Dirigible Studio

Tired of bloated SEO plugins?
Us too. That’s why we built Dirigible SEO. We’re search engine optimization experts who use professional keyword research and tracking tools to optimize and refine our content outside of WordPress. 
We don’t need a complex plugin to help us accomplish our SEO goals—we simply needed a way to edit our title tags and meta descriptions within a WordPress page or post.
Dirigible SEO uses the power of <a href="https://www.advancedcustomfields.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Custom Fields</a> to set up everything you need to manage your SEO.
See it in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7ZeIrZMC0&feature=youtu.be

Dirigible SEO

Free, fast and easy search engine optimization for web developers & SEO pros. Edit titles and meta tags quickly and easily. All killer, no filler.

Mats Westholm

This plugin lets the user write a separate description for each post, page, front page or custom post type post which is added as a meta description to the html head.
The individual description for a post or page is typed and edited in a separate text field just below the text field for editing the post text.
You can also add meta description to category, tag and custom taxonomy archive as well as front page.
To add description to a category, go to Dashboard > Posts > Categories. Select a category in the table to the wright or create a new category. Type the description in the text field Description, Weather or not this description will be viewed for visitors on the site is up to each theme. The Easy WP Meta Description plugin will add the description as meta information in the html head.
Descriptions for tag and custom taxonomies are edited in similar fashion.
To edit a front page description you would go to Dashboard > Settings > General and edit Front page meta description. 
If you use a static page as Front page the static page Meta description will be used and Front page meta description at general setting will now show.
This plugin relies on the wp_head() action hook. It will only work if the theme uses it. Most themes do.
When deleted uninstall script runs which deletes all changes in the database perfomed by the plugin. 
If you dont want to delete your descriptions and other settings only deactivate and dont delete.
Tested with Gutenberg.

Easy WP Meta Description


Unlike the SEO plugins that are available, this plugin is lightweight and all that is needed.


All that is needed

Simple and easy to use wordpress plugin to add the meta description tag in html head

Dirigible SEO vs Easy WP Meta Description