(Entry was posted by Kemal Sahi on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 09/17/2013).

Kemal has a question about how to put META Description on his pages

Hello out there,
I have a Wordpress blog, and I want to put some META description on the site in order to have it shown when the site appears in Google and the other search engines. But no matter what I do, it is always the first part of the last post in the blog that is shown. Anyone who nows if and how I can put a META description on my website? Thanks in advance.

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Yasser Mohamed: You could use a plug in like Yoast SEO for Wordpress, it will help you optimise your pages and add metas.
Kemal Sahin: Thanks a lot Yasser. I just installed the plugin, but the changes have not yet been updated when I search for my blog in Google. Is it because some time has to go before Google crawles the page and find the new description, or should it be updated instantly?
Yasser Mohamed: Yes it may take a couple of days for the changes to appear. Glad to help.
Kemal Sahin: Okay, I will wait a couple of days and see if the change appears. Thanks again Yasser. Your help is much appreiciated!
Yasser Mohamed: Your are welcome +Kemal Sahin ;
Nick Stuart-Miller: I agree, Yoast SEO is a great plug in for Wordpress sites. Usually you have to log in and out for the changes to apply. Give that a go, otherwise wait a couple of days.
Ray Laminack: Either way Google will utilize what they feel is the best for the searcher, whether it is your description or a snippet of content from somewhere in your content. ;
Ranu Jain: Yeah, Yoast is a great plugin but I use All in One SEO. Worth using!
Omar Mossadek: You can check the meta by using Google's rich snippet testing tool and use a meta noodp and noydir tag to tell the search engines that you prefer to have your descriptions displayed as they are written.
Results SEO: Some times it depends on Wordpress templates.