Adding date info into SEO Meta Description

[Keith O Reilly]

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to add the date field into the Yoast SEO description text using some code edit?

I have managed to get it into the Title using this method

Event Date in SEO Title

But I also need some date info in the description text to avoid duplicate descriptions.

Any ideas?

[Victor]

Hi Keith!

Thanks for reaching out to us! Let me try to help you with this topic.

I think you could modify the snippet from that other tread to use the ‘wpseo_metadesc’ filter instead of ‘wpseo_title’ and modify the meta description to add the date in it.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any follow up questions.

Best,
Victor

[Keith O Reilly]

Hi Victor, Thanks for your advice,

I am already using that snippet to add the date into the Meta Title, so I would need to edit that code to add the date to the description also? I tried adding afer wpseo_title but it gave me an error. How do I add it so the date appears in the Meta Title and Meta description?

/* Tribe, add event date to Yoast Seo title */
function tribe_add_date_to_title( $title ) {
 
    if( !class_exists('Tribe__Events__Main') || !is_singular( Tribe__Events__Main::POSTTYPE ) ) return $title;
 
    // tribe_get_start_time docs https://theeventscalendar.com/function/tribe_get_start_date/ 
    return $title . ' ' . tribe_get_start_date( null, true, 'M,j,Y', null );
}
 
add_filter('wpseo_title', 'wpseo_metadesc', 'tribe_add_date_to_title');

Warning: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function ‘wpseo_metadesc’ not found or invalid function name in /home2/gaybarce/public_html/gayberlin4u/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php on line 298

[Keith O Reilly]

Hello,

Sorry, I am not a programmer, but following the logic of the Title code, I changed it and added it as two separate lines, so I have the Title code and then added this for the Description code

/* Tribe, add event date to Yoast Seo title */
function tribe_add_date_to_metadesc( $metadesc ) {
 
    if( !class_exists('Tribe__Events__Main') || !is_singular( Tribe__Events__Main::POSTTYPE ) ) return $metadesc;
 
    // tribe_get_start_time docs https://theeventscalendar.com/function/tribe_get_start_date/ 
    return $metadesc . ' ' . tribe_get_start_date( null, true, 'M,j,Y', null );
}
 
add_filter('wpseo_metadesc', 'tribe_add_date_to_title');

It is working, but I am not sure if this is the most efficient way of doing it?

[Victor]

Hi Keith!

You are using the tribe_add_date_to_title function to pass into the wpseo_metadesc filter, but you are defining the tribe_add_date_to_metadesc function. It might be working because I guess you have previously declared the tribe_add_date_to_title function.

For both, the title and description you could use the following snippet:

/* Tribe, add event date to Yoast Seo Title */
function tribe_add_date_to_title( $title ) {
  if( !class_exists('Tribe__Events__Main') || !is_singular( Tribe__Events__Main::POSTTYPE ) ) return $title;
    // tribe_get_start_time docs https://theeventscalendar.com/function/tribe_get_start_date/
    return $title . ' ' . tribe_get_start_date( null, true, 'M,j,Y', null );
}
add_filter('wpseo_title', 'tribe_add_date_to_title');
/* Tribe, add event date to Yoast Seo Description */
function tribe_add_date_to_metadesc( $metadesc ) {
  if( !class_exists('Tribe__Events__Main') || !is_singular( Tribe__Events__Main::POSTTYPE ) ) return $metadesc;
    // tribe_get_start_time docs https://theeventscalendar.com/function/tribe_get_start_date/
    return $metadesc . ' ' . tribe_get_start_date( null, true, 'M,j,Y', null );
}
add_filter('wpseo_metadesc', 'tribe_add_date_to_metadesc');

Please give it a try and see if it works for you.

Best,
Victor

[Keith O Reilly]

Yes, that seems to be working. Thanks for your assistance.

[Victor]

Glad to be of help! 🙂

Thanks for following up to let me know it works for you.

I’ll close this now but feel free to open a new topic if anything comes up and we’ll be happy to help.

Best,
Victor

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