Adding a description field when using ACF and Yoast

I have seen that i can add variables into the YOAST description so i have tried the following:

ACF:
I added a field named seo_description

YOAST:
I went to Search Appearance / content types / pages.
In the meta description field i added %%seo_description%%
But it does not show up if i view source.

Please help me – I am really struggling with this.

Thank you.

Hello Quintinm,

Thanks for reaching out.

If you are using custom fields, you may want to refer to this KB article in order to get the custom fields variable working in the snippet — https://kb.yoast.com/kb/yoast-wordpress-seo-titles-metas-template-variables/#custom-variables

Thanks @maybellyne.

In ACF i created a text field in the field group for the home page called description_for_seo
https://snipboard.io/bJCQ9u.jpg

I then went to YOAST / content types / pages and added the variable i created into the Meta description field as follows
%%cf_description_for_seo%%
https://snipboard.io/ro2ais.jpg#:~:text=snipboard.io/ro2ais.jpg

As a test, i also added the word hello.

The word hello displays, but not the text i added in the variable
https://snipboard.io/ly5Ckw.jpg#:~:text=snipboard.io/ly5Ckw.jpg

Please could you point out what i am doing wring here because i just cannot see it.

Thank you.

Hi @quintinm

We understand you’ve created a custom field using ACF by following the instructions here.

Based on your screenshot, you’ve added the description_for_seo field so you’ll need to use %%cf_description_for_seo%% variable and not %%cf_seo_description%%. Once you change the variable, and make sure the text field is populated, it should generate it in the meta description accordingly.

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