Head Meta Pro makes it easy to define the perfect meta tags for your WordPress-powered site. The plugin is designed with simplicity in mind, so getting started and set up should be a breeze. If at any time, you are unsure or have questions, visit the Help tab on the plugin settings page for complete documentation, and always feel free to contact us for further support. So with that in mind, let’s get started with Head Meta Pro..

Overview

10-second overview: Install/activate the plugin. Visit the plugin settings ▸ License screen to activate your license. Then visit the plugin settings and define your meta tags. Save changes and done.

Now let’s walk through with a little more detail..

Installation

First remove the free version of Head Meta Pro (aka Head Meta Data), if installed. Then install the pro version and activate the license.

Note: Head Meta Pro includes complete inline documentation; click the “Help” tab in the upper-right corner of the plugin settings screen for complete information. Also, here is the installing plugins guide at WordPress.org.

Usage

The key to maximizing your meta-tag configuration: first define a good set of default meta tags. To do this, visit the “Default” tab in the plugin settings. There you will find three sections:

  • Meta Tags
  • Facebook
  • X (Twitter)

Go through each section and define your default meta tags. This default set of tags will be used when a more specific meta tag has not been defined. After defining your tags and saving the changes, you can preview your meta tags by scrolling down to the “Live Preview” section.

Pro Tip: The Live Preview is amazing, but it doesn’t transform any shortcut variables like %%POST_TITLE%% or %ARCHIVE_TYPE%%. To view the meta tags with transformed shortcuts, simply view the source code of your web pages.

Going Further

After defining your default meta tags, you can go further by defining tags for specific page-views. For example, you can use shortcut variables to define tags for single posts. To do so, visit the “Posts” tab and enter some shortcut variables such as:

  • %%POST_TITLE%%
  • %%POST_DESC%%
  • %%POST_AUTHOR%%

Using shortcut variables gives you granular control over the meta tags for each type of page view:

  • Home
  • Posts
  • Pages
  • Archive
  • Search
  • 404

There are many shortcut variables available, enabling you to dial in the perfect meta tags for each type of view.

Pro Tip: If you have defined a complete set of Default meta tags, you probably won’t need to define every tag for Posts, Pages, Archives, and other views. Many tags such as Copyright, Language, and Publisher probably are the same for all of your web pages. So define them once in the Default settings and you can skip them when defining tags for other page views.

Remember, this is just a “Quick Start” guide. For more information check out the following resources:

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