Concepts
How the fallback chain works.
Every title and description is chosen by walking five tiers in order. The first tier with a value wins, and the panel always shows you which one it was.
Good to know
The chain runs on every render, so a change in a higher tier takes effect immediately. Nothing is copied down into lower tiers.
The five tiers
Tiers are checked top to bottom. A tier is skipped when its field is empty, and the first non-empty value is used.
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Tier
Source
Result
01
Post meta
Value saved on the post itself
Wins when set
02
Bricks page settings
Page-level SEO settings in Bricks
Falls through if empty
03
Content-type template
Template for the post type or taxonomy
Falls through if empty
04
Site-wide template
Global default from General settings
Falls through if empty
05
WP core default
Native WordPress title or excerpt
Last resort
Overriding a tier
To override a value for a single page, set it in the panel. To go back to the default, clear it.
1
Open the page in the Bricks builder and select the SEO tab.
2
Type a value into the field and save. That value now wins over the lower tiers.
3
Clear the field to hand control back to the next tier.