Use and filter Yoast page title

gistfile1.txt

<?php

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// add a filter for Genesis framework post titles
add_filter( 'genesis_post_title_text', 'wbvb_example_use_seo_title', 15 );

/**
 * If a Yoast SEO title is found for a post, return this title after parsing it
 *
 * @return string with a title
 */

function wbvb_example_use_seo_title( $title ) {
  
  global $post;

  if ( function_exists( 'wpseo_replace_vars' ) ) {
    
    // if there is an alternative SEO title
    $yoasttitle = get_post_meta( $postid , '_yoast_wpseo_title', true); 
  
    if ( $yoasttitle ) {
      // return it after we made sure all placeholders are parsed
  		$title = wpseo_replace_vars( $yoasttitle, $post );
    }

  }

  // there you have your page title
  return $title;

}

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