WordPress 5.3 has a bug where the timezone set in PHP is taken into account when creating permalinks. Since this bug can cause canonical URLs with dates to point to a nonexistent page, we’re sending out this patch where TSF sets the timezone to flat UTC for its front-end generation.

The proper fix in WordPress 5.3.1 is due in about three weeks from now, after which we’ll consider reverting these changes.

Google Search has a new bug in their parser, which causes pages to be deindexed unintentionally when a specific combination of robots-settings are used. To work around this bug, we changed how the recently introduced copyright directive settings work.

We also fixed three bugs and added minor improvements.

To accommodate the amended copyright laws in France, we added new site-wide options for new robots directives. We also fixed a few bugs and added various improvements.

Even though we churned 40% of the code, we only confirmed two bugs in that update. This minor update addresses those bugs.

We completely refactored the plugin without losing features. This is the fastest full-featured SEO plugin for WordPress… by far.
You can now use quick & bulk editing options. They blend perfectly into the interface of WordPress.
Now, there are more term options, including redirects and canonical URLs.
Want to enable indexing for just one page? Now you can, with qubit robots options.
The SEO Bar is completely rewritten. It now lists the issues found.
The sitemap is also new. It lists your pages more intelligently, making it easier for search engines to find your latest updates.
There’s a new and improved API for all the JavaScript, SEO Bar, sitemaps, tooltips, term-and post meta, must we go on?
The character and pixel guidelines can now change depending on your site language.
Full keyboard navigation support is now possible for tooltips. The tooltips now also adjust their size intelligently, so they won’t ever fall out of your browser window.
…and more than 1000 other noteworthy changes, found in the detailed log.