Frequently Asked Questions / Problems

Many issues can come up with a Metatag installation.

Cannot uninstall the module

How to resolve the problem of not being able to uninstall the module.

Front page meta tags do not show

How to resolve the problem of meta tags not showing on the front page

HowTo: Alternative UI for editing SEO details

How to build an alternative UI for editing SEO

HowTo: Block search engines from reading or indexing a specific page

A suggested approach to block individual pages (D8)

HowTo: Dynamically add new meta tags

A HowTo guide on dynamically adding meta tags instead of having one per file

HowTo: Make URL meta tags show as HTTPS

Resolve problems when URL meta tags do not show as HTTPS when they should

HowTo: Programmatically assign meta tags to an entity

How to assign meta tags to an entity programmatically.

HowTo: Use images in Metatag

How images are handled in Metatag for D8/9

Performance problems on entity (node) edit forms

How to resolve performance problems loading an entity (node) edit form when used with Metatag

The description tag is empty, [node:summary] doesn't output anything

How to resolve this problem

HOWTO: Use first embedded image from body text

Code snippet to save the first embedded media image from a body field to a field.

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