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ProcessWire markup module for rendering meta tags in HTML document head section. Note that this module is not full-blown SEO solution, but rather a simple tool for rendering meta tags based on module configuration. Adding custom meta tags is also supported.

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Markup Metadata

ProcessWire markup module for rendering meta tags in HTML document head section. Note that this module is not full-blown SEO solution, but rather a simple tool for rendering meta tags based on module configuration. Adding custom meta tags is also supported.

Built-in meta tags

The following meta tags are supported out-of-the-box:

  • Document title consisting of page title and site name
  • Character set
  • Canonical
  • Viewport
  • Description
  • Keywords
  • Hreflang tags
  • Open Graph
    • og:title
    • og:site_name
    • og:type
    • og:url
    • og:description
    • og:image
    • og:image:width
    • og:image:height
    • og:image:alt
  • Twitter meta tags
    • twitter:card
    • twitter:site
    • twitter:creator
    • twitter:title
    • twitter:description
    • twitter:image
    • twitter:image:alt
  • Facebook meta tags
    • fb:app_id

Installation

Install using Composer

composer require fokke/markup-metadata

Manual installation

Extract module files to site/modules/MarkupMetadata directory.

Usage

// Initialize module instance
$metadata = $modules->get('MarkupMetadata');

// Optionally set your custom meta tags, or overwrite module configuration before rendering...

// Render metadata
echo $metadata->render();

Public methods

setMeta($tag, $attrs, $content)

Set custom meta tag.

  • string $tag HTML tag name to use
  • array|null $attrs Optional array of HTML tag attributes in the following format: 'name' => 'value'
  • string|null $content Optional inner content for the element. Most likely this will be used only for <title> tag.
$metadata->setMeta('meta', [
  'name' => 'author',
  'content' => 'Jerry Cotton',
]);
// <meta name="author" content="Jerry Cotton">

render()

Render all meta tags

$metadata->render();

Configuration

After you have installed the module, check module configuration page for available options. If you wish, all these options can be set or overwritten in code like this:

// Add this line before rendering
$metadata->site_name = 'My custom site name';

// Set multiple properties
$metadata->setArray([
  'page_title' => 'My custom title',
  'site_name' => 'My custom site name',
  'description' => 'My custom description',
]);

page_url

Type: string

This URL will be used in canonical and og:url meta tags. If unset, page URL will be dynamically built of base_url, current page URL, and URL segments (if defined).

base_url

Type: string, Default: 'https://domain.com'

Used as a base for building the current page URL.

charset

Type: string, Default: 'utf-8'

Used in charset meta tag.

viewport

Type: string, Default: 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0'

Used in viewport meta tag.

keywords

Type: string

Used in keywords meta tag. If unset, keywords of the current page will be used. See keywords_selector.

keywords_selector

Type: string, Default: 'keywords'

This selector will be used to get current page keywords using $page->get() method.

document_title

Type: string

By default document title will be built of page_title, document_title_separator and site_name. You can overwrite this property if you want a fully customized document title.

page_title

Type: string

Value will be used in title, og:title and twitter:title meta tags. If unset, title of the current page will be used. See page_title_selector.

page_title_selector

Type: string

This selector will be used to get current page title using $page->get() method.

document_title_separator

Type: string, Default: '-'

Value will be used to separate page title and site name in document title.

site_name

Type: string, Default: 'Site name'

Value will be added to the document title after page title. It will also be used in og:site_name meta tag.

description

Type: string

Used in description, og:description, and twitter:description meta tags. If unset, description of the current page will be used. See description_selector.

description_selector

Type: string, Default: 'summary'

This selector will be used to get current page description using $page->get() method.

description_max_length

Type: integer, Default: '160'

Description will be truncated to the specified number of characters.

description_truncate_mode

Type: string, Default: 'word'

Select truncate mode to use with $sanitizer->truncate() method.

image

Type: \ProcessWire\Pageimage

Used in og:image and twitter:image meta tags. By default the module will attempt to get image from the current page by using image_selector. This image will be resized to the dimensions defined by image_width and image_height properties.

image_selector

Type: string, default: 'image'

This selector will be used to get current page image using $page->get() method.

image_width

Type: integer, Default: 1200

Image will be resized to specified width.

image_height

Type: integer, Default: 630

Image will be resized to specified height.

image_alt_field

Type: string, Default: alt

The value of this field will be used as an alternative text of the image. Enable custom fields for your image field and specify the field name.

image_inherit

Type: boolean, Default: false

If the image cannot be found from the current page, the module will try to find the image from the nearest parent page (including home page).

image_fallback_page

Type: \ProcessWire\Page, Default: null

If the image cannot be found from the current page (and possibly enabled inheritance fails), the module will try to find the image from the given page. Use this to define default image for all pages. The selector defined above will be used to find the image.

render_hreflang

Type: boolean, Default: false

Toggle rendering of hreflang tags on/off. To enable, set value to true. In order to render hreflang tags, the following requirements must be met:

  1. Your site has at least two languages set up
  2. LanguageSupportPageNames module is installed
  3. Field defined in property hreflang_code_field exists and your language template includes that field.
  4. Language code field is populated in every language page. If the language code field is empty, the hreflang tag will not be rendered for that language.

hreflang_code_field

Type: string, Default: 'languageCode'

This field name will be used define language code for every language page.

render_og

Type: boolean, Default: true

Toggle rendering of Open Graph tags on/off. To disable, set value to false.

og_type

Type: string, Default: 'website'

Open Graph type of the page/resource. Used in og:type meta tag.

render_twitter

Type: boolean, Default: false

Toggle rendering of Twitter tags on/off. To enable, set value to true.

twitter_card

Type: string, Default: 'summary_large_image'

Twitter card type, which can be one of summary, summary_large_image, app, or player. Used in twitter:card meta tag.

twitter_site

Type: string, Default: null

Twitter user name. Used in twitter:site meta tag.

twitter_creator

Type: string, Default: null

Twitter user name. Used in twitter:creator meta tag.

render_facebook

Type: boolean, Default: false

Toggle rendering of Facebook tags on/off. To enable, set value to true.

facebook_app_id

Type: string, Default: null

Facebook application ID. Used in fb:app_id meta tag.

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ProcessWire markup module for rendering meta tags in HTML document head section. Note that this module is not full-blown SEO solution, but rather a simple tool for rendering meta tags based on module configuration. Adding custom meta tags is also supported.

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