Metadata
How to add meta descriptions
What 13x checks
This is rule metadata.description-present in the public registry: Every page has a meta description. It runs on every audit, against the pages we actually fetched, and its result is derived from the response rather than estimated.
- Surface
- Metadata
- Score weight
- 8 of the readiness score
- Scope
- Reported as skipped when the page renders only with JavaScript
- Applies
- To every site
Registry version 2026-07-30. Every rule is published, and the audit is deterministic — the same page produces the same finding every time.
The fix
The same text the audit hands you when this check fails on your own site.
Add a meta description per page, 70–160 characters, written as the sentence that would make someone click:
<meta name="description" content="Invoicing built for freelance designers. Send an invoice in under a minute and chase late payment automatically." />It is not a ranking factor, but it is the only copy you control in a search result.
Framework-specific versions
Where the change differs enough to be worth writing out separately.
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