Title: Use Meta-Description
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Use Meta-Description

 *  Resolved [IlanK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilank/)
 * (@ilank)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-meta-description/)
 * Hi,
 * Is there any change I can make to the php so instead of post excerpt it gives
   me the meta description of the post/page?
 * Thanks,
 * Ilan
    [http://www.ironwhisk.com](http://www.ironwhisk.com)
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-meta-description/#post-3888485)
 * Hi Ilan,
 * What do you mean by “meta description”?
 *  Thread Starter [IlanK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilank/)
 * (@ilank)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-meta-description/#post-3888489)
 * See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_element#The_description_attribute](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_element#The_description_attribute)
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-meta-description/#post-3888569)
 * Ah, you mean the HTML meta tag. The meta description is generally generated automatically
   by the theme or by a third-party plugin such as All-in-one SEO pack, so there’s
   no way to retrieve it.
 * If you need to customize the post excerpt, use the [excerpt field](http://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt#How_to_add_excerpts_to_posts)
   on the Edit Post/Page screen.
 *  Thread Starter [IlanK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilank/)
 * (@ilank)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-meta-description/#post-3888571)
 * Hi Hector, I was able to do it by changing the php. Thanks though!

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 * Last reply from: [IlanK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ilank/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-meta-description/#post-3888571)
 * Status: resolved