Topic: Query Loop and Post Meta Description

Stratos_K
June 4, 2023 at 11:51 pm

Hello,

I have created a Query Loop in a specific page so it can show my last 10 posts I have made from a specific category of posts.

In each post of this Query I have added the featured image, the title, the category of the post and information about the author. Everything looks great so far. One thing that I cannot add is the post’s meta description.

What I have done is I added a Headline and enabled the Dynamic Data option. For Data Source I chose current post and Content Source Post Meta. But in the Post Meta list there is nothing to choose. It shows empty.

What am I doing wrong?
Fernando
June 5, 2023 at 12:22 am

Hi Stratos,

What “description” meta is this? Is it a custom meta you added? If so, try to add its slug in the field name manually.
Stratos_K
June 5, 2023 at 12:47 am

In the end of the block editor there are the AIOSEO settings with fields for Meta Title and Meta Description.

This Meta Description is the one I want to add.
Fernando
June 5, 2023 at 12:50 am

That seems to be from a plugin. Can you check? If not, can you share a screenshot?
Stratos_K
June 5, 2023 at 4:11 am

It’s from the All in One SEO plugin I believe. Is it possible to get the Meta Description from it to display in the Query Loop?

David

June 5, 2023 at 5:21 am

Hi there,

display All In One SEO AISEO Meta Description using dynamic data.

for reference i found this topic where the user provides some code to get the AIOSEO meta description:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-there-a-way-to-get-and-display-the-meta-description-in-the-top-page-loop/#post-14205463

We should be able to repurpose that.

1. Add this PHP Snippet to your site:


add_filter( 'render_block', function( $block_content, $block ) {
    if ( 
        !is_admin() && 
        function_exists('aioseo') &&
        ! empty( $block['attrs']['className'] ) && 
        strpos( $block['attrs']['className'], 'seo-description' ) !== false 
    ) {
        $aioseo_description = aioseo()->meta->metaData->getMetaData($post)->description;
        if(!empty($aioseo_description)) {
            $post_id = get_the_ID();
            $get_post = get_post($post_id);
            $meta_description = aioseo()->meta->description->getPostDescription($get_post);
            return $meta_description;
        }
    }
    return $block_content;
}, 10, 2 );

2. Add a Headline block with some static text to your query loop and in its Advanced > Additional CSS Class(es) add: seo-description

Stratos_K
June 6, 2023 at 7:39 am

Success! It works great! Thank you very much for the help!
David
June 7, 2023 at 1:55 am

Glad to hear that!

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