straylightagency / metadata
An helper package to build metadata tags on PHP pages
Requires
- php: ^8.3
This package is auto-updated.
Last update: 2026-05-14 17:08:06 UTC
README
A helper package to build metadata tags on PHP pages.
Installation
Require this package with composer.
composer require straylightagency/metadata
Laravel without auto-discovery:
If you don't use auto-discovery, add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php:
Straylightagency\Metadata\Laravel\MetadataServiceProvider::class,
Then add this line to your facades in config/app.php:
'Metadata' => Straylightagency\Metadata\Laravel\Metadata::class,
Usage
Without Laravel
Instantiate a new MetadataManager object and simply use methods provided by.
$metadata = new \Straylightagency\Metadata\MetadataManager; $metadata->title( 'Page Title' ); $metadata->description( 'Website description' ); $metadata->url( 'https://my-website-url.com/my_page/' ); $metadata->author( 'John Doe' ); $metadata->twitterCard( 'app' ); $metadata->twitterImage( asset( '/img/twitter_meta.jpg' ) ); $metadata->ogImage( asset( '/img/facebook_meta.jpg' ), width: 1200, height: 600, type: 'jpeg' ); $metadata->ogType( 'website' ); echo $metadata; // print the meta tags
With Laravel
The package provides by default a Facade for Laravel application. You can call methods directly using the Facade or use the alias instead.
use Straylightagency\Metadata\Laravel\Metadata; Metadata::title( 'Page title' );
API documentation
Examples bellow are using Laravel Facade Metadata.
Set title
Metadata::title( 'My page title', [flags: int = Metadata::ALL] ); Metadata::metaTitle( 'My page title' ); // only a simple meta title Metadata::twitterTitle( 'My page title' ); // meta title for Twitter Card Metadata::ogTitle( 'My page title' ); // meta title for OpenGraph
Set description
Metadata::description( 'My page description', [flags: int = Metadata::ALL] ); Metadata::metaDescription( 'My page description' ); // simply a meta description Metadata::twitterDescription( 'My page description' ); // meta description for Twitter Card Metadata::ogDescription( 'My page description' ); // meta description for OpenGraph
Set images
You can set many images
// Meta image for both Twitter Card and OpenGraph Metadata::image( url: 'https://my-website-url.com/metacard.jpg', [secure_url: ?string = null], [type: ?string = null], [width: ?int = null], [height: ?int = null], [alt: ?string = null], [flags: int = Metadata::ALL] ); // Twitter Card meta image Metadata::twitterImage( url: 'https://my-website-url.com/metacard.jpg', [alt: ?string = null] ); // Opengraph meta image Metadata::ogImage( url: 'https://my-website-url.com/metacard.jpg', [secure_url: ?string = null], [type: ?string = null], [width: ?int = null], [height: ?int = null], [alt: ?string = null] );
Set videos for OpenGraph
Metadata::ogVideo(
url: 'https://my-website-url.com/video.mp4',
[secure_url: ?string = null],
[type: ?string = null],
[width: ?string = null],
[height: ?string = null]
);
Set audios for OpenGraph
Metadata::ogAudio(
url: 'https://my-website-url.com/audio.mp3',
[secure_url: ?string = null],
[type: ?string = null]
);
Set url
Metadata::url( 'https://my-website-url.com/', [flags: int = Metadata::ALL] ); // meta URL for both Twitter and OpenGraph Metadata::twitterUrl( 'https://my-website-url.com/' ); // meta URL for Twitter Card Metadata::ogUrl( 'https://my-website-url.com/' ); // meta URL for OpenGraph
Set author
Metadata::author( 'John Doe' );
Set OpenGraph Type
Metadata::ogType( 'website', [options: array = []]);
Set Twitter Card Type
Metadata::twitterCard( 'summary' );
Set Twitter Site ID
Metadata::twitterSite( '@my_website_twitter_id' );
Set Twitter Creator ID
Metadata::twitterSite( '@creator_id' );
Set Facebook App ID
Metadata::fbAppId( 'facebook_id' );
Set Facebook Admins ID
Metadata::fbAdmins( 'facebook_admins' );
Set OpenGraph Site Name
Metadata::ogSiteName( 'My website name' );
Set OpenGraph Locale
Metadata::ogLocale( 'en_US' ); Metadata::ogLocaleAlternate( 'fr_FR', 'nl_BE', 'de_DE' ); // set alternates locales available for this page // or you can combine both using second parameter of ogLocale : Metadata::ogLocale( 'en_US', 'fr_FR', 'nl_BE', 'de_DE' );
Set Google Site Verification ID
Metadata::googleSiteVerification( 'google_site_verification_id_from_google_cloud_console' );
Set Google Bot and Google Bot News
Metadata::googleBot( 'notranslate' ); Metadata::googleBotNews( 'nosnippet' );
Set Robots meta
Metadata::robots( 'nofollow', 'noindex' ); Metadata::robots( [ 'nofollow', 'noindex' ] ); // works too
Disable Pinterest Rich Pin
Metadata::disablePinterestRichPin([value: bool = true]);
Set website content rating
Metadata::rating( 'adult' );
Set a simple meta value
Metadata::meta( 'name', 'some meta value' );
Set a Twitter Card value
Metadata::twitter( 'name', 'some Twitter Card value', [prefix: MetadataManager::TWITTER_PREFIX], [uniq: bool = false]);
Set an OpenGraph value
Metadata::opengraph( 'name', 'some OpenGraph value', [prefix: MetadataManager::OPENGRAPH_PREFIX], [uniq: bool = false]); // or use the alias method : Metadata::og( 'name', 'some OpenGraph value', [prefix: MetadataManager::OPENGRAPH_PREFIX], [uniq: bool = false]);
Generate the HTML tags
$html = Metadata::toHtml( [flags: bool = MetadataManager::ALL] );
Print HTML
Simply call the print method will echo the content returned by toHtml() :
Metadata::print( [flags: bool = MetadataManager::ALL] ); // or use the __toString magic method : $metadata = new \Straylightagency\Metadata\MetadataManager; $metadata->title( 'Page Title' ); echo $metadata; // print the meta title tag
Requirement
PHP 8.3 or above
See also
Credits
License
The MIT License (MIT).