Meta Tag Generator

Fill in your page details and get every meta tag it needs - title, description, canonical, Open Graph and Twitter cards - with live Google and social previews.

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The tags that earn their place

A modern page needs far fewer meta tags than the bloated head sections of a decade ago. The title tag and meta description shape your Google result. A canonical link points search engines at the master URL. The Open Graph tags (og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url) control how the link looks when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack and iMessage, and the Twitter card tags do the same for X. Everything this tool generates falls into one of those buckets - no filler.

What to skip

The meta keywords tag is dead - Google confirmed it stopped using it for ranking back in 2009, and stuffing it only helps competitors read your target terms. You also do not need author, revisit-after, or a wall of dublin-core tags for a normal site. Focus your effort on a compelling title and description, because those are the two lines a human actually reads before deciding to click.

Get the image right

The single biggest visual win is a proper Open Graph image at 1200 by 630 pixels. That 1.91:1 ratio fills the large card layout on every major platform without cropping. Host it at an absolute https URL, keep text large enough to read at thumbnail size, and it will make your shared links look deliberate rather than default.

Building the rest of the page too? The favicon generator turns one image into a full icon set, the slug generator makes clean URLs, and the HTML encoder escapes any special characters you need inside an attribute.

Frequently asked questions

Which meta tags actually matter in 2026?
The ones that carry weight are the title tag, the meta description, a canonical link, and the Open Graph set (og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url). Twitter card tags control how links look on X. The old meta keywords tag has been ignored by Google since 2009 and is not worth adding.
What size should my og:image be?
Use 1200 by 630 pixels, a 1.91:1 ratio. That is the size Facebook, LinkedIn and the Twitter summary_large_image card all expect, and it renders crisply without being cropped. Keep it under about 5 MB and host it at an absolute https URL.
How long should the title and description be?
Keep the title around 50 to 60 characters so Google does not truncate it in results, and the description around 150 to 160. The counters above turn amber once you go over the recommended length. They are guidance, not hard limits - search engines may rewrite either.
What is a canonical URL for?
The canonical link tells search engines which URL is the master version of a page when the same content is reachable at several addresses (with and without trailing slashes, tracking parameters, and so on). It consolidates ranking signals onto one URL and prevents duplicate-content dilution.