Documentation

Since Pro is an add-on to Meta Tag Manager, you must install Meta Tag Manager beforehand.

Installing

1. Download Meta Tag Manager Pro
2. Go to Plugins > Add New in your admin area
3. Click Upload
4. Choose the zip file you just downloaded and click Install Now
5. Add your FTP details if required, install
6. Activate it from the installation page or your Plugins page

Updating

You can update your plugin the same way that you would the regular Meta Tag Manager plugin. Please note that you need an active license to access updates.

Activating your Pro license key

Once installed for the first time, you will be asked to activate your Pro installation to make Pro features available. This step is required whether or not you still have access to pro updates and support.

You will see an admin notice asking you to activate your plugin license. Click on this and you will be redirected to our site, where you will need to log in (if not already logged in) and confirm the activation of a license on your site.

You can also view and manage your license keys from within your WordPress Dashboard > Settings > Meta Tag Manager > Licenses tab or from our account licenses page.

You can manage your meta tags in three areas of your WordPress dashboard.

Within Settings > Meta Tag Manager.

The general settings page is where you can add tags that appear on various areas of your site, such as your front page, archive pages, category/taxonomy pages, etc. Each tag you create can be assigned to a specific are of the site.

On specific post type pages.

When editing a post, page, or other CPT (such as an event, product, etc.) you can add meta tags that will only be displayed on that item’s page. The Meta Tag Manager will be available as an individual meta box. Ensure you have enabled this CPT for meta tag management in Settings > Meta Tag Manager > General

On Specific Taxonomies (Tags, Categories, etc.) - Pro Feature!

When editing or adding a new taxonomy such as a tag or category, you can now add individual meta tags just like a post. Ensure you have enabled this taxonomy for meta tag management in Settings > Meta Tag Manager > General

Meta Tag Manager Pro now allows you to add dynamic fields to your meta tags, these get replaced by information depending on your page. This allows for adding dynamic information and creation of reusable meta tags within the general settings page.

Below is a list of dynamic placeholders you can use:

General Post Info

These can be used on pages where any post, page or custom post type is displayed. For reference purposes these are called 'posts'.

%ID% - The Post ID
%title% - The title
%excerpt% - The excerpt
%date% - Date of publication
%time% - Time of publication
%permalink% - Permalink to post
%modified_time% - Date of modification (if applicable)
%previous_post_url% - previous post url or current post url if it's the oldest one
%next_post_url% - next post url or the current post url if it's the newest one
%post_class% - outputs space-delimited list of class names used in the body html
%post_class{delim}% - outputs delimited list (replace 'delim' for a custom delimiter) of class names used in the body html element, add optional custom delimiter in curly brackets

%post_thumbnail_url% - the URL of the thumbnail for this post
%post_image% - full size featured image
%post_image{size}% - accepts argument with image size such as 'post-thumbnail'

Comments

%comments_number% - number of comments for this post
%comments_link% - link to comments page
%comments_feed_link% - link to comment feed of this page

Taxonomies

Replace {taxonomy} with a specific taxonomy name such as %tax_tag_name%. If a post has multiple terms (e.g. tags) they are delimited by a comma, by default.

%tax_{taxonomy}_name% - Display name of the taxonomy
%tax_{taxonomy}_term_id% - Term ID
%tax_{taxonomy}_slug% - Slug of taxonomy
%tax_{taxonomy}_description% - Description of taxonomy

Note that any valid property names in WP_Term can be used they'll get filtered into a comma-delemited list.

Author Information

Used in contexts of CPTs and Author archives

%author_nickname%
%author_description%
%author_first_name%
%author_last_name%
%author_user_login%
%author_user_nicename%
%author_user_email%
%author_user_url%
%author_user_registered% - date registered
%author_display_name%
%author_avatar% - URL to avatar image

Taxonomy Pages

Used on taxonomy pages, such as for a specific tag or category archive.

%name% - Display name of the taxonomy
%term_id% - Term ID
%slug% - Slug of taxonomy
%description% - Description of taxonomy

Note that any valid property names in WP_Term can be used they'll get filtered into a comma-delemited list.