Install
Upload it under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, then activate.
Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:
wp plugin install https://github.com/sashmarin/juliepr-html-descriptions/releases/download/juliepr-html-descriptions%401.2.1/juliepr-html-descriptions-1.2.1.zipNo built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
A lightweight WordPress plugin that adds an HTML meta description field to posts and pages.
Behaviour
- The field is shown in the HTML description meta box below the editor.
- Values are stored as post meta under
_genesis_descriptionfor compatibility with The SEO Framework plugin data. - A non-empty value is printed in
wp_headon public single posts and pages. - Network activation is supported; WordPress post meta is scoped to each multisite blog.
- English is the source language and Russian translations are included in
languages/in WordPress's PHP translation format (supported by the declared WordPress 6.5 minimum).
Development
The plugin has no build step or production dependency. Run these checks in a WordPress/PHP environment before release:
php -l juliepr-html-descriptions.php
php -l uninstall.php
wp i18n make-pot . languages/juliepr-html-descriptions.pot --domain=juliepr-html-descriptions
wp i18n make-mo languages/juliepr-html-descriptions-ru_RU.po languages/juliepr-html-descriptions-ru_RU.moManually test an administrator and an author who can edit a post, save an empty and a non-empty description, and verify page source on both a normal site and a network subsite.
Releases
2 releases. Each count is every asset in that release; expand a row for the breakdown.
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