TYPO3 SEO Configuration

Compatibility: TYPO3 v13.x and v14.x (v14 preferred) All SEO configurations in this skill work on both v13 and 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 your target TYPO3 version (v13 or v14) by checking the official TYPO3 documentation.

1. Core SEO Extension Setup

Installation

ddev composer require typo3/cms-seo
ddev typo3 extension:activate seo
ddev typo3 cache:flush

Page Properties SEO Tab

After installation, pages have an "SEO" tab with:

seo_title - Override page title for search engines
description - Meta description
og_title, og_description, og_image - Open Graph
twitter_title, twitter_description, twitter_image - Twitter Cards
canonical_link - Canonical URL override
no_index, no_follow - Robot directives

2. Meta Tags Configuration

TypoScript Setup (v13/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
        
        # Twitter Cards
        twitter:card = summary_large_image
        twitter:site = @webconsulting
    }
}

Dynamic Meta Description

page.meta.description = TEXT
page.meta.description {
    # Fallback chain: page description > parent description > site description
    data = page:description // levelfield:-1,description,slide // {$site.description}
    htmlSpecialChars = 1
}

Hreflang Tags (Multi-Language)

EXT:seo automatically generates hreflang tags based on site configuration:

# config/sites/main/config.yaml
languages:
  - languageId: 0
    locale: de_AT
    hreflang: de-AT
    title: Deutsch
    
  - languageId: 1
    locale: en_GB
    hreflang: en-GB
    title: English

3. XML Sitemap Configuration

Basic Sitemap Setup

# config/sites/main/config.yaml
base: 'https://example.com/'
routeEnhancers:
  PageTypeSuffix:
    type: PageType
    map:
      sitemap.xml: 1533906435

TypoScript Sitemap Configuration (v13/v14)

plugin.tx_seo {
    config {
        xmlSitemap {
            sitemaps {
                # Pages sitemap (default)
                pages {
                    provider = TYPO3\CMS\Seo\XmlSitemap\PagesXmlSitemapDataProvider
                    config {
                        excludedDoktypes = 3,4,6,7,199,254,255
                        additionalWhere = no_index = 0 AND nav_hide = 0
                    }
                }
                
                # 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
                        additionalWhere = {#hidden} = 0 AND {#deleted} = 0
                        pid = 123
                        url {
                            pageId = 45
                            fieldToParameterMap {
                                uid = tx_news_pi1[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

Individual sitemaps:

https://example.com/sitemap.xml?sitemap=pages
https://example.com/sitemap.xml?sitemap=news

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: {getEnv:TYPO3_SITE_URL}sitemap.xml
    )
}

Route enhancement:

# config/sites/main/config.yaml
routeEnhancers:
  PageTypeSuffix:
    type: PageType
    map:
      robots.txt: 9999

5. Canonical URLs

Automatic Canonicals

EXT:seo generates canonical tags automatically. Configure in site:

# config/sites/main/config.yaml
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" />
}

6. Structured Data (JSON-LD)

Organization Schema

page.headerData.200 = TEXT
page.headerData.200.value (
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "webconsulting",
    "url": "https://webconsulting.at",
    "logo": "https://webconsulting.at/logo.png",
    "sameAs": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/webconsulting",
        "https://github.com/webconsulting"
    ],
    "contactPoint": {
        "@type": "ContactPoint",
        "telephone": "+43-1-234567",
        "contactType": "customer service"
    }
}
</script>
)

Breadcrumb Schema (Dynamic)

lib.breadcrumbSchema = COA
lib.breadcrumbSchema {
    10 = TEXT
    10.value = <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[
    
    20 = HMENU
    20 {
        special = rootline
        special.range = 0|-1
        1 = TMENU
        1 {
            NO = 1
            NO {
                doNotLinkIt = 1
                stdWrap.cObject = COA
                stdWrap.cObject {
                    10 = TEXT
                    10.value = {"@type":"ListItem","position":
                    20 = TEXT
                    20.data = register:count_HMENU_MENUOBJ
                    30 = TEXT
                    30.value = ,"name":"
                    40 = TEXT
                    40.field = nav_title // title
                    40.htmlSpecialChars = 1
                    50 = TEXT
                    50.value = ","item":"
                    60 = TEXT
                    60.typolink.parameter.field = uid
                    60.typolink.returnLast = url
                    60.typolink.forceAbsoluteUrl = 1
                    70 = TEXT
                    70.value = "},
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    30 = TEXT
    30.value = ]}</script>
    30.replacement {
        10.search = ,]}
        10.replace = ]}
    }
}

page.headerData.300 < lib.breadcrumbSchema

Advanced Structured Data with EXT:schema

# Install schema extension for advanced structured data
ddev composer require brotkrueml/schema

<?php
// In a PSR-14 event listener
use Brotkrueml\Schema\Type\TypeFactory;
use Brotkrueml\Schema\Manager\SchemaManager;

#[AsEventListener]
final class AddSchemaListener
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly TypeFactory $typeFactory,
        private readonly SchemaManager $schemaManager,
    ) {}

    public function __invoke(SomeEvent $event): void
    {
        $organization = $this->typeFactory->create('Organization')
            ->setProperty('name', 'My Company')
            ->setProperty('url', 'https://example.com');
        
        $this->schemaManager->addType($organization);
    }
}

7. Performance SEO

Core Web Vitals Optimization

# Preload critical resources
page.headerData.50 = TEXT
page.headerData.50.value (
<link rel="preload" href="/typo3conf/ext/site_package/Resources/Public/Fonts/raleway.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://www.google-analytics.com">
)

# Lazy load images (built-in v13/v14)
lib.contentElement {
    settings {
        media {
            lazyLoading = lazy
        }
    }
}

Image Optimization (v13/v14)

// config/system/additional.php
$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['GFX']['processor_allowUpscaling'] = false;

// WebP is automatically generated in v13/v14 when supported

# Responsive images
tt_content.image.settings.responsive_image_rendering = 1

8. SEO Checklist

Page Level

Unique <title> with primary keyword (50-60 chars)
Meta description with call-to-action (150-160 chars)
Single H1 per page containing primary keyword
Structured heading hierarchy (H1 > H2 > H3)
Alt text on all images
Internal links with descriptive anchor text
External links with rel="noopener" on target="_blank"

Technical

Content

Unique content per page
Keywords naturally integrated
Fresh, regularly updated content
Structured data where applicable

9. SEO Extensions (v13/v14 Compatible)

Recommended Extensions

Extension	Purpose	v13/v14 Support
`typo3/cms-seo`	Core SEO functionality	✓
`yoast-seo-for-typo3/yoast_seo`	Content analysis, readability	✓
`brotkrueml/schema`	Advanced structured data	✓
`b13/seo_basics`	Additional SEO tools	✓

Yoast SEO Integration

ddev composer require yoast-seo-for-typo3/yoast_seo
ddev typo3 extension:activate yoast_seo

Features:

Real-time content analysis
Readability scoring
Focus keyword optimization
Social preview

Schema Extension

ddev composer require brotkrueml/schema
ddev typo3 extension:activate schema

Features:

Type-safe schema.org implementation
WebPage, Organization, Article types
Event and Product schemas

10. Monitoring & Analytics

Google Search Console Integration

Verify domain ownership
Submit sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Monitor crawl errors
Check Core Web Vitals

Analytics Setup (GDPR Compliant)

# Conditional Google Analytics (with consent)
[{$plugin.tx_cookie.googleAnalyticsConsent} == 1]
page.headerData.1000 = TEXT
page.headerData.1000.value (
<!-- Google Analytics -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-XXXXXXXX"></script>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());
  gtag('config', 'G-XXXXXXXX', { 'anonymize_ip': true });
</script>
)
[END]

v14-Only Changes

The following SEO changes apply exclusively to TYPO3 v14.

Sitemap GET Parameters Namespaced [v14 only]

Sitemap GET parameters have been moved into a namespace (#104422). Route enhancers and custom sitemap providers must be updated. The sitemap and sitemapType parameters are now namespaced under tx_seo_sitemap.

Fluid Page Meta & Title ViewHelpers [v14 only]

New ViewHelpers for setting page meta tags and titles directly from Fluid templates:

<!-- Set page title from Fluid -->
<f:page.title>{article.title} - My Site</f:page.title>

<!-- Set meta tags from Fluid -->
<f:page.meta name="description" content="{article.teaser}" />
<f:page.meta property="og:title" content="{article.title}" />

These complement (and can replace) PHP-based PageTitleProvider and MetaTagManager approaches.

RecordTitleTagProvider [v14 only]

New RecordTitleTagProvider (#106232) automatically generates page titles from displayed records. Useful for Extbase detail views without needing a custom title provider.

Regex-Based Slug Replacements [v14 only]

Slugs now support regex-based replacements (#106072) for advanced URL transformation rules beyond simple character substitution.

headerData / footerData ViewHelpers [v14 only]

New <f:asset.headerData> and <f:asset.footerData> ViewHelpers allow injecting raw HTML (e.g., JSON-LD structured data) directly from Fluid templates without TypoScript.

Credits & Attribution

Thanks to Netresearch DTT GmbH for their contributions to the TYPO3 community.