Joost de Valk
@joostdevalk on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: July 19th, 2007
- Location: Wijchen, The Netherlands
- Website: yoast.com
- GitHub: jdevalk
- Job Title: Founder & Chief Product Officer
- Employer: Yoast
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Posted a reply to Error on upgrade to 14.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah you just answered that, thanks.3 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Error on upgrade to 14.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm stumped, honestly. Can I ask where these sites are hosted?3 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Error on upgrade to 14.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What we can see is that InfiniteWP seems to use FTP to update the plugin.…4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Error on upgrade to 14.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@adrian2k7 do you see the error on those sites yourself? And it doesn't show on…4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Error on upgrade to 14.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> Are you saying you think the install failed? Yes. That's what I'm thinking. If…4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Error on upgrade to 14.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What could happen (although it’s very weird if that happens on more sites), is that…4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Error on upgrade to 14.0.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @kleatus sorry to hear you're having issues! Luckily, this isn't happening on every site,…4 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Rest API broken in 14.0.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @isdoo Sorry to hear you're having issues! Which specific call were you trying to…8 hours ago
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Posted a reply to primary category back in breadcrumbs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We've fixed this in the upcoming 14.0.2 release :)9 hours ago
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Posted a reply to 14.0.1 Fatal Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved.9 hours ago
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Posted a reply to 14.0.1 Fatal Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@scottdaylight unrelated to the above, but we've seen that too and have fixed it. 14.0.2…9 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Website error after 14.0 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Polylang is working hard on an update, I’d suggest waiting till they’ve updated too.11 hours ago
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Posted a reply to “Click here to speed up” button takes forever…, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @scarpinoc Which version of Yoast SEO are you on?22 hours ago
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Posted a reply to 14/14.01 Update Breaks Website, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @tycreate Sorry to see you're having issues. We're just patching this issue, could you…22 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal Errors issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @robword, I think we've identified the fix for this problem. Could you maybe test…22 hours ago
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Posted a reply to Deprecated: wpseo_opengraph Update 14.0.1, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @loorlab, are you using the wpseo_opengraph filter in your code somewhere? Or are you…22 hours ago
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Posted a reply to WPSEO_Frontend_Primary_Category::post_link_category deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for testing everyone :)22 hours ago
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Posted a reply to 14.0.1 Fatal Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @riseofweb I think we've found the fix. If you have a test site, could…22 hours ago
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Posted a reply to WPSEO_Frontend_Primary_Category::post_link_category deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So that means removing these two lines: $primary_term = new WPSEO_Frontend_Primary_Category(); $primary_term->register_hooks();1 day ago
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Posted a reply to WPSEO_Frontend_Primary_Category::post_link_category deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, I think you can just remove those two lines and it'll all work as…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal Error after Yoast 14.0 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@rahulrathi looks like your update wasn't complete. I'd suggest deleting the plugin and reinstalling it.…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Update 14.0: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column ‘blog_id’ in ‘field list’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@uqamsav yours is another issue than the original issue, I'm sorry to say. Looks like…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to create database tables – after update to v14, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jeanlortye that might fix it for some if the update didn't work as it should…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Yoast SEO was unable to create the database tables required and as such will not, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@bernderk can you share which constants you're setting for the database connection? Of course please…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Yoast SEO was unable to create the database tables required and as such will not, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@bernderk which parameter is missing do you think? @albie2011 we'd love to get some error…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to V14 has broken my site (when Yoast is enabled), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Might have an idea what causes this. Will have a zip to test soon.1 day ago
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Posted a reply to V14 has broken my site (when Yoast is enabled), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mdeluk are you running a multilingual plugin by any chance?1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to create database tables – after update to v14, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi all, Thanks for your reports! I'm looking for some specifics on your database connection…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to V14 has broken my site (when Yoast is enabled), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @mdeluk, sorry for this! Do you have any errors showing in your error log…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Undefined Title In DB Indexing Wizard, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @gilesholder, thanks for the report. We've found the issue and are fixing this.1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal Error after latest update 14.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @makeupedia, we've identified the issue here, the fix for this is coming soon.1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Latest update causes breadcrumbs to make no sense., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could you disable that plugin and see if that fixes the output?1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Latest update causes breadcrumbs to make no sense., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is that plugin filtering?1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal errors in version 14 – Data too long for column breadcrumb_title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @hanswitteprins, thanks for this report and sorry for the inconvenience! What is in your…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Latest update causes breadcrumbs to make no sense., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @japenz, thanks for reporting, sorry for the inconvenience! We'll look into this quickly :)…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Yoast SEO was unable to create the database tables required and as such will not, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @albie2011 well we might never have tried to create tables yet. We did have…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to after update yoast 14, E_ERROR breadcrumbs.php line 107, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@adiemme nope, go ahead. Or just wait a bit, a patch is coming soon.1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal Error after Yoast 14.0 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @anupamasam, sorry to hear this. We're looking into what's causing this!1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Error message: Uncaught Error: Undefined constant ‘DB_CHARSET’ in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @spk100 Thanks for your report, we've found this issue already and a patch is…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal Error In Last Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @elevas33, sorry to hear this! What's the charset of your database?1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Unable to create database tables – after update to v14, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You hit that button and the error is still there?1 day ago
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Posted a reply to SEO optimization stopped and Admin panel is offline, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@marciotky yeah you can try again, if that doesn't work again, you can follow the…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to after update yoast 14, E_ERROR breadcrumbs.php line 107, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome, thx @thomascbs1 day ago
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Posted a reply to No index no follow meta, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is this one one specific page on your site? If so, the opposite of the…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to Font awesome icon not rendered in breadcrumbs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @lucavanon Thanks for the report! We'll look into this.1 day ago
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Posted a reply to SEO optimization stopped and Admin panel is offline, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @marciotky that's very unfortunate! Could you please: install & activate the Yoast Test Helper…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to after update yoast 14, E_ERROR breadcrumbs.php line 107, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok you can find a patched version here: https://yoast.com/app/uploads/wordpress-seo-14.0-breadcrumbs.zip1 day ago
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Posted a reply to How does it speed up the website?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please see our developer blog and read the related posts :)1 day ago
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Posted a reply to WPSEO_Frontend_Primary_Category::post_link_category deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey Arjen, We've deprecated it because we're moving to API Surfaces for all these APIs…1 day ago
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Posted a reply to after update yoast 14, E_ERROR breadcrumbs.php line 107, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for reporting this @thomascbs! We see what the cause of this error is. Not…1 day ago
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