Discourse issues with SEO URL Title, Meta-Title, Meta-Description

To change the the title, description, and the text associated with your Discourse site in search engine results, you can configure the following settings on your AdminSite Settings page, under Required:

  • Title - The name of this site. Visible to all visitors including anonymous users.
  • Site description - A description of the site. This will be included in the meta description and shown in search engine snippets.
  • Short site description - A short description of your site a few words.

For reference, we also have a Discourse SEO overview (sitemap / robots.txt ) guide that has additional information on Discourse’s SEO features and how these can be configured.