About the Meta Tag Generator
Getting head tags right matters more than almost any other on-page factor, and getting them subtly wrong — a description truncated at 160 characters, a missing og:image, a canonical pointing at the wrong protocol — is invisible until traffic suffers. This generator builds the full set with live length warnings and a search result preview.
How to use the Meta Tag Generator
- Enter your page title, description, URL, and social image.
- Watch the length indicators — titles truncate around 60 characters, descriptions around 155.
- Check the search result and social card previews.
- Copy the complete block of meta tags into your page head.
Frequently asked questions
How long should a title tag be?
Around 50 to 60 characters. Google truncates on pixel width rather than character count, so wide capitals eat the budget faster than narrow lowercase letters.
Does the meta description affect rankings?
Not directly as a ranking factor, but it heavily influences click-through rate from the results page, and Google will rewrite it if it judges yours a poor match for the query.
Why does my Facebook share show the wrong image?
Facebook caches Open Graph data aggressively. Update the tags, then run the URL through their sharing debugger to force a re-scrape.
When do I need a canonical tag?
Whenever the same content is reachable at more than one URL — tracking parameters, trailing slashes, http and https variants, or pagination. A self-referencing canonical on every page is a safe default.