Inserting Post Using wp_insert_post. How to Fill Yoast Plugin SEO Fields

Question

I am inserting posts into a database using wp_insert_post function once the post is inserted using below line of PHP

$postId = wp_insert_post($array)

I can insert values in my advanced custom fields using add_post_meta function but I didn't find anything to insert the SEO title or the meta description specifically in the Yoast SEO plugin.

Can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

You can use the update_post_meta function to insert the Yoast Plugin data. Yoast uses 3 post meta keys for each post:

1. _yoast_wpseo_title ( use for SEO title )
2. _yoast_wpseo_focuskw (For meta keywords )
3. _yoast_wpseo_metadesc (For meta descriptio )

You can find all these meta key under postmeta table

    $new_id = wp_update_post($array);

    update_post_meta( $new_id, '_yoast_wpseo_title', 'SEO Title' );

    update_post_meta( $new_id, '_yoast_wpseo_focuskw', 'keyword1 keyword2' );

    update_post_meta( $new_id, '_yoast_wpseo_metadesc', 'SEO Meta Descr' );

Hopefully, It will work for you!

Thanks