[Bug]: CPT not outputting author meta tag

[UlrichThomasGabor]

Prerequisites

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• I've searched for any related issues and avoided creating a duplicate issue.

Please give us a description of what happened

We have custom post types, which we basically use and want to behave like the default posts. We want to show the author meta tag for those.

This if here

wordpress-seo/src/presenters/meta-author-presenter.php

Lines 41 to 43 in 92b9651

	if ( $this->presentation->model->object_sub_type !== 'post' ) {
	return '';
	}

blocks all logic and especially the filter execution a few lines below:

wordpress-seo/src/presenters/meta-author-presenter.php

Line 57 in 92b9651

return \trim( $this->helpers->schema->html->smart_strip_tags( \apply_filters( 'wpseo_meta_author', $user_data->display_name, $this->presentation ) ) );

At the moment it is therefore not possible to use the existing code for non-default post types.

Can this be changed or should we use other means?

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Add a custom post type
2. Create a post
3. Add filter

add_filter(
    'wpseo_meta_author',
    static fn (string $author_name) => 'test',
);

5. View the source => No meta author tag

Expected results

1. Visible author meta tag

Actual results

1. No author meta tag

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

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Which editor is affected (or editors)

• Block Editor
• Gutenberg Editor
• Elementor Editor
• Classic Editor
• Other (please specify in additional info)

Which browser is affected (or browsers)

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari
• Other (please specify in additional info)

Device you are using

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Operating system

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PHP version

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WordPress version

6.9.4

WordPress Theme

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Yoast SEO version

27.4

Gutenberg plugin version (if relevant)

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Elementor plugin version (if relevant)

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Classic Editor plugin version (if relevant)

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Relevant plugins in case of a bug

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[josevarghese]

Hi @UlrichThomasGabor

Thanks for creating the issue. I have reached out to our development team to check whether we can support outputting the author meta tag for CPTs. I'll let you know as soon as I have more details.

[josevarghese]

Note

Internal Slack discussion: https://yoast.slack.com/archives/C01NCRHHN30/p1777204882628179

[josevarghese]

Hi @UlrichThomasGabor

I discussed this with the development team, and they informed me that they will try to introduce a filter/fix for this in a future release.

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