{"id":562,"date":"2019-01-03T12:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T12:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=562"},"modified":"2020-02-15T09:54:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T09:54:58","slug":"yoast","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/integrations\/yoast\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='bookmark-index'><br \/>\n<a href=\"#intro\">Introduction<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#settings\">Settings<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#sitemap\">Setup<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#tieles-and-meta\">Titles and Meta<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#support\">Support<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#faq\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"#intro\" name=\"intro\">Introduction<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>GeoDirectory V2 works with Yoast SEO.<\/p>\n<p>Yoast SEO gives you the option to include or exclude all the GeoDirectory page types including Category and Location pages.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"#setup\" name=\"setup\">Setup<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Yoast will automatically take over the creation of <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/geodirectory\/settings\/general\/#titles-and-meta\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Titles and Meta from GeoDirectory<\/a>. when GeoDirectory detects that Yoast is installed Yoast is automatically given control of the Titles and Meta. <\/p>\n<p>If you want to use Yoast Meta make sure you UNCHECK the setting shown below. Installing Yoast will automatically set this to CHECKED.<\/p>\n<p>Yoast does not have settings for Page Titles. You will still want to use <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/places\/general\/\">GeoDirectory options for page Titles as described her<\/a>e.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-settings-menu.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-settings-menu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-settings-menu.jpg 316w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-settings-menu-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-disable.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-disable-1024x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-disable-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-disable-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-disable-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-disable.jpg 1406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"#settings\" name=\"settings\">Settings<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"#setup\" name=\"setup\">Setup<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Visit Yoast&#8217;s documentation site for more information about setup. <\/p>\n<p>The main options you might use are Titles &#038; Meta and the Sitemap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.yoast.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kb.yoast.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"#titles-and-meta\" name=\"titles-and-meta\">Yoast Titles and Meta<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Yoast updates there software often, so, these images may differ slightly. Currently the Title and Meta settings can be found in<\/p>\n<p>SEO &#8211; Search Appearance &#8211; Content Types<\/p>\n<p>You will want to make sure to add more than the default information to your GeoDirectory related options here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-settings-menu-1.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-settings-menu-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-settings-menu-1.jpg 316w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-settings-menu-1-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-content-types-gd-places.png\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-content-types-gd-places.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-content-types-gd-places.png 1312w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-content-types-gd-places-186x300.png 186w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-content-types-gd-places-768x1236.png 768w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/01\/yoast-content-types-gd-places-636x1024.png 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1312px) 100vw, 1312px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"breadcrumbs\" href=\"#breadcrumbs\">Breadcrumbs<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Add Yoast Breadcrumbs to your page with the shortcode: <\/p>\n<pre><code class='html'>\r\n[wpseo_breadcrumb]\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3>Customize<\/h3>\n<p>For help with using custom code see our doc on <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/faq\/customizing\/\">customizing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Filter Yoast Breadcrumbs to remove the location<\/h4>\n<pre><code class='php'>\r\nremove_filter( 'wpseo_breadcrumb_links', array('GeoDir_Location_SEO', 'wpseo_breadcrumb_links'));\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3><a name=\"support\" href=\"#support\">Support<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Need help? Get <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/geodirectory\/support\/\">support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"faq\" href=\"#faq\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#sitemap\" name=\"sitemap\"><strong>Why are there so many pages in my sitemap from GeoDirectory?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"gd-faq\">\n<p>GeoDirectory creates archive pages for each combination of Custom Post Type, Tag, Category, County, Region, City and Neighborhood.<br \/>\nFor each CPT you will see typical sitemap entries like the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CPT<\/strong><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_place-sitemap.xml\t2019-01-02 04:41 +00:00<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_place_tags-sitemap.xml\t2018-12-27 17:43 +00:00<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_placecategory-sitemap.xml\t2019-01-02 04:41 +00:00<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_location_country-sitemap.xml\t2019-01-02 04:41 +00:00<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_location_country_region-sitemap.xml\t2019-01-02 04:41 +00:00<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_location_full-sitemap.xml\t2019-01-02 04:41 +00:00<br \/>\n<strong>CPT + Category\/Tags<\/strong><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_placecategory_location_country-sitemap.xml\t2019-01-02 04:41 +00:00<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_place_tags_location_country-sitemap.xml\t2018-12-27 17:43 +00:00<br \/>\n<strong>CPT+Location<\/strong><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_placecategory_location_country_region-sitemap.xml\t2019-01-02 04:41 +00:00<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_place_tags_location_country_region-sitemap.xml\t2018-12-27 17:43 +00:00<br \/>\n<strong>CPT+Location+Category\/Tags<\/strong><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_placecategory_location_full-sitemap.xml\t2019-01-02 04:41 +00:00<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/mysite.com\/v2\/gd_place_tags_location_full-sitemap.xml\t2018-12-27 17:43 +00:00\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>My Yoast meta description from the listing isn&#8217;t showing, what do I do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to wp-admin\/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles#top#post-types<\/li>\n<li>Select Places (gd_place)<\/li>\n<li>In the description field enter %%excerpt%%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":99,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/562\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/99"}],"prev":[{"title":"WooCommerce","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/integrations\/woocommerce\/","href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/docs-v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}