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Wordpress Yoast exclude posts from XML sitemap

I’m using Yoast SEO plugin and I'm trying to exclude posts manually from posts XML sitemap using 'wpseo_sitemap_entry' filter but so far have no luck.

This is my current code:

function sitemap_exclude_post( $url, $type, $post) {
    if($post->ID == 6298 ) {
        return false;
    } 

return $url;
}
add_filter( 'wpseo_sitemap_entry', 'sitemap_exclude_post', 1, 3 );

Any suggestions will be much appreciated?

Note: I know it can be done via Yoast plugin's backend by manually entering post IDs but I need to do it via filters. The above code is going to be further changed later to automatically obtain Post IDs of posts(single.php) from a category in wordpress.

Solution

  • The above code which I posted in my question works fine.

    I just pressed the "save changes" button inside Yoast’s dashboard "Exclude Posts" section and it worked. Not sure how, but it's working.