Includes every change in Yoast SEO core 12.1. See the core changelog.
Fixes a bug where custom replacement variables would not be replaced in some implementations.
Enhancements: Adds a filter wpseo_exclude_from_sitemap_by_term_ids that allows excluding a term from the XML sitemap. Adds a filter wpseo_xml_sitemap_include_images that allows excluding images from the XML sitemap. Adds a maximum width to the metabox, props to @justemoilouise. Adds support for the assessment that checks whether multiple sentences begin with the same word for Portuguese, props to amesdigital. Improves the wording in the configuration wizard notification, props to @emilyatmobtown. Improves user input validation for URLs. Improves the sentence length assessment for Portuguese by increasing the recommended sentence length limit, props to amesdigital. Updates the document title with a message to communicate form submission errors have occurred. Bugfixes: Fixes a bug where a 404 error would be shown for the second sitemap (and up) of the author sitemaps in case of multiple author sitemaps.
