I have the theme Hatch and I can’t figure out how to change the meta-description of the home-page. It is not an actual page, it is the default view for posts.
Have searched everywhere for an answer but really can’t figure it out. I have downloaded the plug-in SEO by Yoast, but only seem to be able to change the meta-description on pages and posts…?
You do not need to add Yoast if you only want to add meta tags to the homepage. Just some minor editing will save you on performance.
You can use the is_home() function.
Insert this to your header.php:
<?php if (is_home()) { ?>
<meta name="description" content="Your description for homepage..." />
<?php } else { ?>
<meta name="description" content="Description for other pages..." />
<?php } ?>