Add custom meta tags to HTML head via functions.php
There are a few cases where you need to add your own Meta Tags in your header. For example to verify that you are the website owner.
Meta tags look like this:
<meta name="key" content="value" />
<meta name="keywords" content="keyword1, keyword2" />
<meta name="description" content="this is the description of this page" />
<meta name="facebook-domain-verification" content="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" />
There are WordPress plugins available to achieve the same. But it can be done without a plugin if you follow these simple steps below:
1. Navigate to wp-content > themes folder and select your child theme
2. Open functions.php
3. Add the following PHP code with your meta tags and save the file
/**
*
* Add custom Meta Tag to header.
*/
function custom_header_metadata() {
?>
<meta name="abc" content="xyz" />
<?php
}
add_action( 'wp_head', 'custom_header_metadata' );
Thats it!
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