Add/update SEO metakeywords programmatically

Sorry for pitching in on this topic, but I have a related question, and I don’t want to explain this situation again.

Anyway, I managed to update the meta description and focus keyword programmatically, but my problem it’s that the bullets from SEO Score and Readability won’t turn green in the posts columns list. However, in the single post edit screen, the bullets are green.

My question would be, how can I trigger Yoast to also make green the bullets from the post columns list? I used the wp_update_post function right after updating the meta description and focus keyword, but it does not seem to work.

Here it’s a screenshot to see this behavior in action and to better understand the problem.

Is there another trick to this?

Thanks so much.

Hi David.
Thanks for replying.
1. There are no conflicts
2. There are no errors in the developer console

I am running WordPress 5.9.2 and the last version of Yoast 18.3

Here it’s the code I use to update:

<?php
//exit if accessed directly
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) or exit;

class Description_Yoast{
	
	function __construct( $post_ID ){
		$this->post_ID = $post_ID;
		add_action( 'wp', [ $this, 'desc' ]);
	}
	
	function desc(){

		$new_focus_kw = 'New focus keyword';
		update_post_meta( $this->post_ID, '_yoast_wpseo_focuskw', $new_focus_kw );

		$desc = 'Some description';
		
		$post = array(
			  'ID'           => $this->post_ID,
			  'post_content' => $desc,
		);
		
		wp_update_post( $post );
	}
	
}

new Description_Yoast( $id );