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Hi,
I’m sorry if this out of your scope but could you give me some orientation on how to edit meta title and meta description (or how to edit <head>) on each page and post, without installing heavy plugins like yoast SEO?
Thanks in advance,
RicardoLead Developer
Hi there,
You would need to add custom fields to your posts/pages. A plugin like ACF might help with that.
Then you can do this:
add_action( 'wp_head', function() { if ( is_singular() ) { $meta_title = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'your_meta_title_custom_field', true ); $meta_desc = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'your_meta_description_custom_field', true ); if ( $meta_title ) { printf( '<meta name="title" content="%s">', $meta_title ); } if ( $meta_desc ) { printf( '<meta name="description" content="%s">', $meta_desc ); } } } );Thanks a lot!
You and your team are very kind. If you ever need guitar lessons, I’ll be glad to offer you.
May I assume that in terms of performance and stability (no need to update plugin) this can be better than a SEO plugin?
Best regards,
RicardoNo problem!
Performance-wise, it’s way better than an SEO plugin. However, those plugins do a lot more than just add meta titles/descriptions to your site, so functionality-wise it’s not even close.
We use Yoast here on this website. Rank Math is also worth checking out if you want to do some performance tests.
Hi,
I know those plugins, but for a specific project I just need to edit the meta description and title, so why using them?
once again, thanks a lot!
That’s totally fair! In that case, custom fields are the way to go 🙂
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