Using the post excerpt, this very nice PHP script will add a meta description to a WordPress post.
<?php
$string = get_the_excerpt();
function truncate($string,$length=160,$append="…") {
$string = trim($string);
if(strlen($string) > $length) {
$string = wordwrap($string, $length);
$string = explode("\n", $string, 2);
$string = $string[0] . $append;
}
return $string;
}
$url = $protocol . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
if ($url == "www.securitronlinux.com/") {
printf("<meta name='description' content='%s'>\n", get_bloginfo( 'description' ));
printf("<meta name='myurl' content='%s.'>", $url);
} else {
$stringcut = substr($string,0,160);
//$stringcut = substr($string, 0, strrpos(substr($string, 0, 180), ' '));
printf("<meta name='description' content='%s'>\n", $stringcut);
printf('<link rel="canonical" href="%s">', $url);
};
?>This is a straightforward way to take care of this when using a WordPress blog. On a modern block-based theme this might not work, but on older themes like Astra, this does work. Put this in the header section, in the header.php file. This will work straight away.
<?php astra_head_top(); ?>
<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<meta name="google-site-verification" content="Qky0241x9MEbP28vh0oKc4-7Dp-06ETsSvIUmpnT9Mw" />
<!-- Chrome, Firefox OS and Opera -->
<meta name="theme-color" content="#58abdb">
<!-- Windows Phone -->
<meta name="msapplication-navbutton-color" content="#58abdb">
<!-- iOS Safari -->
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black-translucent">
<!--<meta name="description" content="Linux help, tips and information.">-->
<?php
$string = get_the_excerpt();
function truncate($string,$length=160,$append="…") {
$string = trim($string);
if(strlen($string) > $length) {
$string = wordwrap($string, $length);
$string = explode("\n", $string, 2);
$string = $string[0] . $append;
}
return $string;
}
$url = $protocol . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
if ($url == "www.securitronlinux.com/") {
printf("<meta name='description' content='%s'>\n", get_bloginfo( 'description' ));
printf("<meta name='myurl' content='%s.'>", $url);
} else {
$stringcut = substr($string,0,160);
//$stringcut = substr($string, 0, strrpos(substr($string, 0, 180), ' '));
printf("<meta name='description' content='%s'>\n", $stringcut);
printf('<link rel="canonical" href="%s">', $url);
};
?>
<link rel="profile" href="https://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
<style type="text/css">
.relatedthumb {
background-color: #fff;
}
pre {
color: #000;
}
.bash {
background-color: darkSlateGrey;
}
</style>
<?php wp_head(); ?>
<?php astra_head_bottom(); ?>Above is an example of usage in the Astra theme. This is very easy to implement.
Another very nice addition to a WordPress theme. This will print information about the post when placed in the single.php.
<div id="primary" <?php astra_primary_class(); ?>>
<?php astra_primary_content_top(); ?>
<p><small>Posted: <?php the_date(); ?>. At: <?php the_time( $d ); ?>. This was <?php echo human_time_diff( get_the_time('U'), current_time('timestamp') ) . ' ago'?>. ID: <?php $id = get_the_ID(); echo $id ?>. Page <a href="<?php echo get_permalink($post->ID); ?>">permalink</a>.<br />WordPress uses cookies, or tiny pieces of information stored on your computer, to verify who you are. There are cookies for logged in users and for commenters. These cookies expire 2 weeks after they are set.</small></p>
<?php astra_content_loop(); ?>I hope you find it very useful.