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SEO templates and rewrites

This page describes configurations of SEO templates and SEO rewrites.
They are located in Stores -> Configuration -> SEO templates and rewrites.

General settings​

  • Apply store prefixes to custom titles: applies page title prefix/suffix to the custom meta title. Title's prefix/suffix is set in Content -> Design -> Configuration -> Design configuration -> HTML head.
  • Allow HTML in meta tags: allows usage of HTML symbols in meta tags (&, <, >, etc.).

Use existing meta tags​

This section describes configurations that control the use of predefined meta tags. If enabled, meta tags are taken from the relevant, non-empty fields in the basic SEO settings (if a field is empty, the template generates a value). If disabled, the template overwrites all fields.

  • Category pages: defines for category pages.
  • Product pages: defines for product pages.
  • CMS pages: defines for CMS pages.
  • Blog pages: defines for category pages. Requires Mirasvit Blog module.
  • Brand pages: defines for category pages. Requires Mirasvit Layered Navigation module.

Maximum length settings​

These configurations control character limits for meta elements.

  • Meta title: sets the maximum length of the meta title. If the actual meta title is longer, it will be automatically cropped. If a value of less than 25 is set, the default value of 55 characters will be used instead.
  • Meta description: sets the maximum length of meta description. If the actual meta description is longer, it will be automatically cropped. If a value of less than 25 is set, the default value of 150 characters will be used instead.
  • Product name: sets the maximum length for the product name. If the actual name is longer, it will be automatically cropped. If a value of less than 10 is specified, the default value of 25 characters will be used instead.
  • Product short description: sets the maximum length for the product description. If the actual description is longer, it will be automatically cropped. If a value of less than 25 is specified, the default value of 90 characters will be used instead.

Paginated content settings​

Settings in this section are responsible for displaying pagination in meta elements.

  • Add pagination to meta titles: defines how page numbers appear in meta titles for paginated content:
    • Disabled: don't add.
    • At the beginning: before meta title. Adds page number from the second page.
    • At the end: after meta title. Adds page number from the second page.
    • At the beginning(add to the first page): before meta title and from the first page.
    • At the end(add to the first page): after meta title and from the first page.
  • Add pagination to meta descriptions: defines how page numbers appear in meta descriptions for paginated content:
    • Disabled: don't add.
    • At the beginning: before meta description. Adds page number from the second page.
    • At the end: after meta description. Adds page number from the second page.
    • At the beginning(add to the first page): before meta description and from the first page.
    • At the end(add to the first page): after meta title and from the first page.
Examples

Pagination to meta title at the beginning: page 2 | meta title.
Pagination to meta title at the end on the first page: meta title | page 1.
Pagination to meta description at the end: meta description | page 2.
pagination to meta description at the beginning of the first page: page 1 | meta description.