og:description¶
Wygard watches the content of the <meta property="og:description"> tag and alerts you when the summary shown in social and chat link previews changes.
| Scope | Tier | Default | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per URL | Basic | Off — enable via the OG group | 🟠 Heads-up |
Why it matters¶
og:description is the blurb under the headline when your URL is shared on social platforms and chat apps. It's separate from the <meta name="description"> used in search results, so a template or plugin change can rewrite it — or leave it blank — while your SEO meta description stays untouched. A missing og:description makes shared links look thin and cuts click-through from social.
The default severity is Heads-up. The test is off by default and belongs to the OG selection group.
What Wygard checks¶
On every run, the crawler:
- Fetches the monitored URL.
- Extracts the
contentattribute of<meta property="og:description">from the<head>. - Compares the found value against the stored desired value.
Common alerts¶
- og:description changed — the tag now carries different text than the baseline.
- og:description not found — the tag was removed, so previews fall back to whatever the platform scrapes.
- Multiple og:description tags — more than one was detected; scrapers pick one unpredictably.
Responding to an alert¶
- Open the alert and review the diff — Wygard shows the previous value and the new one.
- Decide whether the change was intended (a copy update) or accidental (a template regression, a plugin that stopped emitting the tag).
- If intended, click Set found value as desired to adopt the new text as the baseline.
- If accidental, restore the tag in your template and let the next crawl turn the test green.