<p>I would <strong>add custom fields to your category group</strong>, for META Descriptions. This would allow you to display meta data when on a 'category home page'.</p>

<p>Then on a single entry page, the entry-type custom fields for meta data would be used.</p>

<p>See this example/answer: <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/13682/how-do-i-define-an-entrys-meta-description/13683#13683">How do I define an entry&#39;s META description?</a> </p>

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Matt P
<p>Does anyone know how to solve the problem of duplicate meta descriptions appearing when a category has multiple pages?</p>

<p>For example:</p>

<ul>
<li>Category: Telephones</li>
<li>Pages: 5 pages</li>
</ul>

<p>All 5 pages end up with the same meta description, titles and keywords. Only the content is changeable?</p>

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All such information is part of the template and not part of crafts own setup
j00lz
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Ah ok, so we would need to look at modifying the theme, rather than blaming it on the Craft CMS platform itself?
tiger2015
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Craft doesn't include, advocate, or have a default method for displaying metadata of any kind - that's up to whoever builds out the templates.
Nick Benson
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Craft doesn't have 'themes' it has templates. If you look in your ```<head>``` you can see where the information is coming from
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Duplicate meta descriptions when category has multiple pages
# Duplicate meta descriptions when category has multiple pages

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-25)

Does anyone know how to solve the problem of duplicate meta descriptions appearing when a category has multiple pages?

For example:

* Category: Telephones
* Pages: 5 pages

All 5 pages end up with the same meta description, titles and keywords. Only the content is changeable?

**Tags:** meta
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: All such information is part of the template and not part of crafts own setup  
> **username_0**: Ah ok, so we would need to look at modifying the theme, rather than blaming it on the Craft CMS platform itself?  
> **username_2**: Craft doesn't include, advocate, or have a default method for displaying metadata of any kind - that's up to whoever builds out the templates.  
> **username_1**: Craft doesn't have 'themes' it has templates. If you look in your ```<head>``` you can see where the information is coming from  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2016-04-01. Score: 2

I would **add custom fields to your category group**, for META Descriptions. This would allow you to display meta data when on a 'category home page'.

Then on a single entry page, the entry-type custom fields for meta data would be used.

See this example/answer: [How do I define an entry's META description?](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/questions/13682/how-do-i-define-an-entrys-meta-description/13683#13683)


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