Hello,
Can you please share the affected page URL with us so that we can check the issue further for you?
However, if you’re referring to the product description, this is the order we follow to generate meta descriptions for WooCommerce products:
1. Content from the SEO Description field
If that is missing, then:
2. WooCommerce Excerpt or Product Short Description
If that is missing, then:
3. Template From General Settings in WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Products
If that is missing, then:
4. Auto generated Content from the product page (long description)
However, if you want to use the long description (product description) as your meta description then you’ll have to create a custom variable for the product’s long description by adding this filter on your site:
add_action( 'rank_math/vars/register_extra_replacements', function() {
rank_math_register_var_replacement(
'woo_full_desc',
[
'name' => esc_html__( 'Woo Full Desc.', 'rank-math' ),
'description' => esc_html__( 'Woo Full Description...', 'rank-math' ),
'variable' => 'woo_full_desc',
'example' => woo_full_desc_callback(),
],
'woo_full_desc_callback'
);
} );
function woo_full_desc_callback() {
global $post;
if ( empty( $post ) ) {
return 'Product Description';
}
return wp_strip_all_tags( $post->post_content );
}
Here’s how you can add filter/hook to your WordPress site: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/
After this, you can use the %woo_full_desc% variable in the SEO description or single product description field.
Please note that the filter may not be visible while editing the products as it only works when your products load in a browser. You can check the published/saved product’s meta description via its source code.
Let us know how it goes. Looking forward to helping you.
Thank you.
