Extension:AdvancedMeta

The AdvancedMeta extension allows setting the robots, keywords and description meta tags for MediaWiki, for SEO purposes. Meta settings can be edited for individual pages, or entire namespaces can be denied from indexing by robots.

Usage

 * Open the AdvancedMeta dialog via the "More" menu: "Search engine optimization".
 * Enter the required information:
 * Title Alias: Shorten the URL to the most important search terms (e.g. advancedmeta-seo-extension)
 * Index: Allow robots to index the page
 * Follow: Allow robots to follow the links in the wiki
 * Description: Give the page a meaningful short description
 * Keywords: Assign meaningful keywords

Parameters

 * Use this parameter to add the keywords that should be available globally.
 * Use this parameter to add the keywords that should be available globally.

The following parameters are provided by MediaWiki core and are taken into account during configuration of the index to follow rules: These are initially observed. After saving the index/follow information in the AdvancedMeta dialog only the specific information is valid.

Permission

 * "advancedmeta-edit"
 * By default sysops and bureaucrats have this permission allowing to edit meta elements. To give the group user edit permissions, set

Compatibility
It is expected that this extension does not play with extensions that also work with keywords and descriptions. It is moreover incompatible with maintenance script "ImportImages.php".