| name | typo3-seo |
| description | Makes TYPO3 pages show up correctly in search engines like Google: XML sitemaps, canonical URLs, hreflang across languages, meta tags, Open Graph, schema.org structured data and robots rules. Use when the wrong pages are indexed or the German and Italian versions get mixed up in the results, when the sitemap is empty or missing pages, when a staging site must be kept out of the index, or when adding social previews and structured data to articles. Search inside the site itself is typo3-solr. |
| compatibility | TYPO3 14.x |
| metadata | {"version":"2.0.0","origin":"webconsulting"} |
| license | MIT / CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
TYPO3 SEO Configuration
Source: https://github.com/dirnbauer/webconsulting-skills
Compatibility: TYPO3 v14.x
All SEO configurations in this skill work on TYPO3 v14.
TYPO3 API First: Always use TYPO3's built-in APIs, core features, and established conventions before creating custom implementations. Do not reinvent what TYPO3 already provides. Always verify that the APIs and methods you use exist and are not deprecated in TYPO3 v14 by checking the official TYPO3 documentation.
1. Core SEO Extension Setup
Installation
ddev composer require typo3/cms-seo
ddev typo3 extension:setup -e seo
ddev typo3 cache:flush
Page Properties SEO Tab
After installation, pages have an "SEO" tab with:
seo_title - Override page title for search enginesdescription - Meta descriptionog_title, og_description, og_image - Open Graphtwitter_title, twitter_description, twitter_image - Twitter Cardscanonical_link - Canonical URL overrideno_index, no_follow - Robot directives
2. Meta Tags Configuration
TypoScript Setup (TYPO3 v14)
page {
meta {
# Basic meta tags
viewport = width=device-width, initial-scale=1
robots = index,follow
author = webconsulting
# Open Graph (auto-filled by EXT:seo if page properties set)
og:type = website
og:site_name = {$site.name}
og:locale = de_AT
# Recommended social image: 1200×630 px; add og:image:width / og:image:height when known for faster previews
# Twitter Cards
twitter:card = summary_large_image
twitter:site = @webconsulting
}
}
Dynamic Meta Description
page.meta.description = TEXT
page.meta.description {
# Page description, then slide rootline; add further fallbacks via stdWrap.if / constants (do not use {$...} inside `data` as a getText key)
data = page:description
ifEmpty.data = levelfield:-1,description,slide
htmlSpecialChars = 1
}
Hreflang Tags (Multi-Language)
EXT:seo automatically generates hreflang tags based on site configuration:
languages:
- languageId: 0
locale: de_AT
hreflang: de-AT
title: Deutsch
- languageId: 1
locale: en_GB
hreflang: en-GB
title: English
Add an x-default hreflang (often the primary market language) in site config when you target international SEO — EXT:seo emits tags from languages entries.
3. XML Sitemap Configuration
Basic Sitemap Setup
base: 'https://example.com/'
routeEnhancers:
PageTypeSuffix:
type: PageType
map:
sitemap.xml: 1533906435
TypoScript Sitemap Configuration (TYPO3 v14)
plugin.tx_seo {
config {
xmlSitemap {
sitemaps {
# Pages sitemap (default)
pages {
provider = TYPO3\CMS\Seo\XmlSitemap\PagesXmlSitemapDataProvider
config {
excludedDoktypes = 3,4,6,7,199,254
additionalWhere = {#no_index} = 0 AND {#canonical_link} = ''
}
}
# News sitemap (example for EXT:news)
news {
provider = GeorgRinger\News\Seo\NewsXmlSitemapDataProvider
config {
table = tx_news_domain_model_news
sortField = datetime
lastModifiedField = tstamp
changeFreqField = sitemap_changefreq
priorityField = sitemap_priority
# Google largely ignores changefreq/priority — keep for other crawlers; focus on accurate lastmod
additionalWhere = {#hidden} = 0 AND {#deleted} = 0
pid = 123
url {
pageId = 45
fieldToParameterMap {
uid = tx_news_pi1[news]
}
additionalGetParameters {
tx_news_pi1.controller = News
tx_news_pi1.action = detail
}
# Match this with a News route enhancer that maps the namespaced tx_news_pi1 arguments.
# Example:
# routeEnhancers:
# NewsPlugin:
# type: Extbase
# extension: News
# plugin: Pi1
# routes:
# - routePath: '/{news-title}'
# _controller: 'News::detail'
# _arguments:
# news-title: news
}
}
}
# Products sitemap (custom extension)
products {
provider = TYPO3\CMS\Seo\XmlSitemap\RecordsXmlSitemapDataProvider
config {
table = tx_shop_domain_model_product
sortField = title
lastModifiedField = tstamp
pid = 100
recursive = 2
url {
pageId = 50
fieldToParameterMap {
uid = tx_shop_pi1[product]
}
additionalGetParameters {
tx_shop_pi1.controller = Product
tx_shop_pi1.action = show
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Sitemap Index
Access sitemap at: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Without route enhancers, the underlying page type is usually requested via ?type=1533906435. The exact child sitemap URLs are generated by TYPO3 from the sitemap index. Do not hardcode ?sitemap=... URLs unless your routing explicitly maps them.
TYPO3 v14: Per Breaking #104422, sitemap GET parameters are namespaced as tx_seo[sitemap] and tx_seo[page]. The PageTypeSuffix enhancer above maps only the sitemap page type. Core keeps sitemap index pagination on query parameters by default; a custom route enhancer for pretty child URLs is optional, must define proper aspects, and must avoid enhancer keys that clash with Core:
CustomSitemapPagination:
type: Simple
routePath: 'sitemap/{sitemap}/{page}'
aspects:
sitemap:
type: StaticRangeMapper
start: '0'
end: '99'
page:
type: StaticRangeMapper
start: '0'
end: '999'
defaults:
page: '0'
_arguments:
sitemap: 'tx_seo/sitemap'
page: 'tx_seo/page'
See references/v14-notes.md for the same pattern in context.
This enhancer is optional and custom — Core maps tx_seo/sitemap but leaves pagination on query parameters by design. Test thoroughly after adding.
Pagination & route enhancers: Core maps sitemap.xml to the SEO page type; sitemap index pagination stays on query parameters by design (Core does not ship a ready-made pretty-URL enhancer for tx_seo/page). Any custom enhancer (e.g. CustomSitemapPagination above) is optional and must define proper aspects — do not treat examples as Core defaults.
4. Robots.txt Configuration
Static Robots.txt
# public/robots.txt
User-agent: *
Allow: /
# Disallow TYPO3 backend and system directories
Disallow: /typo3/
Disallow: /typo3conf/
Disallow: /typo3temp/
# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Dynamic Robots.txt via TypoScript
# Generate robots.txt dynamically
robotstxt = PAGE
robotstxt {
typeNum = 9999
config {
disableAllHeaderCode = 1
additionalHeaders.10.header = Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
}
10 = TEXT
10.value (
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /typo3/
Disallow: /typo3conf/
Disallow: /typo3temp/
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
)
# For a dynamic base URL, derive it from site `base` (YAML), a TypoScript constant, or
# a small data processor — `TEXT.value` does not interpolate `{getEnv:...}` getText.
}
Route enhancement:
routeEnhancers:
PageTypeSuffix:
type: PageType
map:
robots.txt: 9999
5. Canonical URLs
Automatic Canonicals
EXT:seo generates canonical tags automatically. Configure in site:
base: 'https://example.com/'
baseVariants:
- base: 'https://staging.example.com/'
condition: 'applicationContext == "Development"'
Manual Canonical Override
In page properties SEO tab, set "Canonical URL" field.
Via TypoScript:
page.headerData.100 = TEXT
page.headerData.100 {
value = <link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/specific-page" />
}
Detailed Reference
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