SEOTools - SEO Tools for Laravel and Lumen

SEOTools is a package for Laravel 5+ and Lumen that provides helpers for some common SEO techniques. This is forked from artesaos/seotools.

Features

• Friendly Interface
• Ease of set titles and meta tags
• Ease of set metas for twitter and opengraph

Installation

1 - Dependency

The first step is using composer to install the package and automatically update your composer.json file, you can do this by running:

composer require tsawler/seotools

Note: If you are using Laravel 5.5 or greater, the steps 2 and 3, for providers and aliases, are unnecessary. SEOTools supports Laravel new Package Discovery.

2 - Provider

You need to update your application configuration in order to register the package so it can be loaded by Laravel, just update your config/app.php file adding the following code at the end of your 'providers' section:

config/app.php

// file START ommited
    'providers' => [
        // other providers ommited
        Tsawler\SEOTools\Providers\SEOToolsServiceProvider::class,
    ],
// file END ommited

Lumen

Go to /bootstrap/app.php file and add this line:

// file START ommited
	$app->register(Tsawler\SEOTools\Providers\SEOToolsServiceProvider::class);
// file END ommited

3 - Facade

Facades are not supported in Lumen.

In order to use the SEOMeta facade, you need to register it on the config/app.php file, you can do that the following way:

// file START ommited
    'aliases' => [
        // other Facades ommited
        'SEOMeta'   => Tsawler\SEOTools\Facades\SEOMeta::class,
        'OpenGraph' => Tsawler\SEOTools\Facades\OpenGraph::class,
        'Twitter'   => Tsawler\SEOTools\Facades\TwitterCard::class,
        // or
        'SEO' => Tsawler\SEOTools\Facades\SEOTools::class,
    ],
// file END ommited

4 Configuration

Publish config

In your terminal type

php artisan vendor:publish

or

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Tsawler\SEOTools\Providers\SEOToolsServiceProvider"

Lumen does not support this command, for it you should copy the file src/resources/config/seotools.php to config/seotools.php of your project

In seotools.php configuration file you can determine the properties of the default values and some behaviors.

seotools.php

• meta
• defaults - What values are displayed if not specified any value for the page display. If the value is false, nothing is displayed.
• webmaster - Are the settings of tags values for major webmaster tools. If you are null nothing is displayed.
• opengraph
• defaults - Are the properties that will always be displayed and when no other value is set instead. You can add additional tags that are not included in the original configuration file.
• twitter
• defaults - Are the properties that will always be displayed and when no other value is set instead. You can add additional tags that are not included in the original configuration file.

5 - Usage

Facades are not supported in Lumen.

Lumen Usage

$seotools = app('seotools');
$metatags = app('seotools.metatags');
$twitter = app('seotools.twitter');
$opengraph = app('seotools.opengraph');

// The behavior is the same as the facade
// --------

echo app('seotools')->generate();

Meta tags Generator

With SEOMeta you can create meta tags to the head

Opengraph tags Generator

With OpenGraph you can create opengraph tags to the head

Twitter for Twitter Cards tags Generator

With Twitter you can create opengraph tags to the head

In your controller

use SEOMeta;
use OpenGraph;
use Twitter;
## or
use SEO;

class CommomController extends Controller
{

    /**
     * @return \Illuminate\View\View
     */
    public function index()
    {
        SEOMeta::setTitle('Home');
        SEOMeta::setDescription('This is my page description');
        SEOMeta::setCanonical('https://codecasts.com.br/lesson');

        OpenGraph::setDescription('This is my page description');
        OpenGraph::setTitle('Home');
        OpenGraph::setUrl('http://current.url.com');
        OpenGraph::addProperty('type', 'articles');

        Twitter::setTitle('Homepage');
        Twitter::setSite('@LuizVinicius73');

        ## Or

        SEO::setTitle('Home');
        SEO::setDescription('This is my page description');
        SEO::opengraph()->setUrl('http://current.url.com');
        SEO::setCanonical('https://codecasts.com.br/lesson');
        SEO::opengraph()->addProperty('type', 'articles');
        SEO::twitter()->setSite('@LuizVinicius73');

        $posts = Post::all();

        return view('myindex', compact('posts'));
    }

    /**
     * @return \Illuminate\View\View
     */
    public function show($id)
    {
        $post = Post::find($id);

        SEOMeta::setTitle($post->title);
        SEOMeta::setDescription($post->resume);
        SEOMeta::addMeta('article:published_time', $post->published_date->toW3CString(), 'property');
        SEOMeta::addMeta('article:section', $post->category, 'property');
        SEOMeta::addKeyword(['key1', 'key2', 'key3']);

        OpenGraph::setDescription($post->resume);
        OpenGraph::setTitle($post->title);
        OpenGraph::setUrl('http://current.url.com');
        OpenGraph::addProperty('type', 'article');
        OpenGraph::addProperty('locale', 'pt-br');
        OpenGraph::addProperty('locale:alternate', ['pt-pt', 'en-us']);

        OpenGraph::addImage($post->cover->url);
        OpenGraph::addImage($post->images->list('url'));
        OpenGraph::addImage(['url' => 'http://image.url.com/cover.jpg', 'size' => 300]);
        OpenGraph::addImage('http://image.url.com/cover.jpg', ['height' => 300, 'width' => 300]);

        // Namespace URI: http://ogp.me/ns/article#
        // article
        OpenGraph::setTitle('Article')
            ->setDescription('Some Article')
            ->setType('article')
            ->setArticle([
                'published_time' => 'datetime',
                'modified_time' => 'datetime',
                'expiration_time' => 'datetime',
                'author' => 'profile / array',
                'section' => 'string',
                'tag' => 'string / array'
            ]);

        // Namespace URI: http://ogp.me/ns/book#
        // book
        OpenGraph::setTitle('Book')
            ->setDescription('Some Book')
            ->setType('book')
            ->setBook([
                'author' => 'profile / array',
                'isbn' => 'string',
                'release_date' => 'datetime',
                'tag' => 'string / array'
            ]);

        // Namespace URI: http://ogp.me/ns/profile#
        // profile
        OpenGraph::setTitle('Profile')
             ->setDescription('Some Person')
            ->setType('profile')
            ->setProfile([
                'first_name' => 'string',
                'last_name' => 'string',
                'username' => 'string',
                'gender' => 'enum(male, female)'
            ]);

        // Namespace URI: http://ogp.me/ns/music#
        // music.song
        OpenGraph::setType('music.song')
            ->setMusicSong([
                'duration' => 'integer',
                'album' => 'array',
                'album:disc' => 'integer',
                'album:track' => 'integer',
                'musician' => 'array'
            ]);

        // music.album
        OpenGraph::setType('music.album')
            ->setMusicAlbum([
                'song' => 'music.song',
                'song:disc' => 'integer',
                'song:track' => 'integer',
                'musician' => 'profile',
                'release_date' => 'datetime'
            ]);

         //music.playlist
        OpenGraph::setType('music.playlist')
            ->setMusicPlaylist([
                'song' => 'music.song',
                'song:disc' => 'integer',
                'song:track' => 'integer',
                'creator' => 'profile'
            ]);

        // music.radio_station
        OpenGraph::setType('music.radio_station')
            ->setMusicRadioStation([
                'creator' => 'profile'
            ]);

        // Namespace URI: http://ogp.me/ns/video#
        // video.movie
        OpenGraph::setType('video.movie')
            ->setVideoMovie([
                'actor' => 'profile / array',
                'actor:role' => 'string',
                'director' => 'profile /array',
                'writer' => 'profile / array',
                'duration' => 'integer',
                'release_date' => 'datetime',
                'tag' => 'string / array'
            ]);

        // video.episode
        OpenGraph::setType('video.episode')
            ->setVideoEpisode([
                'actor' => 'profile / array',
                'actor:role' => 'string',
                'director' => 'profile /array',
                'writer' => 'profile / array',
                'duration' => 'integer',
                'release_date' => 'datetime',
                'tag' => 'string / array',
                'series' => 'video.tv_show'
            ]);

        // video.tv_show
        OpenGraph::setType('video.tv_show')
            ->setVideoTVShow([
                'actor' => 'profile / array',
                'actor:role' => 'string',
                'director' => 'profile /array',
                'writer' => 'profile / array',
                'duration' => 'integer',
                'release_date' => 'datetime',
                'tag' => 'string / array'
            ]);

        // video.other
        OpenGraph::setType('video.other')
            ->setVideoOther([
                'actor' => 'profile / array',
                'actor:role' => 'string',
                'director' => 'profile /array',
                'writer' => 'profile / array',
                'duration' => 'integer',
                'release_date' => 'datetime',
                'tag' => 'string / array'
            ]);

        // og:video
        OpenGraph::addVideo('http://example.com/movie.swf', [
                'secure_url' => 'https://example.com/movie.swf',
                'type' => 'application/x-shockwave-flash',
                'width' => 400,
                'height' => 300
            ]);

        // og:audio
        OpenGraph::addAudio('http://example.com/sound.mp3', [
                'secure_url' => 'https://secure.example.com/sound.mp3',
                'type' => 'audio/mpeg'
            ]);

        return view('myshow', compact('post'));
    }
}

SEOTrait

use Tsawler\SEOTools\Traits\SEOTools as SEOToolsTrait;

class CommomController extends Controller
{
    use SEOToolsTrait;

    /**
     * @return \Illuminate\View\View
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $this->seo()->setTitle('Home');
        $this->seo()->setDescription('This is my page description');
        $this->seo()->opengraph()->setUrl('http://current.url.com');
        $this->seo()->opengraph()->addProperty('type', 'articles');
        $this->seo()->twitter()->setSite('@LuizVinicius73');

        $posts = Post::all();

        return view('myindex', compact('posts'));
    }
}

In Your View

Pro Tip: Pass the parameter true to get minified code and reduce filesize.

<html>
<head>
	{!! SEOMeta::generate() !!}
	{!! OpenGraph::generate() !!}
	{!! Twitter::generate() !!}
	    <!-- OR -->
	{!! SEO::generate() !!}
	
	  <!-- MINIFIED -->
	{!! SEO::generate(true) !!}
	

	    <!-- LUMEN -->
	{!! app('seotools')->generate() !!}
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

<html>
<head>
    <title>Title - Over 9000 Thousand!</title>
    <meta name='description' itemprop='description' content='description...' />
    <meta name='keywords' content='key1, key2, key3' />
    <meta property='article:published_time' content='2015-01-31T20:30:11-02:00' />
    <meta property='article:section' content='news' />

    <meta property="og:description"content="description..." />
    <meta property="og:title"content="Title" />
    <meta property="og:url"content="http://current.url.com" />
    <meta property="og:type"content="article" />
    <meta property="og:locale"content="pt-br" />
    <meta property="og:locale:alternate"content="pt-pt" />
    <meta property="og:locale:alternate"content="en-us" />
    <meta property="og:site_name"content="name" />
    <meta property="og:image"content="http://image.url.com/cover.jpg" />
    <meta property="og:image"content="http://image.url.com/img1.jpg" />
    <meta property="og:image"content="http://image.url.com/img2.jpg" />
    <meta property="og:image"content="http://image.url.com/img3.jpg" />
    <meta property="og:image:url"content="http://image.url.com/cover.jpg" />
    <meta property="og:image:size"content="300" />

    <meta name="twitter:card"content="summary" />
    <meta name="twitter:title"content="Title" />
    <meta name="twitter:site"content="@LuizVinicius73" />

</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

API (SEOMeta)

SEOMeta::addKeyword($keyword);
SEOMeta::addMeta($meta, $value = null, $name = 'name');
SEOMeta::addAlternateLanguage($lang, $url);
SEOMeta::addAlternateLanguages(array $languages);
SEOMeta::setTitleSeparator($separator);
SEOMeta::setTitle($title);
SEOMeta::setTitleDefault($default);
SEOMeta::setDescription($description);
SEOMeta::setKeywords($keywords);
SEOMeta::setTitleSeparator($separator);
SEOMeta::setCanonical($url);
SEOMeta::setPrev($url);
SEOMeta::setNext($url);
SEOMeta::removeMeta($key);

// You can chain methods
SEOMeta::setTitle($title)
            ->setDescription($description)
            ->setKeywords($keywords)
            ->addKeyword($keyword)
            ->addMeta($meta, $value);

// Retrieving data
SEOMeta::getTitle();
SEOMeta::getTitleSession();
SEOMeta::getTitleSeparator();
SEOMeta::getKeywords();
SEOMeta::getDescription();
SEOMeta::getCanonical($url);
SEOMeta::getPrev($url);
SEOMeta::getNext($url);
SEOMeta::reset();

SEOMeta::generate();

API (OpenGraph)

OpenGraph::addProperty($key, $value); // value can be string or array
OpenGraph::addImage($url); // add image url
OpenGraph::addImages($url); // add an array of url images
OpenGraph::setTitle($title); // define title
OpenGraph::setDescription($description);  // define description
OpenGraph::setUrl($url); // define url
OpenGraph::setSiteName($name); //define site_name

// You can chain methods
OpenGraph::addProperty($key, $value)
            ->addImage($url)
            ->addImages($url)
            ->setTitle($title)
            ->setDescription($description)
            ->setUrl($url)
            ->setSiteName($name);

// Generate html tags
OpenGraph::generate();

API (TwitterCard)

Twitter::addValue($key, $value); // value can be string or array
Twitter::setType($type); // type of twitter card tag
Twitter::setTitle($type); // title of twitter card tag
Twitter::setSite($type); // site of twitter card tag
Twitter::setDescription($type); // description of twitter card tag
Twitter::setUrl($type); // url of twitter card tag
Twitter::addImage($url); // add image url
Twitter::addImages($url); // add an array of url images

// You can chain methods
Twitter::addValue($key, $value)
            ->setType($type)
            ->addImage($url)
            ->addImages($url)
            ->setTitle($title)
            ->setDescription($description)
            ->setUrl($url)
            ->setSite($name);

// Generate html tags
Twitter::generate();

API (SEO)

Facilitates access to all the SEO Providers

SEO::metatags();
SEO::twitter();
SEO::opengraph();

SEO::setTitle($title);
SEO::getTitle($session = false);
SEO::setDescription($description);
SEO::setCanonical($url);
SEO::addImages($urls);