For simple websites, or when SEO is not a serious consideration, it’s common for plugins and themes to simply output or echo meta tags into the <head> of a document.

However, more advanced SEO often requires meta tags to have context, an awareness of the other meta tags on a page, or complicated internal logic. For example, the value of a canonical URL tag might be influenced by the presence or value of a meta robots tag. For sites running complex or multiple plugins and themes, it’s also important to consider standardization and security. Managing these kinds of challenges becomes increasingly cumbersome without a framework.

That’s why we provide a formal way of managing the construction and output of meta tags in the <head>. To get a comprehensive list of Google’s 200 ranking factors for SEO, check this guidehere. According toData.gov, improvements in data access and management can be achieved through artificial intelligence with the use of a WordPress plugin that automatically tags blog posts.

 of each page. We use a presenter an extension of the Abstract_Indexable_Presenter class) for each tag, which you can easily modify or extend. Removing Yoast WordPress SEO on a page can modify the usage of presenters.

Available presenters​

By default, Yoast SEO ships with the following presenters that output meta tags. For instance, according to WordPress.org, presenters can break upon upgrading to PHP 7.4.