The flaw could have left users of Yoast SEO open to hackers and was discovered by a security consultant.

[3] Yoast SEO can trace its origins to 2005, when Joost de Valk launched a website named "joostdevalk.nl".

[13] In September 2024, Yoast added AI features that will automatically improve sites SEO performance.

[14] Michael David, the author of WordPress Search Engine Optimization (2015) book, referred to it as "the granddaddy of all SEO plugins".

[15] Brian Santo, editor of EE Times, uses Yoast for estimating the ranking of articles on Google by using analysis results (e.g. keyphrase, keyword density, links, readability), but criticizes the negative effects SEO has had on journalism and suggests Google use more human or artificial intelligence to improve search.