- Released
- September 13, 2026
- Channel
- Stable
- Product
- WPML SEO
Changelog
This release fixes several issues affecting redirects, sitemaps and translated term data when you use WPML SEO alongside Yoast SEO or Rank Math.
Yoast SEO Premium redirects
- Regex redirects now work correctly on secondary-language pages when your site uses languages in directories.
- Saving a translated product category no longer creates a broken redirect loop on sites using a different domain per language.
- Yoast SEO Premium’s Redirects screen no longer rejects valid redirects for secondary-language content on sites using language directories.
Sitemaps
- The per-language sitemap list now appears on WPML → Settings → URLs and SEO for sites using a different domain per language.
Term meta and taxonomy translation
- Yoast SEO and Rank Math term meta fields, including category and taxonomy data, now stay correctly synced and indexed when you edit and translate terms.
- Yoast SEO term meta fields served from the translation are now locked in the secondary-language admin.
- Category slugs now translate correctly when Rank Math’s “Remove parent slugs” option is enabled.
Author archives and schema
- Author archive titles, descriptions and URLs are now translated correctly for each language.
- A per-post Schema page type or article type setting now survives translation on sites that cannot reach WPML’s online configuration.
Also in this release
- WPML SEO now follows WPML 5.0’s new way of switching languages, so every page keeps the language it was built in.
Update or download
The update is available to all WPML clients with an active subscription — it appears on the Plugins page in your WordPress admin within 24 hours of release. You can also check for it right away under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Commercial. To download and install manually, go to Downloads in your wpml.org account (see the installation instructions) and remember to update all components together without mixing versions.
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