Extension:ArticleMetaDescription

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
ArticleMetaDescription; Release status: stable
Implementation	Data extraction
Description	Adds SEO-friendly ‎<meta description="..." /> tags containing a brief snippet of the article to article pages' HTML
Author(s)	Adrian 'ADi' Wieczorek; Jack Phoenix;
Latest version	1.4
MediaWiki	1.43+
	Hooks used OutputPageBeforeHTML;
Licence	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
Example	ShoutWiki
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The ArticleMetaDescription extension adds SEO-friendly ‎<meta description="..." /> tags containing a brief snippet of the article to article pages' HTML. It does so by taking the first paragraph of the article and ignoring templates, tables and other non-prose elements.

It is also possible to set a predefined description for the wiki's main page (the name of which is specified in MediaWiki:Mainpage) by defining the MediaWiki:Description interface message with the desired text.

Installation

Download and move the extracted ArticleMetaDescription folder to your extensions/ directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:
```
cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ArticleMetaDescription
```
Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
```
wfLoadExtension( 'ArticleMetaDescription' );
```
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Installation

See also