Title: Meta description shows css code instead page content text Last modified: November 18, 2016 --- # Meta description shows css code instead page content text * Resolved [Alberto981](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alberto981/) * (@alberto981) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-shows-css-code-instead-page-content-text/) * Hello! * Meta descriptions in some of my site’s pages show css code instead of page content text when there is not an specific meta description set as you can see in this screenshot: [http://prntscr.com/d8ryv0](http://prntscr.com/d8ryv0) * Other ones show page content text but also show Yoast generated breadcrumbs. Now I have Yoast breadcrumbs disabled to try to avoid that issue. * It would be very appreciate if you could help me on this. * Thank you. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/) * (@amboutwe) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-shows-css-code-instead-page-content-text/#post-8454803) * Please enable the plugin and check the source code of the page to see if the wrong description is displayed in the source code. * Please select your browser below for steps to view the page source: - [Chrome](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/xml-sitemap-error/?utm_source=support&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=support-link#chrome) - [Safari](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/xml-sitemap-error/?utm_source=support&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=support-link#safari) - [Firefox](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/xml-sitemap-error/?utm_source=support&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=support-link#firefox) * If you use another browser, please use your favorite search engine to locate steps on viewing the page source in your browser. - This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/). * Thread Starter [Alberto981](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alberto981/) * (@alberto981) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-shows-css-code-instead-page-content-text/#post-8462760) * Hello again! * First of all thank you for your reply. * In the page source code there is no `meta name="description"` nor `meta property ="og:description"`. It means that page has no meta description at all? Is this how it is supposed to work when there is not an specific meta description set in Yoast SEO plugin? * Although there is no meta description in page code this is what Google shows now in search page results (Google crawl updated its index three days ago): [http://prntscr.com/d9vt8h](http://prntscr.com/d9vt8h) * This is this page URL if you want to take a look at it and its source code: [http://institutomarques.com/reproduccion-asistida/tratamientos/fecundacion-in-vitro/2-dias-despues-de-fiv/](http://institutomarques.com/reproduccion-asistida/tratamientos/fecundacion-in-vitro/2-dias-despues-de-fiv/) * Thank you once again. - This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [Alberto981](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alberto981/). * Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/) * (@amboutwe) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-shows-css-code-instead-page-content-text/#post-8470833) * Please check whether your theme’s header.php file contains a call to `wp_head()`. * If it doesn’t use this call, please contact your theme developer for advice on how to add it to your theme. * If it does use this call, sometimes strange behavior may be caused by a plugin or theme conflict. The fastest way to rule out conflicts is to deactivate all non-Yoast plugins and switch to a standard theme like [Twenty Sixteen](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentysixteen/). If this resolves the issue, you have a conflict and should activate one plugin at a time until you locate the conflict. Finally, after all plugins are active, switch to your theme. This will narrow down the conflict to a specific plugin or theme. * If you are unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we wrote a small guide that will walk you through the steps. You can find it here: [How To Check For Plugin Conflicts](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-check-for-plugin-conflicts/#utm_source=support&utm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=support-link) * Thread Starter [Alberto981](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alberto981/) * (@alberto981) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-shows-css-code-instead-page-content-text/#post-8476220) * I have just checked it and header.php does contain a call to `wp_head()` so I’m going to do what you say and disable all plugins and switch to a standard theme. * I will keep you updated of what I find… Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Meta description shows css code instead page content text’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordpress-seo/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3419908) * [Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/reviews/) ## Tags * [conflict](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/conflict/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Alberto981](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alberto981/) * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-description-shows-css-code-instead-page-content-text/#post-8476220) * Status: resolved