SEO Settings
Control search engine visibility: default meta description, XML sitemap, and Google News sitemap.
TL;DR
Go to Admin → Settings → SEO. Set the default meta description, toggle the XML sitemap on/off, and toggle the Google News sitemap on/off.
Details
Default Meta Description
The fallback <meta name="description"> content used on pages and posts that do not have a custom meta description set. Search engines typically display this text in search results snippets.
Keep it under 160 characters for best results.
Per-post and per-page SEO fields (meta title and meta description) override this default when filled in. See the Writing Posts → SEO & Scheduling section for details.
Sitemap
When enabled, Pubvana generates /sitemap.xml automatically. The sitemap includes:
- The site home page
- All published static Pages
- All published Posts
The sitemap follows the standard sitemap.xsd schema and is compatible with Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, and all major search engines.
Submit the sitemap URL (https://yoursite.com/sitemap.xml) to Google Search Console after enabling it.
Google News Sitemap
When enabled, Pubvana also generates /news-sitemap.xml following the Google News sitemap specification. This sitemap:
- Includes only posts published within the last 2 days (Google News requirement).
- Uses the
<news:news>extension tags required by Google News. - Is automatically updated on each request.
Enable this only if your site is approved as a Google News source or you are applying for Google News inclusion.
Per-Post and Per-Page SEO
Beyond the global settings, each individual post and page has two SEO fields in the editor:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Meta Title | Overrides the <title> tag for this specific post/page |
| Meta Description | Overrides the default meta description for this specific post/page |
Leave them blank to fall back to the auto-generated title and the default meta description.
Automatic SEO Tags
In addition to the configurable settings above, Pubvana automatically outputs the following on every page:
- OpenGraph tags (
og:title,og:description,og:image,og:url,og:type) for social sharing previews. - JSON-LD structured data (Article schema) on single post pages for Google rich results.
- hreflang tags on multilingual sites when multiple language versions of a page exist.