// Add Shortcode function get_yoast_primary_cat() { Fill in your custom taxonomy here $yourTaxonomy = 'category'; // SHOW YOAST PRIMARY CATEGORY, OR FIRST CATEGORY $category = get_the_terms( $postId, $yourTaxonomy ); $useCatLink = true; // If post has a category assigned. if ($category){ $category_display = ''; $category_link = ''; if ( class_exists('WPSEO_Primary_Term') ) { // Show the post's 'Primary' category, if this Yoast feature is available, & one is set $wpseo_primary_term = new WPSEO_Primary_Term( 'event_cat', get_the_id() ); $wpseo_primary_term = $wpseo_primary_term->get_primary_term(); $term = get_term( $wpseo_primary_term ); if (is_wp_error($term)) { // Default to first category (not Yoast) if an error is returned $category_display = $category[0]->name; $category_link = get_bloginfo('url') . '/' . 'event-category/' . $term->slug; } else { // Yoast Primary category $category_display = $term->name; $category_link = get_term_link( $term->term_id ); } } else { // Default, display the first category in WP's list of assigned categories $category_display = $category[0]->name; $category_link = get_term_link( $category[0]->term_id ); } // Display category if ( !empty($category_display) ){ if ( $useCatLink == true && !empty($category_link) ){ echo '<span class="post-category">'; echo '<a href="'.$category_link.'">'.$category_display.'</a>'; echo '</span>'; } else { echo '<span class="post-category">'.$category_display.'</span>'; } } } } add_shortcode( 'yoast-primary-category', 'get_yoast_primary_cat' );