Head Meta Data is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Jeff Starr. With a rating of 4.8★ from 19 reviews, it currently ranks #43 in the SEO category.
Head Meta Data is the #43 ranked SEO app on WordPress, with a 4.8 average rating from 19 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from marketplace data as of Sep 11, 2026
Head Meta Data ranks #43 of 907 in SEO on WordPress. It holds a 4.8★ average from 19 reviews on WordPress.
Pros
No standout positives in the measured data.
Cons
−Only 19 reviews — the average can still move with a few new ratings
How Head Meta Data works
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✨ Add meta tags to your site
✨ Blazing fast performance
✨ Uses only 60KB of code!
Head Meta Data (HMD) improves the definition and semantic quality of your website by adding <meta> tags to the <head> section of your web pages. Super lightweight, fast, and user-friendly.
🤖 Default Meta Tags
Customize the perfect set of meta tags for your site. For example:
🤖 Dynamic Meta Tags
Use shortcodes to dynamically output SEO meta tags:
<title>[hmd_post_title] | My Awesome Website</title>
<meta name="description" content="[hmd_post_excerpt]">
This outputs dynamic titles and descriptions, useful for SEO. You also can add unique meta tags and markup on specific posts and pages. Check out the Installation tab for more information.
✨ Help bots understand your content better
🤖 Features
Simple and easy to use
Clean, standards-based code
Customize all <meta> tags
Add your own custom <meta> tags
Add custom meta tags on any post or page
Supports X (Twitter) Cards and Facebook Open Graph tags
Supports <meta>, <link>, <base>, <title>, and <style>
Automatically adds tags to the <head> section of all pages
Check out a Live Preview of your meta tags and custom tags
Auto-populates tags using your site’s information
Use shortcodes to include dynamic information
Easily disable any unwanted tags
Lightweight, fast, and secure
✨ Check out Head Meta Pro to define tags for each page view
🤖 Shortcodes
Shortcodes enable you to include dynamic bits of information in your meta tags. Head Meta Data provides the following shortcodes:
[hmd_post_excerpt] Outputs post excerpt
[hmd_post_date] Outputs post date
[hmd_post_author] Outputs post author
[hmd_post_title] Outputs post title
[hmd_post_cats] Outputs post categories
[hmd_post_tags] Outputs post tags
[hmd_site_tagline] Outputs site tagline
[hmd_site_title] Outputs site title
[hmd_year] Outputs current year
[hmd_tab] Outputs tab space to tag markup
So you can display your own set of custom meta tags exactly as desired. Learn more »
🤖 Pro Features
The Pro version can do everything the free version can do, PLUS:
Define meta tags for Custom Post Types
Define meta tags for each type of page-view (e.g., home, posts, pages, archive, search)
Define tags for Facebook (Open Graph)
Define tags for X (Twitter)
Define Facebook and X tags for each type of page view
40+ advanced shortcut variables like %POST_AUTHOR% and %ARCHIVE_TYPE%
Dedicated “Meta Tags” meta box for posts and pages
Add custom meta tags to any post or page-view
Add custom script and style to any post or page-view
Meta Tags box integrates with SEO plugins
Additional meta tags beyond the free version
Dedicated setting for image_src link tag
Premium support for pro purchases
✨ Level up your meta tags with Head Meta Pro »
🤖 Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
Head Meta Data is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.
🤖 Support Development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books:
The Tao of WordPress
Digging into WordPress
.htaccess made easy
WordPress Themes In Depth
Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
BBQ Pro – Blazing fast WordPress firewall
Blackhole Pro – Automatically block bad bots
Banhammer Pro – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys
GA Google Analytics Pro – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics
Head Meta Pro – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress
REST Pro Tools – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API
Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms
USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thanks! 🙂
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