- Released
- June 18, 2025
- Channel
- Stable
- Tested with WordPress
- 6.8
- Product
- WPML SEO
Changelog
YoastSEO
- Added support for translating term meta data using the WPML Translation Management Dashboard.
- Fixed an issue with the language in news sitemaps coming from the “WP SEO News” addon.
- Added alternative languages (hreflangs) to sitemaps.
- Implemented an improvement to check if a term is indexable before adding it to the sitemap.
- Refactored the way first links are listed in sitemaps to fix pagination bugs.
- Fixed the WooCommerce shop page URL in the sitemap.
- Added support for sitemap caching which is not enabled by default, but Divi enables it.
- Improved overall performance by restricting home_url filters to sitemaps.
- Improved overall performance by removing an unnecessary flush of WPML’s convert-url cache in every request.
- Fixed an edge case issue with the breadcrumb title for categories after it is updated.
Rank Math SEO
- Implemented a fix that syncs primary category to translations.
- Added alternative languages (hreflangs) to sitemaps.
- Added the option to filter sitemaps by language in language-per-domain setups.
- Added the option to filter sitemaps by language in HTML sitemaps.
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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