Meta description checker · updated 10 November 2026

How to add a meta description in WordPress

WordPress core has no meta description field, so you add one with an SEO plugin such as Yoast SEO or Rank Math, or with your theme if it supports it.

Steps

Open the post or page in the editor and scroll to your SEO plugin's panel.
Find the snippet or meta description field and write a sentence or two, about 150 characters.
For the homepage and archives, use the plugin's search appearance settings.
Update the page and view source to confirm the description tag appears.

View source and search for name="description". The content should match what you wrote.

Plugins can pull a description from a template if you leave the field empty. A template is fine as a fallback, but write unique ones for key pages.

Free, no signup. Every finding comes with the fix. The tag in your WordPress site is checked along with the rest of the page.

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