How do I add a meta description to my home page (which uses my blog as the front page)?

[Stephanus]

I’m trying to add a meta description to my home page (which is basically my blog, i.e. under ‘Reading Settings’, I’ve set my front page to display my latest blog posts) but I can’t figure out where/how to do this. As you can see in the attached screenshot, my home page only shows my Site Title and Tagline (which I’ve set under the General Settings).

Please help.

Thank you.

Stephanus

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[sharmstr]

Most of us use Yoast SEO for that sort of stuff, but you can try this instead…

COPY CODE

add_action( 'wp_head', 'gen_meta_desc' );
function gen_meta_desc()
{
     if ( is_home() ) {
        
         echo "<meta name='description' content='This is my custom description.' />";
     }
}

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[sharmstr]

The code goes in your child theme’s functions.php file.

Refer to the yoast documentation.

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[sharmstr]

Hey Stephanus – As mentioned, its in the Yoast documentation: http://kb.yoast.com/article/146-yoast-wordpress-seo-titles-metas-template-variables

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