Meta Description From Custom Field

[Vikram]

Hi there,

I am using Eleven40 theme.

I would like to for my site's meta tag (and not the post meta), display the summary from a custom field value.

So, this should look like this:

<meta name="description">Summary from Custom Field</meta>

I know how to get the value from the custom field in my functions.php.

BUt I can't seem to figure out how to add that value to the meta tag.

Any help appreciated!

[rfmeier]

Hello,

You can start by checking out the source code for the 'genesis_meta' action in the genesis/lib/structure/header.php file. You can either remove the default action and add your own or use the '_genesis_description' custom meta field.

I hope this points you in the right direction.

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Ryan Meier – Twitter

[Vikram]

Thank you Ryan for pointing me in the right direction.

This is the solution that I came up with:

In the functions.php, I added a custom function:

add_action('genesis_meta', 'custom_seo_description');
function custom_seo_description() {
  if(is_singular('post')) {
    echo '<meta name="description" content="' . get_field('project_summary') . '" />';
  } else if(is_archive()) {
    echo '<meta name="description" content="' . category_description() . '" />';
  } else if(is_singular('competition')) {
    echo '<meta name="description" content="' . get_the_title() . '" />';
  }
}

[rfmeier]

Did that work okay for you?

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Ryan Meier – Twitter

[Vikram]

Yes that solution works for me. Is there an issue with this solution that I can't see?

Vikram

[rfmeier]

None that I can see. I am glad it worked. Good luck.

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Ryan Meier – Twitter

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