How to use the AI Generate title & description generator in Shopify

Want to make every single one of your products stand out in the search results? Looking to highlight your posts on social media? Yoast AI Generate is now available in Yoast SEO for Shopify: you can generate the perfect titles and meta descriptions for your products, posts and pages! By clicking the right button, you will receive carefully crafted suggestions for your SEO title and meta description, making your content stand out in search engine results and social media posts.

How to enable or disable Yoast AI

Before you can start using the Yoast AI features, you will need to grant consent and enable the feature. Follow the instructions below to start using the generator.

  1. In Shopify, go to Settings in the Yoast SEO app

  2. Under Settings, go to Site features and click on Enable feature for Yoast AI

  3. In Yoast AI, click on Grant Consent


  4. Approve the Terms of Service, the Privacy Policy and Grant consent
    In this menu, you will be able to read the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Tick the box and click on Grant Consent to accept all terms and conditions.

  5. Save your changes to fully enable the Yoast AI features
    You can enable and disable the feature by sliding the toggle between the purple checkmark and the grey crossmark. Click on Save changes to apply the changes.

How to use the AI Generate title & description generator: video explanation

How to use the AI Generate title & description generator for products, posts and pages

  1. In Shopify, go to Optimize in the Yoast SEO app

  2. Go to any of your products, posts or pages

    The AI generate title & description generator works for products, posts and pages.

  3. Scroll down to Search appearance and Social media appearance

    You can adjust your title and description in both menus.

  4. Click on Generate to start generating your title and description

    For Search appearance, the button will read Generate Shopify SEO Title or Generate Shopify meta description. For Social media appearance, the button will read Generate social title or Generate social description.

  5. Choose to Apply your suggestion or click Generate 5 more for other options

    You can choose to apply the title or description of your choice. If you want to see other options, you can click on Generate 5 more to receive more suggestions.

  6. Edit your suggestion or save changes

    You can now edit your suggestion if you want to tweak your content. If you’re happy with the suggestion, simply click Save changes to apply your new AI-generated title or description.

I have a question or a problem

Do you have questions about how the AI features in Yoast SEO in Shopify work? Read our AI features for Shopify FAQ for answers to the most commonly asked questions! Are you running into problems while using any of our AI features? Check our Common AI features problems and errors article to troubleshoot your issues!

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