Quick META Keywords WordPress Plugin
Quick META Keywords adds a tidy META keywords tag to every post on your WordPress site, made from the post’s own categories and tags. Activate it and every post, new and old, gets its keywords with nothing to type.
Refreshed for 2026. First released in 2007, Quick META Keywords 2.0 is rebuilt with a settings page and a live preview. Choose categories, tags or both, add your own keywords, and see the exact tag before you save. Much more control than the original plugin ever had.
What’s new in version 2.0
- Settings page under Settings > Quick META Keywords
- Categories, tags or both as keywords, your choice
- Your own extra keywords, such as your site’s main topics, added to every post
- Live preview of the exact tag for any recent post, before you save
- Clean output: repeated words listed once, “Uncategorized” left out, no empty tags
- Works alongside Rank Math, Yoast SEO and other SEO plugins
What the tag looks like
<meta name="keywords" content="WordPress, Tips & Tricks, plugins, blogging, beginners" />Where META keywords fit in 2026
Google and Bing no longer use the keywords tag for ranking, so think of it as a tidy topic label for each post rather than a ranking tool. It still earns its place: some site search engines, intranet search tools and content directories read it as the page’s topic list, and it gives every post an accurate summary of its topics, taken from the categories and tags you already chose. Keep it short and true to each post. More on the history in Is the Meta Keywords Tag Useless for SEO?
How to install
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New and search for Quick META Keywords.
- Click Install Now, then Activate.
- Your posts now have a META keywords tag made from their categories and tags.
- To choose what goes in or add extra keywords, go to Settings > Quick META Keywords.
Questions
How do I check that it works?
Open any post, right-click and choose View Page Source, then search for name="keywords". Or use the preview on the settings page, which shows the same tag.
Why only on posts, not pages or the home page?
Posts have categories and tags that describe each one. Pages and the home page do not, so they would only repeat the same extra keywords everywhere.
I use Rank Math or Yoast SEO. Is that OK?
Yes. They handle titles and descriptions, and this plugin adds only the keywords tag. If your SEO plugin also has a META keywords option switched on, turn one of them off so posts don’t get two tags.
Can I add keywords to just one post?
Add them as tags on that post. With Tags turned on, they appear in that post’s keywords.
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Need customization? We wrote this plugin, so we can add a feature or change how it works for you, delivered as a ready-to-install zip. No WordPress login needed.