Michael E. Chancey Jr. Software Engineer ExtraordinaireAuto Keywords and Description Generator
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This plugin is pretty straight forward and simply auto generates keywords and description meta tags for search engine optimization. Not all templates seem to include this feature and as a result I felt the need to create a plugin to do the job. Once installed simply activate the Plugin through the Installed plugins screen and you are pretty much done. The options screen is optional but recommended since it affects your default page which will tell any search engine what your entire site is about.
I have added additional support for people like me who have several static pages as well as their post pages. You can now specify Keywords and Descriptions for any static page including the home page. From the settings screen you can see all of your static pages and change the information for any one of them. If you rename a page later on, no big deal the plugin uses page ids so as long as you do not delete the page its keywords will always follow it.
Please leave me any feedback as this is my first wordpress plugin I am more then willing to take pointers and tips.
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//Change Log
- v1.3 – Fixed bug where 2.9.1 inserts <P> into category descriptions.
- v1.2
- Added Author Tag to posts and allow user to turn it off
- Updated output to not add extra commas to the end of keyword string
- Fixed bug where homepage information was not being saved
- v1.1 – Fixed issue with links
- v1.0 – Initial Release submitted to Codex.Wordpress.org
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Can this plugin read keywords and descriptions, that my pages already have. Now it can show a list of pages, but all fields for keywords is empty
No, this plugin does not attempt to read the content of static pages and generate keywords or descriptions. Instead for static pages it allows you to specify keywords and descriptions. For blog posts however the keywords and descriptions are both generated based on your title and your tags you have assigned to the post.
Very nice plug-in. Thank you for developing this. It’s just what I’ve been looking for since my theme, Eximius, doesn’t provide a spot for keywords for the blog, pages or posts. It’s difficult to get SEO without those, so your plug-in works very well for us.
I especially like that it doesn’t duplicate keywords when the category is the same as one of the tags.
One suggestion: create an algorithm that looks at the title of the post, the first sentence, and the tag listing to determine what THE keyword is for the post and then list that first in the keyword listings. THE keyword for the post should occur in all three places. Some search engines pay attention only to the first keyword in a listing, using the rest to identify generally what the post is about.
Thanks again for a great plug-in.
You are missing the right bracket on one of you closing DIV tags. It is the 5th one from the bottom. It is causing a serious layout issue, where as the admin footer covers the “Update Options” button. Also, the admin footer gets included with your DIVs setup and is blocked styled within your DIVs style instead of being spaned out across the bottom of the admin page.
Thanks!
Otherwise, AWESOME plugin!!!
Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I have made the update and posted it to wordpress.org.
Your are welcome
Thanks for the quick response!!!!!!!!!!
Also may I suggest on your next release, if you could consider adding a \n to all your echo tags (you have some, but not all)?
This would help the page source layout when viewing a website through the page source option.
Otherwise it all runs together on one line. Just a little perk of mine since I like to have the page source to look nice as well as the website!
Sorry to have not mentioned this in the last post, but majority of the time there isn’t an answer/resolution from plugin developers within a reasonable amount of time (if they choose to answer/resolve the issue). Many times, post sits in “waiting to be moderated” for a very long time
Thanks!
Oops, disregard that request. I was thinking of something else. The only output you have to the webpage is the meta tags. I don’t actually view page source on admin panels (only when something is wrong though).
Sorry about that. I wasn’t thinking!
Installed it quick and works perfectly! Thanks for the great plugin!
Is that mean that the plugin will generate a some keyword on each new posts? or I have to type manually for the keyword?
The keywoards are generated from the tags you supply about the post. It will not use the content of each post to generate the keywords.
I tried ur plug-in, it didn’t show the auto keyword & description options within the config. But worse it’s now broken my wordpress blog , it’s unable to show the posts. The posts are still there within wp-admin, but none show up in the blog.
I’ve deactivated and deleted the plugin, but it’s not fixed the problem. I want to avoid having to re-install my blog… nightmare.
Pls, advise which files & code it had made changes so I can rectify the problem.
Rgds.
The plugin system of WordPress doesn’t allow the modifying of any code. If your WP blog is still not working after the removal of my plugin there is something else wrong with either your configuration or your theme possibly. As for the plugin not working and showing up in the admin section please note the version of WP you are using so I can look into this. All the version listed under the support section have been tested and verified.
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