Extension:AdvancedMeta

MediaWiki extensions manual

AdvancedMeta Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	Page action , Database
Description	Allows per page editing of various meta tags for SEO reasons
Author(s)	Bart van Heukelom Zayoo (Talk) Litso Swidmann (Talk) Patric Wirth
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	3.0.0 (2018-05-17)
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.27+
PHP	5.5+
Database changes	Yes
Tables	ext_meta
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Parameters $wgGlobalKeywordsMsgKey $wgNoIndexOnOldVersions
Added rights advancedmeta-edit
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal
Quarterly downloads	12 (Ranked 121st)
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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

Screenshots

• 
  Open via the more menu
• 
  Set meta information via the dialog box
• 
  Changes in the meta description

Installation

• Download and move the extracted AdvancedMeta folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/AdvancedMeta
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'AdvancedMeta' );
  

• Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
• Configure as required.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

Parameters

• $adwmglobalkeywords

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

$adwmglobalkeywords = [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ];

The following parameters are provided by MediaWiki core and are taken into account during configuration of the index to follow rules:

• $wgDefaultRobotPolicy
• $wgNamespaceRobotPolicies
• $wgArticleRobotPolicies

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

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".

See also

• Extension:Description2
• Extension:MetaMaster
• Extension:WikiSEO
• Extension:Semantic Meta Tags
• Extension:PageProperties