Title: Meta description function seemingly not working
Last modified: February 13, 2022
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# Meta description function seemingly not working
* Resolved [jimjetson87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimjetson87/)
* (@jimjetson87)
* [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-function-seemingly-not-working/)
* Hi,
* I’m using the plugin but the meta description function doesn’t seem to be working.
I’ve added my meta description to my homepage: [https://imgur.com/gfo2aPk](https://imgur.com/gfo2aPk)
* But it’s not showing up on Google as the preview says it should: [https://imgur.com/1kPOykm](https://imgur.com/1kPOykm)
* And I know Google has indexed the site in the last couple of days because I changed
the homepage title and that is already reflected in the search results.
* Thanks for any pointers.
* The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmeta-description-function-seemingly-not-working%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
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* [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
* (@devnihil)
* [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-function-seemingly-not-working/#post-15365132)
* [@jimjetson87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimjetson87/) Regarding your
issue, we checked on the page and confirmed that Yoast is outputting the following
for the title and meta description:
* ```
Homepage - Seven Mushrooms gourmet mushroom farm
```
* Also, we do see that this is the title and meta description that Google is indexing
in a search [here](https://www.google.com/search?output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=site%3Asevenmushrooms.co.uk&btnG=&oq=&gs_l=&pbx=1)(
[see image here](https://pasteboard.co/Ym3LhsKmxlQK.png)).
* If you are seeing a different title or meta description in the search results,
please note that thereas Google typically uses the title and meta description
from the page’s metadata for indexing, this is not always the case. Google will
sometimes modify or ignore the title and meta description when it sees fit, as
well as sometimes adding the brand or site name to the end of your title.
* This behavior is not due to the plugin not functioning as expected, but rather
is due to Google using another value for the title and meta description that
it indexes, as it’s algorithm has concluded that there is a better version to
index. We have additional information on this topic available at the following
links: [Google Shows Different Titles For My Site](https://yoast.com/help/my-seo-title-isnt-displayed-as-i-have-entered-it/)
and [Google Shows The Wrong Meta Description For My Site](https://yoast.com/help/my-meta-descriptions-arent-showing-up-in-the-search-result-pages/).
* If Google is ignoring the title or meta description you have created for a page
and creating it’s own based off the page’s content, we would recommend creating
new ones that reflect the page’s content. Please refer to the aforementioned
articles as they include recommendations for crafting a page title which will
help increase the likelihood that Google will use the title and meta description
that you specified, instead of it’s modified version.
* Additionally, we have a guide on how to write clean and meaningful meta description
for your pages and posts by following the steps it outlines: [How To Create The Right Meta Description](https://yoast.com/meta-descriptions/).
* Thread Starter [jimjetson87](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimjetson87/)
* (@jimjetson87)
* [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-function-seemingly-not-working/#post-15375248)
* Thanks for the response. Appreciate it and will take a look at the resources.
* Plugin Support [Michael Tiña](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/)
* (@mikes41720)
* [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-function-seemingly-not-working/#post-15378249)
* Hi,
* We’ll be setting this to resolved in order to keep the forum overview. Please
do feel free to reopen if you still have any issues or concerns regarding the
meta description output.
* Thanks!
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