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### Plain Redirect CSV Entries

Source: https://yoast.com/help/import-redirects

Examples of standard redirect entries using the plain format.

```csv
"/three-zero-one","/",301,"plain"
"/three-zero-two","/",302,"plain"
"/three-zero-seven","/",307,"plain"
"/four-ten","",410,"plain"
"/four-five-one","",451,"plain"
```

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### Display Address with Full Parameters via Shortcode

Source: https://yoast.com/help/configuration-guide-for-local-seo

Example of the shortcode configured with all available parameters enabled.

```text
[wpseo_address id="237"  oneline="1" show_state="1" show_country="1" show_phone="1" show_phone_2="1" show_fax="1" show_email="1" show_url="1" show_vat="1" show_tax="1" show_coc="1" show_logo="1" show_opening_hours="1" hide_closed="1" comment="Extra Comment"]
```

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### Meta Robots Tag Configuration

Source: https://yoast.com/help/my-meta-descriptions-arent-showing-up-in-the-search-result-pages

An example of a meta robots tag that allows snippets and indexing.

```html
<meta name='robots' content='index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1' />
```

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### Example of a non-rendering shortcode

Source: https://yoast.com/help/shortcodes-not-rendering

A typical shortcode string that appears as plain text when not processed by the WordPress engine.

```text
[wpseo_map id="all" width="400" height="300" zoom="-1" map_style="roadmap" show_route="0" show_state="0"]
```

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### Remove Pingback HTTP header

Source: https://yoast.com/help/yoast-seo-settings-crawl-optimization

Example of the X-Pingback header that can be removed from the response.

```http
X-Pingback: http://testsite.com/xmlrpc.php
```

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### Locate PHP Configuration Files

Source: https://yoast.com/help/xml-sitemap-error

Files to inspect for accidental whitespace before the opening PHP tag.

```php
<?php
```

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### Remove generator tag

Source: https://yoast.com/help/yoast-seo-settings-crawl-optimization

Example of the meta tag displaying the WordPress version.

```html
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 6.0" />
```

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### Remove shortlink metadata

Source: https://yoast.com/help/yoast-seo-settings-crawl-optimization

Example of the shortlink tag added by WordPress to the site header.

```html
<link rel='shortlink' href='http://testsite.com/?p=1' />
```

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### CSV Import File Structure for Local SEO

Source: https://yoast.com/help/import-csv-file-for-local-seo

This example demonstrates the required header row and data format for importing multiple store locations. Ensure the column separator used in the file matches the setting selected during the import process.

```csv
Name,Address,City,Zipcode,State,Country,Main Phone,Secondary Phone,Fax,Email,Description,Image,Category,URL,VAT ID,Tax ID,Chamber of Commerce,Notes 1,Notes 2,Notes 3,Business type,Opening hours monday from,Opening hours monday to,Opening hours monday second from,Opening hours monday second to,Opening hours tuesday from,Opening hours tuesday to,Opening hours tuesday second from,Opening hours tuesday second to,Opening hours wednesday from,Opening hours wednesday to,Opening hours wednesday second from,Opening hours wednesday second to,Opening hours thursday from,Opening hours thursday to,Opening hours thursday second from,Opening hours thursday second to,Opening hours friday from,Opening hours friday to,Opening hours friday second from,Opening hours friday second to,Opening hours saturday from,Opening hours saturday to,Opening hours saturday second from,Opening hours saturday second to,Opening hours sunday from,Opening hours sunday to,Opening hours sunday second from,Opening hours sunday second to
Example Location 1,Don Emanuelstraat 3,Wijchen,6602 GX,Gelderland,NL,213371337,,,,Example Location 1,http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Open_office.png,Offices,http://test1.com,,,,,,,Educational Organization,8:00,12:00,13:00,18:00,13:00,18:00,,,8:00,18:00,,,8:00,12:00,13:00,18:00,8:00,18:00,,,,,,,,,,
Example Location 2,Kasteellaan 22,Wijchen,6602 DE,Gelderland,NL,213371338,,,,Example Location 2,http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Open_office.png,Offices,,,,,,,,NGO,8:00,18:00,,,8:00,18:00,,,8:00,18:00,,,8:00,18:00,,,8:00,18:00,,,8:00,18:00,,,,,,
Example Location 3,Wolfskuilseweg 99,Nijmegen,6542 JD,Gelderland,NL,213371339,,,,Example Location 3,http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Open_office.png,Offices,http://test2.com,,,,,,,,8:30,15:00,18:00,21:00,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Example Location 4,Korte Nieuwstraat 6,Nijmegen,6511 PP,Gelderland,NL,213731373,,,,Example Location 4,http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Open_office.png,Offices,,,,,,,,,,,,,9:00,12:00,,,9:00,13:00,13:30,17:00,,,,,9:00,21:00,,,,,,,12:00,17:00,,
```

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### Opening Hours Shortcode Implementation

Source: https://yoast.com/help/configuration-guide-for-local-seo

Basic and full usage of the opening hours shortcode.

```text
[wpseo_opening_hours]
```

```text
[wpseo_opening_hours id="43" hide_closed="0" show_days="sunday,monday,tuesday,wednesday,thursday,friday,saturday" comment=""]
```

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### Remove oEmbed links

Source: https://yoast.com/help/yoast-seo-settings-crawl-optimization

Example of oEmbed link tags used for content consumption by other sites.

```html
<link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="http://testsite.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftestsite.com%2F2022%2F05%2Fhello-world%2F" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/xml+oembed" href="http://testsite.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftestsite.com%2F2022%2F05%2Fhello-world%2F&format=xml" />
```

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### Example PHP security restriction warnings

Source: https://yoast.com/help/loadclass-disabled-for-security-reasons

These error messages indicate that the server configuration has explicitly blocked specific PHP functions required by the plugin.

```text
PHP Warning: loadClass() has been disabled for security reasons in /PATH_TO_WORDPRESS/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor/composer/ClassLoader52.php on line 186

Warning: php_uname() has been disabled for security reasons in /www/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo-premium/vendor/yoast/wp-helpscout/src/class-helpscout-beacon-identifier.php on line 61
```
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