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

Sengeku Meta Description Manager

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

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
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<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.

Sengeku Meta Description Manager vs WordPress Meta Description