secretcv/laravel-meta

A package to manage Header Meta Tags

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v1.0.0 2018-02-14 15:05 UTC

Requires

  • php: >=5.4

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MIT 49f76f0d174480d9ce8f17b19858b42f05f17f39

  • Burak Çakırel <burak.cakirel.woop@secretcv.com>

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Last update: 2025-05-17 19:25:16 UTC

README

With this package you can manage header Meta Tags from Laravel controllers.

Installation

Begin by installing this package through Composer.

{
    "require": {
        "secretcv/laravel-meta": "1.0.*"
    }
}

Laravel installation

// config/app.php

'providers' => [
    '...',
    Secretcv\LaravelMeta\MetaServiceProvider::class
];

'aliases' => [
    '...',
    'Meta'    => Secretcv\LaravelMeta\Facade::class,
];

Now you have a Meta facade available.

Publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Secretcv\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');
    }
}

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');
        Meta::set('image', asset('images/detail-logo.png'));

        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="Burak Çakırel - burak.cakirel@secretcv.com" />

        <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') !!}

        {{-- Print custom section images and a default image after that --}}
        {!! Meta::tag('image', asset('images/default-logo.png')) !!}
    </head>

    <body>
        ...
    </body>
</html>

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', 'TwitterCard'],
];