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EWM

Easy WP Meta Description

v1.2.6
by Mats Westholm · 5.0 (15 reviews)

Simple and easy to use wordpress plugin to add the meta description tag in html head

9K+ active installs Updated Jul 24, 2024 Tested to 6.6.2
Closed on WordPress.org

The author asked WordPress.org to close this plugin on May 17, 2025. It can no longer be installed from WordPress.org, so the live demo and the download are off. See maintained alternatives

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About Easy WP Meta Description

This plugin allows you to add separate meta descriptions for each post, page, front page, or custom post type. These descriptions are added as meta information in the HTML head. You can also add meta descriptions to categories, tags, and custom taxonomies.

Changelog

1.1 Character count function added

1.2 Field for edit Front page meta description has been added.
Uninstall script added which deletes all changes in database

1.2.1 Character count function added to front page form field

1.2.2 Plugin and author url changed

1.2.3 Meta description disabled when pagination to avoid duplicate meta description

1.2.4 Improved handling of javascript

1.2.4.1 Bugfix

1.2.4.2 Bugfix

1.2.5 Changed priority in wp_head to make the meta description come closer to title in source code

1.2.6 Added functions for escaping output

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