Dublin Core Metadata Generator
A very lightweight plugin that adds the Dublin Core metadata to your WP website.
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Dublin Core Metadata Generator shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 900+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 34/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (900+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 6 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.4 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Dublin Core Metadata Genera… stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| dublin core | #9 |
| metadata | >100 |
| open graph | >100 |
| search engine optimisation | #84 |
| seo | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 3 reviews
About Dublin Core Metadata Generator
From the official readme · v1.3.2Description
The plugin autogenerates the Dublin Core meta tags for all pages, posts and custom taxonomies, including Woocommerce products and categories. As a bonus, I also added the option to autogenerate Open Graph metadata, which can be turned on and off with a single click, and the additional option to have a default featured image for posts and pages that normally don’t have any featured image or for the situation where your main page is generated from a list of the latest posts or a simillarly custom-made solution.
Additionally, if the keywords meta tag option is active, it also has the capability of autogenerating keywords from post tags and titles (including Woocommerce products), join them with the general keywords as defined in the plugin settings, and then write them in the page’s “keywords” meta tag.
And lastly, it comes with a neat extra option that, if checked, cleans up your code by eliminating all useless meta tags and advertising comments such as the ‘Generators’ left by WordPress, WooCommerce, Slider Revolution, LayerSlider, WPML, WPBakery Page Builder (Visual Composer) and Yoast SEO. For each of them, there are various methods, plugins and bits of code that work to eliminate these comments, but I never saw them all in one place and within the same plugin, so I thought having an option to clean all metas, generators and comments added by other plugins with just one click would be a nice addition.
Very very lightweight and easy to use.
Installation
- Upload the decompressed ‘dublin-core-metadata-generator.zip’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory, or upload the zip file via the WordPress dashboard: Plugins > Add New
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Adjust your settings through the ‘Settings’ panel menu
Changelog
1.3.2
Updated the code to remove Yoast HTML Comments from version 14.1, plus other minor improvements. Removed some outdated or redundant metas.
1.3.1
Minor update. User KTS915 pointed out there’s a warning on PHP 7.3, which is now fixed.
1.3
John Jackson from johnridesa.bike fixed a couple of PHP notices that were being shown on PHP 7.1. Thank you, John!
1.2
Added the option to remove more additional generator meta tags left by other plugins: in this version you can now also clean the comments bloating the public source code left by LayerSlider, Slider Revolution, WPML, WPBakery and Yoast SEO. This option, if activated, will work only when any of those plugins are installed, otherwise it doesn’t change anything. Fixed a small bug in which “lang” was removed when OpenGraph wasn’t on.
1.1
Fixed a small bug showing empty string when tags were not present. Cleaned up the code and removed some obsolete metadata. Removed the outdated keywords meta. Added support for Yoast titles when present.
1.0
Dublin Core Metadata Generator. WooCommerce compatible.
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Best Dublin Core Metadata Generator alternatives
All dublin core plugins →| Rank | Plugin | Active installs |
|---|---|---|
| 2 |
Rich Meta in RDFa
This WordPress plugin allows users to add some Dublin Core data in RDFa within the HTML…
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FAQ
Dublin Core Metadata Generator: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 8, 2026
Is Dublin Core Metadata Generator free?
Yes. Dublin Core Metadata Generator is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Dublin Core Metadata Generator safe to use in 2026?
Dublin Core Metadata Generator shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 900+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 34/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Dublin Core Metadata Generator?
Dublin Core Metadata Generator is active on 900+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 15,180 times since it launched in October 2017. It was downloaded 177 times in the last 30 days.
Does Dublin Core Metadata Generator work with WordPress 7.1?
Dublin Core Metadata Generator is officially tested up to WordPress 5.4.24, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Dublin Core Metadata Generator last updated?
The latest version, 1.3.2, was released on May 18, 2020 (6 years ago).
Who makes Dublin Core Metadata Generator?
Dublin Core Metadata Generator is developed and maintained by Darken-x.
What are the best alternatives to Dublin Core Metadata Generator?
The most popular alternatives to Dublin Core Metadata Generator are Rich Meta in RDFa (10+ installs).
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