Title: __construct warning
Last modified: September 17, 2026

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# __construct warning

 *  [Topher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topher1kenobe/)
 * (@topher1kenobe)
 * [1 day, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/__construct-warning/)
 * I updated Yoast today, and now I get Warnings like this:
   **Deprecated**: Function
   Yoast\WP\SEO\AI_Authorization\Infrastructure\Access_Token_User_Meta_Repository::
   __construct is **deprecated** since version Yoast SEO 28.4 with no alternative
   available. in **/var/www/html/web/wp/wp-includes/functions.php** on line **6260**
   are they safe to ignore?

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 *  Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * (@maybellyne)
 * [1 day, 9 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/__construct-warning/#post-19022579)
 * Thanks for reporting this, [@topher1kenobe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topher1kenobe/).
 * The message is a PHP deprecation notice from Yoast SEO 28.4. It is not a fatal
   error and, by itself, should not affect your site’s functionality.
 * Please update Yoast SEO to the latest version and check if the warning still 
   appears. If it does, let us know where you see the warning (for example, in the
   WordPress admin, on the frontend, or in the error log), and we can investigate
   further.
 *  Thread Starter [Topher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topher1kenobe/)
 * (@topher1kenobe)
 * [1 day, 9 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/__construct-warning/#post-19022581)
 * I got that immediately after updating to the latest version.
 *  Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * (@maybellyne)
 * [1 day, 8 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/__construct-warning/#post-19022642)
 * Thanks for letting me know that. If the site is functioning normally, the warning
   can be safely ignored for now. Since deprecations are not errors, they should
   not be treated as such. Deprecations don’t break any WordPress functionality 
   and are not actual errors. Our development team will fix deprecated messages 
   subsequently.

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 * Last reply from: [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * Last activity: [1 day, 8 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/__construct-warning/#post-19022642)
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