Update 14.0 – Site completely broken

Same here, upgraded to 14.0 and it completely broke the site, had to disable it as it leads to a critical error on some post types and broken directory information on others.

uninstall / reinstall

The same error here just after update… I found this error on the error log:

[28-Apr-2020 16:21:37 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[22007]: Invalid datetime format: 1366 Incorrect string value: ‘\xF0\x9F\x8E\x82 L…’ for column ‘description’ at row 1 in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php:464
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php(464): PDOStatement->execute()
#1 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php(1983): YoastSEO_Vendor\ORM::_execute(‘INSERT INTO `wp…’, Array, ‘default’)
#2 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/src/orm/yoast-model.php(662): YoastSEO_Vendor\ORM->save()
#3 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/src/models/indexable.php(160): Yoast\WP\SEO\ORM\Yoast_Model->save()
#4 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/src/builders/indexable-builder.php(273): Yoast\WP\SEO\Models\Indexable->save()
#5 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/src/builders/inde in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php on line 464

@koepi Yoast 14.0.1 was just released. Please see if this hotfix solves your issues. If not, please provide additional details of the problem, like errors from your PHP error log and/or steps to reproduce the issue.

Hi djennez!

And the premium version? How can i update it?

Same error with 14.0.1…

[28-Apr-2020 17:13:45 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[22007]: Invalid datetime format: 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xF0\x9F\x8E\x82 L...' for column 'description' at row 1 in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php:464
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php(464): PDOStatement->execute()
#1 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php(1983): YoastSEO_Vendor\ORM::_execute('INSERT INTO 

wp…’, Array, ‘default’)
#2 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/src/orm/yoast-model.php(662): YoastSEO_Vendor\ORM->save()
#3 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/src/models/indexable.php(160): Yoast\WP\SEO\ORM\Yoast_Model->save()
#4 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/src/builders/indexable-builder.php(276): Yoast\WP\SEO\Models\Indexable->save()
#5 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/src/builders/inde in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php on line 464`

Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Incorrect string value: ‘\xF0\x9F\x98\x9D\xF0\x9F…’ for column ‘description’ at row 1 in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/polyfills/pdo/pdo-mysqli-statement-polyfill.php:163
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php(464): Yoast\WP\Polyfills\PDO\PDO_MySQLi_Statement_Polyfill->execute()
#1 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/vendor_prefixed/j4mie/idiorm/idiorm.php(1983): YoastSEO_Vendor\ORM::_execute(‘INSERT INTO `wp…’, Array, ‘default’)
#2 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/orm/yoast-model.php(662): YoastSEO_Vendor\ORM->save()
#3 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/models/indexable.php(160): Yoast\WP\SEO\ORM\Yoast_Model->save()
#4 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/builders/indexable-builder.php(276): Yoast\WP\SEO\Models\Indexable->save()
#5 /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/src/builders/indexable-builder.php(173): Yoast\WP\SEO\Builders\Indexa in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/polyfills/pdo/pdo-mysqli-statement-polyfill.php on line 163

@koepi @panditacjp @harrisonqi If you update to the most current version of Yoast SEO version 14.0.4, does this resolve the issue?

@arigada If you have purchased SEO Premium you would need to contact us directly at [email protected] for assistance as this forum is reserved for support of the free version of Yoast SEO.

@koepi Can you please confirm if the issue is resolved with Yoast SEO 14.0.4?

Hi @koepi ,

We’re closing this thread because we haven’t heard back from you in a while. Should you have further questions, please open a new thread.