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---
title: Description
tags:
- plugin/transformer
image:
repository: "quartz-community/description"
enabled: true
required: false
---
This plugin generates descriptions that are used as metadata for the HTML `head`, the [[RSS Feed]] and in [[folder and tag listings]] if there is no main body content, the description is used as the text between the title and the listing.
If the frontmatter contains a `description` property, it is used (see [[authoring content#Syntax]]). Otherwise, the plugin will do its best to use the first few sentences of the content to reach the target description length.
> [!note]
> For information on how to add, remove or configure plugins, see the [[configuration#Plugins|Configuration]] page.
This plugin accepts the following configuration options:
- `descriptionLength`: the target length of the generated description. Default is 150 characters. The cut off happens after the first _sentence_ that ends after the given length.
- `maxDescriptionLength`: the hard maximum length of the description. If the generated description exceeds this, it is truncated with an ellipsis. Default is 300 characters.
- `replaceExternalLinks`: If `true` (default), replace external links with their domain and path in the description (e.g. `https://domain.tld/some_page/another_page?query=hello&target=world` is replaced with `domain.tld/some_page/another_page`).
## API
- Category: Transformer
- Function name: `ExternalPlugin.Description()`.
- Source: [`quartz-community/description`](https://github.com/quartz-community/description)
- Install: `npx quartz plugin add github:quartz-community/description`