Varbase SEO Base

A recipe to manage default installed modules, configs and permissions for Varbase Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Core features and settings.

This recipe provides a complete SEO setup including:

• Meta tag management with Metatag module
• Schema.org structured data support
• Path aliases with Pathauto
• URL redirect management
• XML sitemap generation
• Yoast SEO integration for content optimization
• Script manager for tracking codes
• Entity clone for duplicating content

Features

Meta Tags & SEO

• Metatag: Comprehensive meta tag management with support for:
  • Facebook Open Graph tags
  • Twitter Cards
  • Mobile-specific tags
  • hreflang for multilingual sites
  • Verification tags for search engines
• Schema.org: Structured data support for:
  • Articles
  • Web Pages
  • Web Sites
  • Item Lists
• Yoast SEO: Real-time SEO content analysis and optimization

URL Management

• Pathauto: Automatic URL alias generation based on patterns
• Redirect: Comprehensive redirect management with:
  • 404 error tracking and fixing
  • Domain-level redirects
  • Automatic redirects on content updates
  • Path normalization

Sitemaps & Indexing

• Simple Sitemap: Automatic XML sitemap generation for:
  • Nodes (content)
  • Taxonomy terms
  • Menu links

Analytics & Scripts

• Script Manager: Centralized management of tracking and analytics scripts

Content Management

• Entity Clone: Duplicate content while preserving SEO settings

Configuration

The recipe includes default configurations for:

• Metatag defaults for various entity types (nodes, taxonomy terms, users)
• 403/404 error pages with proper meta tags
• Pathauto patterns for clean URLs
• Redirect settings for optimal SEO
• Simple Sitemap settings for efficient crawling

Permissions

The recipe configures SEO permissions for the following roles:

• Editor: Basic Yoast SEO access
• Content Admin: Basic Yoast SEO access
• SEO Admin: Full SEO management including redirects, meta tags, sitemaps, and scripts
• Site Admin: Full SEO management capabilities

Installation

Add the recipe using composer:

composer require drupal/varbase_seo_base:~1.0.0

Change directory to /web or /docroot

Run the Drupal recipe bash script:

bash core/scripts/drupal recipe recipes/contrib/varbase_seo_base

or

Run the Drush recipe command:

drush recipe recipes/contrib/varbase_seo_base

Maintainers

• Vardot

License

GPL-2.0-or-later