No meta-description

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  • Resolved Doug Steinberg
    Rank Math free

    Hello, MOZ is reporting that a site has no meta-description field showing.On inspectig the site, we see an og-description but no meta-description.

    Any ideas why this wouldnt show?

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  • Anas
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math, and sorry for any inconvenience caused.

    Can you please confirm that you have added a meta description on all the pages?
    https://rankmath.com/kb/seo-meta-tags/#seo-description-gutenberg

    If you have not added a meta description, please add it and check again.

    If the meta description is already added, then assuming you are using the latest version of all the plugins and the themes (please update if not yet), it would seem like a conflict with one of the plugins or the theme you are using.

    To determine that, please follow this troubleshooting guide:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/

    Here is a video you can follow as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcIWRhcUP2c

    Only the site admin would know and your users won’t be affected by this troubleshooting.

    If the issue persists, please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.

    Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.
    Sensitive Data Section

    It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/

    You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/

    Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.

    We really look forward to helping you.

    Thank you fo rthe fast reply.

    It looks like Rankmath is set to use %excerpt% for all descriptions – but i am not seeing it grab anything.

    We were under the impression that if a custom description is in use then wordpress would greab the excerpt or initial text on a page. Is thi snot the case?

    Anas
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    The%excerpt% variable will set the first paragraph as the meta description.

    However, as it is not working on your website, please follow the guide that I shared above and check if the theme or any plugin is preventing Rank Math to add the meta description.

    Looking forward to helping you.

    OK thank you – i did some digging.

    The default in settings is set to blast in %excerpt% for posts and pages – but it’s not doing that. All pages just have a default text showing in the, not hte excerpt varaible.

    I went to the homepage and the desccription was just showing defaul text – If i manually add %excerpt% the description shows up, but there doesnt seem to be a way to add %excerpt% sitewide Am i missing something?

    OK nevermind – i got it fixed – i had to manually make changes and resave default settings and now its getting the excerpts automatically! thank you for the help.

    Anas
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    We are super happy that your issue is resolved.

    If you have any questions in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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