Yoast SEO 15.2.1

Does Yoast SEO work with WordPress 5.5.3 and PHP 7.4.8? 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: 1.31 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.751 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version5.5.3
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
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 22

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=ef817facf8
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 8.445 s
Memory usage 4.36 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 0.945 s
Memory usage 4.14 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 0.508 s
Memory usage 3.86 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SEO → Integrations

Page screenshot: SEO  → Integrations
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_dashboard
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.732 s
Memory usage 3.86 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 0.643 s
Memory usage 3.86 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 1.259 s
Memory usage 3.96 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 1.151 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 1.181 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 1.178 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 1.072 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 1.224 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 1.002 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 0.530 s
Memory usage 3.9 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 0.668 s
Memory usage 3.85 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 0.496 s
Memory usage 3.85 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 0.450 s
Memory usage 3.85 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 0.486 s
Memory usage 3.86 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 0.643 s
Memory usage 3.93 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 0.288 s
Memory usage 3.64 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 0.770 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 5.113 s
Memory usage 6.56 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 3.356 s
Memory usage 6.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.535 s0.618 s+0.083 s2.75 MiB3.88 MiB+ 1.13 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.233 s0.339 s+0.106 s2.8 MiB4.11 MiB+ 1.31 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.592 s5.558 s+3.966 s4.55 MiB6.63 MiB+ 2.08 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.686 s0.625 s-0.061 s2.63 MiB3.75 MiB+ 1.12 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.186 s0.203 s+0.017 s2.64 MiB3.73 MiB+ 1.08 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.213 s0.214 s+0.001 s2.61 MiB3.72 MiB+ 1.12 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.181 s0.277 s+0.096 s2.64 MiB3.84 MiB+ 1.19 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.445 s5.260 s+3.815 s4.53 MiB6.52 MiB+ 1.98 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.413 s0.573 s+0.160 s2.61 MiB3.73 MiB+ 1.12 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.263 s0.363 s+0.100 s2.65 MiB3.83 MiB+ 1.18 MiB
/0.341 s0.320 s-0.021 s2.56 MiB3.64 MiB+ 1.08 MiB
Average 0.553 s1.305 s+0.751 s3 MiB4.31 MiB+ 1.31 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 5

Options wp_options 5

User Metadata wp_usermeta 1

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