Code quality is below expectation

  • What could you say…

    When you see the updates (I call them – patches) to plugin coming rapidly, almost daily – sub-minor version comes next day after minor release – and when you read a ChangeLog and you see that they are fixing glitches, introduced just a day ago. You start asking yourself – how come that plugin, one of the MUST HAVES, is having such a poor quality control?

    Like – is there anybody even testing the code before pushing it to WordPress repository?

    And then this banner came.

    And – you could have guessed it – that banner got a bug: it can not be dismissed. Or it could be, but then he reappears again, on a next page.

    It’s like – wow, who controls this plugin anymore?

    So…

    Once I find an alternative which code is more trusted, I am switching.

    Enough is enough.

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  • @mick-levin You should check out Rank Math. A free plugin, tons of functionalities, quality code. (Not associated or affiliated with them in any way. Just a happy user)

    Hi @mick-levin,

    Thanks for your comment.

    You should no longer see the Black Friday banner in the backend. That said, we understand that the banner was annoying. Although it was dismissable, it was a bit buggy (the [x] close icon didn’t work as expected) so last Thursday we released Yoast SEO v12.6.2 which completely removes the banner from the admin panel.

    We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. You can also find our public apologies on social media through this link.

    As for the frequent updates, at Yoast we’re a fan of the software engineering approach called continuous delivery. Continuous delivery means that the software teams create and release software in short cycles. At any given time, the software should be stable enough to be released.

    Our current software process is as close to continuous delivery for WordPress plugins can get. This is important, as this will result in fewer bugs, more focus, and more collaboration. For example, one of the benefits is that?if something goes wrong, we can fix it quickly and release the fix within a couple of hours to a couple of days. This is because the developers know exactly what they worked on the past two weeks.

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