Use NewsArticle Schema for a Category in All in One SEO
Changes Article and BlogPosting graphs in All in One SEO's schema to NewsArticle for posts in the categories you choose.
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Code
// Category slugs whose posts are news.
$wpide_aioseo_news_cats = array( 'news' );
add_filter( 'aioseo_schema_output', function ( $graphs ) use ( $wpide_aioseo_news_cats ) {
if ( ! is_array( $graphs ) || ! is_singular( 'post' ) || ! has_category( $wpide_aioseo_news_cats, get_queried_object_id() ) ) {
return $graphs;
}
foreach ( $graphs as $i => $graph ) {
if ( isset( $graph['@type'] ) && in_array( $graph['@type'], array( 'Article', 'BlogPosting' ), true ) ) {
$graphs[ $i ]['@type'] = 'NewsArticle';
}
}
return $graphs;
} );Notes
Use category slugs.
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