Manual meta tags or plugin?

  • Resolved toddmeister

    (@toddmeister)


    12 years, 1 month ago

    Hi all,

    I want to add some generic meta tag description and keywords to my header rather than to each page of my site. Is it best to do this manually or use a plugin?

    If I do it manually, do I just use the <meta name=”description” and <meta name=”keyword” codes?

    Many Thanks

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  • Your theme hopefully has a header.php template file somewhere. If you put your meta tag in there it will show up on all your pages. You don’t need a plugin for it if you are somewhat familiar with HTML.

    Thread Starter toddmeister

    (@toddmeister)

    Hi,

    Yes it has header.php. I am new to HTML (and websites in general) but it sounds pretty simple from reading the “Codex Meta Tags in WordPress” page.

    Am I right in thinking that I just need to add the <meta name=”decription content=”blah blah blah”/> to the header.php and then the description which I have input will appear in the search engine results under my site name?

    Thanks again

    Theoretically, yes, but I can’t tell you exactly how Google processes your code. The meta tag needs to go between the head tags 

    <head>
<title>My great site</title>
<meta name="description" content="This is a site of greatness." />
</head>

    Sometimes Google can take a few days to update. You can ask them to re-index your site via Google Webmaster tools then the changes may show up sooner.

    Thread Starter toddmeister

    (@toddmeister)

    Hi again,

    In the end I decided to use the All in One SEO Pack plugin and set the title and description using that

    Thanks

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