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**Getting Started**

# **Nuxt SEO Utils**

## Why use Nuxt SEO Utils?

Nuxt SEO Utils is a collection of defaults and utilities to improve your Nuxt site's discoverability and shareability.

While there are several features covering many aspects of SEO, it covers important defaults such as [**~~automatic canonical URLs~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/nuxt/controlling-crawlers/canonical-urls) and [**~~open graph tags~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/learn-seo/nuxt/mastering-meta/open-graph).

## Features

### Default Canonical URLs

Automatically generate canonical URLs for all pages.

- Whitelisted query params with `**canonicalQueryWhitelist**`
- Lowercase URLs with respected trailing slash config

### Metadata Files

Inspired by [**~~Next.js Metadata Files~~**](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/metadata), this allows you to configure your head tags using metadata files.

- [**~~Icons~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/app-icons) and [**~~Open Graph Images~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/open-graph-images)

### Breadcrumb composable

- Easily generate site-wide breadcrumb using the [`**useBreadcrumbItems()**`](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/api/breadcrumbs) composable.
- Integrates with Nuxt I18n and Nuxt [**~~Schema.org~~**](http://Schema.org)
- Plugs directly into [**~~Nuxt UI Breadcrumb~~**](https://ui.nuxt.com/navigation/breadcrumb)

### ✨ SEO meta in nuxt.config and route rules

Enjoy the DX of `**useSeoMeta**` in your nuxt.config and route rules

- [**~~Nuxt Config SEO Meta~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/nuxt-config-seo-meta)
- [**~~Route Rules SEO Meta~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/route-rules)

### 🤖 Automatic & Fixed OG Meta Tags

Never worry about setting `**og:title**` and `**og:description**` again, or shipping a broken tag.

- Infers `**og:title**` and `**og:description**` using the [**~~Infer SEO Meta~~**](https://unhead.unjs.io/plugins/plugins/infer-seo-meta-tags) Unhead plugin
- Fixes broken tags, for example ensuring `**og:image**` is an absolute URL

### ⚡ Extra head optimizations

Reduce your page weight by treeshaking `**useSeoMeta**` and implementing other optimizations.

- [**~~Treeshake Plugin~~**](https://unhead.unjs.io/plugins/plugins/vite-plugin)
- [**~~Inline Minification~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/minification): Automatically minify inline scripts (Rolldown/esbuild) and styles (lightningcss) at build time, with optional runtime minification for dynamic SSR

### Best Practice Default Meta

- Canonical URLs will be automatically generated for all pages.
- Description and open-graph meta tags will be set for you. See [**~~Default Meta~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/default-meta) for more information.

### Enhanced Titles

- Ensures that every page has a title by generating one from the last slug segment. See the [**~~Fallback Title~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/fallback-title) guide for more information.
- Sets a default title template for you with your [**~~site name~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/site-config/guides/how-it-works).

**Check your meta tags** - Use our free [**~~Meta Tag Checker~~**](https://nuxtseo.com/tools/meta-tag-checker) to validate title and description length and preview SERP appearance.

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### **Related **

[**Install Nuxt SEO Utils**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/getting-started/installation)

[**Best Practice Default Meta**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/guides/default-meta)

[**Nuxt Site Config**](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/site-config/getting-started/introduction)

[**Installation** Get started with Nuxt SEO Utils by installing the dependency to your project.](https://nuxtseo.com/docs/seo-utils/getting-started/installation)