Next SEO
Next SEO is a plug in that makes managing your SEO easier in Next.js projects.
Version 2.x is compatible with next@v8.1.1-canary.54+
and above
Version 1.x is compatible with next@6.0.0
and above
Both versions are still maintained.
Version One docs can be found here
Table of Contents
Usage
NextSeo
works by including it on pages where you would like SEO attributes to added. Once included on the page you pass it a configuration object with the page's SEO properties. This can be dynamically generated at a page level or in some cases your API may return an SEO object.
Set Up
First install it:
npm install --save next-seo
or
yarn add next-seo
Add SEO to Page
Then you need to import NextSeo
and add the desired properties. This will render out the tags in the <head>
for SEO. At a bare minimum you should add a title and description.
Example with just title and description:
import React from 'react';
import { NextSeo } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<NextSeo
title="Simple Usage Example"
description="A short description goes here."
/>
<p>Simple Usage</p>
</>
);
But NextSeo
gives you much more options that you can add. See below for an a typical example of a page.
Typical example for page:
import React from 'react';
import { NextSeo } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<NextSeo
title="Using More of Config"
description="This example uses more of the available config options."
canonical="https://www.canonical.ie/"
openGraph={{
url: 'https://www.url.ie/a',
title: 'Open Graph Title',
description: 'Open Graph Description',
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-01.jpg',
width: 800,
height: 600,
alt: 'Og Image Alt',
},
{
url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-02.jpg',
width: 900,
height: 800,
alt: 'Og Image Alt Second',
},
{ url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-03.jpg' },
{ url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-04.jpg' },
],
site_name: 'SiteName',
}}
twitter={{
handle: '@handle',
site: '@site',
cardType: 'summary_large_image',
}}
/>
<p>SEO Added to Page</p>
</>
);
A note on Twitter Tags
Twitter will read the og:title
, og:image
and og:description
tags for their card, this is why next-seo
omits twitter:title
, twitter:image
and twitter:description
so not to duplicate.
Some tools may report this an error. See Issue #14
Default SEO Configuration
NextSeo
enables you to set some default SEO that will appear on all pages without needing to do include anything on them. You can also override these on a page by page basis if needed.
To achieve this, you will need to create a custom . In your pages directory create a new file, _app.js
. See the Next.js docs here for more info on a custom .
Within this file you will need to import DefaultSeo
from next-seo
and pass it props.
Here is a typical example:
import App, { Container } from 'next/app';
import React from 'react';
import { DefaultSeo } from 'next-seo';
import SEO from '../next-seo.config';
export default class MyApp extends App {
static async getInitialProps({ Component, ctx }) {
let pageProps = {};
if (Component.getInitialProps) {
pageProps = await Component.getInitialProps(ctx);
}
return { pageProps };
}
render() {
const { Component, pageProps } = this.props;
return (
<Container>
<DefaultSeo
openGraph={{
type: 'website',
locale: 'en_IE',
url: 'https://www.url.ie/',
site_name: 'SiteName',
}}
twitter={{
handle: '@handle',
site: '@site',
cardType: 'summary_large_image',
}}
/>
<Component {...pageProps} />
</Container>
);
}
}
From now on all of your pages will have the defaults above applied applied.
NextSeo Options
Property | Type | Description |
---|
titleTemplate | string | Allows you to set default title template that will be added to your title More Info |
title | string | Set the meta title of the page |
noindex | boolean (default false) | Sets whether page should be indexed or not More Info |
description | string | Set the page meta description |
canonical | string | Set the page canonical url |
mobileAlternate.media | string | Set what screen size the mobile website should be served from |
mobileAlternate.href | string | Set the mobile page alternate url |
languageAlternate.hrefLang | string | Set the language of the alternate url |
languageAlternate.href | string | Set the alternate language page url |
additionalMetaTags | array | Allows you to add a meta tag that is not documented here. More Info |
twitter.cardType | string | The card type, which will be one of summary , summary_large_image , app , or player |
twitter.site | string | @username for the website used in the card footer |
twitter.handle | string | @username for the content creator / author (outputs as twitter:creator ) |
facebook.appId | string | Used for Facebook Insights, you must add a facebook app ID to your page to for it More Info |
openGraph.url | string | The canonical URL of your object that will be used as its permanent ID in the graph |
openGraph.type | string | The type of your object. Depending on the type you specify, other properties may also be required More Info |
openGraph.title | string | The open graph title, this can be different than your meta title. |
openGraph.description | string | The open graph description, this can be different than your meta description. |
openGraph.images | array | An array of images (object) to be used by social media platforms, slack etc as a preview. If multiple supplied you can choose one when sharing. See Examples |
openGraph.videos | array | An array of videos (object) |
openGraph.locale | string | The locale the open graph tags are marked up in. Of the format language_TERRITORY. Default is en_US. |
openGraph.site_name | string | If your object is part of a larger web site, the name which should be displayed for the overall site. |
openGraph.profile.firstName | string | Person's first name. |
openGraph.profile.lastName | string | Person's last name. |
openGraph.profile.username | string | Peron's username. |
openGraph.profile.gender | string | Person's gender. |
openGraph.book.authors | string[] | Writers of the article. See Examples |
openGraph.book.isbn | string | The ISBN |
openGraph.book.releaseDate | datetime | The date the book was released. |
openGraph.book.tags | string[] | Tag words associated with this book. |
openGraph.article.publishedTime | datetime | When the article was first published. See Examples |
openGraph.article.modifiedTime | datetime | When the article was last changed. |
openGraph.article.expirationTime | datetime | When the article is out of date after. |
openGraph.article.authors | string[] | Writers of the article. |
openGraph.article.section | string | A high-level section name. E.g. Technology |
openGraph.article.tags | string[] | Tag words associated with this article. |
Title Template
Replaces %s
with your title string
title = 'This is my title';
titleTemplate = 'Next SEO | %s';
title = 'This is my title';
titleTemplate = '%s | Next SEO';
No Index
Setting this to true
will set no-index
, no-follow
. This works on page by page basis.
So this property is a little different than all the others in the sense that setting it as a default does not work as expected. This is due to the fact Next SEO already has a default of index
as it is an SEO plug in after all. So if you want to globally set noindex
please see dangerouslySetAllPagesToNoIndex
Example No Index on single page:
If you have a single page that you want no indexed you can achieve this by:
import React from 'react';
import NextSeo from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<NextSeo noindex={true} />
<p>This page is no indexed</p>
</>
);
dangerouslySetAllPagesToNoIndex
It has the prefix of dangerously
because it will noindex
all pages. As this is an SEO plugin, that is kinda of a dangerous action. It is not bad to use this, just please be sure you want to noindex
EVERY page. You can still override this at a page level if you have a use case to index
a page. This can be done by setting noindex: false
.
The only way to unset this, is by removing the prop from the DefaultSeo
in your custom .
Twitter will read the og:title
, og:image
and og:description
tags for their card, this is why next-seo
omits twitter:title
, twitter:image
and twitter:description
so not to duplicate.
Some tools may report this an error. See Issue #14
facebook
facebook={{
appId: 1234567890,
}}
Add this to your SEO config to include the fb:app_id meta if you need to enable Facebook insights for your site. Information regarding this can be found in facebook's documentation
Canonical URL
Add this on page per page basis when you want to consolidate duplicate URLs.
canonical = 'https://www.canonical.ie/';
Alternate
This link relation is used to indicate a relation between a desktop and a mobile website to search engines.
Example:
mobileAlternate: {
media: 'only screen and (max-width: 640px)',
href: 'https://m.canonical.ie',
},
languageAlternate: {
hrefLang: 'de-AT',
href: 'https://www.canonical.ie/de',
},
Additional Meta Tags
This allows you to add any other meta tags that are not covered in the config
.
content
is required. Then either name
or property
. (Only one on each)
Example:
additionalMetaTags={[{
property: 'dc:creator',
content: 'Jane Doe'
}, {
name: 'application-name',
content: 'NextSeo'
}]}
Invalid Examples:
These are invalid as they contain property
and name
on the same entry.
additionalMetaTags={[{
property: 'dc:creator',
name: 'dc:creator',
content: 'Jane Doe'
}, {
property: 'application-name',
name: 'application-name',
content: 'NextSeo'
}]}
One thing to note on this is that it currently only supports unique tags.
This means it will only render one tag per unique name
/ property
. The last one defined will be rendered.
Example:
If you pass:
additionalMetaTags={[{
property: 'dc:creator',
content: 'John Doe'
}, {
property: 'dc:creator',
content: 'Jane Doe'
}]}
it will result in this being rendered:
<meta property="dc:creator" content="Jane Doe" />,
Open Graph
For the full specification please check out http://ogp.me/
Next SEO currently supports:
Open Graph Examples
Basic
import React from 'react';
import { NextSeo } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<NextSeo
openGraph={{
type: 'website',
url: 'https://www.example.com/page',
title: 'Open Graph Title',
description: 'Open Graph Description',
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image.jpg',
width: 800,
height: 600,
alt: 'Og Image Alt',
},
{
url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-2.jpg',
width: 800,
height: 600,
alt: 'Og Image Alt 2',
},
],
}}
/>
<p>Basic</p>
</>
);
Note
Multiple images is only available in version 7.0.0-canary.0
+
For versions 6.0.0
- 7.0.0-canary.0
you just need to supply a single item array:
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-01.jpg',
width: 800,
height: 600,
alt: 'Og Image Alt',
},
],
Supplying multiple images will not break anything, but only one will be added to the head.
Video
Full info on http://ogp.me/
import React from 'react';
import { NextSeo } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<NextSeo
title="Video Page Title"
description="Description of video page"
openGraph={{
title: 'Open Graph Video Title',
description: 'Description of open graph video',
url: 'https://www.example.com/videos/video-title',
type: 'video.movie',
video: {
// Multiple Open Graph actors is only available in version `7.0.2-canary.35`+ of next
actors: [
{
profile: 'https://www.example.com/actors/@firstnameA-lastnameA',
role: 'Protagonist',
},
{
profile: 'https://www.example.com/actors/@firstnameB-lastnameB',
role: 'Antagonist',
},
],
// Multiple Open Graph directors is only available in version `7.0.2-canary.35`+ of next
directors: [
'https://www.example.com/directors/@firstnameA-lastnameA',
'https://www.example.com/directors/@firstnameB-lastnameB',
],
// Multiple Open Graph writers is only available in version `7.0.2-canary.35`+ of next
writers: [
'https://www.example.com/writers/@firstnameA-lastnameA',
'https://www.example.com/writers/@firstnameB-lastnameB',
],
duration: 680000,
releaseDate: '2022-12-21T22:04:11Z',
// Multiple Open Graph tags is only available in version `7.0.2-canary.35`+ of next
tags: ['Tag A', 'Tag B', 'Tag C'],
},
site_name: 'SiteName',
}}
/>
<h1>Video Page SEO</h1>
</>
);
Note
Multiple images is only available in version 7.0.0-canary.0
+
For versions 6.0.0
- 7.0.0-canary.0
you just need to supply a single item array:
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-01.jpg',
width: 800,
height: 600,
alt: 'Og Image Alt',
},
],
Supplying multiple images will not break anything, but only one will be added to the head.
Article
import React from 'react';
import { NextSeo } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<NextSeo
openGraph={{
title: 'Open Graph Article Title',
description: 'Description of open graph article',
url: 'https://www.example.com/articles/article-title',
type: 'article',
article: {
publishedTime: '2017-06-21T23:04:13Z',
modifiedTime: '2018-01-21T18:04:43Z',
expirationTime: '2022-12-21T22:04:11Z',
section: 'Section II',
authors: [
'https://www.example.com/authors/@firstnameA-lastnameA',
'https://www.example.com/authors/@firstnameB-lastnameB',
],
tags: ['Tag A', 'Tag B', 'Tag C'],
},
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.test.ie/images/cover.jpg',
width: 850,
height: 650,
alt: 'Photo of text',
},
],
}}
/>
<p>Article</p>
</>
);
Note
Multiple images, authors, tags is only available in version 7.0.0-canary.0
+
For versions 6.0.0
- 7.0.0-canary.0
you just need to supply a single item array:
images:
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-01.jpg',
width: 800,
height: 600,
alt: 'Og Image Alt',
},
],
authors:
authors: [
'https://www.example.com/authors/@firstnameA-lastnameA',
],
tags:
tags: ['Tag A'],
Supplying multiple of any of the above will not break anything, but only one will be added to the head.
Book
import React from 'react';
import { NextSeo } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<NextSeo
openGraph={{
title: 'Open Graph Book Title',
description: 'Description of open graph book',
url: 'https://www.example.com/books/book-title',
type: 'book',
book: {
releaseDate: '2018-09-17T11:08:13Z',
isbn: '978-3-16-148410-0',
authors: [
'https://www.example.com/authors/@firstnameA-lastnameA',
'https://www.example.com/authors/@firstnameB-lastnameB',
],
tags: ['Tag A', 'Tag B', 'Tag C'],
},
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.test.ie/images/book.jpg',
width: 850,
height: 650,
alt: 'Cover of the book',
},
],
}}
/>
<p>Book</p>
</>
);
Note
Multiple images, authors, tags is only available in version 7.0.0-canary.0
+
For versions 6.0.0
- 7.0.0-canary.0
you just need to supply a single item array:
images:
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-01.jpg',
width: 800,
height: 600,
alt: 'Og Image Alt',
},
],
authors:
authors: [
'https://www.example.com/authors/@firstnameA-lastnameA',
],
tags:
tags: ['Tag A'],
Supplying multiple of any of the above will not break anything, but only one will be added to the head.
Profile
import React from 'react';
import { NextSeo } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<NextSeo
openGraph={{
title: 'Open Graph Profile Title',
description: 'Description of open graph profile',
url: 'https://www.example.com/@firstlast123',
type: 'profile',
profile: {
firstName: 'First',
lastName: 'Last',
username: 'firstlast123',
gender: 'female',
},
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.test.ie/images/profile.jpg',
width: 850,
height: 650,
alt: 'Profile Photo',
},
],
}}
/>
<p>Profile</p>
</>
);
Note
Multiple images is only available in version 7.0.0-canary.0
+
For versions 6.0.0
- 7.0.0-canary.0
you just need to supply a single item array:
images: [
{
url: 'https://www.example.ie/og-image-01.jpg',
width: 800,
height: 600,
alt: 'Og Image Alt',
},
],
Supplying multiple images will not break anything, but only one will be added to the head.
JSON-LD
Next SEO now has the ability to set JSON-LD a form of structured data. Structured data is a standardised format for providing information about a page and classifying the page content.
Google has excellent content on JSON-LD -> HERE
Below you will find a very basic page implementing each of the available JSON-LD types:
More to follow very, very soon!
Article
import React from 'react';
import { ArticleJsonLd } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<h1>Article JSON-LD</h1>
<ArticleJsonLd
url="https://example.com/article"
title="Article headline"
images={[
'https://example.com/photos/1x1/photo.jpg',
'https://example.com/photos/4x3/photo.jpg',
'https://example.com/photos/16x9/photo.jpg',
]}
datePublished="2015-02-05T08:00:00+08:00"
dateModified="2015-02-05T09:00:00+08:00"
authorName="Jane Blogs"
publisherName="Gary Meehan"
publisherLogo="https://www.example.com/photos/logo.jpg"
description="This is a mighty good description of this article."
/>
</>
);
Breadcrumb
import React from 'react';
import { BreadcrumbJsonLd } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<h1>Breadcrumb JSON-LD</h1>
<BreadcrumbJsonLd
itemListElements={[
{
position: 1,
name: 'Books',
item: 'https://example.com/books',
},
{
position: 2,
name: 'Authors',
item: 'https://example.com/books/authors',
},
{
position: 3,
name: 'Ann Leckie',
item: 'https://example.com/books/authors/annleckie',
},
{
position: 4,
name: 'Ancillary Justice',
item: 'https://example.com/books/authors/ancillaryjustice',
},
]}
/>
</>
);
Required properties
Property | Info |
---|
itemListElements | |
itemListElements.position | The position of the breadcrumb in the breadcrumb trail. Position 1 signifies the beginning of the trail. |
itemListElements.name | The title of the breadcrumb displayed for the user. |
itemListElements.item | The URL to the webpage that represents the breadcrumb. |
Blog
import React from 'react';
import { BlogJsonLd } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<h1>Blog JSON-LD</h1>
<BlogJsonLd
url="https://example.com/blog"
title="Blog headline"
images={[
'https://example.com/photos/1x1/photo.jpg',
'https://example.com/photos/4x3/photo.jpg',
'https://example.com/photos/16x9/photo.jpg',
]}
datePublished="2015-02-05T08:00:00+08:00"
dateModified="2015-02-05T09:00:00+08:00"
authorName="Jane Blogs"
description="This is a mighty good description of this blog."
/>
</>
);
Course
import React from 'react';
import { CourseJsonLd } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<h1>Course JSON-LD</h1>
<CourseJsonLd
courseName="Course Name"
providerName="Course Provider"
providerUrl="https//www.example.com/provider"
description="Course description goes right here"
/>
</>
);
Corporate Contact
import React from 'react';
import { CorporateContactJsonLd } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<h1>Corporate Contact JSON-LD</h1>
<CorporateContactJsonLd
url="http://www.your-company-site.com"
logo="http://www.example.com/logo.png"
contactPoint={[
{
telephone: '+1-401-555-1212',
contactType: 'customer service',
areaServed: 'US',
availableLanguage: ['English', 'Spanish', 'French'],
},
{
telephone: '+1-877-746-0909',
contactType: 'customer service',
contactOption: 'TollFree',
availableLanguage: 'English',
},
{
telephone: '+1-877-453-1304',
contactType: 'technical support',
contactOption: 'TollFree',
areaServed: ['US', 'CA'],
availableLanguage: ['English', 'French'],
},
]}
/>
</>
);
Required properties
Property | Info |
---|
url | Url to the home page of the company's official site. |
contactPoint | |
contactPoint.telephone | An internationalized version of the phone number, starting with the "+" symbol and country code |
contactPoint.contactType | Description of the purpose of the phone number i.e. Technical Support . |
Recommended ContactPoint properties
Property | Info |
---|
contactPoint.areaServed | String or Array of geographical regions served by the business. Example "US" or ["US", "CA", "MX"] |
contactPoint.availableLanguage | Details about the language spoken. Example "English" or ["English", "French"] |
gecontactPointo.contactOption | Details about the phone number. Example "TollFree" |
Local Business
Local business is supported with a sub-set of properties.
<LocalBusinessJsonLd
type="Store"
id="http://davesdeptstore.example.com"
name="Dave's Department Store"
description="Dave's latest department store in San Jose, now open"
url="http://www.example.com/store-locator/sl/San-Jose-Westgate-Store/1427"
telephone="+14088717984"
address={{
streetAddress: '1600 Saratoga Ave',
addressLocality: 'San Jose',
addressRegion: 'CA',
postalCode: '95129',
addressCountry: 'US',
}}
geo={{
latitude: '37.293058',
longitude: '-121.988331',
}}
images={[
'https://example.com/photos/1x1/photo.jpg',
'https://example.com/photos/4x3/photo.jpg',
'https://example.com/photos/16x9/photo.jpg',
]}
/>
Required properties
Property | Info |
---|
@id | Globally unique ID of the specific business location in the form of a URL. |
type | LocalBusiness or any sub-type |
address | Address of the specific business location |
address.addressCountry | The 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code |
address.addressLocality | City |
address.addressRegion | State or province, if applicable. |
address.postalCode | Postal or zip code. |
address.streetAddress | Street number, street name, and unit number. |
name | Business name. |
Supported properties
Property | Info |
---|
description | Description of the business location |
geo | Geographic coordinates of the business. |
geo.latitude | The latitude of the business location |
geo.longitude | The longitude of the business location |
images | An image or images of the business. Required for valid markup depending on the type |
telephone | A business phone number meant to be the primary contact method for customers. |
url | The fully-qualified URL of the specific business location. |
NOTE:
Images are required for most of the types that you can use for LocalBusiness
, if in doubt you should add an image. You can check your generated JSON over at Google's Structured Data Testing Tool
Logo
import React from 'react';
import { LogoJsonLd } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<h1>Logo JSON-LD</h1>
<LogoJsonLd
logo="http://www.your-site.com/images/logo.jpg"
url="http://www.your-site.com"
/>
</>
);
Property | Info |
---|
url | The URL of the website associated with the logo. Logo guidelines |
logo | URL of a logo that is representative of the organization. |
Product
import React from 'react';
import { ProductJsonLd } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<h1>Product JSON-LD</h1>
<ProductJsonLd
productName="Executive Anvil"
images={[
'https://example.com/photos/1x1/photo.jpg',
'https://example.com/photos/4x3/photo.jpg',
'https://example.com/photos/16x9/photo.jpg',
]}
description="Sleeker than ACME's Classic Anvil, the Executive Anvil is perfect for the business traveler looking for something to drop from a height."
brand="ACME"
reviews={[
{
author: 'Jim',
datePublished: '2017-01-06T03:37:40Z',
reviewBody:
'This is my favorite product yet! Thanks Nate for the example products and reviews.',
name: 'So awesome!!!',
reviewRating: {
bestRating: '5',
ratingValue: '5',
worstRating: '1',
},
},
]}
aggregateRating={{
ratingValue: '4.4',
reviewCount: '89',
}}
offers={{
price: '119.99',
priceCurrency: 'USD',
priceValidUntil: '2020-11-05',
itemCondition: 'http://schema.org/UsedCondition',
availability: 'http://schema.org/InStock',
seller: {
name: 'Executive Objects',
},
}}
mpn="925872"
/>
</>
);
Also available: sku
, gtin8
, gtin13
, gtin14
.
Valid values for offers.itemCondition
:
Valid values fro offers.availability
:
More info on the product data type can be found here.
Social Profile
import React from 'react';
import { SocialProfileJsonLd } from 'next-seo';
export default () => (
<>
<h1>Social Profile JSON-LD</h1>
<SocialProfileJsonLd
type="Person"
name="your name"
url="http://www.your-site.com"
sameAs={[
'http://www.facebook.com/your-profile',
'http://instagram.com/yourProfile',
'http://www.linkedin.com/in/yourprofile',
'http://plus.google.com/your_profile',
]}
/>
</>
);
Required properties
Property | Info |
---|
type | Person or Organization |
name | The name of the person or organization |
url | The URL for the person's or organization's official website. |
sameAs | An array of URLs for the person's or organization's official social media profile page(s) |
Google Supported Social Profiles
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Google+
- Instagram
- YouTube
- LinkedIn
- Myspace
- Pinterest
- SoundCloud
- Tumblr
Google Docs for Social Profile
CHANGELOG
You can view the CHANGELOG here
Contributors
Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!