Can't Add Description/Title to Specific Page

@londontechy

Hi Ed,

Most probably this is happening because the plugin does not retrieve the correct post object for that page. The plugin uses WP API’s get_queried_object() function to retrieve the relevant post object, so there is no bug involved. What happens is that in case of this specific page the object returned by that API function is not the correct one.

One possible solution would be to figure out a way to retrieve the correct object programmatically and then pass it to Add-Meta-Tags with the following snippet:

function my_jobs_page_post_object(){
    // Here get the ID of the correct post object for that page
    // And use it to get the relevant post object and return it.
    return get_post($jobs_page_id);
}
add_filter('amt_get_queried_object', 'my_jobs_page_post_object');

If something like that is not possible, then I’m afraid you will have to manually filter and edit the metadata on that page. Please, feel free to ask for more help about that, if needed.

May I ask how is that page generated? Do you use a plugin or a specific page template?

Kind Regards,
George

BTW, I installed WP Job Manager and the custom description and custom title work as expected and out of the box with Add-Meta-Tags on the jobs page. Also, I did some research about WP-Job-Manager and it turns out it uses normal WordPress custom post types, so it should work with AMT without any special configuration.

Not sure though what is wrong with your page and I’m really out of ideas.

George

Hi Ed,

No problem for the lack of reply and also absolutely no problem for using another plugin.

I installed WP Job Manager and let it create its pages, but I could not replicate the issue. The custom title and description worked as expected on the jobs page.

Kind Regards,
George

PS: Indeed, my previous response was a little confusing. It was based on another case I had in mind (AnsPress plugin) and thought we had to deal with the same issue here as well. I was wrong about that.

This one however ‘Jobs Archive | Boolerang”., is a post type archive.

By the way, your page is not titled ‘Jobs Archive’, but ‘Jobs’, which makes me think that this is not the post type’s archive, but a job listing generated by the [jobs] shortcode. Then again, I am out of ideas why the page’s custom title and description do not show up. This should not be happening, which makes me think that some special customization takes place.

My recommendation is this:

1. Create a new Page
2. Enter the title you want
3. Add [jobs] as the content
4. Add custom description
5. Publish and check if everything works as expected.
6. Then check back the original ‘jobs’ page to see what might be different with it.

I’m afraid there is nothing more I can do or think about this issue.

Best Regards,
George

Hi Ed,

Please let me understand this. You keep mentioning the section of the web interface of another plugin and I am confused about what exactly you are looking for. A web interface for this type of customization? AMT does not have one and there are no plans to implement one. Instead, it is possible to programmatically change the generic descriptions AMT adds to archives as I’ve explained above.

I did some testing but I cannot configure WP-Job-Manager to return the jobs archive under the /jobs/ path. Please provide me with step-by-step instructions so I can replicate it.

The necessary code to customize the description and also the title of the archive (only if ‘Advanced Title Management’ has been enabled in the AMT settings) is the following:

function amt_jobs_archive_description( $default ) {
    return 'This is my custom description of the jobs archive!';
}
add_filter('amt_generic_description_posttype_job_listing_archive', 'amt_jobs_archive_description');

// Title templates for the title element
function amt_titles_custom_title_element_templates_for_jobs_archive($templates) {
    $templates['archive_posttype_job_listing'] = '#entity_title# Archive | #site_name#';
    $templates['archive_posttype_job_listing_paged'] = '#entity_title# Archive | Page #page# | #site_name#';
    return $templates;
}
add_filter('amt_titles_title_element_templates', 'amt_titles_custom_title_element_templates_for_jobs_archive');

// Title templates for the metadata
function amt_titles_custom_metadata_title_templates_for_jobs_archive($templates) {
    $templates['archive_posttype_job_listing'] = '#entity_title# Archive | #site_name#';
    $templates['archive_posttype_job_listing_paged'] = '#entity_title# Archive | Page #page# | #site_name#';
    return $templates;
}
add_filter('amt_titles_metadata_title_templates', 'amt_titles_custom_metadata_title_templates_for_jobs_archive');

If ‘Advanced Title Management’ has not been enabled in the AMT settings, then AMT has nothing to do with the titles of archives. You will have to customize the title of the jobs archive using the default filter hooks of WordPress as I explained in a previous message above.

Please let me know if the above code snippet does the job. Otherwise please provide me with instructions to replicate your setup.

That’s the best I can do for this issue. 🙂

Best Regards,
George