From 4f3733a7cff91c990afdc3c804fc16e941f0b032 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John O'Nolan <john@onolan.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:30:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=8E=A8=20Improved=20meta=20description=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?preview?=
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---
 ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.hbs | 2 +-
 ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.js  | 2 +-
 ghost/admin/app/components/tags/tag-form.hbs         | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.hbs
index 8fe157af0f..93feed00f5 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.hbs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
                                             </div>
                                             <div class="gh-seo-preview-link">{{this.seoURL}}</div>
                                             <div class="gh-seo-preview-title">{{truncate this.seoTitle 60}}</div>
-                                            <div class="gh-seo-preview-desc">{{moment-format (now) "DD MMM YYYY"}} — {{truncate this.seoDescription 149}}</div>
+                                            <div class="gh-seo-preview-desc">{{moment-format (now) "DD MMM YYYY"}} — {{#if this.seoDescription}}{{truncate this.seoDescription 149}}{{else}}Search engines will automatically show a custom preview of content related to the search term here if no custom meta description is set.{{/if}}</div>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.js
index 617bc6abfc..526a05634c 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-post-settings-menu.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default class GhPostSettingsMenu extends Component {
     @boundOneWay('post.uuid')
         uuidValue;
 
-    @or('metaDescriptionScratch', 'customExcerptScratch', 'post.excerpt')
+    @or('metaDescriptionScratch', 'customExcerptScratch')
         seoDescription;
 
     @or(
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/tags/tag-form.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/tags/tag-form.hbs
index aab9b1df11..326b8640fa 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/tags/tag-form.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/tags/tag-form.hbs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="gh-seo-preview-link">{{this.seoURL}}</div>
                                 <div class="gh-seo-preview-title">{{this.seoTitle}}</div>
-                                <div class="gh-seo-preview-desc">{{this.seoDescription}}</div>
+                                <div class="gh-seo-preview-desc">{{#if this.seoDescription}}{{truncate this.seoDescription 149}}{{else}}Search engines will automatically show a custom preview of content related to the search term here if no custom meta description is set.{{/if}}</div>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>