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#11101 – Joomla 5 - 4SEO does not generate automatic meta descriptions

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Sunday, 26 May 2024 10:30 UTC
webal

Hi Yannick

I have run 4seo for some time now and loooking to make use of the automatic generation of meta descriptions in my pages.
So far I have no meta description present on any pages and was hoping that the system would generate them automatically, or force it through using the Analyze option under 'Pages'
I must admit that I did enter a site meta description in the Joomla  Glocal Configuration metadata section, but of course this just permeates thorugh every page. But after removing this I still canot see how to initiate 4SEO into the automatic generation of meta descriptions.

I have read the docs and 'hads a go' myself in the Pages section but to no avail.

Also, I must create a positive review for 4SEO on the JED (I write it here to remind me)

Kind regards

David

Monday, 27 May 2024 08:44 UTC
wb_weeblr

Hi

I must admit that I did enter a site meta description in the Joomla Glocal Configuration metadata section, but of course this just permeates thorugh every page.

Yes, this would cause a meta description to be present on all pages, meaning 4SEO would not generate any on its own.

or force it through using the Analyze option under 'Pages'

Auto-meta description is a "live" feature, it's not affected, or caused by, the page analysis.

Now I can't say much without a link to the actual page. Things that could have an effect are:

- the extension you use

- using progressive/conservative caching

although in both cases, extensions not using Joomla standard API, or caching, would prevent a decent meta description to be generated, but one would be generated anyway (note that the latest dev version of 4SEO can now work through caching).

But gain, hard to say without actual website URL and one or a few pages where the problem can be seen.

(also using full page cache, or local litespeed/nginx full page caching, or a CDN depending on its configuration would also prevent you from seeing the result of the configuration change, at least until such cache would clear).

Best regards

Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

 

 
Monday, 27 May 2024 19:24 UTC
webal

Hi

Of course, caching...

I did not wish to seem presumptuous in the first message, but here is a link

https://example.co.uk/

I shall try with caching left off, and turn off Cloudflare caching too

Kind regards

David

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Monday, 27 May 2024 19:30 UTC
webal

I have just checked again, and it is working fine

It seems that caching was the issue, not sure how I missed that!

All is well and working fine

Kind regards

David

On 27/05/2024 09:44, Weeblr wrote:
[weeblr.com] Reply to your private ticket #11101 Joomla 5 - 4SEO does not generate automatic meta descriptions [4SEO]

Tuesday, 28 May 2024 08:03 UTC
wb_weeblr

Hi

Actually, please try again!

I have released version 6.0 of 4SEO just yesterday, and it should work better for generating metadescription with progressive/conservative caching enabled.

Best regards

Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

 

 
Tuesday, 28 May 2024 18:10 UTC
webal

Ah, ok thank you

Yes I did notice the update so will give this a test too

Thanks again Yannick

Monday, 10 June 2024 15:33 UTC
webal

Thank you Yannick

This works beautifully...the site is ranking really nicely now

Regards

David

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