Title: [Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Meta Description Error Message wrong
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Meta Description Error Message wrong

 *  [cpilko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpilko/)
 * (@cpilko)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-meta-description-error-message-wrong/)
 * After upgrading to the latest version of WordPress SEO, I’m getting an error 
   on my dashboard:
 * > Your theme contains a meta description, which blocks WordPress SEO from working
   > properly, please delete the following line, or press fix it:
   >  `<meta name="
   > description" content="<?php echo $pods->data['meta_description'];?>" />`
 * The code that the error is referring to is wrapped in an `if` statement which
   only adds this metadata for content created outside the loop.
 * How can I suppress this error without deleting this code?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/)

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 *  [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-meta-description-error-message-wrong/#post-3022502)
 * Interesting issue, good catch! You can disable this by hooking into the theme_check
   option somewhere, but I can’t see where it’s even controlled.
 *  [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-meta-description-error-message-wrong/#post-3022512)
 * Okay it’s not controlled, it’s just set in a way I wasn’t expecting. The only
   way I see this being tweaked (right now as it is) is if you filter the wpseo 
   option (hook into get_option) and set $options[‘theme_check’][‘description’] 
   = true; and unset $options[‘theme_check’][‘description_found’] if it’s set in
   $options

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 * Last reply from: [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-meta-description-error-message-wrong/#post-3022512)
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