Please remove your invasive update message

I had planned to post my own thread, but this seems like the right place to ask.

1) Yes, the screen is a bit annoying. I like the idea of doing it in the Yoast SEO context, or perhaps as an admin message that links to the about page.

2) Is there a way to disable it? I’m running a closed multisite network for a client and want to ensure that it’s never seen, because it’ll confuse users who aren’t totally sure what it all means.

As far as I can see, there’s a seen_about option that gets set here.

Perhaps this could be a filterable option, so users can keep that always set to “true”? I think this is something I can submit as a pull request… so I’ll try that out ??

Oh yes, please. I second that! Just show the message when I first access any settings. Or maybe even as a general notification like the one that tells you, you’re still not allowing search engines to index the site.

I read the message the first time but I certainly won’t re-read it on each and every blog I update ??

Agreed, there is no need to hijack our next page visit to show this update message. Love the plugin, but this is certainly annoying when updating a large network of sites.

Please, please, please, please get rid of this pointless and incredibly annoying thing. Bit of a stain on an otherwise great plugin.

It has caused a lovely infinite redirect loop on my site. Thanks.

The webpage at https://domain/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_dashboard&intro=1 has resulted in too many redirects. Clearing your cookies for this site or allowing third-party cookies may fix the problem. If not, it is possibly a server configuration issue and not a problem with your computer.

Disabling the plugin stops the redirect problem.

A bit of a dirty stain. Click somewhere else on the GUI and then this unexpectedly comes up. Combined with the other current issues and insufficient testing, this plugin has now crossed the line into untrustworthy territory.

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I also am on a Multisite network and it’s causing major problems for me. I don’t want users seeing this screen.

Me, too. Your plugin is just a plugin, man. And delete this annoying bloatware in your latest version (installers everywhere in the vendor-folder).

I agree. I thought it happens just to me but see it is built in plugin.

Well I just used CSS to hide the irritating message:

add_action('admin_head', 'remove_yeost_irritating_message');

function remove_yeost_irritating_message() {
  echo '<style>
    .yoast-notice { display:none !important;}
  </style>';
}

Good one @merlinvicki – I added your code to functions.php and the annoying Yoast annoyances magically disappeared. Thanks!