How to save meta tags to your node programmatically

Jun 28, 2019 in Drupal 8, Snippets

When importing content, it is really important you also think about meta tags on your import. Here's how to save them to nodes.

$node->set('field_meta_tags', serialize([
  'title' => $title,
  'description' => $description,
]));

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