Head Meta Data vs noindex SEO

✨ 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 tags to the 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: [hmd_post_title] | My Awesome Website 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 tags Add your own custom tags Add custom meta tags on any post or page Supports X (Twitter) Cards and Facebook Open Graph tags Supports , , , , and Automatically adds tags to the 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! 🙂

Fine-grained control over how search engines index and display your WordPress content. Apply 5 independent robots directives to 25 different page contexts with flexible implementation methods. 5 Robots Directives: noindex: Prevent search engines from indexing the page nofollow: Prevent search engines from following links on the page noarchive: Prevent search engines from showing cached versions nosnippet: Prevent search engines from showing text snippets in results noimageindex: Prevent search engines from indexing images on the page Implementation Methods: HTML Meta Tags: Traditional method, easy to verify in page source (default) HTTP Headers: More robust, works with all content types including PDFs and images Both: Maximum compatibility for all scenarios Control Levels: Global Settings: Apply directives to 25 different page contexts (posts, pages, archives, etc.) Granular Control (Optional): Override global settings for individual posts, pages, and custom post types via meta boxes in the editor Perfect for: Blocking indexing of attachment pages while allowing link following Preventing duplicate content issues with flexible directive combinations Controlling archive page indexing with granular control Managing pagination SEO with independent settings Protecting private content from search engine caching Preventing snippet display while still indexing content Main pages Front Page: Block the indexing of the site’s front page. Home: Block the indexing of the site’s home page. Pages and Posts Page: Block the indexing of the site’s pages. Privacy Policy: Block the indexing of the site’s privacy policy page. Single: Block the indexing of a post on the site. Singular: Block the indexing of a post or a page of the site. Taxonomies Category: Block the indexing of the site categories. The lists where the posts appear. Tag: Block the indexing of the site’s tags. The lists where the posts appear. Dates Date: Block the indexing when any date-based archive page (i.e. a monthly, yearly, daily or time-based archive) of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Day: Block the indexing when a daily archive of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Month: Block the indexing when a monthly archive of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Time: Block the indexing when an hourly, “minutely”, or “secondly” archive of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Year: Block the indexing when a yearly archive of the site. The lists where the posts appear. Archives Archive: Block the indexing of any type of Archive page. Category, Tag, Author and Date based pages are all types of Archives. The lists where the posts appear. Author: Block the indexing of the author’s page, where the author’s publications appear. Post Type Archive: Block the indexing of any post type page. Pagination Pagination: Block the indexing of the pagination, i.e. all pages other than the main page of an archive. Search Search: Block the indexing of the internal search result pages. Attachments Attachment: Block the indexing of an attachment document to a post or page. An attachment is an image or other file uploaded through the post editor’s upload utility. Attachments can be displayed on their own “page” or template. This will not cause the indexing of the image or file to be blocked. Previews Customize Preview: Block the indexing when a content is being displayed in customize mode. Preview: Block the indexing when a single post is being displayed in draft mode. Error Page Error 404: This will cause an error page to be blocked from being indexed. As it is an error page, it should not be indexed per se, but just in case. Important note: if you have any doubt about any of the following items it is best not to activate the option as you could lose results in the search engines. Compatibility WordPress: 5.7 – 7.1 PHP: 7.2 – 8.5 Security This plugin adheres to the following security measures and review protocols for each version: WordPress Plugin Handbook WordPress Plugin Security WordPress APIs Security WordPress Coding Standards Plugin Check (PCP) Privacy This plugin does not collect any information about your site, your identity, the plugins, themes or content the site has. Vulnerabilities No vulnerabilities have been published up to version 2.0.1. Version 2.0.0 includes proactive security hardening based on comprehensive security audit (see docs/SECURITY-2026-01-20.md). Found a security vulnerability? Please report it to us privately at the noindex SEO GitHub repository.