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'; $badge .= 'Last updated: ' . esc_html($modified); $badge .= ' · Originally published: ' . esc_html($published); $badge .= '
'; $content = $badge . $content; } return $content; }, 5); add_action('wp_head', function() { if (!is_singular(array('post'))) return; $modified = get_the_modified_date('c'); echo '' . "\n"; }, 2); /** * WPCode Snippet: Person & Organization Schema * ID: 516 (suggested) * Type: PHP Snippet * Location: Run Everywhere * Status: Active * * Outputs Organization + Person (Chad Dyer) structured data. * Establishes E-E-A-T signals for Google and AI engines. */ add_action('wp_head', function() { if (is_admin()) return; if (!is_front_page() && !is_singular()) return; $org = array( '@context' => 'https://schema.org', '@type' => 'Organization', 'name' => 'Current Homesteading', 'url' => 'https://currenthomesteading.com', 'description' => 'Current Homesteading — homesteading, self-reliance, gardening, and sustainable living. A Brand Avalanche Media property.', 'parentOrganization' => array( '@type' => 'Organization', 'name' => 'Brand Avalanche Media, Inc.', 'url' => 'https://popularsuppressors.com' ), 'sameAs' => array( 'https://popularsuppressors.com', 'https://gunsandgadgetsdaily.com', 'https://popularoutdoorsman.com', 'https://freedomslodge.com', 'https://popularedc.com', 'https://currenthomesteading.com', 'https://popularbbq.com' ) ); $person = array( '@context' => 'https://schema.org', '@type' => 'Person', 'name' => 'Chad Dyer', 'jobTitle' => 'President', 'worksFor' => array('@type' => 'Organization', 'name' => 'Brand Avalanche Media, Inc.'), 'url' => 'https://popularsuppressors.com/about-chad-dyer/', 'sameAs' => array('https://popularsuppressors.com/about-chad-dyer/', 'https://currenthomesteading.com/about-chad-dyer/') ); echo "\n\n"; echo '\n"; echo '\n"; }, 4); /** * WPCode Snippet: IndexNow Protocol Auto-Submit * ID: 515 (suggested) * Type: PHP Snippet * Location: Run Everywhere * Status: Active * * Auto-submits URLs to Bing/Yandex/IndexNow on publish/update. * Critical because 90% of ChatGPT citations come from Bing-indexed pages. */ define('PS_INDEXNOW_KEY', 'ch2026a4b5c6d7e8f9'); add_action('init', function() { $request_uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?? ''; if (trim($request_uri, '/') === PS_INDEXNOW_KEY . '.txt') { header('Content-Type: text/plain'); echo PS_INDEXNOW_KEY; exit; } }); add_action('transition_post_status', function($new_status, $old_status, $post) { if ($new_status !== 'publish') return; if (defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE) return; if (wp_is_post_revision($post)) return; $allowed_types = array('post', 'page'); if (!in_array($post->post_type, $allowed_types)) return; $url = get_permalink($post); if (empty($url)) return; $payload = array( 'host' => 'currenthomesteading.com', 'key' => PS_INDEXNOW_KEY, 'keyLocation' => 'https://currenthomesteading.com/' . PS_INDEXNOW_KEY . '.txt', 'urlList' => array($url) ); wp_remote_post('https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow', array( 'body' => json_encode($payload), 'headers' => array('Content-Type' => 'application/json; charset=utf-8'), 'timeout' => 5, 'blocking' => false, 'sslverify' => true, )); if (defined('WP_DEBUG') && WP_DEBUG) { error_log('[IndexNow] Submitted: ' . $url); } }, 10, 3); add_action('wp_ajax_ps_indexnow_bulk', function() { if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) wp_die('Unauthorized'); $submitted = array(); $urls = array(); $args = array('post_type' => array('post'), 'post_status' => 'publish', 'posts_per_page' => 500, 'fields' => 'ids', 'no_found_rows' => true); $posts = get_posts($args); foreach ($posts as $pid) { $urls[] = get_permalink($pid); } $batches = array_chunk($urls, 500); foreach ($batches as $batch) { $payload = array('host' => 'currenthomesteading.com', 'key' => PS_INDEXNOW_KEY, 'keyLocation' => 'https://currenthomesteading.com/' . PS_INDEXNOW_KEY . '.txt', 'urlList' => $batch); wp_remote_post('https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow', array('body' => json_encode($payload), 'headers' => array('Content-Type' => 'application/json; charset=utf-8'), 'timeout' => 15, 'blocking' => true, 'sslverify' => true)); $submitted = array_merge($submitted, $batch); } wp_send_json_success(array('count' => count($submitted), 'message' => 'Submitted ' . count($submitted) . ' URLs to IndexNow')); }); add_action('admin_bar_menu', function($admin_bar) { if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) return; $admin_bar->add_menu(array('id' => 'indexnow-bulk', 'title' => 'IndexNow Bulk Submit', 'href' => admin_url('admin-ajax.php?action=ps_indexnow_bulk'), 'meta' => array('title' => 'Submit all published URLs to IndexNow'))); }, 100); /** * WPCode Snippet: Speakable Schema Markup * ID: 514 (suggested) * Type: PHP Snippet * Location: Run Everywhere * Status: Active * * Adds Speakable structured data to articles and posts. * 62% of voice search results pull from pages with Speakable schema. */ add_action('wp_head', function() { if (is_admin()) return; if (!is_singular(array('post'))) return; $post_id = get_the_ID(); $post = get_post($post_id); $speakable_text = ''; if (!empty($post->post_excerpt)) { $speakable_text = wp_strip_all_tags($post->post_excerpt); } else { $content = wp_strip_all_tags($post->post_content); $cut = substr($content, 0, 400); $last_period = strrpos($cut, '.'); if ($last_period !== false && $last_period > 100) { $speakable_text = substr($cut, 0, $last_period + 1); } else { $speakable_text = substr($content, 0, 300); } } $author_name = get_the_author_meta('display_name', $post->post_author); if (empty($author_name)) $author_name = 'Chad Dyer'; $image_url = ''; if (has_post_thumbnail($post_id)) { $image_url = get_the_post_thumbnail_url($post_id, 'full'); } $schema = array( '@context' => 'https://schema.org', '@type' => 'Article', 'headline' => get_the_title(), 'url' => get_permalink(), 'datePublished' => get_the_date('c'), 'dateModified' => get_the_modified_date('c'), 'author' => array( '@type' => 'Person', 'name' => $author_name, 'url' => home_url('/about-chad-dyer/'), 'sameAs' => array('https://popularsuppressors.com/about-chad-dyer/') ), 'publisher' => array( '@type' => 'Organization', 'name' => 'Brand Avalanche Media, Inc.', 'url' => 'https://popularsuppressors.com', ), 'speakable' => array( '@type' => 'SpeakableSpecification', 'cssSelector' => array('h1', '.entry-content > p:first-of-type', '.entry-content > p:nth-of-type(2)', '.entry-content > p:nth-of-type(3)') ), 'mainEntityOfPage' => array('@type' => 'WebPage', '@id' => get_permalink()) ); if (!empty($image_url)) { $schema['image'] = $image_url; } echo "\n\n"; echo '\n"; }, 6); /** * WPCode Snippet: BreadcrumbList JSON-LD Schema * ID: 513 (suggested) * Type: PHP Snippet * Location: Run Everywhere * Status: Active * * Outputs BreadcrumbList structured data on every page. * 47% of AI-cited pages have BreadcrumbList schema. */ add_action('wp_head', function() { if (is_admin()) return; $crumbs = array(); $position = 1; $crumbs[] = array( '@type' => 'ListItem', 'position' => $position++, 'name' => 'Home', 'item' => home_url('/') ); if (is_singular('post')) { $cats = get_the_category(get_the_ID()); if (!empty($cats)) { $primary = $cats[0]; $crumbs[] = array( '@type' => 'ListItem', 'position' => $position++, 'name' => $primary->name, 'item' => get_category_link($primary->term_id) ); } $crumbs[] = array( '@type' => 'ListItem', 'position' => $position++, 'name' => get_the_title() ); } elseif (is_page()) { $ancestors = get_post_ancestors(get_the_ID()); $ancestors = array_reverse($ancestors); foreach ($ancestors as $ancestor_id) { $crumbs[] = array( '@type' => 'ListItem', 'position' => $position++, 'name' => get_the_title($ancestor_id), 'item' => get_permalink($ancestor_id) ); } $crumbs[] = array( '@type' => 'ListItem', 'position' => $position++, 'name' => get_the_title() ); } elseif (is_category()) { $cat = get_queried_object(); if ($cat->parent) { $parent = get_category($cat->parent); $crumbs[] = array( '@type' => 'ListItem', 'position' => $position++, 'name' => $parent->name, 'item' => get_category_link($parent->term_id) ); } $crumbs[] = array( '@type' => 'ListItem', 'position' => $position++, 'name' => $cat->name ); } elseif (is_tax()) { $term = get_queried_object(); $crumbs[] = array( '@type' => 'ListItem', 'position' => $position++, 'name' => $term->name ); } if (count($crumbs) < 2) return; $schema = array( '@context' => 'https://schema.org', '@type' => 'BreadcrumbList', 'itemListElement' => $crumbs ); echo "\n\n"; echo '\n"; }, 5); /** * WPCode Snippet: AI Crawler Directives for robots.txt * ID: 512 (suggested) * Type: PHP Snippet * Location: Run Everywhere * Status: Active * * Adds explicit Allow/Disallow rules for AI crawlers. * Strategy: ALLOW retrieval bots / BLOCK training-only bots */ add_filter('robots_txt', function($output, $public) { if ('0' === $public) return $output; $ai_rules = "\n# ── AI Crawler Directives (added by WPCode #512) ──\n\n"; $allow_bots = array( 'ChatGPT-User' => 'ChatGPT real-time browsing', 'OAI-SearchBot' => 'OpenAI search indexing', 'PerplexityBot' => 'Perplexity AI search indexing', 'Perplexity-User' => 'Perplexity real-time retrieval', 'Claude-Web' => 'Anthropic Claude web retrieval', 'Claude-SearchBot' => 'Anthropic Claude search indexing', 'Applebot-Extended' => 'Apple Intelligence / Siri AI features', 'GoogleOther' => 'Google AI Overviews and Gemini retrieval', 'Googlebot' => 'Google Search (standard)', 'Bingbot' => 'Bing Search (critical for ChatGPT citations)', 'meta-externalagent' => 'Meta AI search retrieval', 'Bytespider' => 'TikTok/ByteDance search indexing', 'cohere-ai' => 'Cohere AI retrieval', ); foreach ($allow_bots as $bot => $comment) { $ai_rules .= "# {$comment}\n"; $ai_rules .= "User-agent: {$bot}\n"; $ai_rules .= "Allow: /\n"; $ai_rules .= "Disallow: /wp-admin/\n"; $ai_rules .= "Disallow: /wp-includes/\n"; $ai_rules .= "Disallow: /wp-json/\n\n"; } $block_bots = array( 'GPTBot' => 'OpenAI training crawler', 'CCBot' => 'Common Crawl (training dataset scraper)', 'anthropic-ai' => 'Anthropic training crawler', 'ClaudeBot' => 'Anthropic training crawler (legacy)', 'Google-Extended' => 'Google AI training', 'Omgilibot' => 'Webz.io data scraper', 'FacebookBot' => 'Meta training scraper', 'Diffbot' => 'Diffbot web scraping', 'img2dataset' => 'Image training dataset scraper', ); $ai_rules .= "# ── BLOCKED: Training-only crawlers ──\n\n"; foreach ($block_bots as $bot => $comment) { $ai_rules .= "# {$comment}\n"; $ai_rules .= "User-agent: {$bot}\n"; $ai_rules .= "Disallow: /\n\n"; } $ai_rules .= "# ── AI Content Discovery ──\n"; $ai_rules .= "# llms.txt for LLM-friendly site summary\n"; $ai_rules .= "# See: https://currenthomesteading.com/llms.txt\n\n"; return $output . $ai_rules; }, 10, 2);Self-reliance tips, rural living guides, and off-grid skills delivered weekly.
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