Title: twitter:description not getting generated
Last modified: July 27, 2018

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# twitter:description not getting generated

 *  Resolved [scorpiock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorpiock/)
 * (@scorpiock)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitterdescription-not-getting-generated/)
 * Hello,
 * For some reason, Yoast not generating twitter:description tag for my custom post
   type.
 * I can see it generate og:description but not for twitter. What could be wrong?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ftwitterdescription-not-getting-generated%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Md Mazedul Islam Khan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mazedulislamkhan/)
 * (@mazedulislamkhan)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitterdescription-not-getting-generated/#post-10536651)
 * Did you define a custom Twitter description from the Yoast SEO meta box? If yes
   and the issue persists, can you please confirm whether this is an issue specific
   to your custom post types only or to all post types on your site?
 *  Thread Starter [scorpiock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorpiock/)
 * (@scorpiock)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitterdescription-not-getting-generated/#post-10537206)
 * I didn’t define that. og:description is getting picked without defining so I 
   think twitter:description should too?
 *  [MariusG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marius_codeinwp/)
 * (@marius_codeinwp)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitterdescription-not-getting-generated/#post-10545087)
 * Hi [@scorpiock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorpiock/),
 * You are correct, the Twitter description should be generated by default if there
   is a meta description. However, [your URL](https://geekflare.com/collections/color-tools/)
   does not have a meta description either, which is why we believe you might have
   only set a custom OG description. This would explain why the meta description
   and Twitter description are missing.
 * Please check if this is the case and let us know.

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 * Last reply from: [MariusG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marius_codeinwp/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitterdescription-not-getting-generated/#post-10545087)
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