Inchoo SEO Manager

April 29, 2025 · View on GitHub

Overview

The Inchoo SEO Manager is a powerful Magento 2 extension that incorporates a wide range of SEO tools designed to enhance your website’s search engine optimization. It provides various features to optimize your store, making it easier to improve rankings and visibility in search results.

Learn more at: https://inchoo.net/online-marketing/introducing-inchoo-seo-manager/

Installation

# Install composer package
composer require inchoo/seo-manager

# Install Magento 2 module
php bin/magento setup:upgrade --keep-generated

# Generates DI configuration
php bin/magento setup:di:compile

# Deploy static view files
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

# Flush cache storage
php bin/magento cache:flush

Usage

System Configuration

Stores > Settings > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog > Inchoo SEO Manager

Field	Description
Enabled	Enable or disable module functionalities.
Use Canonical Link Meta Tag For Categories	Enable or disable the category page canonical URL.
Use Canonical Link Meta Tag For Products	Enable or disable the product page canonical URL.
Use Canonical Link Meta Tag For CMS Pages	Enable or disable the CMS page canonical URL.
Filter Canonical Link Query String	Enable or disable removing not allowed parameters from the canonical URL query string.
Allowed Canonical Link Query Strings	Allowed parameters in the canonical URL query string.
Non-Default Toolbar Meta Robots	Apply the selected meta robots tag to the category page if non-default toolbar query string parameters are used (`product_list_order`, `product_list_dir`, `product_list_mode`, `product_list_limit`).
Catalog Search Meta Robots	Apply the selected meta robots tag to the search results page.
Category Meta Rules	Enable or disable the Category Meta Rules.
Category Meta Rules Sitemap	Enable or disable the Category Meta Rules sitemap items.
Excluded Attributes	Excluded attributes are ignored by the Category Meta Rules.
Product Meta Rules	Enable or disable the Product Meta Rules.

Stores > Settings > Configuration > Catalog > XML Sitemap > Category Meta Options

Field	Description
Frequency
Priority	Valid values range from 0.0 to 1.0.

Category Meta Rules

Category Meta Rules can be used to modify the metadata of category pages based on a combination of the store, category, and applied attribute filters.

Marketing > Inchoo SEO Manager > Category Meta Rules

Category Meta Rule Form

Field	Description
Enabled	Enable or disable the Category Meta Rule.
Store View	Apply the Category Meta Rule only on the selected store view.
Category	Apply the Category Meta Rule only to the selected category.
Can Be A Fallback	Allow the Category Meta Rule to serve as a fallback for child categories.
Attributes	Apply the Category Meta Rule if the category is filtered by the selected attributes or options.
Allow Additional Attributes	Allow a rule to be matched even if additional, non-excluded attributes are used in the layered navigation filter.
Add To Sitemap	Include the Category Meta Rule in the sitemap. Only rules with a selected category and a single attribute filter can be included in the sitemap.
Meta Title	Modify the meta title tag of the category page. Placeholders can be used.
Meta Description	Modify the meta description tag of the category page. Placeholders can be used.
Meta Keywords	Modify the meta keywords tag of the category page. Placeholders can be used.
Canonical URL	Modify the canonical URL of the category page. A canonical URL can be entered without the base URL. If the URL contains query parameters, they will be included in the canonical URL.
Use Rule Attributes in the Canonical URL	Create a canonical URL using rule attributes. This works only if a custom "Canonical URL" is not set.
Meta Robots	Modify the meta robots tag of the category page.
Page H1 Title	Modify the category page title (category name). Placeholders can be used.
Description	Modify the category page description (category description). Placeholders can be used.

Category Meta Rules Priority Weight

Category Meta rules matched by priority, from highest to lowest:

attribute and option + category (store)
attribute and option + category (default store)
attribute + category (store)
attribute + category (default store)
attribute and option + category + additional attributes (store)
attribute and option + category + additional attributes (default store)
attribute + category + additional attributes (store)
attribute + category + additional attributes (default store)
category (store)
category (default store)
attribute and option (store)
attribute and option (default store)
attribute (store)
attribute (default store)
attribute and option + additional attributes (store)
attribute and option + additional attributes (default store)
attribute + additional attributes (store)
attribute + additional attributes (default store)
attribute and option + parent category (store)
attribute and option + parent category (default store)
attribute + parent category (store)
attribute + parent category (default store)
attribute and option + parent category + additional attributes (store)
attribute and option + parent category + additional attributes (default store)
attribute + parent category + additional attributes (store)
attribute + parent category + additional attributes (default store)

Product Meta Rules

Product Meta Rules can be used to modify the metadata of product pages based on a combination of the store, category, product type, and assigned attribute options.

Marketing > Inchoo SEO Manager > Product Meta Rules

Product Meta Rule Form

Field	Description
Enabled	Enable or disable the Product Meta Rule.
Store View	Apply the Product Meta Rule only on the selected store view.
Category	Apply the Product Meta Rule only to products in the selected category.
Product Type	Apply the Product Meta Rule only to selected product types.
Attributes	Apply the Product Meta Rule only to products that have the selected attribute options assigned.
Priority	Used to prioritize meta rules with the same priority weight. A lower number indicates a higher priority.
Meta Title	Modify the meta title tag of the product page. Placeholders can be used.
Meta Description	Modify the meta description tag of the product page. Placeholders can be used.
Meta Keywords	Modify the meta keywords tag of the product page. Placeholders can be used.
Meta Robots	Modify the meta robots tag of the product page.
Page H1 Title	Modify the product page title (product name). Placeholders can be used.

Product Meta Rules Priority Weight

Product Meta rules matched by priority, from highest to lowest:

category + product type + attribute (store)
category + product type + attribute (default store)
category + product type (store)
category + product type (default store)
category + attribute (store)
category + attribute (default store)
category match (store)
category match (default store)
product type + attribute (store)
product type + attribute (default store)
product type (store)
product type (default store)
attribute (store)
attribute (default store)

Placeholders

Placeholders can be used in form fields to generate generic metadata.

Syntax

{placeholder} - A placeholder string with curly brackets will be replaced with an arbitrary value.
[{placeholder}] - The placeholder inside the square brackets is optional and will only be used if there is value for it. If more than one placeholder is in square brackets, they must all have a value.

Category Meta Rules Placeholders

{category} | {name} - The name of the current category.
{parent_category} | {parent_name} - The name of the parent category of the current category (root category excluded).
{parent_category_root} | {parent_name_root} - The name of the parent category of the current category (root category included).
{grandparent_category} | {grandparent_name} - The name of the grandparent category of the current category (root category excluded).
{grandparent_category_root} | {grandparent_name_root} - The name of the grandparent category of the current category (root category included).
{grandgrandparent_name} | {...grandparent_name} - The name of the great-grandparent category of the current category. Every grand is one level up. Can be used with _root suffix.
{attribute_code} - The label of any filtered product attribute.
{store_view} - The name of the current category store view.
{store} - The name of the current category store (group).
{website} - The name of the current category website.

Example: Buy [{attribute_code_1} ][ {attribute_code_2} ]{category} at {website}

Product Meta Rules Placeholders

{attribute_code} - The label of any loaded product attribute.
{category} - The name of the current category.
{store_view} - The name of the current product store view.
{store} - The name of the current product store (group).
{website} - The name of the current product website.

Example: Buy {name} at {website}

Custom Meta Robots

Custom meta robots can be used for full control over the meta robots tag by setting it based on the URL path.

Marketing > Inchoo SEO Manager > Custom Meta Robots

Field	Description
Enabled	Enable or disable the Custom Meta Robots.
Store View	Apply the Custom Meta Robots only on the selected store view.
URL Path	Use wildcards (``) to set meta robots. For example: `/customer/` will apply meta robots to URL paths that contain the word customer*.
Meta Robots	Modify the meta robots tag of the matched page.
Priority	Used to prioritize meta robots. A lower number indicates higher priority (it can be a negative value).

Custom Canonicals

Set custom canonical URL by URL path.

Marketing > Inchoo SEO Manager > Custom Canonicals

Field	Description
Enabled	Enable or disable the Custom Canonical.
Store View	Apply the Custom Canonical only on the selected store view.
Request URL Path	Example: `contact/`
Target URL Path	Example: `contact`

Catalog Product Form

Additional SEO input fields on the Product edit form.

Catalog > Products

Field	Description
Meta Robots	Modify the meta robots tag of the product page.
Page H1 Title	Modify the product page title (product name).

Catalog Category Form

Additional SEO input fields on the Category edit form.

Catalog > Categories

Field	Description
Meta Robots	Modify the meta robots tag of the category page.
Page H1 Title	Modify the category page title (category name).

CMS Page Form

Additional SEO input fields on the CMS page edit form.

Content > Elements > Pages

Field	Description
Meta Robots	Modify the meta robots tag of the CMS page.
Canonical Url	Modify the canonical URL of the CMS page. Absolute or relative URL can be used. If empty, the URL of the CMS page will be used.

Other

The canonical URL is removed if the meta robots tag is set to NOINDEX.

Issues

Report any issues here.

License

This project is licensed under the Open Software License (OSL 3.0) – Please see LICENSE.txt for the full text of the OSL 3.0 license.