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<p>The <strong>Sengeku Meta Description Manager</strong> plugin provides a simple and elegant solution for managing meta descriptions on WordPress websites. With a user-friendly meta box in the editor sidebar, you can create individual meta descriptions for each post and page that will be displayed in search engines.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Elegant Meta Box</strong> in the editor sidebar</li>
<li><strong>Real-time character counter</strong> with visual warning when exceeding 160 characters</li>
<li><strong>Live preview</strong> of the meta description</li>
<li><strong>Overview column</strong> in the posts/pages list</li>
<li><strong>Quick Edit function</strong> for fast adjustments</li>
<li><strong>Support for all post types</strong> (Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types)</li>
<li><strong>Translation ready</strong> (German/English prepared)</li>
<li><strong>No configuration required</strong> – just activate and start using</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why Meta Descriptions Matter</h4>
<p>While meta descriptions do not directly influence rankings, they:<br />
* Increase click-through rate (CTR) in search results<br />
* Give users a first impression of your page<br />
* Are used by Google as snippet text</p>
<h4>For Developers</h4>
<p>The plugin is cleanly coded following WordPress Coding Standards and can be easily extended.</p>


Sengeku Meta Description Manager

A lightweight meta description manager with an elegant interface and character counter for optimal SEO results.

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<h4>About</h4>
<p>With this lightweight plugin you can add a meta description to your website.</p>
<p>The meta description summarizes the content of a post or page.</p>
<p>Search engines such as Google and Bing will use the meta description when displaying search results.</p>
<p>Add a meta description only for your homepage, or for each individual post and page.</p>
<p>This plugin also supports WooCommerce products, product categories and tags.</p>
<h4>How to use</h4>
<p>After installation go to the settings page. This page is located at Settings > Meta description.</p>
<p>More info about using this plugin is displayed there as well.</p>
<h4>Have a question?</h4>
<p>Please take a look at the FAQ section.</p>
<h4>Translation</h4>
<p>Translations are not included, but the plugin supports WordPress language packs.</p>
<p>More <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/very-simple-meta-description" rel="nofollow ugc">translations</a> are very welcome!</p>
<p>The translation folder inside this plugin is redundant, but kept for reference.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>Without help and support from the WordPress community I was not able to develop this plugin, so thank you!</p>


VS Meta Description

it's really foolish to stick a single meta description in the sitewide header template. that's duplicate content so google knows immediately it's poor quality. it will do more harm than good to your rankings.

1 description duplicated sitewide = bad seo

Simple plugin doing exactly what it is supposed to without bloat. 
Maybe a button could be added to the Default Open Graph Image field, to select the image directly from the library instead of pasting its URL.

Works perfectly

The plugin works perfectly, it is extremely small (8kb zipped), which is a big plus, and the developer is super nice, very responsive and simply awesome.

Thanks a million,
Nick.

A 5 star plugin

Its perfect

With this lightweight plugin you can add a meta description to your website.

Sengeku Meta Description Manager vs VS Meta Description