and up-to-date.

What do the Yoast SEO breadcrumbs do?

The Yoast SEO breadcrumbs will output JSON-LD data in the source code. We have found this to be the most reliable method of implementing breadcrumbs for rich snippets.

How to use the Yoast breadcrumbs block to add breadcrumbs to single posts and pages

With Yoast SEO, it is possible to add breadcrumbs to single posts and pages. You can do that with the breadcrumbs block. All you need to do is add the block to the post or the page, and that’s it! Note that the breadcrumbs you add with the block are only visible on the individual page you added the block to. You will need to use the steps we mention below if you want to have site-wide breadcrumbs. To learn how to use the block, watch the video below.

What do the Yoast SEO breadcrumbs look like?

Once configured, Yoast will show the JSON-LD in the source code, like this:

"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
"@id": "https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/#breadcrumb",
"itemListElement": [
  {
    "@type": "ListItem",
    "position": 1,
    "item": {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://yoast.com/",
      "url": "https://yoast.com/",
      "name": "Home"
    }
  },
  {
    "@type": "ListItem",
    "position": 2,
    "item": {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/",
      "url": "https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/",
      "name": "WordPress plugins"
    }
  },
  {
    "@type": "ListItem",
    "position": 3,
    "item": {
      "@id": "https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/#webpage"
    }
  }
]

Eventually, Google will replace the link that appears above your blue SEO title with one that shows the breadcrumb pathway.

How do I implement Yoast SEO breadcrumbs site-wide?

The steps below are a temporary solution as manual edits made to theme files may be overwritten with future theme updates. Please contact the theme developer for a permanent solution.

We’ve written an article about the importance of breadcrumbs for SEO. To implement the breadcrumbs function in Yoast SEO, you will have to edit your theme. If you are not sure how to edit the theme files, your theme developer may be able to help. We recommend that prior to any editing of the theme files, a backup is taken. Your host provider can help you take a backup.

Copy the following code into your theme where you want the breadcrumbs to be. If you are not sure, you will need to experiment with placement:

<?php
if ( function_exists('yoast_breadcrumb') ) {
  yoast_breadcrumb( '<p id="breadcrumbs">','</p>' );
}
?>

NOTE: Depending on your theme you may or may not need to add in the beginning <php and ending ?> PHP tags. If you are not sure, your theme developer can help.

Common places where you could place your breadcrumbs are inside your single.php and/or page.php file just above the page’s title. Moreover, another option that makes it really easy in some themes is by just pasting the code in header.php at the very end.

In most non-WooTheme themes, this code snippet should not be added to your functions.php file. If you have trouble locating the correct place to add the code, please contact the theme developer for assistance.

How can I add breadcrumbs with a shortcode?

Yoast can output breadcrumbs with a shortcode on a site’s posts, pages, and taxonomies. If you are using the block editor, you will need to insert a shortcode block and add the following code:

[wpseo_breadcrumb]

If you are using the classic editor (or if the post type does not yet support the block editor) you will need to click on the Text editor and add in the shortcode (see image below).

This will output the breadcrumb pathway into that part of the page. The only way to remove the breadcrumb from the page is to delete the shortcode. It cannot be disabled in the SEO – Search Appearance – Breadcrumb section. If you use the breadcrumb shortcode you do not need to add the breadcrumb code snippet described here to your theme’s files.

Note that the shortcode works only on the page that has them, it is not a global solution. If you want to add breadcrumbs to all your post types efficiently, you will need to use that code snippet.

How do I enable and set up the Yoast breadcrumbs?

FAQ about Yoast SEO breadcrumbs

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But how do you convince Google your site is trustworthy? How do you demonstrate your site’s credibility and editorial integrity? That’s where the Site policies settings in Yoast SEO Premium come in. These settings allow you to explicitly identify your organization’s important policy pages, like your publishing principles, ethics policy, and diversity policy, in a way that search engines understand.

Publishing principles schema

By identifying your policy pages in the Site policies settings in Yoast SEO Premium, we automatically add the correct Schema.org publishingPrinciples structured data to your site. This makes sure search engines understand that these pages contain your publishing principles, and that your site adheres to good publishing practices and values transparency. Schema.org is a widely recognized vocabulary that search engines use to interpret and display information in search results.

Why should I use the Site policies settings?

When you use the Site policies settings in Yoast SEO Premium, you explicitly identify your policy pages, such as ethics or diversity policies. This shows search engines like Google that you’re serious about following good publishing practices. And, because of the importance of E-E-A-T, this might lead to higher rankings. Identifying your editorial principles is especially important for (news) publishers. By using the Site policies settings, you’re sending a clear message to search engines that you take your role as a reliable source of information seriously.

How to use the Site policies settings in Yoast SEO

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Understanding Google’s update for returns policies

Recently, Google made changes to how it handles product schema for describing returns policies. In a nutshell, you can now provide details about your returns policy, including supported countries, timing constraints, return fees, return methods, and more in your site’s Schema.org structured data code. When you add this info to your structured data, you make your merchant listing eligible to show these returns policy details in Google’s search results.

Rich results require certain fields to be filled out, such as the product name, while others, like the returns policy information, are optional. Leaving out optional fields won’t hurt your performance.

Why am I getting warnings?

As a result of this update, users who haven’t defined their returns policy in their schema (so, in your site’s structured data code) are receiving warnings from Google Search Console and Google’s Rich Results Test. If you rely on Yoast WooCommerce SEO or Yoast SEO for Shopify for your product schema, this is probably the case.

After careful consideration, we have decided not to support Google’s new returns policy schema at this time. This is mainly because WooCommerce and Shopify lack structured inputs for defining returns policies, and creating and managing an entire interface solely for this purpose would be resource-intensive for us.

What should I do?

So, what should you do when you receive a warning about missing returns policy information? Well, in most cases, you won’t need to do, change, or fix anything. Your product schema is valid. The schema that is missing (MerchantReturnPolicy) is optional, and leaving out optional schema won’t hurt your performance.

If you would like to request Yoast to support returns policy schema in Yoast WooCommerce SEO or Yoast SEO for Shopify, please reach out to our support team.

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Get the bundle by upgrading your product subscription to a Yoast Premium bundle in your my.yoast account. Upgrading to a bundle is simple, hassle-free, and easy. Your subscription duration is shortened automatically, but there are no additional costs.

In this article, we’ll first explain which bundles are available. Then, we’ll go into how to upgrade to a bundle step-by-step.

Which bundles are available?

The following bundles are available in the Yoast shop:

	Yoast Local Premium bundle Yoast SEO Premium + Yoast Local SEO
	Yoast WooCommerce Premium bundle Yoast SEO Premium + Yoast WooCommerce SEO
	Yoast Video Premium bundle Yoast SEO Premium + Yoast Video SEO
	Yoast News Premium bundle Yoast SEO + Premium + Yoast News SEO

Did you know that you can also get a Yoast plugin subscription? That means you get access to all Yoast SEO plugins for WordPress!

How to upgrade from one Yoast product to a bundle

Questions?

Do you have any questions about upgrading your subscription to a bundle subscription? Check out our FAQ page about subscription modifications.

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What does the text alignment check assess?

The text alignment check in Yoast SEO Premium’s readability analysis checks if you are using center-aligned text excessively in your content.

What’s center-aligned text?

What do we mean when we say center-aligned text? Alignment refers to the way text lines up. Let’s take a look at this image below. See those blue lines? These lines show the alignment of the three paragraphs in the image. If you choose to left-align your text, the blue line will be on the left side of the paragraph. But if you go for center-aligned text, the line will be placed in the middle of the paragraph. When your text is right-aligned, the line is at the right side of the paragraph.

What feedback will I get?

The check analyzes your content for blocks of text that are center-aligned and have more than 50 characters. It then provides a warning indicated by a red light. Additionally, it will provide a recommendation to change the alignment to left-aligned for LTR (left-to-right) languages or right-aligned for RTL (right-to-left) languages. Most languages use an LTR script. Examples of languages that use RTL script are Arabic and Hebrew.

You’ll also see an eye button next to the feedback. If you click this button, Yoast SEO Premium will highlight the text that is center-aligned, so you can easily spot which part of your content needs to be changed.

How to fix a red light for the text alignment check

Alright, so how do you fix your content if you see a red light for the alignment check? First, click the eye button next to the alignment check feedback to highlight the text that is center-aligned. Then, change your alignment from center-aligned to left-aligned (for LTR languages) or right-aligned (for RTL languages). Fixing alignment issues in your text will improve your content’s readability, accessibility, and user experience. Eventually, this may contribute to higher rankings!

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What does this mean for you?

Starting on May 2, 2023, we have soft-deprecated the Yoast SEO integration on Zapier. This means that existing Zaps using the Yoast SEO integration will continue to work only for users who have not updated to version 20.7 of Yoast SEO. If you update to version 20.7 or higher, your existing Zaps using the Yoast SEO integration will stop working.

What should you do?

So, what should you do if you want to continue using Yoast SEO and Zapier?

Check your Zaps

To see which of your Zaps use Yoast SEO, you can use this link. This will help you identify which Zaps will be affected by the integration’s end of support.

Switch to Webhooks by Zapier

To continue working with Yoast SEO in Zaps, we recommend configuring your API calls using Webhooks by Zapier. This will allow you to continue using Yoast SEO’s features in your Zaps. You can find Yoast SEO’s API documentation here.

Questions? Get in touch with support

If you have any questions or concerns about these changes, don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly at support@yoast.com. We’ll be happy to assist you with any issues you may encounter.

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Which problems occur if you don’t fix this:

• Your site won’t be up to date with the latest Google updates.
• You won’t have access to new features and updates.
• You can’t contact support for help.
• You’re more vulnerable to security issues.

How can you solve this problem?

Depending on your situation, there are 2 different ways to solve this.

1. Renew your subscriptions in your My.Yoast account

Follow these 5 steps to renew your subscription.

1. Log into your MyYoast account.
2. Go to “Account”.
3. Find the subscription you want to renew and click “Manage”. If you don’t see a subscription, it has expired too long ago and you need to buy a new one.
4. Renew your subscription by clicking “extend subscription with a year”.
5. Follow the steps in the checkout and complete your payment.

2. Buy a new product subscription

You can’t renew your subscription if it expired more than 30 days ago. In this case, you need to buy a new subscription. This also means that your subscription isn’t visible in your MyYoast account.

Or browse other Yoast products.

Could you use some extra help?

Please don’t hesitate to contact the Yoast support team if you have any questions. You can do so by sending the support team an email or through the support overview.

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Why should you switch?

The local pickup option in Yoast Local SEO is going to be deprecated soon. Therefore, if you’re using this feature, it’s important to transition to the new local pickup option in WooCommerce. This way, you’ll avoid any potential issues for your store.

What will change for you?

Switching to the local pickup option in WooCommerce means you have to switch from using the checkout shortcode to the WooCommerce Checkout block. This change can impact the appearance of your checkout page and there could be some technical considerations to keep in mind. So, before you dive into making any changes, make sure you know what you’re doing.

Just like the local pickup option in Yoast Local SEO, the local pickup option in WooCommerce allows you to set pickup locations and add a price for customers who choose local pickup. When it comes to Schema structured data, nothing will change when you switch to the WooCommerce option. Read more about it in the WooCommerce documentation or in this article on WooCommerce blocks.

How to switch to the local pickup option in WooCommerce

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Why should you verify your site on Mastodon?

You can verify yourself as the owner of the links in your profile metadata on Mastodon. Verifying your website on Mastodon lets others know that your Mastodon profile is officially linked to your website. This can help increase the credibility of your brand.

In addition, you can make sure search engines like Google recognize your Mastodon profile. When you fill in your Mastodon profile in the Yoast SEO Premium settings, the plugin will use this data to generate structured data code. This code helps search engines understand that this Mastodon profile belongs to your business, which means that if you have a knowledge panel, they may display your Mastodon profile in there as well.

How to verify your site on Mastodon with Yoast SEO Premium

Let’s take a look at the steps you need to take to verify your site on Mastodon with Yoast SEO.

Yoast SEO will also show that you’ve successfully added your Mastodon profile in the Mastodon integration box. You can find this box on the Integrations page in Yoast SEO (Yoast SEO > Integrations).

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