---
title: SEO and Meta
description: Improve your Nuxt app's SEO with powerful head config, composables and components.
navigation.icon: i-ph-file-search-duotone
---
## Defaults
Out-of-the-box, Nuxt provides sane defaults, which you can override if needed.
```ts twoslash [nuxt.config.ts]
export default defineNuxtConfig({
app: {
head: {
charset: 'utf-8',
viewport: 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1',
}
}
})
```
Providing an [`app.head`](/docs/api/nuxt-config#head) property in your [`nuxt.config.ts`](/docs/guide/directory-structure/nuxt-config) allows you to customize the head for your entire app.
::callout
This method does not allow you to provide reactive data. We recommend to use `useHead()` in `app.vue`.
::
Shortcuts are available to make configuration easier: `charset` and `viewport`. You can also provide any of the keys listed below in [Types](#types).
## `useHead`
The [`useHead`](/docs/api/composables/use-head) composable function allows you to manage your head tags programmatically and reactively,
powered by [Unhead](https://unhead.unjs.io).
As with all composables, it can only be used with a components `setup` and lifecycle hooks.
```vue twoslash [app.vue]
```
We recommend to take a look at the [`useHead`](/docs/api/composables/use-head) and [`useHeadSafe`](/docs/api/composables/use-head-safe) composables.
## `useSeoMeta`
The [`useSeoMeta`](/docs/api/composables/use-seo-meta) composable lets you define your site's SEO meta tags as a flat object with full TypeScript support.
This helps you avoid typos and common mistakes, such as using `name` instead of `property`.
```vue twoslash [app.vue]
```
:read-more{to="/docs/api/composables/use-seo-meta"}
## Components
Nuxt provides ``, `<Base>`, `<NoScript>`, `<Style>`, `<Meta>`, `<Link>`, `<Body>`, `<Html>` and `<Head>` components so that you can interact directly with your metadata within your component's template.
Because these component names match native HTML elements, they must be capitalized in the template.
`<Head>` and `<Body>` can accept nested meta tags (for aesthetic reasons) but this does not affect _where_ the nested meta tags are rendered in the final HTML.
<!-- @case-police-ignore html -->
```vue [app.vue]
<script setup lang="ts">
const title = ref('Hello World')
</script>
<template>
<div>
<Head>
<Title>{{ title }}
{{ title }}
```
## Types
Below are the non-reactive types used for [`useHead`](/docs/api/composables/use-head), [`app.head`](/docs/api/nuxt-config#head) and components.
```ts
interface MetaObject {
title?: string
titleTemplate?: string | ((title?: string) => string)
templateParams?: Record>
base?: Base
link?: Link[]
meta?: Meta[]
style?: Style[]
script?: Script[]
noscript?: Noscript[];
htmlAttrs?: HtmlAttributes;
bodyAttrs?: BodyAttributes;
}
```
See [@unhead/schema](https://github.com/unjs/unhead/blob/main/packages/schema/src/schema.ts) for more detailed types.
## Features
### Reactivity
Reactivity is supported on all properties, by providing a computed value, a getter, or a reactive object.
It's recommended to use getters (`() => value`) over computed (`computed(() => value)`).
::code-group
```vue twoslash [useHead]
```
```vue twoslash [useSeoMeta]
```
```vue [Components]
```
::
### Title Template
You can use the `titleTemplate` option to provide a dynamic template for customizing the title of your site. For example, you could add the name of your site to the title of every page.
The `titleTemplate` can either be a string, where `%s` is replaced with the title, or a function.
If you want to use a function (for full control), then this cannot be set in your `nuxt.config`, and it is recommended instead to set it within your `app.vue` file, where it will apply to all pages on your site:
::code-group
```vue twoslash [useHead]
```
::
Now, if you set the title to `My Page` with [`useHead`](/docs/api/composables/use-head) on another page of your site, the title would appear as 'My Page - Site Title' in the browser tab. You could also pass `null` to default to 'Site Title'.
### Body Tags
You can use the `tagPosition: 'bodyClose'` option on applicable tags to append them to the end of the `` tag.
For example:
```vue twoslash
```
## Examples
### With `definePageMeta`
Within your [`pages/` directory](/docs/guide/directory-structure/pages), you can use `definePageMeta` along with [`useHead`](/docs/api/composables/use-head) to set metadata based on the current route.
For example, you can first set the current page title (this is extracted at build time via a macro, so it can't be set dynamically):
```vue twoslash [pages/some-page.vue]
```
And then in your layout file, you might use the route's metadata you have previously set:
```vue twoslash [layouts/default.vue]
```
:link-example{to="/docs/examples/features/meta-tags"}
:read-more{to="/docs/guide/directory-structure/pages/#page-metadata"}
### Dynamic Title
In the example below, `titleTemplate` is set either as a string with the `%s` placeholder or as a `function`, which allows greater flexibility in setting the page title dynamically for each route of your Nuxt app:
```vue twoslash [app.vue]
```
```vue twoslash [app.vue]
```
`nuxt.config` is also used as an alternative way of setting the page title. However, `nuxt.config` does not allow the page title to be dynamic. Therefore, it is recommended to use `titleTemplate` in the `app.vue` file to add a dynamic title, which is then applied to all routes of your Nuxt app.
### External CSS
The example below shows how you might enable Google Fonts using either the `link` property of the [`useHead`](/docs/api/composables/use-head) composable or using the `` component:
::code-group
```vue twoslash [useHead]
```
```vue [Components]