/**
 * 🔒 Remove /product/ and /products/ URLs from Yoast sitemap (FINAL)
 * Covers product pages + product category pages
 */
 
/* Level 1: Stop inclusion at URL check stage */
add_filter('wpseo_sitemap_exclude_url', function ($exclude, $url) {
 
    if (
        strpos($url, '/product/') !== false ||
        strpos($url, '/products/') !== false
    ) {
        return true;
    }
 
    return $exclude;
 
}, 10, 2);
 
 
/* Level 2: Force remove from final sitemap output */
add_filter('wpseo_sitemap_entries', function ($entries) {
 
    if (empty($entries)) {
        return $entries;
    }
 
    foreach ($entries as $key => $entry) {
 
        if (isset($entry['loc'])) {
 
            if (
                strpos($entry['loc'], '/product/') !== false ||
                strpos($entry['loc'], '/products/') !== false
            ) {
                unset($entries[$key]);
            }
 
        }
    }
 
    return $entries;
});