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Yoast SEO: Exclude post types from the bulk editor

The Yoast SEO bulk editor (located at SEO → Tools → Bulk editor) lets you edit SEO titles and meta descriptions for multiple posts at once. By default, the attachment post type is excluded from the bulk editor.

The wpseo_bulk_editor_excluded_post_types filter lets you change which post types are excluded. The filter receives the current exclusion list as an array<string> of post type names and must return an array<string>.

Usage​

Excluding additional post types​

The example below excludes the product post type in addition to the default attachment exclusion.

<?php

/**
 * Excludes the 'product' post type from the Yoast SEO bulk editor.
 *
 * @param array<string> $excluded_post_types Post types currently excluded from the bulk editor.
 *
 * @return array<string> The updated list of excluded post types.
 */
function my_exclude_product_from_bulk_editor( $excluded_post_types ) {
    $excluded_post_types[] = 'product';
    return $excluded_post_types;
}

add_filter( 'wpseo_bulk_editor_excluded_post_types', 'my_exclude_product_from_bulk_editor' );