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Misc

1. Filter to change redirect_url of Redirect attachment to its parent post​

/**
 * Redirect the attachment to its parent post.
 *
 * @param string $redirect URL as calculated for redirection.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/attachment/redirect_url', function( $redirect ) {
    return $redirect;
});
/**
 * Let developers determine hether or not to add rel="nofollow" to the links added by Rank Math to the RSS feed. This defaults to true.
 *
 * @param bool $unsigned To allow or not to follow the links in RSS feed, defaults to true.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/rss/nofollow_links', '__return_false' );
/**
 * Show or hide the RSS footer dynamically.
 *
 * @param bool   $show_embed Whether RSS footer should be shown or not.
 * @param string $context    Indicated the context of the RSS content - whether 'full' or 'excerpt'.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/rss/include_footer', function( $bool, $context) {
    return $bool;
});

4. Filter to add/remove content before RSS feed item.​

/**
 * Filter code to change content before RSS feed item
 *
 * @param string $content The content set in Settings.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/rss/before_content', function( $content ) {
    return $content ;
});

5. Filter to add/remove content after RSS feed item.​

/**
 * Filter code to change content after RSS feed item
 *
 * @param string $content The content set in Settings.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/rss/after_content', function( $content ) {
    return $content ;
});
/**
 * Filter code to remove noopener rel from external links.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/noopener', '__return_false');

7. Filter to disable primary term feature.​

/**
 * Filter to allow disabling of the primary term feature.
 *
 * @param bool $return True to disable.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/admin/disable_primary_term', '__return_true' );

8. Filter to remove ?replytocom query parameters from URLs​

/**
 * Filter: 'rank_math_remove_reply_to_com' - Allow or disable the Rank Math feature that removes `?replytocom` 
 * query parameters from URLs.
 * @param bool $return True to remove, false not to remove.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/remove_reply_to_com', '__return_false');

9. Filter to remove Blog Snippet on homepage​

/**
 * Filter: Remove/modify schema data.
 *
 * @param array $return Array of json-ld data.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/json_ld', function( $data, $json ) {
    if ( is_home() && isset( $data['Blog'] ) ) { // Remove Blog Snippet from homepage.
        unset( $data['Blog'] );
    }
    return $data;
} );

10. Filter to prevent Rank Math from changing admin_footer_text​

/**
 * Filter: Prevent Rank Math from changing admin_footer_text.
 */
add_action( 'rank_math/whitelabel', '__return_true');

11. Remove noopener attribute based on a domain​

/**
 * Filter to add/remove noopener attribute based on a domain.
 * 
 * @param string $domain The domain in question.
 * 
 * @return boolean
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/noopener/domain', function( $domain ) {
    $exclude = [
        'github.com',
        'google.com',
    ];
    
    if ( in_array( $domain, $exclude ) ) {
        return false;
    }
    
    return true;
});
/**
 * Filter to remove Rank Math data from the database
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math_clear_data_on_uninstall', '__return_true' );
  1. Add above code in the theme’s functions.php file (the above code will not work in the rank-math.php file)
  2. Deactivate and delete the Rank Math plugin
/**
 * Allows filtering of the search URL.
 *
 * @param string $search_url The search URL for this site with a `{search_term_string}` variable.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/json_ld/search_url',  function( $url ) {
    return $url;
});

14. Filter to add plugins to the Table of Content List​

/**
 * Filter to add plugins to the TOC list.
 *
 * @param array TOC plugins.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/researches/toc_plugins', function( $toc_plugins ) {
    $toc_plugins['plugin-directory/plugin-filename.php'] = 'Plugin Name';
    return $toc_plugins;
});

15. Filter to remove rank-math-link class from the frontend content links​

/**
 * Filter to remove `rank-math-link` class from the frontend content links
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/link/remove_class', '__return_true' );

16. Filter to hide Analytics Stats Bar from the frontend​

/**
 * Filter to hide Analytics Stats bar from the frontend
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/analytics/frontend_stats', '__return_false' );

17. Filter to create Analytics debug log​

/**
 * Filter to create Analytics debug.log file
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/analytics/log_response', '__return_true' );

18. Filter to modify the content passed to the Link Counter​

/**
 * Filter to modify the content passed to the Link Counter.
 *
 * @param string $content Post content.
 * @param int    $post_id Post ID.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/links/content', function ( $content, $post_id) {
    return $content;
}, 10, 2 );

19. Filter to prevent Link Counter from processing the post​

/**
 * Filter to prevent processing the post.
 *
 * @param boolean $value Whether to process the post.
 * @param WP_POST $post  The Post object.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/links/process_post', function( $value, $post ) {
    return false;
}, 10, 2 );

20. Filter to allow editing robots.txt & htaccess data​

This filter lets you allow/disallow editing robots.txt and htaccess from Rank Math General Settings regardless of the value set for the DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT and DISALLOW_FILE_MODS.

/**
 * Allow editing the robots.txt & htaccess data.
 *
 * @param bool Can edit the robots & htacess data.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/can_edit_file', '__return_true' );

Note: This filter works only for nofollow tags added using Rank Math or not for manually added tags.

/**
 * Allow developers to remove nofollow tag from specific external links
 *
 * @param $add_no_follow bool Should add no follow attribute.
 * @param string $href The URL string for the external link.
 */
add_filter('rank_math/nofollow/url', function ( $add_no_follow, $href ) {
    if ( $href === 'https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/') { // maybe in_array compare
        return false;
    }
    return $add_no_follow;
}, 10, 2);

22. Filter to disable cache used in the plugin​

/**
 * Filter to disable cache used in the plugin.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/cache/enabled', '__return_false' );

23. Filter to Modify Rank Math JSON data​

/**
 * Filter to modify Rank Math JSON data.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/json_data', function( $data ) {
    $data['testing'] = wp_create_nonce( 'rank-math' );
    return $data;
} );