Rank Math SEO Filters and Hooks for Developers

Settings

1. Filter to add/remove tabs in Rank Math Metabox.

Use this filter to add new tabs into the Meta Box added by Rank Math below every post/page in WordPress Editor.

/**
 * Allow developers to add new tabs into main metabox.
 *
 * @param array $tabs Array of tabs.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/metabox/tabs', function( $tabs) {
 return $tabs;
});

2. Filter to change the Rank Math Metabox priority.

Use this filter to change the Rank Math metabox priority to low so it appears after other metaboxes like ACF fields.

/**
 * Change the Rank Math Metabox Priority
 *
 * @param array $priority Metabox Priority.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/metabox/priority', function( $priority ) {
 return 'low';
});

3. Filter to change the Focus Keyword Limit

Use this filter to increase or decrease the number of maximum focus keywords that can be added in the single post or page editor.

/**
 * Change the Focus Keyword Limit
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/focus_keyword/maxtags', function() {
    return 10; // Number of Focus Keywords. 
});

4. Filter to add/remove section into the General Settings option panel.

This filter allows you to add or remove a section from the general settings options panel of Rank Math plugin.

/**
 * Allow developers to add new section into general setting option panel.
 *
 * @param array $tabs
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/settings/general', function( $tabs) {
 return $tabs;
});

5. Filter to add/remove section into the Title Settings option panel.

You can add or remove a custom section to or from the Title Settings option panel with this setting.

/**
 * Allow developers to add new section into general setting option panel.
 *
 * @param array $tabs
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/settings/title', function( $tabs) {
 return $tabs;
});

6. Filter to allow developers to add option fields to check against update. And if updated, flush the rewrite rules

/**
 * Allow developers to add option fields to check against updatation.
 * And if updated flush the rewrite rules.
 *
 * @param array $flush_fields Array of fields id for which we need to flush.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/flush_fields', function( $fields) {
 return $fields;
});

7. Filter to allow developers to add new tabs into the options panel.

/**
 * Allow developers to add new tabs into option panel.
 *
 * The dynamic part of hook is, page name without 'rank-math-' prefix.
 *
 * @param array $tabs
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/admin/options/{$filter}_tabs", function( $tabs ) {
 return $tabs;
});

8. Filter to add/update/remove Content Analysis test.

/**
 * Allow developers to modify the test or score.
 *
 * @param array  $tests Array of tests with score
 * @param string $type  Object type. Can be post, user or term.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/researches/tests', function( $tests, $type ) {
 return $tests;
}, 10, 2 );

9. Filter to change a number of items to import per run. Used when importing data from other plugins

/**
 * Number of items to import per run.
 *
 * @param int $items_per_page Default 100.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/importers/items_per_page', function( $items_per_page ) {
 return $items_per_page;
});

10. Filter to add/remove the item from the Admin Bar node.

Add or remove an item from the WordPress admin-bar menu that Rank Math adds to the frontend of your WordPress website.

/**
 * Add item to Rank Math admin bar node.
 *
 * @param array $items Array of nodes for Rank Math menu.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/admin_bar/items', function( $items ) {
 return $items;
});

11. Add Default value for General Settings during plugin installation.

Set a default value for general settings when Rank Math is installed on a WP website.

/**
 * Add defaults for general options.
 *
 * @param array $settings Array of settings and its values.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/settings/defaults/general', function( $settings ) {
 return $settings;
});

12. Add Default value for Title Settings during plugin installation.

/**
 * Add defaults for title options.
 *
 * @param array $settings Array of settings and its values.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/settings/defaults/titles', function( $settings ) {
 return $settings;
});

13. Add Default value for Sitemap Settings during plugin installation.

/**
 * Add defaults for Sitemap options.
 *
 * @param array $settings Array of settings and its values.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/settings/defaults/sitemap', function( $settings ) {
 return $settings;
});

14. Allow developers to add/remove/change Modules.

/**
 * Filters the array of modules available to be activated.
 *
 * @param array $modules Array of available modules.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/modules', function( $modules ) {
 return $modules;
});

15. Filter to change the Author base.

Use this filter to change the URL base for author archives.

/**
 * Allow developers to change the author base.
 *
 * @param string $base The author base.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/author_base', function( $base ) {
 return $base;
});

16. Filter to change the address part format.

/**
 * Allow developer to change the address part format.
 *
 * @param string $parts_format String format  how to output address part.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/shortcode/contact/address_parts_format', function( $format ) {
 return $format;
});

17. Filter to change Post type icons in the options panel.

/**
 * Allow developer to change post types icons.
 *
 * @param array $icons Array of available icons.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/post_type_icons', function( $icons ) {
 return $icons;
});

18. Filter to change Taxonomy icons in the options panel.

/**
 * Allow developer to change taxonomies icons.
 *
 * @param array $icons Array of available icons.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/taxonomy_icons', function( $icons ) {
 return $icons;
});

19. Filter to enable/disable overlay icon option in Social Tab in Post Settings.

/**
 * Allow developer to enable/disable overlay icon option in Post Settings.
 *
 * @param string $value   Default is set to off.
 * @param string $service Can be faceboo or twitter.
 *
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/metabox/social/overlay_icon', function( $value, $service ) {
 return $value;
}, 10, 2 );

20. Filter to enable/disable Link Suggestion Metabox for the particular post type.

/**
 * Allow developer to enable/disable Link Suggestion Metabox for specific post type.
 *
 * @param string $default   Default is set to on.
 * @param string $post_type Post type name.
 *
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/settings/titles/link_suggestions', function( $default, $post_type ) {
 return $default;
}, 10, 2 );

21. Filter to set default Snippet type for the post type.

/**
 * Allow developer to default Snippet type by post type.
 *
 * @param string $type      Snippet Type.
 * @param string $post_type Post type name.
 *
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/settings/snippet/type', function( $type, $post_type ) {
 return $default;
}, 10, 2 );

22. Filter to set default Snippet Article type for the post type.

/**
 * Allow developer to default Snippet Article type by post type.
 *
 * @param string $type      Article Type.
 * @param string $post_type Post type name.
 *
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/settings/snippet/article_type', function( $type, $post_type ) {
 return $default;
}, 10, 2 );

23. Filter to add custom variable replacements.

/**
 * Filter to add custom variables
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/vars/replacements', function( $vars ) {
 return $vars;
});

24. Add Extra Variables to the Rank Math Dropdown in Title & Meta Settings

/**
 * Action: 'rank_math/vars/register_extra_replacements' - Allows adding extra variables.
 */add_action( 'rank_math/vars/register_extra_replacements', function(){
 rank_math_register_var_replacement(
 'custom_variable_slug',
 [
 'name'        => esc_html__( 'Custom variable name.', 'rank-math' ),
 'description' => esc_html__( 'Custom variable description.', 'rank-math' ),
 'variable'    => 'custom_variable_slug',
 'example'     => 'custom_variable_callback()',
 ],
 'custom_variable_callback()'
 );
});

25. Filter to show/hide SEO Metabox.

/**
 * Filter to show/hide SEO Metabox.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/metabox/add_seo_metabox', function( $default ) {
 return $default;
});

26. Filter to change Separator %sep%.

/**
 * Filter to change Separator %sep%.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/settings/title_separator', function( $sep ) {
 return $sep;
});

27. Filter to turn off auto-update notification emails.

/**
 * Filter to turn off auto-update notification emails.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/auto_update_send_email', '__return_false' );

28. Filter to edit the auto-update notification emails.

/**
 * Filter to edit the auto-update notification emails.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/auto_update_email', function( $email, $version, $plugin_upgrader_obj ) {
  $email['to_address'] = '[email protected]';
  $email['body'] = "Rank Math has been updated to version {$version}.";
  return $email;
});

29. Add Custom Power Words for Analysis

/**
 * Filter to add custom Power Words
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/metabox/power_words', function( $words ){
	$new_words = [
		'test-word1',
		'test-word2',
		'test-word3',
	];
	return array_merge( $words, $new_words );
});

30. Replace Rank Math Google API App with your own

Please follow this tutorial before using this filter.

/**
 * Filter to replace Rank Math Google API App
 */
add_filter(
	'rank_math/search_console/alternate_app',
	function( $config ) {
		$config['application_name'] = 'Rank Math';
		$config['client_id']        = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com';
		$config['client_secret']    = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
		return $config;
	}
);

31. Filter to change default Settings Mode(Easy or Advanced)

/**
 * Filter to change default Settings Mode(Easy or Advanced)
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/setup_mode', function( $mode ) {
    return $mode;
});

32. Filters to change the CSV separator character in the CSV Importer file

/**
 * Filters to change the CSV separator character in the CSV Importer file
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/csv_import/separator', function( $separator ) {
    return ';';
} );

Sitemap

1. Filter to change the Sitemap URL Base

/**
 * Filter to change the Sitemap URL Base
 *
 * @param string $base New URL Base
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/base_url', function( $base ){
	return '/search-sitemaps/';
}, 10, 1 );

2. Filter to change the Sitemap Cache directory.

/**
 * Filter XML sitemap cache directory.
 *
 * @param string $unsigned Default cache directory
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/cache_directory', function( $directory) {
	return $directory;
});

3. Filter to enable/disable Sitemap caching.

/**
 * Filter if XML sitemap transient cache is enabled.
 *
 * @param boolean $unsigned Enable cache or not, defaults to true
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/enable_caching', '__return_true');

4. Filter to exclude post type from the Sitemap.

/**
 * Filter decision if post type is excluded from the XML sitemap.
 *
 * @param bool   $exclude Default false.
 * @param string $type    Post type name.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/exclude_post_type', function( $exclude, $type ){
	return $exclude;
}, 10, 2 );

5. Filter sitemap item before it gets added to the sitemap.

/**
 * Filter URL entry before it gets added to the sitemap.
 *
 * @param array  $url  Array of URL parts.
 * @param string $type URL type. Can be user, post or term.
 * @param object $object Data object for the URL.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/entry', function( $url, $type, $object ){
	return $url;
}, 10, 3 );

6. Filter to change/remove archive url, plugin uses in th XML Sitemap.

/**
 * Filter the URL Rank Math SEO uses in the XML sitemap for this post type archive.
 *
 * @param string $archive_url The URL of this archive
 * @param string $post_type   The post type this archive is for.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/post_type_archive_link', function( $archive_url, $post_type ){
	return $archive_url;
}, 10, 2 );

7. Filter to change/remove Post URL, plugin uses in the sitemap.

/**
 * Filter the URL Rank Math SEO uses in the XML sitemap.
 *
 * Note that only absolute local URLs are allowed as the check after this removes external URLs.
 *
 * @param string $url  URL to use in the XML sitemap
 * @param object $post Post object for the URL.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/xml_post_url', function( $url, $post){
	return $url;
}, 10, 2 );

8. Filter to exclude taxonomy from Sitemap.

/**
 * Filter decision if taxonomy is excluded from the XML sitemap.
 *
 * @param bool   $exclude Default false.
 * @param string $type    Taxonomy name.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/exclude_taxonomy', function( $exclude, $type ){
	return $exclude;
}, 10, 2 );

9. Filter to exclude empty terms from Sitemap.

/**
 * Filter the setting of excluding empty terms from the XML sitemap.
 *
 * @param boolean $exclude        Defaults to true.
 * @param array   $taxonomy_names Array of names for the taxonomies being processed.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/exclude_empty_terms', function( $exclude , $taxonomy_names ){
	return $exclude;
}, 10, 2 );

10. Filter to remove/change images included for the post in XML sitemap.

/**
 * Filter images to be included for the post in XML sitemap.
 *
 * @param array $images  Array of image items.
 * @param int   $post_id ID of the post.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/urlimages', function( $images, $post_id ){
	return $images;
}, 10, 2);

11. Filter to Remove Sitemap credit.

/**
 * Filter to remove sitemap credit.
 *
 * @param boolean Defaults to false.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/remove_credit', '__return_true');

12. Filter to Add Extra URLs in the Sitemap

/**
 Filter to add extra URLs to the XML sitemap by type.
 *
 Only runs for the first page, not on all.
 *
 @param string $content String content to add, defaults to empty.
 */
add_action( 'rank_math/sitemap/{$type}_content', function() {
return '<url>
<loc>https://rankmath.com/some-custom-url/</loc>
<lastmod>2020-06-10T20:20:20+00:00</lastmod>
</url>';
});

Replace {$type} with either post or page depending on if you want the URL to be include in the post or page sitemap – respectively.

13. Filter to add Locations KML file in the Sitemap

/**
 * Filter to add Locations KML file in the sitemap
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/locations', '__return_true' );

14. Filter to Add CDN Image URLs in the Sitemap

/**
 * Filter to Add CDN Image URLs in the Sitemap
 *
 * @param string $src  Image URL.
 * @param object $post Post object.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/xml_img_src', function( $src, $post ){
	$src = str_replace( 'http://domain.com', 'https://cdn.domain.com', $src );
	return $src;
}, 10, 2);

15. Filter to detect third party sitemap URL in the Search Console

/**
 * Filter to detect Sitemap URL in the Search Console if you are using different plugin for sitemap.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/sitemap_index_uri', function() { return 'sitemap.xml'; } );

16. Filter to change user query arguments for the sitemap listing

/**
 * Filter to change user query arguments for the sitemap listing
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/author/query', function( $args ) {
	$args['role__not_in'] = 'subscriber'; return $args;
} );

17. Filter to add `noindex` URLs in the Sitemap

/**
* Filter to add `noindex` URLs in the Sitemap
*
* @param bool $value Whether to include noindex terms in Sitemap.
* @param string $type Object Type.
*
* @return boolean
*/
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/include_noindex', function( $value, $type ) {
	return true;
}, 10, 2 );

18. Filter to add external Sitemap to the Rank Math Sitemap

add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/index', function( $xml ) {
	$xml .= '
		<sitemap>
			<loc>http://example.com/new-sitemap.xml</loc>
			<lastmod>2020-09-14T20:34:15+00:00</lastmod>
		</sitemap>';
		return $xml;
}, 11 );

19. Filter to add content in the new sitemap

/**
 * Filter to add links in the new Sitemap.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/sitemap/{$type}/content', function() {
	return '
		<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
			<url>
				<loc>http://example.com/new-sitemap-post/</loc>
				<lastmod>2020-09-14T20:34:15+00:00</lastmod>
			</url>
		</urlset>';
} );

Breadcrumbs

1. Filter to change the Breadcrumb Settings.

Add these lines to the theme’s functions.php file

/**
 * Filter to change breadcrumb settings.
 *
 * @param  array $settings Breadcrumb Settings.
 * @return array $setting.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/breadcrumb/settings', function( $settings ) {
	$settings = array(
		'home'           => true,
		'separator'      => '',
		'remove_title'   => '',
		'hide_tax_name'  => '',
		'show_ancestors' => '',
	);
	return $settings;
});

2. Filter to change Breadcrumb Strings.

Add these lines to the theme’s functions.php file

/**
 * Filter to change breadcrumb strings.
 *
 * @param  array $settings Breadcrumb Strings.
 * @return array $strings.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/breadcrumb/strings', function( $strings ) {
	$strings = array(
		'prefix'         => '',
		'home'           => '',
		'error404'       => '',
		'archive_format' => '',
		'search_format'  => '',
	);
	return $strings;
});

3. Filter to change Breadcrumb args.

Add these lines to the theme’s functions.php file

/**
 * Filter to change breadcrumb args.
 *
 * @param  array $args Breadcrumb args.
 * @return array $args.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/breadcrumb/args', function( $args ) {
	$args = array(
		'delimiter'   => ' / ',
		'wrap_before' => '<nav class="rank-math-breadcrumb"><p>',
		'wrap_after'  => '</p></nav>',
		'before'      => '',
		'after'       => '',
	);
	return $args;
});

4. Filter to change the Breadcrumb HTML.

Add these lines to the theme’s functions.php file

/**
 * Filter to change breadcrumb html.
 *
 * @param  html  $html Breadcrumb html.
 * @param  array $crumbs Breadcrumb items
 * @param  class $class Breadcrumb class
 * @return html  $html.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/breadcrumb/html', function( $html, $crumbs, $class ) {
	// theme_breadcrumb_function();
	return $html;
}, 10, 3);

5. Filter to change the primary term output of the breadcrumbs class.

Add these lines to the theme’s functions.php file

/**
 * Filter to change the primary term output of the breadcrumbs class.
 *
 * @param WP_Term $term  Primary term.
 * @param array   $terms Terms attached to the current post.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/breadcrumb/main_term', function( $current_term, $terms ) {
	return $current_term;
}, 10, 2 );

6. Filter to change/remove breadcrumb items.

Add these lines to the theme’s functions.php file

/**
 * Allow changing or removing the Breadcrumb items
 *
 * @param array       $crumbs The crumbs array.
 * @param Breadcrumbs $this   Current breadcrumb object.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/breadcrumb/items', function( $crumbs, $class ) {
	return $crumbs;
}, 10, 2);

7. Filter to change/remove breadcrumb items from Breadcrumb Snippet.

Add these lines to the theme’s functions.php file

/**
 * Allow changing Breadcrumb elements in BreadcrumbList snippet
 *
 * @param array $entity Breadcrumb entity
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/snippet/breadcrumb', function( $entity ) {
	return $entity;
});

Meta Data

1. Filter to change the Title.

/**
 * Filter to change the page title.
 * 
 * @param string $title
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/title', function( $title ) {
	return $title;
});

2. The code to move the title inside the Rank Math’s meta box

/**
 * Code to move title inside the Rank Math's meta
 * 
 * @param string $title
 */
add_action( 'init', function() {
	remove_action( 'wp_head', '_wp_render_title_tag', 1 );
	add_action( 'rank_math/head', '_wp_render_title_tag', 1 );
});

3. Filter to change the meta description.

/**
 * Allow changing the meta description sentence from within the theme.
 *
 * @param string $description The description sentence.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/description', function( $description ) {
	return $description;
});

4. Use the Description from Global Setting, if the description is missing in the Post metabox:

/**
 * Use the Description from Global Setting, if the description is missing in the Post metabox
 */
add_action( 'rank_math/frontend/description', function( $description ) {
 global $post;
 $desc = RankMath\Post::get_meta( 'description', $post->ID );

 if ( ! $desc ) {
 $desc = RankMath\Helper::get_settings( "titles.pt_{$post->post_type}_description" );
 if ( $desc ) {
 return RankMath\Helper::replace_vars( $desc, $post );
 }
 }

 return $description;
});

5. Filter to change robots data.

/**
 * Allows filtering of the robots meta data.
 *
 * @param array $robots The meta robots directives.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/robots', function( $robots ) {
	return $robots;
});

6. Filter to change Canonical URL.

/**
 * Allow changing of the canonical URL.
 *
 * @param string $canonical The canonical URL.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/canonical', function( $canonical ) {
	return $canonical;
});

7. Filter to remove plugin credit notice added to the page source.

/**
 * Filter to remove the plugin credit notice added to the source.
 *
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/remove_credit_notice', '__return_true' );

8. Filter to disable adjacent links ( next/prev ).

/**
 * Allows developers to handle rel="next" / rel="prev" by themselves.
 *
 * @param bool $links_generated Whether or not to handle rel="next" / rel="prev" links.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/disable_adjacent_rel_links', '__return_true' );

9. Filter to change adjacent link output.

/**
 * Allow the changing of link rel output by Rank Math.
 *
 * @param string $link The full `<link` element.
 * $rel can be next or prev
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/frontend/{$rel}_rel_link", function( $link ) {
 return $link;
});

10. Filter to add the Keywords meta tag

/**
 * Add <meta name="keywords" content="focus keywords">.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/show_keywords', '__return_true');

11. Filter to change the meta keywords

/**
 * Allow changing the meta keywords from the default Focus Keywords.
 *
 * @param string $keywords Keywords.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/frontend/keywords', function( $keywords ) {
 return $keywords;
});

12. Filter to Allow Shortcodes in the Meta Data

/**
 * Allow shortcodes in the Meta Data.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/paper/auto_generated_description/apply_shortcode', '__return_true' );

13. Filter to allow shortcodes in the Product schema description

/**
* Filter to allow shortcodes in the Product schema description.
*/
add_filter( 'rank_math/product_description/apply_shortcode', '__return_true' );

OpenGraph

1. Filter to change OpenGraph Type ( og:type ).

/**
 * Allows theme developers to change the OpenGraph type of the page.
 *
 * @param string $type The OpenGraph type string.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/opengraph/type', function( $type ) {
	return $type;
});

2. Filter to change OpenGraph URL ( og:url ).

/**
 * Allows the output of the canonical URL as OpenGraph URL, consolidating likes and shares.
 *
 * @link https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/opengraph/object-type/article/
 * @param $url Canonical URL
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/opengraph/url', function( $url ) {
	return $url;
});

3. Filter to remove Twitter tags from page output.

/**
 * Allows changing the Twitter Card type as output in the Twitter card.
 *
 * @param string $type
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/opengraph/twitter_card', '__return_false' );

4. Filter to change OpenGraph Image.

/**
 * Allows developers to change the OpenGraph image within theme.
 *
 * The dynamic part of the hook name. $network, is the network slug. Can be facebook or twitter.
 *
 * @param string $attachment_url The image we are about to add.
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/opengraph/{$network}/image", function( $attachment_url ) {
	return $attachment_url;
});

5. Filter to allow developers to add additional images.

/**
 * Allows developers to add images to the OpenGraph tags within the theme.
 *
 * The dynamic part of the hook name. $network, is the network slug. Can be facebook or twitter.
 *
 * @param Image The current object.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/opengraph/{$network}/add_additional_images', function( $image ) {
	return $image;
});

6. Filter to prevent setting default image in OpenGraph.

/**
 * Passing a truthy value to the filter will effectively short-circuit the
 * set default image process.
 *
 * @param bool $return Short-circuit return value. Either false or true.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/opengraph/pre_set_default_image', '__return_true' );

7. Filter to prevent setting image from content when image is not added in OpenGraph.

/**
 * Passing a truthy value to the filter will effectively short-circuit the
 * set content image process.
 *
 * @param bool $return  Short-circuit return value. Either false or true.
 * @param int  $post_id Post ID for the current post.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/opengraph/pre_set_content_image', function( $return, $post_id ) {
	return $return; // Set to true if you don't want to set image from Content.
});

8. Filter to determine image size to show in og:image, twitter:image.

/**
 * Determines which image sizes we'll loop through to get an appropriate image.
 *
 * @param unsigned array - The array of image sizes to loop through. Default array( 'full', 'large', 'medium_large' )
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/opengraph/image_sizes', function( $sizes ) {
	return $sizes;
});

9. Filter to change specific social meta tags.

/**
 * Allow developers to change the content of specific social meta tags.
 *
 * The dynamic part of the hook name. $network, is the network slug
 * and $og_property, is the property which we are outputting.
 *
 * @param string $content The content of the property.
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/opengraph/{$network}/$og_property", function( $content ) {
	return $content;
});

10. Filter to change twitter card type.

/**
 * Allow changing the Twitter Card type as output in the Twitter card.
 *
 * @param string $type
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/opengraph/twitter/card_type', function( $type ) {
	return $type;
});

11. A Hook to remove OpenGraph tags.

/**
 * Hook to remove og:tags
 */
add_action( 'rank_math/head', function() {
	remove_all_actions( 'rank_math/opengraph/facebook' );
	remove_all_actions( 'rank_math/opengraph/twitter' );
});

12. Prevent the Output of the Price

/**
 * Allow developers to prevent the output of the price in the OpenGraph tags.
 *
 * @param bool unsigned Defaults to true.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/woocommerce/og_price', '__return_false' );

Use this filter to remove the product:price:amount & product:price:currency meta tags.

Rich Snippets

1. Code to remove json+ld data

/**
 * Code to remove json+ld data
 * 
 */
add_action( 'rank_math/head', function() {
	global $wp_filter;
	if ( isset( $wp_filter["rank_math/json_ld"] ) ) {
		unset( $wp_filter["rank_math/json_ld"] );
	}
});

2. Filter to extend json+ld data

/**
 * Collect data to output in JSON-LD.
 *
 * @param array  $unsigned An array of data to output in json-ld.
 * @param JsonLD $unsigned JsonLD instance.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/json_ld', function( $data, $jsonld ) {
	return [];
}, 99, 2);

3. Filter to remove BreadcrumbList Schema

/**
 * Allow developer to disable the breadcrumb json-ld output.
 *
 * @param bool $unsigned Default: true
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/json_ld/breadcrumbs_enabled', '__return_false' );

4. Filter to remove CollectionPage Schema on Taxonomy Pages

/**
 * Allow developers to remove snippet data from Taxonomies.
 *
 * @param bool $unsigned Default: false
 * @param string $unsigned Taxonomy Name
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/snippet/remove_taxonomy_data', function( $value, $taxonomy ) {
	return $value; // true or false
}, 10, 2);

5. Filter to disable the Review Display on the frontend

/**
 * Filter: Allow disabling the review display.
 *
 * @param bool $return true to disable.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/snippet/review/hide_data', '__return_true' );

6. Filter to change the Review Display location

/**
 * Filter to change the review display location
 *
 * @param string $location top, bottom, both or custom.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/snippet/review/location', function( $location, $taxonomy ) {
	return $location;
});

7. Filter to change the Review Editor’s choice text

/**
 * Filter to change review display location
 *
 * @param string $text Default Editor's choice.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/review/text', function( $text ) {
	return $text;
});

8. Filter to change the Review Snippet HTML

/**
 * Filter to change review display location
 *
 * @param string $html.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/review/html', function( $html ) {
	return $html;
});

9. Filter to remove Schema Data from Posts

/**
 * Filter to remove Schema Data from Posts.
 * Replace $schema_type with schema name like article, review, etc.
 * @param bool  $value true/false Default false
 * @param array $parts Post Data
 * @param array $data  Schmea Data
 * 
 * @return bool
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/snippet/rich_snippet_{$schema_type}", function( $value, $parts, $data ) {
 return true;
}, 10, 3 );

10. Filter to change Post’s Front-end Schema data

/**
 * Filter to change the schema data.
 * Replace $schema_type with schema name like article, review, etc.
 * @param array $entity Snippet Data
 * @return array
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/snippet/rich_snippet_{$schema}_entity", function( $entity ) {
 return $entity;
});

11. Add Brand Name for Products

/**
 * Filter to add Brand Name for Products.
 *
 * @param array $entity Snippet Data
 * @return array
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/snippet/rich_snippet_product_entity', function( $entity ) {
    $entity['brand'] = 'Rank Math';
    return $entity;
});

Filter to Change the Shortcode Content

/**
 * Filter to change the rank_math_rich_snippet shortcode content.
 *
 * @param string $shortcode_html
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/snippet/html', function( $shortcode_html ) {
	return $shortcode_html;
} );

SEO Score

1. Filter to change parameters for the Front End SEO Score output.

/**
 * Filter to change parameters for the Front End SEO Score output.
 * Available parameters are: 'template', 'backlink', 'post_id', 'class'.
 *
 * @param array $args Parameters array.
 * @return array
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/frontend/seo_score/args", function( $args ) {
 return $args;
});

2. Filter to change HTML output for the Front End SEO Score function.

/**
 * Filter to change HTML output for the Front End SEO Score function.
 *
 * @param string $html HTML output.
 * @param array $args Function parameters.
 * @param string $score calculated SEO score.
 * @return string
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/frontend/seo_score/html", function( $html, $args, $score ) {
 return $html;
}, 10, 3);

3. Filter to change the backlink inside the Front End SEO Score output.

/**
 * Filter to change the backlink inside the Front End SEO Score output.
 *
 * @param string $backlink Backlink HTML.
 * @return string
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/frontend/seo_score/backlink", function( $backlink ) {
 return $backlink;
});

4. Filter to hide SEO score

/**
 * Filter to hide SEO SCcore
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/show_score', '__return_false' );

Redirections

1. Change number of redirections to process at once

/**
 * Allow developers to change number of redirections to process at once.
 *
 * @param int $number
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/redirections/pastedContent', function( $number ) {
	return $number;
});

2. Filter to disable appending the query string in the redirection URL.

/**
 * Disable appending the query string in the redirection URL.
 *
 * @param int $number
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/redirection/add_query_string', '__return_false' );

Gutenberg

1. Filter to disable Rank Math Integration from the Gutenberg Sidebar

Use this filter to remove Rank Math integration from the Gutenberg Sidebar and add old meta boxes below the content area.

/**
 * Disable Gutenberg Sidebar Integration
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/gutenberg/enabled', '__return_false' );

2. Filter to add meta keys for enqueueing data in the Gutenberg

/**
 * Filter to add meta keys for enqueueing data in the Gutenberg
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/metabox/{$type}/meta_keys', function( $keys ) {
	$keys['facebookTitle'] = 'facebook_title';
	return $args;
} );

When using this metakey, please prefix it with rank_math_

3. Filter to add metadata for enqueueing for Gutenberg use

/**
 * Filter to add metadata for enqueueing for Gutenberg use
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/metabox/{$type}/values', function( $values, $screen ) {
	$object_id   = $screen->get_object_id();
	$object_type = $screen->get_object_type();
	$values['videoSitemap'] = [
		'robots'       => $screen->get_meta( $object_type, $object_id, 'rank_math_news_sitemap_robots' ),
		'genres'       => $screen->get_meta( $object_type, $object_id, 'rank_math_news_sitemap_genres' ),
		'keywords'     => $screen->get_meta( $object_type, $object_id, 'rank_math_news_sitemap_keywords' ),
		'stockTickers' => $screen->get_meta( $object_type, $object_id, 'rank_math_news_sitemap_stock_tickers' ),
	];
	return $values;
} );

$type can be post, term and user.

4. Filter to add extra tabs in the Gutenberg sidebar

Elementor

1. Filter to remove SEO Tab in Elementor Editor

/**
 * Filter to hide SEO Tab in the Elementor Editor.
 */
add_filter( 'rank_math/'elementor/add_seo_tab', '__return_false' );

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;
});

2. Filter to remove the nofollow rel tag from RSS links

/**
 * 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' );

3. Filter to allow RSS footer to be dynamically shown/hidden in an RSS feed item

/**
 * 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 ;
});

6. Filter to remove rel=”noopener” from external links.

/**
 * 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/domain1', function( $domain ) {
	$exclude = [
		'github.com',
		'google.com',
	];

	if ( in_array( $domain, $exclude ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	return true;
});

12. Remove everything related to Rank Math from Database

/**
 * 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 themes’ functions.php file
2. Deactivate and delete the Rank Math plugin

13. Filter to customize the Search URL for Sitelinks Searchbox

/**
 * 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' );