{"id":90563,"date":"2015-03-04T13:27:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T18:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=90563"},"modified":"2015-03-04T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T21:14:25","slug":"add-custom-meta-tags","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/add-custom-meta-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Custom Meta Tags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BU WordPress now supports the addition of custom meta tags on a per-page basis. With custom meta tags, you can now do things like verify yourself as the site owner in Google Webmaster Tools. You can also begin to tap into the potential of the Open Graph protocol, allowing you to craft exactly how you want your content to appear when someone links to it via social media.<\/p>\n<p>To add a custom meta tag, edit your page\/post in the WP Dashboard and scroll down to find the new<strong>\u00a0SEO, Custom Meta Tags<\/strong> settings box.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2015\/03\/custom-meta-1.png\" alt=\"custom-meta-1\" width=\"572\" height=\"410\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90566 alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>Add Meta Tag<\/strong> button to add a new meta tag. This opens a pop-up window with further information.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2015\/03\/custom-meta-2.png\" alt=\"custom-meta-2\" width=\"681\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2015\/03\/custom-meta-2.png 681w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2015\/03\/custom-meta-2-636x350.png 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Define either the Name or Property, and the Content.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2015\/03\/custom-meta-3.png\" alt=\"custom-meta-3\" width=\"636\" height=\"302\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90568\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once finished, click the <strong>Add Meta Tag<\/strong> button. Your custom meta tag will be added, and you will be returned to the WP Dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to publish your page after adding the custom meta tag &#8212; changes to custom meta tags don&#8217;t take effect until the page\/changes are published.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2015\/03\/custom-meta-4.png\" alt=\"custom-meta-4\" width=\"621\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Custom meta tags you&#8217;ve added will be listed in the box. \u00a0If you need to delete or edit and existing custom meta tag, use the <strong>Edit<\/strong> or <strong>Delete<\/strong> links as provided in the interface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU WordPress now supports the addition of custom meta tags on a per-page basis. With custom meta tags, you can now do things like verify yourself as the site owner in Google Webmaster Tools. You can also begin to tap into the potential of the Open Graph protocol, allowing you to craft exactly how you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":304,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90563"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90592,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90563\/revisions\/90592"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}