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Yoast Video SEO: Hooks

The Yoast Video SEO plugin has a couple of hooks you can use to modify its usage, they're listed below:

Output​

wpseo_video_{$type}_details​

Argument: $vid (array), $post (WP_Post)

This filter allows changing the output of the video embed recognition functionality. The $vid array contains, at a minimum, either a player_loc or content_loc, a thumbnail_loc, and a type. You'll need to know the type to filter the output, but you could use this filter to, for instance, add a duration.

wpseo_video_family_friendly​

Arguments: $family-friendly (bool), $post_id (int)

This filter allows changing the family-friendly status of a video.

wpseo_video_rating​

Arguments: $rating (float), $post_id (int)

This filter allows changing the rating for a video. The rating is a value between 0 and 5.

wpseo_video_item​

Arguments: $str (string), $post_id (int)

This filter allows adding extra content to the Video XML sitemap. The output that's added in $str defaults to an empty string.

wpseo_video_yandex_support​

Arguments: $yandex_on (bool)

This filters allows disabling the Yandex-specific meta tags in the Video XML sitemap.

Input​

wpseo_video_index_content​

Arguments: $content (string), $vid (array), $post (WP_Post)

Allows changing the content of a post before it is indexed. This filter is mainly useful if the input content needs to be modified, have stuff added, etc.