Yoast SEO 14.5

Does Yoast SEO work with WordPress 5.4.2 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Looks good! No problems were detected.
Performance

Memory usage: 1.54 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.331 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version5.4.2
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 5,000,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/
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Pages 21

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wordpress-seo%2Fwp-seo.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=856c70e1d0
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 6.729 s
Memory usage 5.95 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO

Page screenshot: SEO
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_dashboard
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.693 s
Memory usage 5.33 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Features

Page screenshot: SEO  → Features
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_dashboard
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.404 s
Memory usage 5.03 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Webmaster Tools

Page screenshot: SEO  → Webmaster Tools
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_dashboard
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.390 s
Memory usage 5.03 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Search Appearance

Page screenshot: SEO  → Search Appearance
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.420 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Search Appearance → Content Types

Page screenshot: SEO  → Search Appearance → Content Types
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.157 s
Memory usage 5.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Search Appearance → Media

Page screenshot: SEO  → Search Appearance → Media
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.248 s
Memory usage 5.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Search Appearance → Taxonomies

Page screenshot: SEO  → Search Appearance → Taxonomies
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.038 s
Memory usage 5.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Search Appearance → Archives

Page screenshot: SEO  → Search Appearance → Archives
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.271 s
Memory usage 5.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Search Appearance → Breadcrumbs

Page screenshot: SEO  → Search Appearance → Breadcrumbs
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.018 s
Memory usage 5.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Search Appearance → RSS

Page screenshot: SEO  → Search Appearance → RSS
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.257 s
Memory usage 5.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Social

Page screenshot: SEO  → Social
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_social
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.354 s
Memory usage 5.14 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Social → Facebook

Page screenshot: SEO  → Social → Facebook
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_social
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.316 s
Memory usage 5.03 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Social → Twitter

Page screenshot: SEO  → Social → Twitter
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_social
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.429 s
Memory usage 5.03 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Social → Pinterest

Page screenshot: SEO  → Social → Pinterest
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_social
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.354 s
Memory usage 5.03 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Tools

Page screenshot: SEO  → Tools
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_tools
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.459 s
Memory usage 5.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Premium

Page screenshot: SEO  → Premium
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_licenses
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.289 s
Memory usage 5.17 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site - Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site - Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.277 s
Memory usage 4.64 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.486 s
Memory usage 5.13 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.223 s
Memory usage 7.8 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 3.309 s
Memory usage 7.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.329 s0.949 s+0.620 s3.64 MiB5.13 MiB+ 1.5 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.228 s0.337 s+0.109 s3.67 MiB5.41 MiB+ 1.74 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.213 s2.282 s+1.069 s5.43 MiB7.87 MiB+ 2.44 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.686 s0.562 s-0.124 s3.5 MiB4.85 MiB+ 1.35 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.173 s0.193 s+0.020 s3.58 MiB4.84 MiB+ 1.26 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.215 s0.219 s+0.004 s3.48 MiB4.83 MiB+ 1.35 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.169 s0.241 s+0.072 s3.58 MiB4.89 MiB+ 1.3 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.052 s2.796 s+1.744 s5.42 MiB7.59 MiB+ 2.18 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.244 s0.469 s+0.225 s3.48 MiB4.84 MiB+ 1.35 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.228 s0.232 s+0.004 s3.59 MiB4.88 MiB+ 1.29 MiB
/0.343 s0.237 s-0.106 s3.43 MiB4.58 MiB+ 1.15 MiB
Average 0.444 s0.774 s+0.331 s3.89 MiB5.43 MiB+ 1.54 MiB

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 6

Options wp_options 5

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "wpseo-dashboard-overview": {
            "title": "Yoast SEO Posts Overview",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "post": {
        "wpseo_meta": {
            "title": "Yoast SEO",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "wpseo_meta": {
            "title": "Yoast SEO",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

Roles 2

ID Name
wpseo_managerSEO Manager
wpseo_editorSEO Editor

Capabilities 4

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Yoast SEO Admin Menus and More