Add a Parent Page to Yoast Breadcrumbs for a Post Type
Puts a regular page in front of a custom post type in the Yoast SEO breadcrumbs, for example Home > Services > Web Design when services have no archive.
Opens WPIDE on
Code
// Post type => ID of the page to show before it.
$wpide_crumb_parents = array(
'service' => 42,
);
add_filter( 'wpseo_breadcrumb_links', function ( $links ) use ( $wpide_crumb_parents ) {
if ( ! is_array( $links ) || ! is_singular( array_keys( $wpide_crumb_parents ) ) ) {
return $links;
}
$page_id = (int) $wpide_crumb_parents[ get_post_type() ];
if ( ! $page_id || 'publish' !== get_post_status( $page_id ) ) {
return $links;
}
array_splice( $links, 1, 0, array( array( 'url' => get_permalink( $page_id ), 'text' => get_the_title( $page_id ), 'id' => $page_id ) ) );
return $links;
} );Notes
Map each post type to the ID of the page that should appear as its parent.
How to add this snippet
- Install WPIDE on your WordPress site (it is free) and open Code Snippets.
- Use snippet above adds it from the library in one click. Or copy the code into a new snippet with the same code type.
- It is added inactive: review the code and settings, then switch it on.