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Why does my SEO check say that I have multiple meta descriptions but I can only find one in the code?
Why does my SEO check say that I have multiple meta descriptions but I can only find one in the code?
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Written by Mike Simmons
Updated over 2 months ago

If you currently, or have in the past installed an SEO app additional meta description may be generated by the app.

Verify that you have multiple meta descriptions:

  1. View your website

  2. Right click and select ‘View Page Source’

  3. Type Control+F (Command+F on a Mac) to open the search box

  4. Search for

  5. You should see 2 or more results appear

Find the source of the additional meta descriptions:

  1. Select ‘Actions’ and ‘Edit code’ for your live theme

  2. Open the theme.liquid file

  3. Look for a ‘snippet include’ code for the SEO app you use. For example: {% include ‘pluginseo’ %}

  4. Decide which meta descriptions to remove, the ones generated by the app or by the theme

Remove the meta descriptions generated by the app:

  1. Add an opening comment tag {% comment %} before the snippet include

  2. Add a closing comment tag {% endcomment %} after the snippet include

- OR -

Remove the meta descriptions generated by the theme:

  1. Add an opening comment tag {% comment %} before the start of the

  2. Add a closing comment tag {% endcomment %} the end of the same tag /

*We always recommend you make a backup of your active theme before making any code changes.

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