Add Description Meta Tags to WordPress

This guide explains how to add description meta tags to your posts and pages in WordPress

  • Head into the backend/dashboard of your WordPress site
  • Go to the posts section
  • Click on post that you want to add a description to
  • Go down to the Custom Fields section
  • Add a new custom field called: description
  • Enter the text for your WorPress description meta tag into the Value field
  • Hit Update or Publish in the top right, and you’re finished!