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Multiple examples of how to customize the Yoast SEO breadcrumbs
<?php
/********* DO NOT COPY THE PARTS ABOVE THIS LINE *********/
/*
* Add shop link to the Yoast SEO breadcrumbs for a WooCommerce shop page.
* Credit: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/8495/rjb
* Last Tested: Apr 20 2017 using Yoast SEO 4.6 on WordPress 4.7.3
*/
add_filter( 'wpseo_breadcrumb_links', 'wpseo_breadcrumb_add_woo_shop_link' );
function wpseo_breadcrumb_add_woo_shop_link( $links ) {
global $post;
if ( is_woocommerce() ) {
$breadcrumb[] = array(
'url' => get_permalink( woocommerce_get_page_id( 'shop' ) ),
'text' => 'Shop',
);
array_splice( $links, 1, -2, $breadcrumb );
}
return $links;
}
<?php
/********* DO NOT COPY THE PARTS ABOVE THIS LINE *********/
/*
* Remove breadcrumbs for specific items
* Credit: Yoast team
* Last Tested: Jul 21 2022 using Yoast SEO 19.3 on WordPress 6.0.1
*********
* DIFFERENT POST TYPES
* Post: Change 123456 to the post ID
* Page: Change is_single to is_page and 123456 to the page ID
* Custom Post Type: Change is_single to is_singular and 123456 to the 'post_type_slug'
Example: is_singular( 'cpt_slug' )
*********
* MULTIPLE ITEMS
* Multiple of the same type can use an array.
Example: is_single( array( 123456, 234567, 345678 ) )
* Multiple of different types can repeat the if statement
*/
add_filter( 'wpseo_breadcrumb_links', 'wpseo_breadcrumb_remove_limited' );
function wpseo_breadcrumb_remove_limited( $breadcrumbs ) {
if ( is_single ( 123456 ) ) {
return array(
'url' => '',
'text' => ''
);
}
else {
return $breadcrumbs;
}
}
<?php
/********* DO NOT COPY THE PARTS ABOVE THIS LINE *********/
/* Overwrite Rank Math breadcrumb shortcode with Yoast breadcrumbs
* Credit: Yoast team
* Last Tested: April 10, 2023 using Yoast SEO 20.4 on WordPress 6.2
* Rank Math must be inactive to overwrite the shortcode
*/
add_action('init', 'overwrite_rankmath_bc_shortcode_with_Yoast');
function overwrite_rankmath_bc_shortcode_with_Yoast() {
add_shortcode('rank_math_breadcrumb', 'my_custom_wpseo_breadcrumb');
}
function my_custom_wpseo_breadcrumb() {
return do_shortcode('[wpseo_breadcrumb]');
}
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yhlee-op commented May 14, 2023

for people who need to update the url for the categories

// EDITING CATEGORY URL
add_filter( 'wpseo_breadcrumb_links', 'custom_breadcrumb_links' );

function custom_breadcrumb_links( $links ) {
    // Loop through the breadcrumb links array
    foreach ( $links as $index => $link ) {
        // Check if this is the CATEGORY
        if ( $link['text'] === 'Blog' ) {
            // Set the custom URL for breadcrumb
            $custom_url = 'https://example.com/blog';

            // Modify the link array with the custom URL
            $links[$index]['url'] = $custom_url;
			
        } elseif ( $link['text'] === 'Installers' ) {
			// Set the custom URL for breadcrumb
            $custom_url = 'https://example.com/installer';

            // Modify the link array with the custom URL
            $links[$index]['url'] = $custom_url;
			
		} elseif( $link['text'] === 'Competitors' ) {
			// Set the custom URL for breadcrumb
            $custom_url = 'https://example.com/competitor';

            // Modify the link array with the custom URL
            $links[$index]['url'] = $custom_url;
			
		}
    }

    return $links;
}

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