Meta Variables
The seomatic.meta
variable contains all of the meta variables that control the SEO that will be rendered on the site. They are pre-populated from your settings and content in the control panel, but you can change them as you see fit.
General Variables
seomatic.meta.mainEntityOfPage
– The schema.org type that represents the main entity of the page.seomatic.meta.seoTitle
– The title that is used for the<title>
tag.seomatic.meta.siteNamePosition
– controls where theseomatic.site.siteName
appears relative to theseomatic.meta.seoTitle
in the<title>
tag. Valid values arebefore
,after
, ornone
.seomatic.meta.seoDescription
– The description that is used for the<meta name="description">
tag.seomatic.meta.seoKeywords
– The keywords that are used for the<meta name="keywords">
tag. Note that this tag is ignored by Google.seomatic.meta.seoImage
– The image URL that is used for SEO image.seomatic.meta.seoImageWidth
– The width of the SEO image.seomatic.meta.seoImageHeight
– The height of the SEO image.seomatic.meta.seoImageDescription
– A textual description of the SEO image.seomatic.meta.canonicalUrl
– The URL used for the<link rel="canonical">
tag. By default, this is set to{seomatic.helper.safeCanonicalUrl()}
or{entry.url}
/{category.url}
/{product.url}
, but you can change it as you see fit. This variable is also used to set thelink rel="canonical"
HTTP header.seomatic.meta.robots
– The setting used for the<meta name="robots">
tag that controls how bots should index your site. This variable is also used to set theX-Robots-Tag
HTTP header. Learn More
Facebook Open Graph Variables
seomatic.meta.ogType
– The value used for the<meta property="og:type">
tag, such aswebsite
orarticle
.seomatic.meta.ogTitle
– The value used for the<meta property="og:title">
tag. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoTitle}
.seomatic.meta.ogSiteNamePosition
– controls where theseomatic.site.siteName
appears relative to theseomatic.meta.ogTitle
in the<meta property="og:title">
tag. Valid values arebefore
,after
, ornone
.seomatic.meta.ogDescription
– The value used for the<meta property="og:description">
tag. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoDescription}
.seomatic.meta.ogImage
– The value used for the<meta property="og:image">
tag. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoImage}
.seomatic.meta.ogImageWidth
– The width of the ogImage. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoImageWidth}
.seomatic.meta.ogImageHeight
– The height of the ogImage. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoImageHeight}
.seomatic.meta.ogImageDescription
– The value used for the<meta property="og:image:alt">
tag. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoImageDescription}
.
Twitter Variables
seomatic.meta.twitterCard
– The value used for the<meta name="twitter:card">
tag, such assummary
orsummary_large_image
.seomatic.meta.twitterCreator
– The value used for the<meta name="twitter:creator">
tag. This defaults to{seomatic.site.twitterHandle}
.seomatic.meta.twitterTitle
– The value used for the<meta name="twitter:title">
tag. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoTitle}
.seomatic.meta.twitterSiteNamePosition
– controls where theseomatic.site.siteName
appears relative to theseomatic.meta.twitterTitle
in the<meta name="twitter:title">
tag. Valid values arebefore
,after
, ornone
.seomatic.meta.twitterDescription
– The value used for the<meta name="twitter:description">
tag. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoDescription}
.seomatic.meta.twitterImage
– The value used for the<meta name="twitter:image">
tag. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoImage}
.seomatic.meta.twitterImageWidth
– The width of the Twitter image. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoImageWidth}
.seomatic.meta.twitterImageHeight
– The height of the Twitter image. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoImageHeight}
.seomatic.meta.twitterImageDescription
– The value used for the<meta name="twitter:image:alt">
tag. This defaults to{seomatic.meta.seoImageDescription}
.