Title: Smart Crawl Generates Wierd Code Last modified: April 27, 2020 --- # Smart Crawl Generates Wierd Code * Resolved [spottedsalamander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spottedsalamander/) * (@spottedsalamander) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/) * Hi, * I am comparing Yoast SEO and Smart Crawl. I really want to use Smart Crawl, but for whatever reason I cannot edit the Google preview information like I can with Yoast. (I deinstalled it for testing, so it shouldn’t be a plug-in conflict, but of course I have other plug-ins too, so you never know…) * The description that it shows in the Google text block under the title is all written in really strange code… and the areas where it looks like I should be able to add my own text are greyed-out… As is, the plug-in is not usable because I cannot edit my SEO data. Any ideas? * Thanks! April * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsmart-crawl-generates-wierd-code%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Thread Starter [spottedsalamander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spottedsalamander/) * (@spottedsalamander) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-12740092) * As an update, I think this issue has to do with WPBakery – if I write the SEO metadata before adding content to my page, then it is okay, but if I add content first, then I get a bunch of code in the meta data area (apparently it tries to read my content and take an excerpt) and I cannot change this excerpt (gibberish code). It wouldn’t be crazy if it does this as long as I have a way of editing what is shown in the box and as long as there are no other compatibility / functional issues seen by browsers that effect my website’s integrity. - This reply was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by [spottedsalamander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spottedsalamander/). * [Hassan Akhtar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaxan/) * (@khaxan) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-12740506) * Hi [@spottedsalamander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spottedsalamander/), * Thanks for trying out SmartCrawl. There’s no _known_ conflict with WPBakery so it should work correctly for you. At the very least you should be able to change the meta values in the metabox. Do you see any errors in your browser’s console? * Thread Starter [spottedsalamander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spottedsalamander/) * (@spottedsalamander) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-12742182) * Hi Hassan, * like I said, I only know what I am experiencing… I think Smart Crawl may be working technically okay, it just seems to try to add an excerpt from what is on the page… is that true? Just being able to disable this automatic grabbing of text in the plug-in settings would probably fix my issue adequately. * And this excerpt is all code in my case… and since I use WPBakery, I am guessing that it is grabbing the code from there. I like to use html inserts for longer texts, so just testing WPBakery may not be enough… one would have to specifically test the html insert. * I would gladly send a screenshot, do you have an IT support e-mail? After this code has populated the meta data I cannot change or delete it. This is not true of new pages that do not yet have content. (There the functionality is completely okay – I can add new text and edit it as I please.) * I do have some console errros, but most of them have to do with a chrome plug- in or broken image links because I am on a temporary domain… I didn’t see anything that looked specifically like it might belong to smart crawl, but I am planning on troubleshooting the errors as soon as I migrate over to my real domain, as I expect a fair number of the issues to resolve themselves at that point. * Thanks, April * [Hassan Akhtar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaxan/) * (@khaxan) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-12742209) * A screenshot would be helpful. You can use a service like [https://prnt.sc/](https://prnt.sc/) to share an image with us. * Thread Starter [spottedsalamander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spottedsalamander/) * (@spottedsalamander) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-12742473) * Let’s try it this way: [https://nimb.ws/tSnKxM](https://nimb.ws/tSnKxM) (Nimbus screen capture) * [Hassan Akhtar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaxan/) * (@khaxan) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-12746845) * Just to confirm, the “SEO Title” and “Description” fields in that screenshot are disabled for you? * [Hassan Akhtar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaxan/) * (@khaxan) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-12747033) * I just tested it and on my setup it seems to be working as it should: * [https://recordit.co/KqRrPTYPpY](https://recordit.co/KqRrPTYPpY) * SmartCrawl is supposed to remove the WPBakery shortcodes and show just text contained within those shortcodes. For some reason this doesn’t seem to be happening on your site. Also, the title and description fields are never supposed to be disabled. * Are you facing both these issues for old posts only? * Plugin Support [Dimitris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support6/) * (@wpmudev-support6) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-12847894) * Hello [@khaxan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaxan/) * It’s been a while since we’ve heard back from you, so I’m marking this topic as resolved. Feel free to post back any updates and we’ll carry on troubleshooting. * Take care, Dimitris * Thread Starter [spottedsalamander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spottedsalamander/) * (@spottedsalamander) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-12852082) * Hi, I am not sure of what you are asking… I discovered that I can edit the features on the pages tab instead of on the page itself – if that makes sense, so it is kind of working, but I would still like to be able to update the information directly on the page itself… I still have the issue, nothing has changed. * [industrialweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/industrialweb/) * (@industrialweb) * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-13247081) * Hello, I can confirm that is still failing to read the text between the WPBakery code and still including that code as the description if you do not specifically change it in the meta box. This is happening for Smartcrawl Pro. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Smart Crawl Generates Wierd Code’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/smartcrawl-seo/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3446894) * [SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smartcrawl-seo/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smartcrawl-seo/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smartcrawl-seo/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smartcrawl-seo/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smartcrawl-seo/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smartcrawl-seo/reviews/) * 10 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [industrialweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/industrialweb/) * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smart-crawl-generates-wierd-code/#post-13247081) * Status: resolved