Changes compared to: 23.6

Enhancements:

• Removes the keyphrase in slug assessment for static home pages. #21624

Bugfixes:

• Fixes a bug where another plugin running the exit() function inside the plugin_loaded hook would result in a fatal error. Props to @menno-ll. #21062
• Fixes a bug where a database error would occur when there were no public taxonomies available for indexing. #21668

Other:

• Removes translation strings that are not meant for the Yoast SEO Free version from the plugin. #21567
• Resets the notice for search engines discouraged when changing Search engine visibility to visible. #21659

Non user facing:

• Adjust the styling of a button styled as link in the new general page alert content. #21660
• Adds upsells to the redesign of the general page. #21645
• Shows admin-wide Yoast notices in the new dashboard #21644
• Stops showing all other notices in the new Dashboard #21644
• Updates the FTC link wherever it's used in the plugin #21661
• Replace custom code with core's wp_is_serving_rest_request() #21676
• Adds a top margin to the Start SEO data optimization button inside notifications. #21665
• Removes line break before the "We estimate this could take..." sentence. #21665
• Separate ad from alerts cards grid in the general page, fix grid height and sticky effect to the upsell sidebar. #21662
• Adds alert center to dashboard redux store. #21649
• Adds an upsell for Yoast AI Generate on WooCommerce product categories and tags. #21686
• Refactors the UI library SidebarNavigation change from #21614. #21652
• Changes the ui for the buttons in the notification centre. #21658
• Changes the ui for the buttons in the notification centre. #21658