Hi,
I’m wondering if it is possible to add a meta description for tag blogs urls (for example /blog/tagged/pearls)?
Topic summary
Users are seeking ways to add unique meta descriptions to Shopify blog tag filter URLs (e.g., /blog/tagged/pearls). Currently, Shopify reuses the main blog’s meta description for all tag filter pages, creating duplicate content issues.
The Problem:
- SEO tools like Semrush and Sitechecker flag identical meta descriptions across tag pages as errors
- No native Shopify setting exists to customize these descriptions
- Affects site SEO performance metrics and audits
Proposed Solutions:
- One user shared a workaround involving manual Liquid code edits to the theme’s base file
- However, this prevents qualifying for automatic theme updates in OS 2.0
- Alternative suggestion: setting tag URLs to noindex if unique descriptions aren’t possible
Current Status:
The discussion remains unresolved with no official Shopify solution. Users are requesting either:
- Built-in functionality to edit tag page meta descriptions
- Automatic insertion of tag names into generated descriptions
- Guidance on noindexing these pages
Multiple users await updates from Shopify support on whether this feature is planned.
Hi, @j_adv21 .
Thank you for reaching out and posting this question!
You can add meta descriptions to your storefront/homepage as well as blogs and other pages by adding keywords for the SEO to your Shopify store. For the homepage, you can simply add the meta description under ‘Online store > Preferences > Title and meta description.’
Meta Description for Homepage:
For all other pages, such as blog posts, you can edit the meta description under the Search engine listing preview. Simply click Edit website SEO and you can add meta description for each individual blog post or page.
Meta Description for Blog Posts, Pages, Collections, & Products:
I’d love to hear more about how you’re using meta descriptions on your store! If you’d like to learn more about search engine optimization (SEO), then I’d also recommend taking a look at Moz: The Beginner’s Guide to SEO!
This doesn’t answser the question, we can add the title and descriptions at those posts or on products etc. But where they specifically asked for the page of tagged keyword. This is also something that would be nice for applied filters. For Example if we had a collection of shoes, and if you filter by velcro vs string, each of those pages would share the same description and title, instead of us overriding each tag/product type.
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Though Shopify thankfully allows us to edit the vast majority of meta descriptions on our sites, we don’t seem to be able to edit the description of blog tag filter pages. Shopify simply reuses the blog’s overall description for every tag filter endpoint. I can’t say for sure how much Google or Bing’s crawlers care that every single endpoint has a unique meta description, but if any two are identical then Semrush considers it an error and counts it towards the site’s total error count.
This is personally an issue for me, as my job performance is judged by the number of SEO errors and notices present on our site. Unless there is a setting I have overlooked, I have no way to clear these errors in the current version of Shopify.
Ideally, we would have the ability to write custom meta descriptions for each blog tag filter endpoint. However, since this issue pertains only to the uniqueness of the descriptions, it would also be perfectly acceptable if Shopify inserted the name of the blog tag in the generated meta description. This would ensure that each page naturally possesses a unique description.
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Hey BFWebTeam,
I have the same problem right now with Sitechecker…
It seems that having same tags on differents articles of my blog generates critical issues… Fortunatelly it’s not the same on Products page ?!
Did you find solution ?
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I have a workaround, but it requires manually editing the theme’s base liquid file:
{% if page_description %}
{% endif %}
This is only a temporary solution for my team though; once we update to our new OS 2.0 theme, we’re aiming to keep the theme unmodified so that we can qualify for theme updates. I’m still not aware of a simpler solution, and I’m worried that our site is going to have these permanent SEO errors that we can’t fix without creating a child theme.
I was hoping that @Elias would have more insight about whether there is some hidden or planned section of the site editor that would allow us to edit meta descriptions for these pages, or whether Shopify has plans to generate unique blog tag descriptions as I’ve done manually with my Liquid script above.
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@Elias any updates here? If it is not possible to add a unique page title, meta description (and H1 ideally) can you share how to set these blog tag URLs to noindex?
ex: https://www.heathrilesbbq.com/blogs/favorite-recipes/tagged/sides
ex: https://www.heathrilesbbq.com/blogs/favorite-recipes/tagged/fish-and-seafood
https://www.heathrilesbbq.com/blogs/favorite-recipes/tagged/drinks-desserts
Thanks in advance.
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