Editing meta title and meta description in each page

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!

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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,
Ricardo

No 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 :)