From c7307e8e3b6c2ff700478fc2cb1f91a40d3ffde7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@automattic.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:02:50 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Patch functionality to allow Yoast to control if author pages
 should be indexed or not. Addresses #1059

---
 php/integrations/yoast.php | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/php/integrations/yoast.php b/php/integrations/yoast.php
index 938a9277..3dc67167 100644
--- a/php/integrations/yoast.php
+++ b/php/integrations/yoast.php
@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@ public static function allow_indexing_guest_author_archive( $robots, $presentati
 		if ( ! is_a( $presentation, Indexable_Author_Archive_Presentation::class ) ) {
 			return $robots;
 		}
+		
+		/*
+		 * Check if the `noindex-author-wpseo` option
+		 * 		which is set in Yoast, this setting drops author pages being indexed
+		 * if set to true do not change robots
+		 */
+		if ( get_option( 'noindex-author-wpseo', false ) ) {
+			return $robots;
+		}
 
 		$post_type = get_post_type( get_queried_object_id() );
 		if ( 'guest-author' !== $post_type ) {