Event Calendar Main Page SEO

[Jay]

I can’t find where you would add SEO metadata for the main calendar or list page. Currently meta from the next event shows up instead. Currently I am using Yoast’s SEO plugin for my SEO needs. I wish the Event Calendar plugin used a shortcode on a page I specify, similar to that of most other plugins.

Regardless, how do I fix this as my calendar just dropped off Google’s map.

[Jonah]

Hi Jay,

You will need to programmatically set the metadata for some of the event related pages. Here’s an example of setting the title tags: https://gist.github.com/3710617 – you’ll need to do something similar for any other metadata you want to set. Refer to the Yoast SEO plugin for additional filters you can target.

Does that help?

– Jonah

[Jay]

The lack of SEO on the main calendar pages is a pretty big hole in the plugin. I am surprised by this.

[Jay]

I just spent a few hours trying to resolve the Event Calendar SEO issue on the following pages:

/events/
/events/upcoming/
/events/month/

Unfortunately, ECP does not provide a way to add meta data to these pages for search engines, open graph, twitter cards or Google+. These pages, the main pages you would want recognized by search engines as they are constants, are invisible.

I read through post from three months ago of other people with the same problem. I am not sure how to resolve this. The function snippet you referenced does not resolve this as all.

I am assuming this is a permanent problem with the Event Calendar Pro Plugin and I just wasted money purchasing it. Afterall, if Google can’t find and rank it, what is the point of putting it on the internet?

[Jonah]

Hi Jay,

Sorry about your frustration and it may be a good idea at some point to add some more control over SEO through our plugin, but right now we leave it up to your theme and/or SEO plugin of choice to set metadata. There’s nothing our plugin is doing to block pages on your website, so it’s more a matter of what you are doing in your theme or SEO plugin to make the pages visible. Are you sure you have your website open to search engines and are not blocking anything?

The code snippet I provided you is an example of one way you can control some of the metadata when using Yoast’s SEO plugin. There is a whole array of filters you can tap into to further utilize that plugin to change how visible your website is: http://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-api-docs/ – it’s up to you to do the legwork to optimize accordingly.

I hope that helps,
Jonah

[Jay]

No it does not help. Don’t worry about it. I will use a different event calendar that meets my needs.

[Jonah]

Sorry to hear that Jay, good luck on your project!

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