Using the Yoast SEO Primary Category selection in Woocommerce

The tours page now shows the name of the Primary Category as set
by yoast SEO rather than the first category Woo picks by default.

diff --git a/woocommerce.php b/woocommerce.php
index ec350f7..eecb4c0 100644 (file)
--- a/woocommerce.php
+++ b/woocommerce.php
@@ -67,34 +67,54 @@
                 </div>
             <?php } if (is_product_tag() || is_product_category()) { ?>
                 <div class="small-12 large-12 columns main woo-tags">
-                <?php
-                        /**
-                         * woocommerce_before_main_content hook
-                         *
-                         * @hooked woocommerce_output_content_wrapper - 10 (outputs opening divs for the content)
-                         * @hooked woocommerce_breadcrumb - 20
-                         */
-                        function wc_category_title_archive_products(){
-
-                        $product_cats = wp_get_post_terms( get_the_ID(), 'product_cat' );
-
-                        if ( $product_cats && ! is_wp_error ( $product_cats ) ){
+                    <?php
+                    /**
+                     * woocommerce_before_main_content hook
+                     *
+                     * @hooked woocommerce_output_content_wrapper - 10 (outputs opening divs for the content)
+                     * @hooked woocommerce_breadcrumb - 20
+                     */
+                    function wc_category_title_archive_products(){
 
-                            $single_cat = array_shift( $product_cats ); ?>
+                    $product_cats = wp_get_post_terms( get_the_ID(), 'product_cat' );
 
-                            <small class="product_category_title_item"><?php echo $single_cat->name; ?></small>
+                    if ( $product_cats && ! is_wp_error ( $product_cats ) ){
 
+                        $single_cat = array_shift( $product_cats );
+                        
+                        // Set name to the default first picked category (however WC decides that)
+                        $primaryCatName = $single_cat->name;
+                        
+                        // Try to get the Primary Category based on how Yoast SEO has set it in the postmeta table
+                        global $wpdb;
+                        $sqlGetPrimary = "SELECT meta_value
+                                FROM $wpdb->postmeta
+                                WHERE
+                                    (meta_key = '_yoast_wpseo_primary_product_cat' AND post_id = '". get_the_id() ."');
+                        ";
+                        $primaryCatID = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare($sqlGetPrimary));
+                        $term = get_term_by( 'id', $primaryCatID, 'product_cat' );
+                        
+                        // Use the primary category instead if it's valid
+                        if( $term->name ) {
+                            $primaryCatName = $term->name;
+                        }
+                    ?>
+                    
+                    <small class="product_category_title_item"><?php echo $primaryCatName; ?></small>          
+                    
                     <?php }
                     }
                     add_action( 'woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title', 'wc_category_title_archive_products', 5 );
-                                            do_action( 'woocommerce_before_main_content' );
-                                            add_filter( 'loop_shop_columns', 'tm_product_columns', 5);
-                                                function tm_product_columns($columns) {
-                                                    if ( is_product_category() || is_product_tag() ) {
-                                                        $columns = 3;
-                                                        return $columns;
-                                                    }
-                    } ?>
+                    do_action( 'woocommerce_before_main_content' );
+                    add_filter( 'loop_shop_columns', 'tm_product_columns', 5);
+                    function tm_product_columns($columns) {
+                        if ( is_product_category() || is_product_tag() ) {
+                            $columns = 3;
+                            return $columns;
+                        }
+                    } 
+                    ?>
 
                <?php if ( apply_filters( 'woocommerce_show_page_title', true ) ) : ?>