SEO Engine

WAGE has a built-in SEO engine that eliminates the need for SEO plugins like Yoast or RankMath.

How it works

SEO data comes from two sources:

1. wage_seo_set() — called at the top of each page template with page-specific data
2. seo-data.php — a PHP array with site-wide SEO defaults

The engine outputs <title>, meta description, Open Graph tags, Twitter cards, and JSON-LD structured data.

Per-page SEO

In each page template:

<?php
wage_seo_set([
    'title'       => 'About Us',
    'description' => 'Learn about our company and team.',
    'schema'      => [
        '@type' => 'AboutPage',
        'name'  => 'About Us',
    ],
]);
get_header();
?>

Site-wide defaults

Set via WP options (WP-CLI or dashboard):

Option	Purpose
wage_seo_defaults	site_name, separator, default_description, robots
wage_seo_archives	Taxonomy title templates
wage_seo_singles	Post type title templates (blogs, products, etc.)

Structured data

The SEO engine supports JSON-LD schema. Common types:

• LocalBusiness — for the homepage (name, phone, email, address)
• AboutPage, ContactPage — for standard pages
• Product, Service — for service/product pages

Schema is passed via the schema key in wage_seo_set().