Setting the SEO Title and Description for Your Content

Do you want to set the SEO Title and Description for your content?

Here we'll walk you through the easy steps to do this.

The instructions in this article apply to Posts, Pages, Media Attachments, any Custom Post Types, Categories, Tags and any Custom Taxonomies. We're using the Add New Post screen in the screenshots below.

Tutorial Video

Controlling the SEO for Your Content

To get started, edit your content and scroll down to the AIOSEO Settings. You should see the SERP Preview, as well as the Title and Meta Description settings.

SEO settings in the AIOSEO Settings section on the Edit Post screen

The SERP Preview shows an example of how your content may look in search results based on the Title and Meta Description you set.

Setting the SEO Title

To set the SEO title for this content, click on one of our smart tags shown above the Title field.

Adding a smart tag to the Post Title field

You can also type the hash character ( # ) in the field to display a list of available tags you can choose from.

Typing the hash symbol displays a list of available tags to choose from

You can also enter text in the Title field or combine text with the smart tags and there’s an emoji picker where you can add an emoji to give you ultimate control over the SEO title. Whatever you set will override the format set under All in One SEO » Search Appearance.

Setting the SEO Description

To set the SEO description for this content, click on one of our smart tags shown above the Meta Description field.

You can also type the hash character ( # ) in the field to display a list of available tags you can choose from.

Meta Description field in All in One SEO

You can also enter text in the field or combine text with smart tags and there’s an emoji picker where you can add an emoji to give you ultimate control over the SEO description. Whatever you set will override the format set under All in One SEO » Search Appearance.

That’s all! You’ve now set the SEO title and description for your individual content.

You can find the documentation for these settings in the Individual Post/Page Settings here.