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1. BenW2811
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Is there anyway that I can automate the generation of META description tags? For example it automatically, unless I tell it differently, uses the first 160 characters of each post?

   Thanks in advance for your help.

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   you could try and add some code like this to header.php:

   <meta name="description" content="<?php
   if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
   $excerp = get_the_excerpt();
   $excerp = strip_tags($excerp);
   $excerp = preg_replace('/... &raquo; read more &raquo;/', ' - ', $excerp);
   if(!is_singular()) { $excerp = substr($excerp, 0, 160) ; }
   echo get_the_title().' : '.$excerp .' - ';
   endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query();
   ?>
   " />

   this would echo:
   - the full excerpt in single post and page,
   - a 160 character shortend excerpt on index and other pages,
   in the meta description tag.

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