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Paginated routes (index.hbs, author.hbs, tag.hbs) do not display the meta description.
Issue Summary
While the first page created by index.hbs/author.hbs/tag.hbs has the correct <meta name="description" content="some description text">, that meta tag is entirely missing from /page/2 and beyond.
Steps to Reproduce
Create enough of a single tag, enough posts by a single author, or enough posts on a route that uses index.hbs. Inspect the meta tags that result from /page/2.
Yes, this is a problem even for infinite scroll themes, since search engines still retrieve the later pages. (Or at least, we hope they do.)
Ghost Version
Ghost Pro
Node.js Version
18
How did you install Ghost?
Ghost Pro
Database type
MySQL 8
Browser & OS version
not releavant
Relevant log / error output
No response
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If anyone needs a workaround until this is patched, here's how to edit the theme to write out the missing meta descriptions: https://www.spectralwebservices.com/blog/meta-descriptions-missing-in-ghost-how-to-fix/
Thx to John for the explanation. The goal is to prioritize ranking the first page in a paginated series, so this behavior is by design.