Switch custom taxonomies from “index” to “noindex”

Hello!

We haven’t gotten that far yet. The v3.1 & v4.0 updates brought post type settings, and the v4.1 or v4.2 update will bring taxonomy-and term specific settings. We also need these options for our websites, so you can expect it to be fully-fledged and field-tested ??

Until then, you can achieve what you need via filters. We have one in our filter docs already, but here’s one that more easily manageable with your setup:

add_filter( 'the_seo_framework_robots_meta_array', function( $meta, $args, $ignore ) {

	$taxonomy = null === $args
		? the_seo_framework()->get_current_taxonomy()
		: ( isset( $args['taxonomy'] ) ? $args['taxonomy'] : '' );

	// Set taxonomies to deindex in this array.
	$noindex_taxonomies = [
		'artists',
		'genre',
		'showrunner',
	];

	if ( in_array( $taxonomy, $noindex_taxonomies, true ) ) {
		$meta['noindex'] = 'noindex';
	}

	return $meta;
}, 10, 3 );

Of course, you can manage all but CPTA pages already via The SEO Framework interface–albeit a bit cumbersome in some situations.

I hope this helps! Cheers ??

Hey Sybre,

thanks for your help!

I put your code into my child-theme functions.php but it doesnt change anything :/

What should I do?

Hey!

You’ll need to exchange the $noindex_taxonomies array entries with the taxonomy names. I guessed the names based on your question, but the human-readable names don’t always reflect the registered taxonomy names.

Could you send me links of the taxonomies to which you wish to apply noindex (archives, post type archives, etc.)? I can then (hopefully) create a filter for you that works the very first time ??

I understand you may want to keep the links confidential, so feel free to shoot me an email with the links: https://tsf.fyi/contact.

Cheers!

Ok, now it works – I did a mistake, sry ??

Thank you really!

I looking forward to the options in the plugin for this!