How to Add Meta Descriptions in WordPress

Meta descriptions summarise the contents of your page, and are an important tool for SEO ranking ✅ Learn exactly how to add them to your WordPress site. 👉Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Kinsta?sub_...

Meta tags are fragments of text that describe and summarise a page's content. Meta descriptions are a tool within your meta tags, that help you describe your page. The snippet of text can appear in search engine results under your site's headline. However, sometimes Google, and other search engines, might insert a fragment of your page's content that is not your meta description, under your headline.

While meta descriptions do not directly affect Google rankings, they can influence click-through rates. A well-written meta description can help drive more visitors to your site, which can indirectly affect your SEO rankings. Adding a meta description can be as easy as writing a short and compelling description. This tutorial will focus on teaching you how to add meta descriptions with and without a plugin.

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🕘Timestamps

0:00 How to Add Meta Descriptions in WordPress
0:38 Add a Meta Description with a Plugin
2:02 Add a Meta Description to Posts and Pages with Yoast SEO
2:47 Add a Meta Description to Your Homepage with Yoast SEO
3:25 Add a Default Meta Description with Yoast SEO
4:12 Add Meta Description for Category Archives with Yoast SEO
4:57 How to Add a Meta Description Without a Plugin

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📚 Resources

📙Check out our complete guide on how to add meta descriptions on WordPress
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🚀WordPress SEO: Tips to Grow Organic Traffic
► https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-seo/

🔌 Best SEO Plugins for WordPress
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