SEO Tools

FrankenCMS includes comprehensive SEO tools to help your content rank better in search engines.

Per-Page SEO Settings

Every post and page includes SEO fields:

Screenshot

SEO tab in the post editor showing Meta Tags, SEO Title, Meta Description, Advanced SEO, and Social Media Sharing fields.

Field Description
SEO Title Custom title for search results (overrides post title)
Meta Description Description shown in search results
Canonical URL Preferred URL for duplicate content
No Index Exclude from search engine indexing
No Follow Prevent search engines from following links

Open Graph Settings

Control how content appears when shared on social media:

  • OG Title: Title for social sharing
  • OG Description: Description for social sharing
  • OG Image: Image for social sharing
  • OG Type: Content type (article, website, etc.)

Twitter Cards

FrankenCMS automatically generates Twitter Card meta tags:

  • Summary card with large image
  • Automatic image selection
  • Author Twitter handle

Outputting SEO Tags

Using the Directive

resources/views/theme/layouts/app.blade.php 
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    @seoHead

    
</head>

What Gets Output

html 
<title>Page Title | Site Name</title>
<meta name="description" content="Page description...">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/page">

<!-- Open Graph -->
<meta property="og:type" content="article">
<meta property="og:title" content="Page Title">
<meta property="og:description" content="Page description...">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://example.com/image.jpg">
<meta property="og:url" content="https://example.com/page">

<!-- Twitter Card -->
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Page Title">
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Page description...">
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://example.com/image.jpg">

<!-- JSON-LD -->
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Article",
    ...
}
</script>

XML Sitemaps

FrankenCMS automatically generates XML sitemaps at /sitemap.xml:

  • Includes all published posts and pages
  • Updates automatically when content changes
  • Respects noindex settings
  • Includes lastmod dates

Robots.txt

Configure robots.txt through the SEO Settings:

text 
User-agent: *
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml

Programmatic SEO

php 
use FrankenCms\Services\SeoService;

$seo = app(SeoService::class);

// Set custom meta for the current page
$seo->setTitle('Custom Title');
$seo->setDescription('Custom description');
$seo->setCanonical('https://example.com/canonical');
$seo->setOgImage('https://example.com/og-image.jpg');

Next Steps