jcanfield: Without the use of a plugin you can still accomplish an SEO friendly Description meta tag. This is just a series of IF-THEN-ELSE statements that shows a description or excerpt depending on the page/post that your on. As always, constructive criticism is welcome. You can always shout at me on Twitter, http://twitter.com/CreativeBoulder/.

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SEO Friendly Wordpress Description Meta tag

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 <meta name="description" content="
     <?php
         if (is_home() || is_front_page() ) {
             bloginfo('name'); echo " | "; bloginfo('description');
         }
         elseif ( is_single() ) {
             if (!empty($post->post_excerpt)) {
                 the_excerpt();
             }
             else {
                 single_post_title('', true);
             }
         }
         elseif ( is_category() ) {
             echo category_description();
         }
         else {
             echo 'Entered a detailed description of this page or post and possibly use page variables to create a unique description.';
         }
     ?>
 ">

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SEO Friendly Wordpress Description Meta tag

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