Meta Tag Generator — Free SEO & Open Graph Tags

Q: Which meta tags actually matter?

The title and meta description control how the result looks in search, the canonical link tells Google which URL is the real one when the same content sits at several addresses, and the robots tag decides whether the page is indexed and its links followed. The keywords meta tag is deliberately not generated here: Google has publicly said since 2009 that it ignores it.

Q: How long should the title and description be?

Around 60 characters for the title and 160 for the description are the usual rules of thumb, and the counters here use those numbers. They are only approximations, because Google truncates on pixel width rather than character count — the SERP preview tool measures the actual width of your text.

Q: Do I need both Open Graph and Twitter card tags?

Open Graph is what Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Slack and most chat apps read, so it does the heavy lifting. X falls back to the Open Graph values when twitter: tags are missing, so the twitter:card type is the one line genuinely worth adding — this tool writes it along with matching title, description and image.

Q: What size should the share image be?

1200 × 630 pixels is the widely used size for the summary_large_image card — roughly a 1.91:1 ratio, which both Open Graph and X crop to cleanly. Use an absolute https URL, because relative paths are not resolved by social crawlers.

Q: Do I have to retype the title for the social tags?

No. Leave the share title and share description blank and they reuse the page title and meta description. Fill them in only when you want the social version to read differently from the search version.

Q: Will adding these tags improve my ranking?

Not directly. Google has said the meta description is not a ranking factor; it affects whether people click. What these tags do reliably is control how your page is presented in search and in shared links, and the canonical and robots tags prevent real indexing problems.

How to use Meta Tag Generator — Free SEO & Open Graph Tags

1Fill in your page title, description and the other meta fields.
2Watch the live counters — they warn you before search engines truncate anything.
3Copy the result straight into your page or your CMS.

About Meta Tag Generator

The head of a page is where you talk to machines rather than readers, and three different audiences read it: search crawlers, social link previewers, and the browser itself. This generator writes the tags that still do something in 2026 and leaves out the ones that do not — there is no keywords meta tag here, because Google announced years ago that it does not use it, and filling it in only tells competitors what you are targeting.

The character counters are the part worth watching. A title is given 60 characters and a description 160; the count turns amber once you pass 90% of that and red when you go over, which is usually the moment to move your main keyword nearer the front. Those limits are approximations of a pixel budget rather than hard rules, so if a title is borderline, check it in the SERP preview, where the same text is measured in pixels against Google's real column width. Counts for the Open Graph and card fields are shown without a limit, because each network truncates differently in a feed than it does in a card.

Small details are handled so the output is safe to paste. Quotes and angle brackets in your text are escaped to " and <, so a title containing a quoted phrase cannot break the attribute it sits in. The canonical URL is reused as og:url, blank share fields inherit the page title and description, and the robots dropdown includes max-image-preview:large for pages where you want a large thumbnail in search. Charset and viewport tags are optional, since most frameworks already emit them. The whole thing is JavaScript running on your device — you can go offline and it still works.

Frequently asked questions

Which meta tags actually matter?

The title and meta description control how the result looks in search, the canonical link tells Google which URL is the real one when the same content sits at several addresses, and the robots tag decides whether the page is indexed and its links followed. The keywords meta tag is deliberately not generated here: Google has publicly said since 2009 that it ignores it.

How long should the title and description be?

Around 60 characters for the title and 160 for the description are the usual rules of thumb, and the counters here use those numbers. They are only approximations, because Google truncates on pixel width rather than character count — the SERP preview tool measures the actual width of your text.

Do I need both Open Graph and Twitter card tags?

Open Graph is what Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Slack and most chat apps read, so it does the heavy lifting. X falls back to the Open Graph values when twitter: tags are missing, so the twitter:card type is the one line genuinely worth adding — this tool writes it along with matching title, description and image.

What size should the share image be?

1200 × 630 pixels is the widely used size for the summary_large_image card — roughly a 1.91:1 ratio, which both Open Graph and X crop to cleanly. Use an absolute https URL, because relative paths are not resolved by social crawlers.

Do I have to retype the title for the social tags?

No. Leave the share title and share description blank and they reuse the page title and meta description. Fill them in only when you want the social version to read differently from the search version.

Will adding these tags improve my ranking?

Not directly. Google has said the meta description is not a ranking factor; it affects whether people click. What these tags do reliably is control how your page is presented in search and in shared links, and the canonical and robots tags prevent real indexing problems.