HTML Meta Tags management package available for Laravel 5/6/7/8
With this package you can manage header Meta Tags from Laravel controllers.
If you want a Laravel <= 4.2 compatible version, please use v4.2
branch.
Installation
Begin by installing this package through Composer.
{
"require": {
"eusonlito/laravel-meta": "3.1.*"
}
}
Laravel installation
// config/app.php
'providers' => [
'...',
Eusonlito\LaravelMeta\MetaServiceProvider::class
];
'aliases' => [
'...',
'Meta' => Eusonlito\LaravelMeta\Facade::class,
];
Now you have a Meta
facade available.
Publish the config file:
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Eusonlito\LaravelMeta\MetaServiceProvider"
app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesCommands;
use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;
use Meta;
abstract class Controller extends BaseController
{
use DispatchesCommands, ValidatesRequests;
public function __construct()
{
# Default title
Meta::title('This is default page title to complete section title');
# Default robots
Meta::set('robots', 'index,follow');
# Default image
Meta::set('image', asset('images/logo.png'));
}
}
app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Meta;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
# Section description
Meta::set('title', 'You are at home');
Meta::set('description', 'This is my home. Enjoy!');
Meta::set('image', asset('images/home-logo.png'));
return view('index');
}
public function detail()
{
# Section description
Meta::set('title', 'This is a detail page');
Meta::set('description', 'All about this detail page');
# Remove previous images
Meta::remove('image');
# Add only this last image
Meta::set('image', asset('images/detail-logo.png'));
# Canonical URL
Meta::set('canonical', 'http://example.com');
return view('detail');
}
public function private()
{
# Section description
Meta::set('title', 'Private Area');
Meta::set('description', 'You shall not pass!');
Meta::set('image', asset('images/locked-logo.png'));
# Custom robots for this section
Meta::set('robots', 'noindex,nofollow');
return view('private');
}
}
resources/views/html.php
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta name="author" content="Lito - [email protected]" />
<title>{!! Meta::get('title') !!}</title>
{!! Meta::tag('robots') !!}
{!! Meta::tag('site_name', 'My site') !!}
{!! Meta::tag('url', Request::url()); !!}
{!! Meta::tag('locale', 'en_EN') !!}
{!! Meta::tag('title') !!}
{!! Meta::tag('description') !!}
{!! Meta::tag('canonical') !!}
{{-- Print custom section images and a default image after that --}}
{!! Meta::tag('image', asset('images/default-logo.png')) !!}
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>
Or you can use Blade directives:
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta name="author" content="Lito - [email protected]" />
<title>{!! Meta::get('title') !!}</title>
@meta('robots')
@meta('site_name', 'My site')
@meta('url', Request::url())
@meta('locale', 'en_EN')
@meta('title')
@meta('description')
@meta('canonical')
{{-- Print custom section images and a default image after that --}}
@meta('image', asset('images/default-logo.png'))
{{-- Or use @metas to get all tags at once --}}
@metas
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>
MetaProduct / og:product
This will allow you to add product data to your meta data. See Open Graph product object
// resources/views/html.php
<head>
...
{!! Meta::tag('type') !!} // this is needed for Meta Product to change the og:type to og:product
{!! Meta::tag('product') !!}
</head>
Add your product data from your controller
<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Meta;
class ProductController extends Controller
{
public function show()
{
# Add product meta
Meta::set('product', [
'price' => 100,
'currency' => 'EUR',
]);
# if multiple currencies just add more product metas
Meta::set('product', [
'price' => 100,
'currency' => 'USD',
]);
return view('index');
}
}
Config
return [
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Limit title meta tag length
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| To best SEO implementation, limit tags.
|
*/
'title_limit' => 70,
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Limit description meta tag length
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| To best SEO implementation, limit tags.
|
*/
'description_limit' => 200,
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Limit image meta tag quantity
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| To best SEO implementation, limit tags.
|
*/
'image_limit' => 5,
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Available Tag formats
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| A list of tags formats to print with each definition
|
*/
'tags' => ['Tag', 'MetaName', 'MetaProperty', 'MetaProduct', 'TwitterCard'],
];
Using Meta outside Laravel
Controller
require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
// Check default settings
$config = require __DIR__.'/src/config/config.php';
$Meta = new Eusonlito\LaravelMeta\Meta($config);
# Default title
$Meta->title('This is default page title to complete section title');
# Default robots
$Meta->set('robots', 'index,follow');
# Section description
$Meta->set('title', 'This is a detail page');
$Meta->set('description', 'All about this detail page');
$Meta->set('image', '/images/detail-logo.png');
# Canonical URL
$Meta->set('canonical', 'http://example.com');
Template
<title><?= $Meta->get('title'); ?></title>
<?= $Meta->tag('robots'); ?>
<?= $Meta->tag('site_name', 'My site'); ?>
<?= $Meta->tag('url', getenv('REQUEST_URI')); ?>
<?= $Meta->tag('locale', 'en_EN'); ?>
<?= $Meta->tag('title'); ?>
<?= $Meta->tag('description'); ?>
<?= $Meta->tag('canonical'); ?>
# Print custom section image and a default image after that
<?= $Meta->tag('image', '/images/default-logo.png'); ?>
Updates from 2.*
Meta::meta('title', 'Section Title')
>Meta::set('title', 'Section Title')
Meta::meta('title')
>Meta::get('title')
Meta::tagMetaName('title')
>Meta::tag('title')
Meta::tagMetaProperty('title')
>Meta::tag('title')