Title: meta description
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# meta description

 *  [mrppp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrppp/)
 * (@mrppp)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-16/)
 * adding `%%excerpt%%` to meta description under post types but i get message <!–
   Admin only notice: this page doesn’t show a meta description because it doesn’t
   have one, either write it for this page specifically or go into the SEO -> Titles
   menu and set up a template. –>
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