How to restrict the sitemap with regards to bbpress/buddypress? about the-seo-framework

[sybrew]

Hi @ovizii,

Thanks for this! I now noticed I made a typo in the CPT sitemap generation :(.

Anyway, in order to remove replies from the sitemap, please use the following snippet, using this filter:

add_filter( 'the_seo_framework_sitemap_exclude_cpt', 'my_sitemap_exlusions' );
function my_sitemap_exclusions( $exclusions = array() ) {

    $exclusions[] = 'replies';
    //* You can add more exclusions, for example:
    $exclusions[] = 'forums';

    return $exclusions;
}

You can reset the sitemap's cache by updating a post/page, or by re-saving the SEO Settings.

I hope this helps! Cheers 😄

[ovizii]

thanks for the quick reply and the snippet.

hm, that didn't seem to work. Are you sure I need to exclude "replies" and not "reply"?
I've edited a page and re-saved the settings and invalidated

[sybrew]

Hi ovizii,

I'm not sure if it's reply or replies.

The only way you can be certain is to dump the current post type on the said page, or dump all public post types and make your picks from there: get_post_types( array( 'public' => true ) );

But before that, I'd suggest trying reply :).

[ovizii]

hm, I dumped all of them:
<?php foreach ( get_post_types( '', 'names' ) as $post_type ) { echo '<p>' . $post_type . '</p>'; } ?>
Result:

post, page, attachment, revision, nav_menu_item, forum, topic, reply, bp-email, postman_sent_mail

so I then inserted reply into your previous snippet and yet no change. Any more ideas? Does your snippet work for you? Here is what is inside my functions.php

/* Added to remove replies from the sitemap */

add_filter( 'the_seo_framework_sitemap_exclude_cpt', 'my_sitemap_exlusions' );
function my_sitemap_exclusions( $exclusions = array() ) {

$exclusions[] = 'reply';
return $exclusions;

}

[sybrew]

Hi @ovizii,

I still have a very hard time using bbPress on my test server... no settings for the forums are shown 😕.
Nevertheless, I figured it out 😄.

It's not working because I made a typo:

my_sitemap_exlusions
my_sitemap_exclusions

You'd have to change the function name or the callback name accordingly so they're equal.

In your case, this snippet should work as expected, don't forget to flush the sitemap's cache by re-saving the SEO settings:

add_filter( 'the_seo_framework_sitemap_exclude_cpt', 'my_sitemap_exclusions' );
function my_sitemap_exclusions( $exclusions = array() ) {

    $exclusions[] = 'reply';

    return $exclusions;
}

Cheers!

P.S. You'll need to use three backticks with a line-feed/return to write code blocks at GitHub.
P.P.S. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to test all code snippets I post here or on the WordPress.org forums. I used to do that, but I noticed it eats out hours of my day; so I write quick examples based on estimations. I hope you understand, and I'm sorry to have wasted some of your time by doing so :(.

[ovizii]

Hi and thanks for the help so far. Absolutely no need to explain yourself, this is outstanding support you're doing here for free. Thanks for the tip with the "```" :-)

I should have looked closer at the snippet you provided, I could have caught that typo myself.

I can confirm this all works as expected! Thanks a lot, maybe add this to the plugin FAQ as a link?

[sybrew]

Anytime! I'm glad it worked out.

A knowledge base/FAQ is certainly planned, and I have more than enough data to fill it in 😄.
Even more so, an automated plugin function documentation system is planned, as seen on https://developers.wordpress.org/. But that's a project for later.

For now, filters, constants and other things are shown at The SEO Framework API docs. It requires some updates (rather a complete rework 😝), but most information is already present.

Have a wonderful day!

[cjyabraham]

My sense is that this method no longer works? I can't find the the_seo_framework_sitemap_exclude_cpt hook in the plugin code. How do I remove a CPT from being listed in the sitemap?

[sybrew]

Hi @cjyabraham

For best performance, I recommend using the_seo_framework_sitemap_supported_post_types now. It's a sequential array of supported post types.

add_filter( 'the_seo_framework_sitemap_supported_post_types', function( $post_types ) {
	return array_diff( $post_types, [ 'exclude_this_post_type', 'exclude_me_too' ] );
} );

Cheers!