Duplicate meta name descriptions

  • Resolved dswiese

    (@dswiese)


    6 years, 8 months ago

    How to resolve the duplicate meta <meta name=”description” content=”Food Events in Portland Oregon” /> that are appearing in my webmaster reports?
    One is the default WP tagline (which I am using to display on my site) and the second is the wpsso one that I dont really need to override, but even if I did it would still appear as a duplicate in the report.

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  • Plugin Author JS Morisset

    (@jsmoriss)

    Yes, I can validate that you have two “description” meta tags – one added by WPSSO, and a second added by another plugin, theme, or custom function:

    
<meta name="description" content="Food Events in Portland Oregon" />

    You should remove this duplicate meta tag.

    When editing a post/page, WPSSO should have warned you about the duplicate meta tag. Have you been seeing duplicate meta tag error notices?

    js.

    Thread Starter dswiese

    (@dswiese)

    I know I need to remove one of them. This is the default tagline from WordPress. I didnt add anything via a page, etc.

    I need this one populated in order to display on the home page.
    I suspect that I will need to blank that one out, and possibly add a txt widget with our tagline, or incorporate it into the header image.

    I guess there is no fix other than that.

    thx

    Plugin Author JS Morisset

    (@jsmoriss)

    That is not a standard meta tag provided by WordPress or the default WordPress themes. It is being added by a plugin, your theme, or a custom filter / action. You cannot leave the meta tag there with a blank / empty value – you must remove the meta tag.

    js.

    Thread Starter dswiese

    (@dswiese)

    Thanks, I will sort through my plugins again.

    Thread Starter dswiese

    (@dswiese)

    For anyone else that ends up with these type of dupes, I figured out my specific case.
    I had turned on the Jetpack SEO switch, and while I had entered in no specific info, it was setting up the default tagline as a meta description tag and competing with WPSSO.
    Turning off that SEO switch cleared it out.
    Best to handle SEO within a plugin that you can explicitly see what is being done.

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