How to remove Date from Meta Description on SERP?

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I noticed on a few recent projects the Date is displaying in the Meta Description for all Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in WordPress. I was always under the impression the Date would usually show for 'Posts', which has always made sense. Then for Pages and Taxonomies - which would normally be evergreen content in most scenarios NO date would appear when seeing the snippet on a SERP.

I use the Genesis Framework and Yoast SEO for most projects and have looked into seeing if the date showing in the meta description is related to the Parent Theme or Plugin and it doesn't seem to be.

Yoast say the date is produced naturally by Wordpress.

I'm slightly confused though as I have never had this issue until recently, I was interested in seeing if anyone else has noticed this and if there is a solution to removing the date from all CPTs and Taxonomies?

I noticed on a few recent projects the Date is displaying in the Meta Description for all Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in WordPress. I was always under the impression the Date would usually show for 'Posts', which has always made sense. Then for Pages and Taxonomies - which would normally be evergreen content in most scenarios NO date would appear when seeing the snippet on a SERP.

I use the Genesis Framework and Yoast SEO for most projects and have looked into seeing if the date showing in the meta description is related to the Parent Theme or Plugin and it doesn't seem to be.

Yoast say the date is produced naturally by Wordpress.

I'm slightly confused though as I have never had this issue until recently, I was interested in seeing if anyone else has noticed this and if there is a solution to removing the date from all CPTs and Taxonomies?

• post-meta
• date
• seo
• genesis-theme-framework
• plugin-wp-seo-yoast

Share Improve this question asked Feb 17, 2016 at 22:30 Tom25Tom25 7311 gold badge33 silver badges77 bronze badges 5

• Do you mean that the meta description in your HTML contains the date? Meta description is not something WordPress generates, it must be done by some plugin, not sure how we can help you on this. – cybmeta Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 7:55
• @cybmeta I'm not sure how I can expand further on what I have already said above, here is a screenshot of the Front-Page and a Page appearing on a Serch Engine Results Page. (s27.postimg.org/rhjy477n7/…). You can see the Date appearing before the Meta Description for the About Us page. This is the case for every Page and Taxonomy pages which are indexed by Google, the only page which doesn't show the date is the Front Page. – Tom25 Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 10:36
• Well, that is not meta deacription; meta description is HTML code in your site. If you don't want dates in Google results, just remove any date reference in the code of your pages. It is the only thing you can do, and wait to a Google update .... – cybmeta Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 10:53
• I am experiencing the same thing on my site www.teksafe.net. Initially I thought its the issue with the security website theme I am using but a search on google has divided opinions. some attribute it to theme and linking it to feeds others believe its the configuration – Teksafe Commented May 7, 2024 at 9:06
• Please don't use the "Post Your Answer" button to submit content which does not attempt to answer the question at the top of this page. If you want to post a new question, there is a separate "Ask" button for that; but probably review the help center first, and in particular How to ask. Once you earn enough reputation, you will be able to leave comments; until then, please don't abuse your ability to post answers to submit non-answer content. – tripleee Commented May 7, 2024 at 9:32

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If anyone else encounters this, check your source code and try and find the date in question to see where it's being inputted, Googlebot normally finds these dates there.

It turned out the Googlebot was picking up a date in the footer of my site, via the WordPress Latest Posts Widget, where I had selected the option to feature the Post date. Resulting in this date showing in the source code of every page throughout the site.

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