Adding Meta Keywords

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by dinrock, May 15, 2014.

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    I have no meta keywords added for my main page (in my signature below)....where in my wp-admin do I navigate to add them? I found this out after checking, using my Chrome SEO toolbar. Can I add say, several keywords or what is maximum?
     
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    TIEro Active Member

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    Meta keywords are all but ignored by the search engines, so don't worry about it too much. You can't get at them through the WP interface - at least not without using an SEO plugin (AIO, Yoast, etc.).

    The alternative is to edit the theme's header.php and add them there, but it's kinda messy!
     
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    dinrock Well-Known Member

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    Although it isn't a priority, I'll still give it a go TIEro. I do have the Yoast plugin installed....do I actually go to a special area within? I appreciate your advice......
     
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    thanks for this insight....if the engines all but ignore them, I'll do the same. I appreciate your help!
     
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    Hi, if you're using Yoast SEO for WP then you have all meta options available on yoursite.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles
    There you can see tabs, one for homepage (you can enter some static text since it will be only for homepage), and for other pages/post types there is tab "Post Types" where you can change title etc and enter meta description for them...i usually use "%%excerpt%%" macro in "Meta description template" (this is on "Post Types" tab).
     
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    Thanks msx. Instead of doing that in Yoast plugin, can I access this in my dashboard? If so, where? Appearance>Editor and? I appreciate this! (I mean, to add keyword meta tags manually)
     
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    Put a <meta keywords="..."> tag anywhere between the <head> and </head> tags in your header. They will be site-wide, rather than per-post/page, of course (since they'll be in the header). To do post-specific ones would require coding (or a plugin that does it).
     
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    Great! I would navigate in my dashboard to APPEARANCE>EDITOR>header.php I believe? I have accessed this before when I lofg into my wp-admin and added a meta tag to verify my site with Pinterest.
     
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