Simple Hooks: Add Post Category to genesis_title hook

[SethResler]

I would like to add the name of the post category between the <title> and </title> tags of my pages so that I can use Google Analytics' Content Grouping feature. (I don't want to mess with my permalink structure because I don't want to break existing backlinks.)

I have the Genesis Simple Hooks plugin installed, and I have added this code to the box under Document Hooks > genesis_title Hook:

<?php if(is_single()) { $cats = get_the_category($post->ID);
foreach( $cats as $cat ) { echo ' - '; echo $cat->cat_name; }
} ?>

I have checked the box to "Execute php on this hook."

But when I view the source code for a blogpost, the Categories appear after the </title> tag, not before it:

<title>The 5 Best Shrimp & Grits in New Orleans - Taste Trekkers</title>
 - Food and Travel Blog - Top 5

Can somebody please help me get this code in between the title tags where it belongs? Thank you!

http://tastetrekkers.com

[SethResler]

The answer is that the Yoast SEO plugin was overriding this hook (and apparently forcing the php outside the </title> tag). I went into the Yoast settings and added %%category%% to the Title Template for posts, and scrapped the genesis_title code in Simple Hooks altogether. It seems to be working.

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