Meta Tag Generator

Set up page meta tags with live previews

Meta Tag Generatorputs your key SEO and social meta fields on one screen, with previews that update to match what you type. At the top, three tabs split your inputs into Basic, Social Media, and Advanced, so you can focus on one layer at a time. On the right, a preview area shows how your page could look on Google, Facebook, and Twitter, depending on which preview tab you choose. At the bottom, an output box holds the generated meta tag code, with Copy and Download buttons beside it.

The Basic tab covers title, description, keywords, author, language, and canonical URL. The Social Media tab adds Open Graph and Twitter Card fields, grouped with small icons so you see which platform they relate to. The Advanced tab lets you toggle robots directives, set viewport and charset, choose a theme color, and add optional fields like revisit-after, rating, copyright, and geo region. A status line under everything is ready to show short messages about actions like generating or clearing.

Using Meta Tag Generator step by step

1. Start on the Basic tab. Enter a Page Title and Meta Description, watching the live character counters below each field. Add optional keywords, author, language, and a canonical URL if you have them.
2. Switch to the Social Media tab. Fill in or adjust OG Title, Description, Image, Type, URL, and Site Name, or leave some fields blank to fall back to your basic values. Then set Twitter Card options such as card type, title, description, image, and @username.
3. Open the Advanced tab to fine-tune robots directives, viewport, charset, theme color, revisit, rating, copyright, and geo region. Use the color picker and HEX field together for theme color if you want to match your brand.
4. Click Generate Tags at the bottom. The Generated Meta Tags box fills with HTML. Check the Google, Facebook, and Twitter preview tabs, then use the Copy or Download buttons to move the code into your page template or CMS.

If you want to start fresh at any point, the Clear All button wipes all fields and output at once.

How this generator removes guesswork from meta tags

Without this page, you might type meta tags by hand, switch to separate guides to recall attributes, and only see how they look after publishing. Here, the three input tabs and the preview pane sit side by side. That means you can see how a small change to a title or description affects the Google snapshot, or how a new image URL changes the Facebook and Twitter cards, before you ship anything.

The character counters beside title and description remove much of the trial and error. You see your current length as “0/70” or “0/160” and also get a recommended range. You do not have to guess if a title might be too long for typical search snippets. The Copy and Download buttons under the Generated Meta Tags box also save time, letting you move complete, consistent code into your project without retyping.

Understanding your meta tags, previews, and settings

Basic tags and search snippets

The Basic tab is where you set the tags that search engines rely on most often. The Page Title field maps to the <title> element in HTML. The live counter and hint text remind you that around 50–60 characters tends to fit common search layouts. The Meta Description textarea shows a similar counter, this time pointing you toward 150–160 characters, which aligns with typical snippet length ranges.

These ranges echo advice you can read in Google Search Central’s guidance on titles and snippets. Clear, honest titles and descriptions help users decide if your result matches their intent. In the tool, you can tweak wording and watch the Google preview update below, which gives you a sense of how your entry might look in a results page.

Keywords, author, language, and canonical URL sit just below the core fields. The Keywords line is marked as optional and carries a note that many search engines rarely use it. The Author field helps with ownership and bylines. The Language dropdown sets a language value for your page. The Canonical URL field is there to declare the preferred address when similar content exists at multiple URLs. Including it in the same form encourages you to think about duplication while you plan your tags.

Social meta: Open Graph and Twitter Card

The Social Media tab is split into two clear blocks. The first covers Open Graph tags for platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn. You can set OG Title, Description, Image, Type, URL, and Site Name. If you leave the OG Title or Description empty, the placeholder hints remind you that the tool can fall back to the basic title and meta description. This keeps your setup simple for pages that do not need separate social text.

Open Graph image hints mention a recommended size of 1200×630 pixels, which is a common format for large link cards. Matching that hint helps your image fill the social card without odd crops. OG Type lets you choose whether the page behaves like a website, article, product, or other content style, which can affect how some platforms present it.

The Twitter Card block manages tags like card type, title, description, image, and site handle. Card Type options include Summary and Summary Large Image, so you can choose between smaller and larger visual cards. If you leave Twitter Title or Description blank, they can reuse the OG or basic values, as the placeholders suggest. This avoids extra work when you want consistent messaging.

The way these tags are expressed in HTML matches patterns documented in resources like MDN’s meta element reference. Reading that reference alongside your generated output can help you connect each field label on screen to the exact attributes and values you paste into your page.

Advanced controls: robots, viewport, charset, and more

The Advanced tab gathers settings that affect how crawlers, browsers, and some services handle your page. Robots Directives appear as a series of checkboxes: Index, Follow, Archive, Snippet, and Image Index. When checked, they suggest that search engines may index the page, follow links, keep cached copies, show snippets, and index images. Turning some off lets you express more restrictive rules, such as noarchive or nosnippet behavior.

The Viewport dropdown covers layouts for responsive design, fixed width, and a “None” option. The default “width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0” reflects the pattern many modern sites use for mobile-friendly pages. Charset choices include UTF‑8 and some legacy encodings. Most sites benefit from UTF‑8, which the tool marks as recommended, because it supports a wide range of characters.

Theme Color controls how some browsers tint interface elements like the mobile address bar. Here you get both a color picker and a HEX input, kept in sync. Revisit After and Content Rating are optional hints that some systems may read. Copyright and Geo Region are free-text fields where you can note ownership and regional focus with values like “© 2024 Your Company” or “US-CA”.

Live previews for Google, Facebook, and Twitter

The preview tabs on the right side show how your fields might appear on three major surfaces. The Google preview reflects your domain, title, and description in a style similar to a common search result layout. As you type, the title and description there change to match your inputs, so you can see if key phrases appear early in the text.

The Facebook preview uses the OG image block, domain, title, and description. A placeholder “1200 × 630” box stands in for your image until you set a URL. The Twitter preview shows a card with an image area, title, description, and domain. Both social previews help you judge if text feels too long, too short, or off-balance next to the image.

While these previews are not guarantees of exact live layouts, they give you a realistic frame to edit against. This reduces surprises when you share a link and see the card for the first time. You can make several small text and image tweaks in the form, regenerate, and check the previews before you commit your tags to a template.

Generated meta tag output

The Generated Meta Tags box at the bottom is your final product. After you click Generate Tags, it fills with HTML lines for <title>, <meta>, <link rel="canonical">, Open Graph tags, Twitter tags, robots meta, and other settings that match your choices across the tabs. The code appears in a formatted block so you can scan it easily.

A Copy button pulls the entire block into your clipboard for quick pasting into a page head or layout partial. The Download button saves the output as a file, which is useful if you want to keep a record, attach it to a ticket, or hand it to someone who will update templates. Because the code is always created from what you see on screen, you can trust that your tags reflect the latest text and options you set.

What this tool does not do

The tool does not fetch or edit live pages for you. It generates code based only on what you type into the form. To change a real site, you still need to paste the output into your HTML files, CMS fields, or frameworks.

It also does not measure rankings, traffic, or click-through rates. The previews help you judge how content looks, but they do not predict performance. For that, you still need analytics, search console data, and user research. Meta Tag Generator supports your setup work; tracking and strategy stay separate.

Practical tips for better meta tags

Treat the Basic tab as your foundation. Write a clear title and description first, then move to Social Media and Advanced once you are happy with those lines. Use the Google preview as a quick check for clarity, not just for length.

When you use social cards, pick an image that still looks good at small sizes and matches the hint dimensions. Keep OG and Twitter text close to your main message so users see a consistent story across channels. Each time you ship a new template or content type, keep a saved copy of the Generated Meta Tags code and revisit Meta Tag Generator whenever you refine your structure.