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

Installation
The following section has to be updated and moved to the ExtensionInstall template:

Add the page Mediawiki:Globalkeywords into your own wiki and write the global keywords there, splitted in commas.

There are some settings you can change in LocalSettings.php. Possible settings are namespaces that are indexed by default (default setting: NS_MAIN and NS_PROJECT), and users/usergroups that are allowed to edit the meta settings (default: sysop and bureaucrat).

Note
The following MediaWiki variables are taken into account during configuration of the index and 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
 * $wgGroupPermissions['user']['advancedmeta-edit'] = true;

Compatibility
Ii is not sure how this extension works combined with other extensions. It is however expected that the ones that also work with keywords and descriptions will collide.

It is incompatible with maintenance script "ImportImages.php".