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ReneDa
September 3, 2025
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How to prevent AEM from adding meta tag "keywords"?

  • September 3, 2025
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Hi All,

 

I'm not sure what is adding a meta tag to all pages based on that page's tags some, something like this:

<meta name="keywords" content="Blogs,Workplace Security">

 

The problem is that, we are not adding this in our code, in fact we are overriding the head.html for all templates.This tag is only added on the AEMaaCS instances and not on local environments. Also, the tag is not inserted by JavaScript on the client side.

 

Does anybody have any idea where to look for this?

Best answer by arunpatidar

Hi @reneda 

If you are using core components then it is added from /libs/core/wcm/components/page/v3/page/head.html 

https://github.com/adobe/aem-core-wcm-components/blob/a0866659765c7225bb3139ed180cc7e90686c203/content/src/content/jcr_root/apps/core/wcm/components/page/v3/page/head.html#L21

you have to overlay the head.html in your page component in order to adjust htl.

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SantoshSai
Community Advisor
SantoshSaiCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
September 3, 2025

Hi @reneda,

This meta tag comes from the page tags set in Page Properties (Basic tab).

When a page has cq:tags assigned, the default Page component (both foundation and Core Components) will automatically render a

<meta name="keywords" content="...">

element in the page head. The values are taken directly from the page’s tags and concatenated into a comma-separated list.

Santosh Sai
    arunpatidar
    Community Advisor
    arunpatidarCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
    Community Advisor
    September 4, 2025

    Hi @reneda 

    If you are using core components then it is added from /libs/core/wcm/components/page/v3/page/head.html 

    https://github.com/adobe/aem-core-wcm-components/blob/a0866659765c7225bb3139ed180cc7e90686c203/content/src/content/jcr_root/apps/core/wcm/components/page/v3/page/head.html#L21

    you have to overlay the head.html in your page component in order to adjust htl.

    Arun Patidar
      giuseppebaglio
      giuseppebaglio
      Level 10
      September 5, 2025

      Please review your Sling Model implementation. If we assume you are using core components, the keyword values are generated by utilizing the "Tags" field, as mentioned by Sai - so it does not explain your situation. Is it possible that your model has implemented custom logic to inherit from the first parent page that has a non-empty "Tags" field?

        kautuk_sahni
        Community Manager
        kautuk_sahniCommunity Manager
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        September 12, 2025

        @reneda Just checking in! Were you able to get this resolved? If you found your own solution, sharing the details would be a big help to others who might face the same issue later on. And if one of the replies here helped—whether it fully solved the problem or simply pointed you in the right direction—marking it as accepted makes it much easier for future readers to find. Thanks again for helping close the loop and contributing to the community!

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