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.

Philipp Speck

This plugin will give you the ability to use the <code>excerpt</code> as <code>meta description</code> for any post or page. From now you are able to control the description of your site which will be displayed on the search engine results pages. 
By activation the plugin enables the excerpt for static edit pages in admin area.
Related Links
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.typomedia.org/wordpress/plugins/wordpress-meta-description/" title="Homepage of WordPress Meta Description" rel="nofollow ugc">Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-meta-description/changelog/" title="Changelog for WordPress Meta Description" rel="ugc">Changelog</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-meta-description/faq/" title="FAQ for WordPress Meta Description" rel="ugc">Questions</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35264#1" title="Create good meta descriptions" rel="nofollow ugc">Information</a></li>
</ul>
Note: 
Before installing or upgrading new plugins, please backup your database first!

WordPress Meta Description

With this plugin you can control the text which will be shown as description on the search engine results pages.

Dirigible SEO vs WordPress Meta Description