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Custom fields are great for storing various meta data about a post. However, if you routinely need to display posts that have a certain custom field value, you should consider switching to a <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Taxonomies" rel="nofollow ugc">custom taxonomy</a>, which is better suited for grouping posts.
With this simple plugin, you can convert all custom fields with a certain key to terms in a certain taxonomy, while maintaining the post association.
Note: If you’re looking for the old version, see <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-query-fields/" rel="ugc">Custom Query Fields</a>
Links: <a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/custom-field-taxonomies" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin News</a> | <a href="http://scribu.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Author’s Site</a>

Custom Field Taxonomies

Convert custom fields to tags, categories or taxonomy terms

Jeff Starr

<blockquote>
🤖 The easy way to add meta tags to your site 
 🤖 Performance: light, fast, and user-friendly
</blockquote>
Head Meta Data (HMD) improves the definition and semantic quality of your web pages by adding a custom set of <code><meta></code> tags to the <code><head></code> section of your web pages.
Basic Example
Display any set of custom meta tags for your site:
<pre><code><head>

 <meta charset="utf-8">
 <meta name="abstract" content="Obsessive Web Development">
 <meta name="author" content="Perishable">
 <meta name="classification" content="Website Design">
 <meta name="copyright" content="Copyright Perishable Press - All rights Reserved.">
 <meta name="designer" content="Monzilla Media">
 <meta name="language" content="EN-US">
 <meta name="publisher" content="Perishable Press">
 <meta name="rating" content="General">
 <meta name="resource-type" content="Document">
 <meta name="revisit-after" content="3">
 <meta name="subject" content="WordPress, Web Design, Code & Tutorials">
 <meta name="template" content="Awesome Theme">
 <meta name="robots" content="index,follow">

 

</head>
</code></pre>
SEO Example
Use shortcodes to dynamically output SEO meta tags:
<pre><code><title>[hmd_post_title] | Your Awesome Website</title>
<meta name="description" content="[hmd_post_excerpt]">
</code></pre>
This outputs dynamic titles and descriptions, useful for SEO. You also can add custom meta tags and markup on specific posts and pages. Check out <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/head-meta-data/#installation" rel="ugc">Installation</a> for more infos.
Features
<ul>
<li>Simple and easy to use</li>
<li>Clean, standards-based code</li>
<li>Customize all <code><meta></code> tags</li>
<li>Add your own custom <code><meta></code> tags</li>
<li>NEW: Add custom tags on any post or page</li>
<li>Use shortcodes to include dynamic information</li>
<li>Includes meta tags on all of your site’s web pages</li>
<li>Check out a Live Preview of your meta tags and custom tags</li>
<li>Automatically adds tags to the <code><head></code> section of all pages</li>
<li>Auto-populates tags using your site’s information</li>
<li>Choose HTML or XHTML format for meta tags</li>
<li>Supports Twitter Cards and Facebook Open Graph tags</li>
<li>Easily disable any unwanted tags</li>
<li>Option to reset default settings</li>
<li>Works with or without Gutenberg Block Editor</li>
<li>Regularly updated and “future proof”</li>
<li>Lightweight, fast, and secure</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
🤖 New! Check out <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Head Meta PRO »</a>
</blockquote>
Shortcodes
Shortcodes enable you to include dynamic bits of information in your meta tags. Head Meta Data currently provides the following shortcodes:
<ul>
<li><code>[hmd_post_excerpt]</code> — post excerpt</li>
<li><code>[hmd_post_date]</code> — post date</li>
<li><code>[hmd_post_author]</code> — post author name</li>
<li><code>[hmd_post_title]</code> — post title</li>
<li><code>[hmd_post_cats]</code> — post categories</li>
<li><code>[hmd_post_tags]</code> — post tags</li>
<li><code>[hmd_year]</code> — current year</li>
<li><code>[hmd_tab]</code> — adds tab space to markup</li>
</ul>
So you can display your own set of customized meta tags exactly as desired. See the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/head-meta-data/#installation" rel="ugc">Installation section</a> for more information about the HMD shortcodes!
Pro Version Features
The <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro version</a> can do everything the free version can do, PLUS:
<ul>
<li>Define meta tags for Custom Post Types</li>
<li>Define meta tags for each type of page-view (e.g., home, posts, pages, archive, search)</li>
<li>Define tags for Facebook (Open Graph)</li>
<li>Define tags for X (Twitter)</li>
<li>Define Facebook and X tags for each type of page view</li>
<li>40+ advanced <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro-shortcut-variables/" rel="nofollow ugc">shortcut variables</a> like <code>%POST_AUTHOR%</code> and <code>%ARCHIVE_TYPE%</code></li>
<li>Dedicated “Meta Tags” meta box for posts and pages</li>
<li>Add custom meta tags to any post or page-view</li>
<li>Add custom script and style to any post or page-view</li>
<li>Meta Tags box integrates with SEO plugins</li>
<li>Additional meta tags beyond the free version</li>
<li>Dedicated setting for <code>image_src</code> link tag</li>
<li>Premium support for pro purchases</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
🤖 Level up your meta tags with <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Head Meta Pro »</a>
</blockquote>
More Info
Head Meta Data is designed to complete a site’s head construct by including some of the more obscure meta tags, such as “author”, “copyright”, “designer”, and so forth. As a matter of practicality, the more widely used tags such as “description” and “keywords” have been omitted, as they are already included via wide variety of plugins (such as “All in One SEO”) in a more dynamic way. Even so, adding “description”, “keyword”, or any other tags is easy from the plugin’s settings page.
Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
Head Meta Data is developed and maintained by <a href="https://x.com/perishable" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Starr</a>, 15-year <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress developer</a> and <a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">book author</a>.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can <a href="https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html" rel="nofollow ugc">make a donation</a> or purchase one of my books:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Tao of WordPress</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/wordpress-themes-book/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Themes In Depth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/downloads/wizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress</a></li>
</ul>
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<ul>
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Head Meta Data

Adds a custom set of <meta> tags to the <head> section of all posts & pages.

Custom Field Taxonomies vs Head Meta Data