Title: Quick SEO Note
Last modified: April 28, 2026

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# Quick SEO Note

 *  Resolved [Misty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misty80/)
 * (@misty80)
 * [4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-seo-note/)
 * Hey, I’m cleaning up SEO settings on some older posts. Do you suggest adding 
   custom meta descriptions one by one, or is it okay to let AIOSEO handle them 
   automatically?

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 *  Plugin Support [MM Aurangajeb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurangajeb/)
 * (@aurangajeb)
 * [4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-seo-note/#post-18893168)
 * Hi [@misty80](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misty80/) ,
 * Thanks for reaching out!
 * Both approaches are fine, and a lot of sites use a mix.
 * **Letting AIOSEO fill things in:** If you leave the Meta Description field empty
   for a post, All in One SEO falls back to your Search Appearance defaults for 
   that content type (smart tags and templates), then the excerpt, and can also 
   build a description from the post content when that behavior is enabled. So you
   are not leaving a “blank” site from an SEO hygiene perspective as long as something
   sensible ends up in the meta description tag.
 * **Writing custom meta descriptions:** Hand-written descriptions are most worth
   the time on pages that matter for traffic or conversions (homepage, key landing
   pages, money posts). That is where you care most about the snippet people see
   in search results and click-through. Google may still rewrite the snippet for
   a given query, but a clear, unique description you control is still the right
   default to aim for.
 * **Practical approach:** Use defaults and templates under **Search Appearance**
   for the long tail, then edit individual posts only where the auto text is weak(
   for example, long intros, listicles, or pages where the opening paragraph is 
   not a good summary). That keeps cleanup manageable without doing hundreds of 
   posts by hand unless you want to.
 * For how the fields work in the editor and with smart tags, see [Setting the SEO Title and Description for Your Content](https://aioseo.com/docs/setting-the-seo-title-and-description-for-your-content/).
 * For background on uniqueness, length, and how search engines use descriptions,
   see [Meta Descriptions](https://aioseo.com/docs/meta-descriptions/) and [What is SEO meta?](https://aioseo.com/docs/what-is-seo-meta/).
 * Hope that helps.

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