WPSSO Core

Advanced Meta Tags and Schema Markup for Facebook, Pinterest, SEO and More

Description

What makes WPSSO Core better?

Uses your existing content for meta tags and Schema markup:

There's no need to manually re-enter descriptions, titles, product information, select images / videos, etc. — WPSSO Core reads all your existing WordPress content automatically, and you can optionally fine-tune and customize just about anything and everything. ;-)

WPSSO Core is language / locale aware, allowing you to customize your site information, social pages and Knowledge Graph for different languages!

Creates complete and accurate meta tags and Schema markup:

WPSSO Core offers meta tags and Schema markup for Facebook / Open Graph, Google's Knowledge Graph and Rich Card SEO, Pinterest Rich Pins, Twitter Cards, Weibo and more — including complete image markup, video markup, extensive eCommerce product markup, author profile / authorship, co-authors, publisher information, local business markup, aggregate ratings, reviews, recipe information, event details, and much, much more — all from your existing content!

Includes advanced quality assurance features and options:

WPSSO Core checks for minimum / maximum image dimensions and aspect ratios, shows notices for missing and required images, verifies webpages for duplicate meta tags, validates theme header templates for correct HTML markup, warns of any missing PHP modules, and checks 3rd party plugin settings for possible conflicts.

Offers special meta tags and features for Pinterest:

WPSSO Core provides a specific image and image dimensions for the Pinterest Pin It button, excludes non-relevant images from being detected by Pinterest, and prevents conflicts between incompatible Pinterest and Facebook meta tag values.

Integrates and improves your favorite SEO plugin:

WPSSO Core specializes in providing all the meta tags and Schema markup social sites and search engines need — and, if you desire, you can continue to use your favorite SEO content / keyword analysis tools without any conflicts! The Pro version even comes with special integration modules for All in One SEO Pack, The SEO Framework, WP Meta SEO, Yoast SEO, and more.

A meta tag and Schema plugin for today and tomorrow:

WPSSO Core is 100% compatible with the upcoming Gutenberg block editor in WordPress 5 (expected in August 2018)!

Users Love the WPSSO Core Plugin

★★★★★ — "The plugin is indispensable to me when it comes to posting on social media... it makes it so that your posts look the best that they possible can every time when posting on Facebook, Twitter, or any other site." - monsuirette

★★★★★ — "What a fantastic plugin. If you want to fix all the errors in search console for structured data, this is the plugin to use. Love it." - goviral

★★★★★ — "I've tried a number of WP SEO platforms and find this to be the most relevant and most completely thought-out platform for maximising web and social search results and presentation. Really impressed. Great support too!" - pixmoto

★★★★★ — "Yoast on steroids! As an SEO marketer, I love using Yoast for my basic on-page SEO. But Yoast only allows you to enter basic Open Graph social settings. This plugin gives you SO many more options on completing the Open Graph for Facebook, Twitter cards, Pinterest etc. If you use WordPress, I totally recommend using this SEO plugin to help with better rankings in the SERPS!" - gregmontag

WPSSO Core Standard Features

• Creates complete and accurate meta tags for:

  • Facebook / Open Graph
  • Google+
  • Google's Knowledge Graph
  • Google's Rich Card SEO
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest Rich Pins
  • Twitter Cards
  • Weibo and many more.

• Offers Pinterest-specific Rich Pin meta tags and Structured Data Schema markup for Google.

• Provides settings for robots noindex, nofollow, noarchive, and nosnippet for each post / page.

• Includes support for custom post types, custom taxonomy / terms, user profile pages, and attachment pages.

• Uses images from a variety of sources, including featured, attached, gallery shortcode, images from HTML tags in the content, or a custom fallback image.

• Features customizable image dimensions for Facebook / Open Graph, Schema markup, Google Rich Card SEO, Pinterest Rich Pins, and Twitter Cards.

• Configurable maximum title and description lengths, including both hard and soft limits.

• Contextual help for every plugin option and comprehensive online documentation.

• Configurable website / business social accounts for Schema markup and Google's Knowledge Graph.

• Adds author, publisher, and website markup using Schema JSON-LD for Google's Knowledge Graph.

• Adds markup for the Google Sitelinks Searchbox.

• User profile contact fields for Facebook / Open Graph, Twitter Cards, Schema markup, and Google's Knowledge Graph.

• Built-in support for Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) and AMP for WP - Accelerated Mobile Pages plugins.

• Supports advanced WordPress configurations, including WordPress Network / Multisite installations and WordPress MU Domain Mapping.

• And even includes an option to hide the preview of all Pro settings and features. ;-)

• Optional Free add-ons (non-standard / specialized features) for WPSSO Core:

  • WPSSO Mobile App Meta to manage mobile App information.
  • WPSSO Organization Markup to manage multiple Organizations.
  • WPSSO Place / Location and Local Business Meta to manage multiple Locations.
  • WPSSO Ratings and Reviews to add ratings in WordPress comments.
  • WPSSO REST API to add meta tags and Schema markup in REST API queries.
  • WPSSO Ridiculously Responsive Social Sharing Buttons to add responsive share buttons.
  • WPSSO Schema Breadcrumbs Markup to add Breadcrumbs markup for Google.
  • WPSSO Schema JSON-LD Markup to add JSON-LD in post and archive pages.
  • WPSSO Social Sharing Buttons to add traditional share buttons.
  • WPSSO Strip Schema Microdata to strip incorrect markup from templates.
  • WPSSO Tune WP Image Editors for better looking WordPress thumbnails.
  • WPSSO Tweet a Quote to add tweetable quotes to your content.
  • WPSSO User Locale Selector to switch languages quickly and easily.

WPSSO Core Pro / Additional Features

WPSSO Core Pro gives you the power to further integrate and customize your meta tags and Schema markup with third party plugins and APIs.

• Includes a Document SSO (Social and Search Optimization) metabox for Posts, Pages, custom post type, user profile, category, tag, and custom taxonomy editing pages.

• Offers individual customization of the article topic, shared title, descriptions, shared image and/or video, product information, recipe information, event information, and much more.

• Optionally upscale smaller images for social sharing and Schema markup, up to a maximum upscale percentage.

• Optionally validate all image minimum / maximum dimensions and aspect ratios.

• Optionally renders shortcodes for accurate description texts and embedded video detection.

• Support for embedded videos from Facebook, Slideshare, Vimeo, Wistia, and Youtube in content text.

• Additional Facebook / Open Graph / Rich Pin meta tags and Schema markup for videos and eCommerce products.

• Twitter Player Card meta tags for embedded videos from Facebook, Slideshare, Vimeo, Wistia, and Youtube.

• Include or exclude individual Facebook / Open Graph / Google / SEO / Twitter Card / Schema meta tag from the webpage head section.

• Allows customization of field names, labels, and add / remove contacts on user profile pages and Co-Authors Plus guest author profiles.

• Optional URL shortening with Bitly, DLMY.App, Google, Ow.ly, TinyURL, or YOURLS.

• Integrates with 3rd party plugins and services for additional image, video, eCommerce product details, SEO settings, and more.

• The following modules are included with the Pro version, and are automatically loaded if/when the supported plugins and/or services are required.

  • Integration with 3rd Party Plugins

    • All in One SEO Pack
    • bbPress
    • BuddyPress (including Group Forum Topics)
    • Co-Authors Plus (including Guest Authors)
    • Easy Digital Downloads
    • Gravity Forms + GravityView
    • HeadSpace2 SEO
    • MarketPress - WordPress eCommerce
    • NextCellent Gallery - NextGEN Legacy
    • NextGEN Gallery
    • Polylang
    • rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress
    • The Events Calendar
    • The SEO Framework
    • WooCommerce (versions 1, 2, and 3)
    • WP eCommerce
    • WP Meta SEO
    • WP-PostRatings
    • Yoast SEO (aka WordPress SEO)
    • Yotpo Social Reviews for WooCommerce

  • Integration with Service APIs

    • Bitly
    • DLMY.App
    • Facebook Embedded Videos
    • Google URL Shortener
    • Gravatar (Author Image)
    • Ow.ly
    • Slideshare Presentations
    • Soundcloud Tracks (for the Twitter Player Card)
    • TinyURL
    • Vimeo Videos
    • Wistia Videos
    • WordPress Video Shortcode (and Self-Hosted Videos)
    • Your Own URL Shortener (YOURLS)
    • YouTube Videos and Playlists

• Optional Pro add-ons (non-standard / specialized features) for WPSSO Core Pro:

  • WPSSO Mobile App Meta Pro to manage mobile App information.
  • WPSSO Organization Markup Pro to manage multiple Organizations.
  • WPSSO Place / Location and Local Business Meta Pro to manage multiple Locations.
  • WPSSO Ridiculously Responsive Social Sharing Buttons Pro to add responsive share buttons.
  • WPSSO Schema JSON-LD Markup Pro to add JSON-LD in post and archive pages.
  • WPSSO Social Sharing Buttons Pro to add traditional share buttons.
  • WPSSO Tune WP Image Editors Pro for better looking WordPress thumbnails.

Coded for Performance

WPSSO Core makes full use of all available caching methods — along with offering advanced caching features like pre-seeding the cache in background. WPSSO Core and its add-ons use only the library files and object classes they need, keeping their code small, fast and light. All code is fully tested and compatible with the latest version of WordPress and PHP v7.x (PHP v5.4 or better required).

Highly Customizable

WPSSO Core offers hundreds of filter hooks to customize its behavior and output, provides extensive developer documentation with examples, includes dozens of 3rd party integration modules in the Pro version, and offers several optional Free and Pro add-ons to extend WPSSO Core's features.

Installation

Install and Uninstall

• Install the WPSSO Core Plugin
• Uninstall the WPSSO Core Plugin
• Debugging and Problem Solving
• Developer Special - Buy one, Get one Free

Plugin Setup

• A Setup Guide for WPSSO
• Integration Notes
  • BuddyPress Integration
  • WooCommerce Integration
• Performance Tuning

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

• Can I use the Pro version on multiple websites?
• Does LinkedIn read the Open Graph meta tags?
• Doesn't an SEO plugin cover that?
• How can I add Schema aggregateRating values?
• How can I exclude / ignore certain parts of the content text?
• How can I fix a ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS error?
• How can I fix a PHP fatal "out of memory" error?
• How can I fix an "HTTP error" when uploading images?
• How can I have smaller dimensions for the default image?
• How can I see what the Facebook crawler sees?
• How can I share a single NextGEN Gallery image?
• How do I attach an image without showing it on the webpage?
• How do I fix Google Structured Data > hatom errors?
• How do I fix my theme's front page pagination?
• How do I install the WPSSO Core Pro version?
• How do I remove duplicate meta tags?
• How does WPSSO Core find / detect / select images?
• How does WPSSO Core find / detect / select videos?
• W3C says "there is no attribute 'property'"
• Why are some HTML elements missing / misaligned / different?
• Why does Facebook play videos instead of linking them?
• Why does Facebook show the wrong image / text?
• Why does Google Structured Data Testing Tool show errors?
• Why don't my Twitter Cards show on Twitter?
• Why is the Open Graph title the same for every webpage?
• Why shouldn't I upload small images to the Media library?

Documentation and Notes

• About WPSSO Core Pro Integration Modules
  • Author Gravatar
  • Co-Author Plus
  • Easy Digital Downloads
  • Facebook, Slideshare, Vimeo, Wistia, Youtube Video APIs
  • HeadSpace2 SEO
  • NextCellent Gallery and NextGEN Gallery
  • Polylang
  • The Events Calendar
  • WooCommerce
  • Yoast SEO (aka WordPress SEO)
• Contact Information and Feeds
• Developer Resources
  • Constants
    • All Constants
  • Filters
    • All Filters
    • Filter Examples
      • Add Schema aggregateRating Meta Tags
      • Define a Custom Post Type (CPT) as a Product
      • Detect YouTube URL Links as Videos
      • Modify the "article:tag" Keywords / Names
      • Modify the Default Article Topics List
      • Modify the Home Page Title for Facebook / Open Graph
      • Modify the Sharing URL
      • Read / Import Yoast SEO Social Meta
      • Remove / Fix 'hentry' Errors in your Theme Templates
      • Strip Additional Shortcodes
      • Use the REQUEST_URI for Post URLs
      • Working with Pre-defined Meta Tags and Custom Post Types
    • Filters by Category
      • Head Filters
      • Media Filters
      • Facebook / Open Graph Filters
      • Twitter Card Filters
      • Webpage Filters
    • Other Filters
  • The $mod Variable
• Inline Variables
• Multisite / Network Support