How to fix meta description too short on Wix
Expand every meta description to 120–160 characters so Google shows your custom summary in search results instead of auto-generating one.
Steps for Wix
- Open the Wix Editor for your site.
- For a specific page: click the Pages icon (left panel) → hover over the page name → click the three-dot menu → 'SEO Basics' → edit the 'Meta description' field (Wix shows a character count) → Done → Publish.
- For a product page: Wix eCommerce stores use dynamic pages; go to the Editor → click on the product page → 'Page SEO' → you can set a default meta description pattern using Wix's dynamic SEO settings, or manage individual products in the Wix dashboard under Store Products → Edit product → 'SEO' tab.
- For site-wide SEO management: Wix Dashboard → Marketing & SEO → SEO Tools → SEO Settings, where you can manage meta description patterns for all page types.
<meta name="description" content="Discover our full range of handmade leather wallets — slim, durable, and personalised. Free UK shipping on all orders. Shop now and find your perfect wallet.">What is meta description too short?
A meta description is the short paragraph of text that appears beneath your page title in Google search results. It is written in your page's HTML and is meant to summarise the page's content in a way that encourages people to click. When a meta description is too short (under ~120 characters), it leaves Google with too little material to work with, and Google will often ignore it entirely and pull a random snippet of text from your page body — text that may be confusing, off-brand, or unhelpful to a potential customer.
Your meta description is prime real estate in search results: it is often the deciding factor between a shopper clicking your link or a competitor's. A well-crafted, full-length description (120–160 characters) can meaningfully lift your click-through rate, which drives more organic traffic and revenue without spending a penny more on ads. Google's own documentation confirms it uses meta descriptions as a source for search result snippets, so a weak description hands control of your messaging to an algorithm. For an ecommerce store, that can mean Google shows a price, a date, or boilerplate navigation text instead of your key selling point.
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