Patch functionality to allow Yoast to control if author pages should be indexed or not #1062
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Description
This PR aims to address the issue noted in #1059
Yoast has introduced functionality to allow control over the indexing of author pages.
This option is controlled with an option called
noindex-author-wpseo
Steps to Test
On a setup with Yoast and CoAuthors Plus installed
Set
noindex-author-wpseo
to true, by togglingShow author archives in search results
to the off positionObserve that author pages are included in the sitemap
Checkout CoAuthors Plus to this branch
Observe that author archive pages are not included in the sitemap
https://yoast.com/help/how-to-exclude-author-pages-from-sitemap/#customize