Rich Snippet Book – How to modify the description?

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.

It is possible to customize the returned data for each snippet by making use of the following filter:

/**
 * Filter to Short-circuit Schema if a 3rd party is interested in generating their own data.
 * Replace $schmea_type with schema name like article, review, etc.
 * @param array $entity Snippet Data
 * @return array
 */
add_filter( "rank_math/snippet/rich_snippet_book_entity", function( $entity ) {
 //target a certain page using its id
 if(is_page('123')){
    $entity['image']['url'] = 'image url here';
    $entity['image']['width'] = '1100';
    $entity['image']['height'] = '856';
    return $entity;
 }
 return $entity;
});

I am however not sure what you mean by description since the returned schema data does not have a description.

Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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Hi Jens,

Thanks for the clarification.

You can easily edit the meta description for each post by clicking on the “Edit snippet” button as shown below:

Next, enter a custom meta description on the last field as shown below:

Please note that you can also control the global variable that is used to auto generate the description for this post type by heading over to WP Dashboard > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Books > Single Meta description
You can then select a variable that is used to generate the description since it is currently set to %excerpt%

I hope this info helps. Thank you.

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.

Yes this description is what will be displayed on the SERP.
In my last response my assumption was that “Book” is the name of the post type that you were currently editing. Please click on the right post type on the left menu and edit the meta info.

Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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