Extension:ArticleMetaDescription

MediaWiki extensions manual

ArticleMetaDescription Release status: stable
Implementation	Data extraction
Description	Adds SEO-friendly <meta description="..." /> tags containing a brief snippet of the article to article pages' HTML
Author(s)	Adrian 'ADi' Wieczorek Jack Phoenix
Latest version	1.4
MediaWiki	1.39+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Example	ShoutWiki
Hooks used OutputPageBeforeHTML
Quarterly downloads	8 (Ranked 116th)
Public wikis using	6,846 (Ranked 27th)
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ArticleMetaDescription extension adds SEO-friendly <meta description="..." /> tags containing a brief snippet of the article to article pages' HTML.

Additionally said description for the Main Page only can be overridden by editing the MediaWiki:Description interface message.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted ArticleMetaDescription folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ArticleMetaDescription
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'ArticleMetaDescription' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Usage

ArticleMetaDescription automatically takes the first paragraph of the article and puts it into the <meta description="..." /> tag inside the page header section. All templates (infoboxes, tables etc.) are ignored by default.

It's possible to set predefined description for the wiki's main page (the name of which is specified in MediaWiki:Mainpage) by putting desired text into the MediaWiki:Description message.

See also

• Extension:Description2
• Extension:WikiSEO