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Ditto. Rolled back to previous plugin version to regain functionality.

No problem. The reason I asked is that the meta properties are helpful in SEO, but so is the filename. So it could make sense to include the capability to change it with your plugin. I assume it would be pretty difficult to implement, though.

Oops. Must have been a boneheaded reading on my part (probably looking at the example for template_directory).

Thanks for the followup. The description is being included in the source further down, just as you stated, and it is the custom excerpt, not a truncated version of the post. I have also confirmed that the snippet preview when I edit a post is being generated from the post text and not the custom excerpt. So, this is only a backend problem, the post is being published with the appropriate description. It would be nice to have this fixed at some point, but I’m good to go.

FYI, I already upgraded to 1.7.1

On the front end (checked by viewing page source) I am only getting the title tag, while in the snippet preview I’m seeing the automated meta description.

FYI, I have modified the code in my theme’s header.php to have custom title and description for the home page (I haven’t figured out how to do this (if this possible) with your plugin):

<?php
   if(is_home()) echo
      '<title>Custom Home Page Title</title>',
      '<meta name="description" content="Custom Home Page Description"/>';
   else echo
      '<title>',wp_title(''),'</title>';
?>

I temporarily switched this to <title><?php wp_title(''); ?></title> per the plugin instructions, but nothing changed.

I tried, but no luck. I just upgraded to 0.1.6 (from yoast.com, not www.ads-software.com, as it did not show up as an upgrade on my plugin admin page). I have %%excerpt_only%% set as my meta description template for posts and pages. I then went to edit one of my posts, and the excerpt shown in your snippet preview is a truncated version of the post text, not the custom text I put in the “Excerpt” box.

I also tried changing to %%excerpt%% and nothing changed.

FYI, if I copy the custom excerpt into your meta description box, the snippet preview looks fine. However, I’d rather not have to do this manually for all my existing posts and pages.

Let me know if you need any additional info. Thanks.

Frederick,

I’m adding on to this thread because I have similar questions. I understand that the plugin is complex beyond my minimal technical expertise, but I hope you can clarify if any of the following items are things I should act upon or if everything is OK. I have tried to find the answers in the FAQ and this forum but have failed.

FYI, my site uses WP 2.9.1 & is hosted with PHP Version: 5.1.6. I changed permissions to the .htaccess and wp-content as needed during install (and/or changes to settings), but changed them back after the install as I understand that this is the preferred security setting.

I ran the compatibility check and received the following warnings:

RED:
PHP Timezone: Not set
Opcode cache: Not installed
Memcache extension: Not installed
/docs/Vendors/office/html/wp-content: Not write-able
/docs/Vendors/office/html/.htaccess Not write-able

YELLOW:
Mime type detection: Mimetype
Open basedir: On: /docs/Vendors/office:/var/www/awstats:/usr/share/phpmyadmin

Thank you for your time & for developing the plugin.