Suddenly Have Multiple Meta-Descriptions

I am having a similar issue. I see two different meta descriptions etc when I check Page Source view for your site. Did you use any kind of header builder?

Hey tyler- can you specify where you are seeing the two, because I have searched for them and only find the one? I looked in the footer which is a custom page and I checked the currently running code snippets. I even checked the theme code/framework.

view-source:https://greatlakesroofing.com/insulation/

Copy and paste the whole line above into your browser.
If you search that page for “meta” you’ll see them

I should clarify that I am no expert on this. I just saw that you had something similar to what I am experiencing…but I think my issue is related to using a header builder.

• This reply was modified 10 months ago by tyler1111.
• This reply was modified 10 months ago by tyler1111.

I have searched and I do not see them. I see the Yoast meta and OG that are supposed to be there but not the description of “Great Lakes Roofing and Insulation is a full-service commercial roofing contractor and insulation provide, serving Michigan for 30+ years.”, which is apparently on every page.

Here is a screenshot: https://postimg.cc/qN5HzFBt

Are you using a header builder?

We are not, this theme was built by an agency a couple years ago before I came on. There isn’t even an option to customize the header. I was wondering if maybe something is running in Google Tag Manager but I do not see anything. In the screenshot, the source code of the home page has the meta description and the other is the OG description- the OG description is not the same on every page so it cannot be the duplicate. Sigh.

Hello @meibrownbranches,

Thanks for reaching out about your duplicate meta descriptions. Using this post as an example, I can confirm the meta description tag appears twice in the page source:

<meta name="description" content="Great Lakes Roofing and Insulation is a full-service commercial roofing contractor and insulation provide, serving Michigan for 30+ years." />

<meta name="description" content="Experience warmth and lasting protection with our professional insulation services in Michigan. Great Lakes Roofing ensures weather-resistant roofs, shielding you and your property from the cold in Sault Ste. Marie." />

The first is from the Yoast SEO plugin, but I am uncertain about the origin of the second one. However, a conflict check will help you figure that out. The fastest way to rule out any conflict is to deactivate all non-Yoast plugins and switch to a standard theme like Twenty Twenty-Two.

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Can i ask how this was resolved? I am experiencing the same issue on a site. Switching from Hello theme fixed the issue temporarily so im assuming its something wrong with Hello.

Hey Steve,

It took a lot of time and trial and error but we discovered it was a speed optimization plugin (Airlift) that was cache-ing every page alongside WP cache-ing. So we had to disable it and clear the WP cache. I hope this helps you!