Title: Meta tag description problems
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Meta tag description problems

 *  Resolved [raidnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raidnet/)
 * (@raidnet)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-tag-description-problems/)
 * Hi,
    I just installed the 2.4 version on skillpoint.info website. If I add a 
   generic meta description in the general setting page I get the description text
   shown on the page layout, I use the meta description field on a single page it
   runs fine, but I get non description at all for the page without description.
   This is the meta tags for a generic page with no description tag. <!– BEGIN Metadata
   added by Add-Meta-Tags WordPress plugin –> <meta name=”robots” content=”NOODP,
   NOYDIR” /> <meta name=”description” content=” …” /> <link rel=”publisher” type
   =”text/html” title=”Skillpoint” href=”[http://skillpoint.info&#8221](http://skillpoint.info&#8221);/
   > <link rel=”author” type=”text/html” title=”redazione” href=”[http://skillpoint.info/author/wp-admin/&#8221](http://skillpoint.info/author/wp-admin/&#8221);/
   > <!– END Metadata added by Add-Meta-Tags WordPress plugin –> Any tips? I need
   a generic description or an auto generate meta tag description when it’is not
   set. thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/add-meta-tags/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/add-meta-tags/)

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 *  Plugin Author [George Notaras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnotaras/)
 * (@gnotaras)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-tag-description-problems/#post-4328751)
 * Sometimes, depending on the contents of the page, the algorithm that generates
   an automatic description fails to do so. In such a case, no automatic description
   meta tag is generated and you have to set a description manually.
 * In this case, it seems that there is a bug involved. A description with content`
   content=" ..."` should never appear. This will be corrected in the next version.
 * Despite this bug, an automatic description would not be added in this case anyway.
   You would still have to enter a manual description. An improved version of the
   algorithm that generates the description has been planned for a 2.4.X release
   of the plugin.
 * For all the details about how and when automatic metatags are generated, please
   read the [description page](http://wordpress.org/plugins/add-meta-tags/) of the
   plugin.
 * Kind Regards,
    George
 *  Plugin Author [George Notaras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnotaras/)
 * (@gnotaras)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-tag-description-problems/#post-4328998)
 * Fixed this issue in v2.4.2.
 * If you like this plugin, rating it at WordPress.org would be much appreciated.
   Thanks in advance.
 *  [usiweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usiweb/)
 * (@usiweb)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-tag-description-problems/#post-4328999)
 * Here you can find all the [meta tags](http://englishforum.97tr.com/t/All-Meta-Tags/).-
   > [http://97tr.com/4Qg1Rq](http://97tr.com/4Qg1Rq)

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-tag-description-problems/#post-4328999)
 * Status: resolved