Specify canonical URL

seoguye,

You can do this using the aioseop_canonical_url filter.

Example:

add_filter( 'aioseop_canonical_url', 'seoguye_custom_url' );

function seoguye_custom_url( $url ) {
    global $post;
    if ( !empty( $post ) ) {
        $url_meta = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'url', true );
        if ( !empty( $url_meta ) ) return $url_meta;
    }
    return $url;
}

This example would let you override the canonical url from a custom field named url.

Hi Peter,

Thank you for the response.

Could you be a little more specific about the ‘aioseop_canonical_url’ – for example, where to find it? I’m guessing in the aioseop_class.php file; and i’ve manage to find this:

if ( ( $aioseop_options['aiosp_can'] ) && ( $url = $this->aiosp_mrt_get_url( $wp_query ) ) )
					$url = apply_filters( 'aioseop_canonical_url', $url );
				if ( !$url ) $url = get_permalink();

But where to do I insert your code?

Thanks

seoguye,

That is where the filter gets applied, but you don’t need to edit the plugin code at all. You can put the code I gave you in your themes’ functions.php file or in a plugin.

Thanks for the prompt response Peter.

And I presume that the ‘seoguye’ prefix you have used in the above code, is simply changed to our sitename, or removed?

seoguye,

I prefix functions with names to make them unique, so that they don’t potentially conflict with other function names that already may exist on your site; you’re free to change it, just make sure that if you do, you change it in both places where it appears.