The new Make Primary category function in Yoast SEO

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    (@macpresss)


    8 years, 8 months ago

    Guys, I understand what you’re trying to do here and yes, this should be a core WordPress function near the future but until then…

    Please is there any filter to disable this function?

    I mean, I believe this is for better breadcrumbs, and fetching the most important category on the front-end but I’m not using the Yoast’s breadcrumbs function in my theme. I disabled this function so it would be nice, if this new ‘Make Primary category’ option only shows up as soon as you enable the Yoast breadcrumbs function.

    Right now it will only confuse my users, when there is an option they haven’t seen before and they don’t know what it does. They are going to ask me, and I have to tell them, it does nothing. Why is it there? ….

    The WordPress idea!

    Decisions, not Options
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    Beside all that, I like that you guys have switched back to basic editor input fields instead of the horrible inline-editor stuff that worked like trying to do a U-turn with a aircraft carrier in your backyard.

    Thumbs up!

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  • My permalink structure deliberately doesn’t show the category because my posts apply to multiple categories. Showing this could cause users to thing they’ve been wrongly directed to the wrong section of the site. Likewise no breadcrumbs are displayed in the posts.

    As registered users are able to submit content and access (the severely limited) WP backend this feature is an unnecessary addition which only serves to confuse users.

    I appreciate that for a lot of websites this will be a very useful feature but I personally believe there should be an option for the average user to disable it. Once again is anyone able to advise or direct me on how to achieve this?

    @officerofthewatch are you comfortable editing your functions.php file?

    If so, try adding these lines to the file; it worked for me:

    //* Remove primary category feature
add_filter( 'wpseo_primary_term_taxonomies', '__return_false' );

    @mmpw: Ah, I see! ??

    But then, why wouldn’t you just use the filter that Joost himself has suggested?

    add_filter( 'wpseo_primary_term_taxonomies', '__return_false' );

    @brit77 thanks very much for getting back to me with a response. I decided to uninstall the Yeost plugin and move to all in one SEO Pack instead.

    @julie @Niackery, because the filter causes an error
    Argument #2 should be an array in /***/***/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/admin/class-primary-term-admin.php on line 213

    @joost and @taco

    Since the wpseo_primary_term_taxonomies filter doesn’t work and throws a php error please be so kind and tell us how to disable the function!

    Hello,
    I disabled the function with the filter as described but get the same Argument #2 … error warning after that. A solution for that would be great.
    Best wishes
    Carlo

    Is this resolved ? Plans ….

    The correct code to disable the functionality:

    /**
 * Disable the WPSEO v3.1+ Primary Category feature.
 */
add_filter( 'wpseo_primary_term_taxonomies', '__return_empty_array' );

    It expects an Array not a Boolean.

    @lop_cz Its works! Thank you.

    @lop_cz For me too. Thank you.

    Thank you @lop_cz

    The reason I needed this is because the one provided in the yoast plugin did not function, for what ever reason, and caused all my permalinks to change.

    Someone mentioned one above they use in place of this and it works perfect for me. Maybe a bug?

    FYI I tried to disable all my plugins but the make primary still wouldn’t function properly.

    Hi all I think version 3.1.2 addresses this issue.

    Regards

    Can primary category be bolded on the list of posts screen? I would be able to see it easily without entering the post details.

    Thanks!

    This new functionality also interacts badly with WP Category Permalink plugin. I disabled the Make Primary and now the plugin seems to be working, but I have to go back in and re-set all of the primary links. Anyway, just something that the plugin authors might want to take into consideration. Thanks!

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