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Clarify in our documentation that our shortcode analysis filter does not work in the block editor.

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
wordpress
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the shortcode analysis filter documentation page linked in the issue and review its current usage guidance. Add a clear note that the filter works only in the Classic editor, not the block editor; the documentation should explicitly set that expectation for users.

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Description

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We have documentation here on how to get Yoast SEO to analyze content inside shortcodes:
https://developer.yoast.com/customization/yoast-seo/filters/shortcodes-filter/

However, this only works in the Classic editor, not on the block editor.

We've received a support request from a user that was trying to use the filter without success.

We should add a comment in the documentation that this filter will only work in the Classic editor.

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JavaScript
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