Title: Clean Meta Descriptions
Author: matthewsudekum
Published: <strong>November 11, 2022</strong>
Last modified: January 9, 2026

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# Clean Meta Descriptions

 By [matthewsudekum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matthewsudekum/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/clean-meta-descriptions.1.1.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/clean-meta-descriptions/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/clean-meta-descriptions/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/clean-meta-descriptions/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/clean-meta-descriptions/)

## Description

This plugin cleans meta descriptions of any shortcode that you input. If no Yoast
meta description exists, this plugin will insert one without the specified shortcodes.
This is NOT an official Yoast plugin/addon.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Clean Meta Descriptions” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ matthewsudekum ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matthewsudekum/)

[Translate “Clean Meta Descriptions” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/clean-meta-descriptions)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/clean-meta-descriptions/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/clean-meta-descriptions/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/clean-meta-descriptions/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/clean-meta-descriptions/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.2

*Bug fixes and compatibility check.

#### 1.1.1

*Bug fixes and compatibility check.

#### 1.1.0

*Bug fix and compatibility check.

#### 1.0.0

*Release!

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.2**
 *  Last updated **9 months ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.10**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6.39 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/clean-meta-descriptions/)
 * Tags
 * [meta](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/meta/)[seo](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
   [shortcode](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)[Yoast](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/yoast/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcm.wordpress.org/plugins/clean-meta-descriptions/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ matthewsudekum ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matthewsudekum/)

## Support

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