Using an SEO plugin that doesn't trigger Genesis SEO deactivation

[sahdow]

I'm using Smartcrawl by WPMUDEV and unlike Yoast or AIO Genesis doesn't disable the SEO feature when the Smartcrawl plugin is activated.

How can I manually disable the Genesis SEO Features? I'm assuming there must be something that can be added to child theme functions but Google hasn't been helpful in this case.

[Victor Font]

There is a filter you can use to add your own parameter to detect the plugin you are using. The filter can be found in the genesis/lib/functions/seo.php file at line 155. The actual code is:

// Use this filter to adjust plugin tests.
apply_filters(
	'genesis_detect_seo_plugins',
	// Add to this array to add new plugin checks.
	array(

		// Classes to detect.
		'classes'   => array(
			'All_in_One_SEO_Pack',
			'All_in_One_SEO_Pack_p',
			'HeadSpace_Plugin',
			'Platinum_SEO_Pack',
			'wpSEO',
			'SEO_Ultimate',
		),

		// Functions to detect.
		'functions' => array(),

		// Constants to detect.
		'constants' => array( 'WPSEO_VERSION' ),
	)
)

This filter allows you to detect your plugin either by class, function, or a constant that you can define. You would use it by creating something like this in your functions.php:

define( 'SMARTCRAWL', true);

add_filter('genesis_detect_seo_plugins','detect_my_seo_plugin');
function detect_my_seo_plugin( $seo_plugins ) {
    
    $seo_plugins[constants][] = "SMARTCRAWL";

    return $seo_plugins;
}

I can't test this because I don't have access to your Smartcrawl plugin. It may be easier for you to detect a class or function. I don't know. You'll have to figure that one out yourself.

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Victor
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[sahdow]

Thanks Victor solution for anyone else who needs it is below:

/** Disable Genesis SEO When SmartCrawl Enabled */
add_filter('genesis_detect_seo_plugins', 'md_disable_genesis_seo');
function md_disable_genesis_seo( $array ) {
    $array['classes'][] = "Smartcrawl_Loader";
    return $array;
}

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