ption = '';
		$metaData    = aioseo()->meta->metaData->getMetaData( $post );
		if ( ! empty( $metaData->description ) && ! $default ) {
			$description = $this->helpers->prepare( $metaData->description, $post->ID, false );
		}

		if (
			$description ||
			(
				in_array( 'autogenerateDescriptions', aioseo()->internalOptions->deprecatedOptions, true ) &&
				! aioseo()->options->deprecated->searchAppearance->advanced->autogenerateDescriptions
			)
		) {
			$posts[ $post->ID ] = $description;

			return $description;
		}

		$description = $this->helpers->sanitize( $this->getPostTypeDescription( $post->post_type ), $post->ID, $default );

		$generateDescriptions = apply_filters( 'aioseo_generate_descriptions_from_content', true, [ $post ] );
		if ( ! $description && ! post_password_required( $post ) ) {
			$description = $post->post_excerpt;
			if (
				$generateDescriptions &&
				in_array( 'useContentForAutogeneratedDescriptions', aioseo()->internalOptions->deprecatedOptions, true ) &&
				aioseo()->options->deprecated->searchAppearance->advanced->useContentForAutogeneratedDescriptions
			) {
				$description = aioseo()->helpers->getDescriptionFromContent( $post );
			}

			$description = $this->helpers->sanitize( $description, $post->ID, $default );
			if ( ! $description && $generateDescriptions && $post->post_content ) {
				$description = $this->helpers->sanitize( aioseo()->helpers->getDescriptionFromContent( $post ), $post->ID, $default );
			}
		}

		if ( ! is_paged() ) {
			if ( in_array( 'descriptionFormat', aioseo()->internalOptions->deprecatedOptions, true ) ) {
				$descriptionFormat = aioseo()->options->deprecated->searchAppearance->global->descriptionFormat;
				if ( $descriptionFormat ) {
					$description = preg_replace( '/#description/', $description, $descriptionFormat );
				}
			}
		}

		$posts[ $post->ID ] = $description ? $this->helpers->prepare( $description, $post->ID, $default ) : $this->helpers->prepare( term_description( '' ), $post->ID, $default );

		return $posts[ $post->ID ];
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve the default description for the post type.
	 *
	 * @since 4.0.6
	 *
	 * @param  string $postType The post type.
	 * @return string           The description.
	 */
	public function getPostTypeDescription( $postType ) {
		static $postTypeDescription = [];
		if ( isset( $postTypeDescription[ $postType ] ) ) {
			return $postTypeDescription[ $postType ];
		}

		if ( aioseo()->dynamicOptions->searchAppearance->postTypes->has( $postType ) ) {
			$description = aioseo()->dynamicOptions->searchAppearance->postTypes->{$postType}->metaDescription;
		}

		$postTypeDescription[ $postType ] = empty( $description ) ? '' : $description;

		return $postTypeDescription[ $postType ];
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the term description.
	 *
	 * @since 4.0.6
	 *
	 * @param  \WP_Term $term    The term object.
	 * @param  boolean  $default Whether we want the default value, not the post one.
	 * @return string            The term description.
	 */
	public function getTermDescription( $term, $default = false ) {
		if ( ! is_a( $term, 'WP_Term' ) ) {
			return '';
		}

		static $terms = [];
		if ( isset( $terms[ $term->term_id ] ) ) {
			return $terms[ $term->term_id ];
		}

		$description = '';
		if (
			in_array( 'autogenerateDescriptions', aioseo()->internalOptions->deprecatedOptions, true ) &&
			! aioseo()->options->deprecated->searchAppearance->advanced->autogenerateDescriptions
		) {
			$terms[ $term->term_id ] = $description;

			return $description;
		}

		$dynamicOptions = aioseo()->dynamicOptions->noConflict();
		if ( ! $description && $dynamicOptions->searchAppearance->taxonomies->has( $term->taxonomy ) ) {
			$description = $this->helpers->prepare( aioseo()->dynamicOptions->searchAppearance->taxonomies->{$term->taxonomy}->metaDescription, false, $default );
		}

		$terms[ $term->term_id ] = $description ? $description : $this->helpers->prepare( term_description( $term->term_id ), false, $default );

		return $terms[ $term->term_id ];
	}
}