WordPress technical problem with yoast 12.8

I had the same problem this morning when I updated my yoast version to v12.8.
I manage to bypass the bug by commenting the following code in the “wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/admin/class-yoast-notification-center.php” :

Before :

public function remove_notification( Yoast_Notification $notification, $resolve = true ) {

		$callback = [ $this, __METHOD__ ];
		$args     = func_get_args();
		if ( $this->queue_transaction( $callback, $args ) ) {
			return;
		}

		$index = false;

		// ID of the user to show the notification for, defaults to current user id.
		$user_id                = $notification->get_user_id();
		$notifications = $this->get_notifications_for_user( $user_id );

		// Match persistent Notifications by ID, non persistent by item in the array.
		if ( $notification->is_persistent() ) {
			foreach ( $notifications as $current_index => $present_notification ) {
				if ( $present_notification->get_id() === $notification->get_id() ) {
					$index = $current_index;
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		else {
			$index = array_search( $notification, $notifications, true );
		}

After :

public function remove_notification( Yoast_Notification $notification, $resolve = true ) {

		$callback = [ $this, __METHOD__ ];
		$args     = func_get_args();
		if ( $this->queue_transaction( $callback, $args ) ) {
			return;
		}

		$index = false;

		// ID of the user to show the notification for, defaults to current user id.
		/*$user_id                = $notification->get_user_id();
		$notifications = $this->get_notifications_for_user( $user_id );

		// Match persistent Notifications by ID, non persistent by item in the array.
		if ( $notification->is_persistent() ) {
			foreach ( $notifications as $current_index => $present_notification ) {
				if ( $present_notification->get_id() === $notification->get_id() ) {
					$index = $current_index;
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		else {
			$index = array_search( $notification, $notifications, true );
		}*/

It is just a temporary fix, while we wait for the Yoast team to correct the bug, but it worked for me.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by floriantactisens.

@alex4711

That sounds like a plugin or theme conflict. Can you try and gather as much information for us as possible? Please perform the following:

1. Please Check for conflicts.

2. Check for JavaScript errors with your console.

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@floriantactisens

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Hi and thank you for your detailed answer. Currently we don’t experience the issue anymore, which is great! If it occurs again I’ll come with more detailed information as requested and required.

Thanks for your effort and great work!

Hi @pcosta88 ,

Thanks for your answer, I actually didn’t have time to do what you said, but tonight I updated to the 12.8.1 version and it’s working now. I checked into the file that I had changed and it’s back to normal without my commented code so everything’s great.

Thanks again and good job,
Florian

Hello everyone, I also have a problem with yoast seo. Since I updated to 12.8 I can no longer make any settings in yoast. Can someone help me? I hope that a wp update will come soon and the problem will be solved. I’m already desperate.
Best regards
Thomas

I just got this error (Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method Yoast_Notification::get_user_id() after updating to 13.1 from earlier version, not sure which version updated from, but recently updated (last month or two). Same exact behavior. I am using press customizer theme, minimal well-tested and updated plugins. Seems to be OK, after generating the error. I haven’t had problems with updating Yoast before, have been using it for years.