Hi Maria,

It generates a meta description based in the following numerical order, when found it will stop looking.

1. From the Custom Post/Page Description input.
2. From the excerpt (it trims it to ~155 chars).
3. From the Post/Page content (it trims to ~155 chars):

1. Based on the global SEO settings, it adds a prefix.
2. Based on some filters, it either includes or excludes (default excludes) shortcode output.
3. Based on a page builder, it might completely exclude the content; as some themes (e.g. Divi) and plugins (e.g. Beaver Builder) cause unexpected behavior with such generation.

1. This only happens when a page builder is active for such Page or Post.

Finally, it will always clean and beautify its output.
Based on filters, it might also output shortcodes (by default they’re stripped).

I hope this clears things up and will help you track the originating issue.

Cheers!

• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Sybre Waaijer.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Sybre Waaijer.