[Resolved] adding parent and child options to Yoast custom post type

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[joshS-5]

Tell us what you are trying to do? I'm trying to add parent/child option to custom post type created by Yoast Local when you have multiple locations.

Is there any documentation that you are following? I've tried different things I've found on the web, CPT UI, and the following code:

function bis_change_registered_post_type_args($args, $post_type) {
if($post_type == 'wpseo_locations') {
$args['hierarchical'] = true;
$args['supports']['page-attributes'] = true;
}

return $args;
}
add_filter('register_post_type_args', 'bis_change_registered_post_type_args', 99, 2);

Is there a similar example that we can see?

What is the link to your site? hidden link

Thank you.

[Christian Cox]

Hi, I'm not very familiar with Yoast Local, but if their post type is public then you should be able to go to Toolset > Post Types, edit the post type, and set hierarchical property there. However, some plugins create their own custom post types that are private, and Toolset does not support modifying those post types. I think the Yoast Local support team is the best source of information about this.

$args['hierarchical'] = true;

Keep in mind that parent / child post relationships in Toolset are not the same as hierarchical post types. Toolset relationships are between different post types. Hierarchical relationships are between posts in the same post type, like Pages in WordPress.

[joshS-5]

Thanks for your reply and yes this one seems tricky. I've reached out to Yoast for help too thanks!

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Josh,

As Christian is currently on vacation I will be handling this ticket.

Is there any update on this from the Yoast team ?

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Shane

[joshS-5]

Yoast actually said this was not possible to do, but a developer of a permalinks plugin I'm using did create a solution. The solution works for both the url and the breadcrumbs. I'm happy to reference him if you like.