META Description in Header
I’m trying to get the META Description to be the Question Description in the header. I’m struggling! 😀
I’ve tried this..
<?php if (is_question()) { ?>
<meta name="description" content="<?php ap_post_status_description(ap_question_get_the_ID()); ?>"/>
<?php } ?>…and a few other things without sucess. Any advise?
Matt Bodell (Buyer) commented
Thats the code the developer tries to use in the theme header, well something similar without success already.
function get_post_excerpt_by_id($post_id) {
global $post;
$post = get_post($post_id);
setup_postdata($post);
$the_excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
wp_reset_postdata();
return $the_excerpt;
}
add_action('wp_head', 'd_developer_of_matt_please');
function d_developer_of_matt_please() {
if (function_exists('is_question') && is_question()) {
echo '<meta name="description" content="'. get_post_excerpt_by_id(get_question_id()).'"/>';
}
} Matt Bodell (Buyer) commented
Where should I put this? Header?
Dima Stefantsov commented
functions.php
Just give it to your developer, he knows what to do.
Matt Bodell (Buyer) commented
I’m my own developer. I muddle by. The theme was created by the owner of Anspress – although its mega glitchy.
Have some PHP / CSS experience so I’ve been able to get it to work. Sorta.
function get_post_excerpt_by_id( $post_id ) {
global $post;
$post = get_post( $post_id );
setup_postdata( $post );
$the_excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
wp_reset_postdata();
return $the_excerpt;
}
get_post_excerpt_by_id(ap_question_get_the_ID()) something along this lines should work as well.
Why would you try to use ap_post_status_description that renders html into the meta tag anyway?