Using the_excerpt as meta

  • Resolved eassae

    (@eassae)


    14 years, 11 months ago

    Hello,

    I am trying to use my post excerpt as og:description meta data. I am using some code I found with a minor modification. The problem I am having is that post_excerpt seems to return nothing.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    <?php
function og_meta_desc() {
	global $post;
	$meta = strip_tags($post->post_excerpt);
	$meta = str_replace(array("\n", "\r", "\t"), ' ', $meta);
	$meta = substr($meta, 0, 200);
	if ( $meta != '' ) {
		echo "<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"$meta\" />";
	} else {
		echo "<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WTF\" />";
	}
}
og_meta_desc();
?>
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  • Thread Starter eassae

    (@eassae)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    Solved:

    <?php
function og_meta_desc() {
	global $post;
	$meta = strip_tags($post->post_content);
	$meta = str_replace(array("\n", "\r", "\t"), ' ', $meta);
	$meta = substr($meta, 0, 200);
	if ( $meta != '' ) {
		echo "<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"$meta...\" />";
	} else {
		echo "<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"$Here is some cool new content.  Check it out.\" />";
	}
}
og_meta_desc();
?>
    Thread Starter eassae

    (@eassae)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    Final:

    <?php
function og_meta_desc() {
	global $post;
	$meta = strip_tags($post->post_content);
	$meta = strip_shortcodes($meta);
	$meta = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n", "\t", '  ', '    ', '    '), ' ', $meta);
	$meta = substr($meta, 0, 200);
	if ( $meta != '' ) {
		echo "<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"$meta...\" />";
	} else {
		echo "<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is some cool new content.  Check it out.\" />";
	}
}
og_meta_desc();
?>

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