Error: No meta description has been specified.

The error:

No meta description has been specified. Search engines will display copy from the page instead.

Cause

A customized meta description has not been set for the post or page.

Solution

Yoast SEO allows you to set custom meta descriptions for each post or page.

  1. Edit the post or page.

  2. Click ‘Edit snippet’ in the snippet preview section

  3. Add or change the custom meta description

    The snippet editor will expand allowing you to add, change or remove the meta description.

  4. Click ‘Update’ to save the published post or page.

    For unpublished content, you will click ‘Save Draft’.

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