Meta description of Custom post type

Hello!

We have had similar reports lately, and I think I finally understand what people mean.

When editing the “Review” post type, likely created via ACF Pro, go to the kebab menu ( ? ) at the top-right of page, and open “Preferences.” There, at “General,” under “Advanced,” make sure “SEO Settings” are enabled.

This toggle should spawn TSF’s meta box, where you can set a custom meta title and description.

If you’re using the Classic Editor, the same toggle can be found under “Screen Options” at the top-right.

TSF fully supports custom post types and should automatically enable its meta box for all new post types. I cannot say why this issue has been reported so frequently lately, but I’ll investigate.

Still, I hope this is what you were looking for. Let me know! Cheers ??

Thanks, but that’s not what I meant.

Your plugin usually has an automatic function: the meta title and meta description of a post are already preset by the plugin. Not so with custom posts.

Hi again!

TSF does not treat custom post types differently than regular post types; it will always generate titles, and when permitted and feasible, also descriptions.

Your detailed issue suggests something is wrong with the custom post type editing experience.

If TSF cannot generate a page title, it should show “Untitled” — it should never be truly empty.

More telling of the issue would be that the title and description character counters are stuck at “0”, even if you add custom text. Could you verify this?

The title and description field placeholders are populated using JavaScript. If TSF’s files aren’t loaded, those will appear empty, even when the description and title are being generated. If so, the editor’s page likely crashed before TSF could load in its scripts.

This indicates a plugin conflict. Deactivating plugins one by one until the fields repopulate could help you find the cause. If you can determine which plugin is conflicting, I can figure out why this is happening and propose a solution. Thank you ??

The meta title is filled by the plugin, the meta description not. All the used fields are ACF, the plugin most probably doesn’t know what field to use to get its text… Or does it really read front-end?

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As soon as I write text in a normal WP block, the plugin starts using that. But that’s not normal practice when using Custom post types with custom fields; it’s intended not to use the standard fields!

Link test page

• This reply was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by basbuis.

Today we are working on the meta descriptions. We still don’t see any automatic descriptions, while using SEO Framework with custom post with custom fields. It just says: 0 – leeg (empty).

I my opinion, a SEO plugin should at least be able to connect with a custom field…

Checked all the SEO framework setting, bit found no setting to indicate what field to use (read) for the automatic meta description.