Free Meta Tag Generator
Anatomy of a healthy head section
The head of a web page is the part visitors never see and search engines always read. It tells them the title, the language, the preferred address, whether the page may be indexed and how to present it when shared. This generator writes the search and social part of that head from a short form. To understand what goes where, here is a complete, sensible example:
<meta charset='utf-8'>
<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1'>
<title>Free PDF Merger, No Upload</title>
<meta name='description' content='Combine PDF files in your browser.'>
<link rel='canonical' href='https://example.com/pdf-merger/'>
<meta name='robots' content='index, follow'>The first two lines, the character set and the viewport, are not produced by this tool. They are essential for every page and most themes already add them.
The fields, one by one
Title and description
The title is the clickable headline in search results and the browser tab. The description is the summary that often appears beneath it. Write them for people first.
Canonical URL
The preferred address of the page. It tells search engines which version to count when the same content can be reached in several ways, for example with and without tracking parameters.
Author and language
Optional extras. The language code, such as en or bn, helps browsers and assistive tools.
Robots
Controls indexing. See the next section.
Social tags and theme colour
Open Graph and X card tags control share previews, and the theme colour tints the browser bar on some mobile browsers.
Choosing the robots directive
| Setting | Meaning | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| index, follow | Show the page and follow its links | Normal public pages |
| noindex, follow | Keep the page out of results, but follow its links | Thank-you pages, thin tag pages, internal search |
| index, nofollow | Show the page, do not follow its links | Rare |
| noindex, nofollow | Hide the page and ignore its links | Private or test pages |
The large preview option adds directives that let search engines show longer snippets and larger images, which is generally what you want for public content.
Tags you do not need anymore
Old guides still recommend tags that do nothing today. The meta keywords tag has been ignored by Google for many years, and filling it in only shows competitors your targets. Tags such as revisit-after, rating and distribution are also ignored. Leave them out. A clean, short head is better than a long one full of leftovers.
When a noindex tag will not work
A noindex tag only works if search engines can read it, which means the page must not be blocked in robots.txt. If you block a page and also mark it noindex, crawlers never see the instruction, and the page may stay indexed from links. When you want a page out of search, allow crawling and use the tag. After it has dropped out, you can decide whether to block it.
Using the tool with WordPress
If your site runs on WordPress with an SEO plugin, the plugin already writes these tags from the fields in the editor, and adding them by hand would create duplicates. This generator is most useful for pages built outside WordPress, for static sites, for landing pages on other platforms, and to understand what your plugin should be producing. View the page source of any article on your site and search for canonical to see the result.
A worked example from form to head
Suppose you are launching a landing page for a coffee roaster. You enter the title Small Batch Coffee Beans, Roasted in Chattogram, a description of about 140 characters, the canonical address, the language en, and leave the robots setting on index, follow. You tick Open Graph and X card, add the share image and the site name, and choose a dark brown theme colour. The tool writes about a dozen tags in the right order. You paste the block into the head, view the page source to confirm it appears once, and test the link in a chat app. The whole job takes less than five minutes.
Mistakes to avoid
- A canonical address that points to a different page by mistake.
- A noindex tag left on after a staging site goes live.
- Titles and descriptions copied unchanged across many pages.
- Two sets of tags, one from a plugin and one pasted by hand.
Before you copy the code
- Preview the title and description with the SERP preview tool.
- Make sure the canonical address is the final, https, correct version.
- Check that the social image address is a full https link.
- Paste the result inside the head, once, and view the page source to confirm there is only one copy.
FAQ
The title tag, meta description, canonical link and robots tag matter most. Open Graph tags matter for social sharing.
No. Google has ignored it for many years, so this tool does not include it.
Inside the head section of your HTML page, before the closing head tag.
It is the preferred address for a page when the same content can be reached through several URLs.
No. The tags are generated in your browser.