diff --git a/articles/models.py b/articles/models.py
index 82ee0d7..18e1f3f 100644
--- a/articles/models.py
+++ b/articles/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import re
+from functools import cached_property
 
+import html2text
 import markdown
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
@@ -73,6 +75,24 @@ class Article(AdminUrlMixin, models.Model):
         html = self.get_formatted_content()
         return html.split("<!--more-->")[0]
 
+    @cached_property
+    def get_description(self):
+        html = self.get_formatted_content()
+        converter = html2text.HTML2Text()
+        converter.ignore_images = True
+        converter.ignore_links = True
+        converter.ignore_tables = True
+        converter.ignore_emphasis = True
+        text = converter.handle(html)
+        total_length = 0
+        text_result = []
+        for word in text.split():
+            if len(word) + 1 + total_length > 160:
+                break
+            text_result.append(word)
+            total_length += len(word) + 1
+        return " ".join(text_result) + "..."
+
     def get_formatted_content(self):
         md = markdown.Markdown(
             extensions=[
diff --git a/articles/templates/articles/base.html b/articles/templates/articles/base.html
index 00fb7a4..4cf899b 100644
--- a/articles/templates/articles/base.html
+++ b/articles/templates/articles/base.html
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
     <meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark">
     {% if article %}
         <meta name="keywords" content="{{ article.keywords }}">
-        <meta property="og:type" content="article">
-        <meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ blog_title }}">
+        <meta name="description" content="{{ article.get_description }}">
         <meta property="og:title" content="{{ article.title }}" />
+        <meta property="og:type" content="article">
+        <meta property="og:description" content="{{ article.get_description }}">
+        <meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ blog_title }}">
     {% endif %}
     {% if open_graph_image_url %}
         <meta property="og:image" content="{{ open_graph_image_url }}">
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6aba94a..2800380 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -143,9 +143,17 @@ gevent = ["gevent (>=0.13)"]
 setproctitle = ["setproctitle"]
 tornado = ["tornado (>=0.2)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "html2text"
+version = "2020.1.16"
+description = "Turn HTML into equivalent Markdown-structured text."
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "identify"
-version = "1.5.9"
+version = "1.5.10"
 description = "File identification library for Python"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -183,7 +191,7 @@ testing = ["coverage", "pyyaml"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "model-bakery"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 description = "Smart object creation facility for Django."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -202,7 +210,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "packaging"
-version = "20.4"
+version = "20.7"
 description = "Core utilities for Python packages"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -210,7 +218,6 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 
 [package.dependencies]
 pyparsing = ">=2.0.2"
-six = "*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pillow"
@@ -233,7 +240,7 @@ dev = ["pre-commit", "tox"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pre-commit"
-version = "2.8.2"
+version = "2.9.2"
 description = "A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -326,7 +333,7 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "requests"
-version = "2.24.0"
+version = "2.25.0"
 description = "Python HTTP for Humans."
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -336,7 +343,7 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
 certifi = ">=2017.4.17"
 chardet = ">=3.0.2,<4"
 idna = ">=2.5,<3"
-urllib3 = ">=1.21.1,<1.25.0 || >1.25.0,<1.25.1 || >1.25.1,<1.26"
+urllib3 = ">=1.21.1,<1.27"
 
 [package.extras]
 security = ["pyOpenSSL (>=0.14)", "cryptography (>=1.3.4)"]
@@ -368,7 +375,7 @@ python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "urllib3"
-version = "1.25.11"
+version = "1.26.2"
 description = "HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more."
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -381,7 +388,7 @@ socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "virtualenv"
-version = "20.1.0"
+version = "20.2.1"
 description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -400,7 +407,7 @@ testing = ["coverage (>=4)", "coverage-enable-subprocess (>=1)", "flaky (>=3)",
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "12da0ba6cec8f3a515720757d8b0322ede8bd9b9f502ad9d9f40b92d169085b9"
+content-hash = "1307dbd5da9dcbea256d39800169946473b022b5ff242962b8088d0fd3b3cdb2"
 
 [metadata.files]
 appdirs = [
@@ -459,9 +466,13 @@ gunicorn = [
     {file = "gunicorn-20.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cd4a810dd51bf497552cf3f863b575dabd73d6ad6a91075b65936b151cbf4f9c"},
     {file = "gunicorn-20.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1904bb2b8a43658807108d59c3f3d56c2b6121a701161de0ddf9ad140073c626"},
 ]
+html2text = [
+    {file = "html2text-2020.1.16-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c7c629882da0cf377d66f073329ccf34a12ed2adf0169b9285ae4e63ef54c82b"},
+    {file = "html2text-2020.1.16.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e296318e16b059ddb97f7a8a1d6a5c1d7af4544049a01e261731d2d5cc277bbb"},
+]
 identify = [
-    {file = "identify-1.5.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5dd84ac64a9a115b8e0b27d1756b244b882ad264c3c423f42af8235a6e71ca12"},
-    {file = "identify-1.5.9.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c9504ba6a043ee2db0a9d69e43246bc138034895f6338d5aed1b41e4a73b1513"},
+    {file = "identify-1.5.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cc86e6a9a390879dcc2976cef169dd9cc48843ed70b7380f321d1b118163c60e"},
+    {file = "identify-1.5.10.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:943cd299ac7f5715fcb3f684e2fc1594c1e0f22a90d15398e5888143bd4144b5"},
 ]
 idna = [
     {file = "idna-2.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b97d804b1e9b523befed77c48dacec60e6dcb0b5391d57af6a65a312a90648c0"},
@@ -476,16 +487,16 @@ markdown = [
     {file = "Markdown-3.3.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5d9f2b5ca24bc4c7a390d22323ca4bad200368612b5aaa7796babf971d2b2f18"},
 ]
 model-bakery = [
-    {file = "model_bakery-1.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b25f400b392067f02d841a0ef33e861543c04b1702dc004020bdd50e1dbce05f"},
-    {file = "model_bakery-1.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:088698cdf62e5ccedeb97e55ceb966c974cc79e2514928aec9beab27a8c1faf4"},
+    {file = "model_bakery-1.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d3260bd055c25998b54eda2082a507ba7fd113fe071156bdad065da426b14851"},
+    {file = "model_bakery-1.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c2b3521a866b2b25ee0b5f953bfa385ef7d27ad75f30abf5e2de6dd61160c404"},
 ]
 nodeenv = [
     {file = "nodeenv-1.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5304d424c529c997bc888453aeaa6362d242b6b4631e90f3d4bf1b290f1c84a9"},
     {file = "nodeenv-1.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ab45090ae383b716c4ef89e690c41ff8c2b257b85b309f01f3654df3d084bd7c"},
 ]
 packaging = [
-    {file = "packaging-20.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:998416ba6962ae7fbd6596850b80e17859a5753ba17c32284f67bfff33784181"},
-    {file = "packaging-20.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4357f74f47b9c12db93624a82154e9b120fa8293699949152b22065d556079f8"},
+    {file = "packaging-20.7-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:eb41423378682dadb7166144a4926e443093863024de508ca5c9737d6bc08376"},
+    {file = "packaging-20.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:05af3bb85d320377db281cf254ab050e1a7ebcbf5410685a9a407e18a1f81236"},
 ]
 pillow = [
     {file = "Pillow-7.2.0-cp35-cp35m-macosx_10_10_intel.whl", hash = "sha256:1ca594126d3c4def54babee699c055a913efb01e106c309fa6b04405d474d5ae"},
@@ -522,8 +533,8 @@ pluggy = [
     {file = "pluggy-0.13.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:15b2acde666561e1298d71b523007ed7364de07029219b604cf808bfa1c765b0"},
 ]
 pre-commit = [
-    {file = "pre_commit-2.8.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:22e6aa3bd571debb01eb7d34483f11c01b65237be4eebbf30c3d4fb65762d315"},
-    {file = "pre_commit-2.8.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:905ebc9b534b991baec87e934431f2d0606ba27f2b90f7f652985f5a5b8b6ae6"},
+    {file = "pre_commit-2.9.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:949b13efb7467ae27e2c8f9e83434dacf2682595124d8902554a4e18351e5781"},
+    {file = "pre_commit-2.9.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e31c04bc23741194a7c0b983fe512801e151a0638c6001c49f2bd034f8a664a1"},
 ]
 py = [
     {file = "py-1.9.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:366389d1db726cd2fcfc79732e75410e5fe4d31db13692115529d34069a043c2"},
@@ -563,8 +574,8 @@ pyyaml = [
     {file = "PyYAML-5.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b8eac752c5e14d3eca0e6dd9199cd627518cb5ec06add0de9d32baeee6fe645d"},
 ]
 requests = [
-    {file = "requests-2.24.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fe75cc94a9443b9246fc7049224f75604b113c36acb93f87b80ed42c44cbb898"},
-    {file = "requests-2.24.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3559a131db72c33ee969480840fff4bb6dd111de7dd27c8ee1f820f4f00231b"},
+    {file = "requests-2.25.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e786fa28d8c9154e6a4de5d46a1d921b8749f8b74e28bde23768e5e16eece998"},
+    {file = "requests-2.25.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7f1a0b932f4a60a1a65caa4263921bb7d9ee911957e0ae4a23a6dd08185ad5f8"},
 ]
 six = [
     {file = "six-1.15.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8b74bedcbbbaca38ff6d7491d76f2b06b3592611af620f8426e82dddb04a5ced"},
@@ -579,10 +590,10 @@ toml = [
     {file = "toml-0.10.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3bda1d108d5dd99f4a20d24d9c348e91c4db7ab1b749200bded2f839ccbe68f"},
 ]
 urllib3 = [
-    {file = "urllib3-1.25.11-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f5321fbe4bf3fefa0efd0bfe7fb14e90909eb62a48ccda331726b4319897dd5e"},
-    {file = "urllib3-1.25.11.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8d7eaa5a82a1cac232164990f04874c594c9453ec55eef02eab885aa02fc17a2"},
+    {file = "urllib3-1.26.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d8ff90d979214d7b4f8ce956e80f4028fc6860e4431f731ea4a8c08f23f99473"},
+    {file = "urllib3-1.26.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:19188f96923873c92ccb987120ec4acaa12f0461fa9ce5d3d0772bc965a39e08"},
 ]
 virtualenv = [
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b0011228208944ce71052987437d3843e05690b2f23d1c7da4263fde104c97a2"},
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b8d6110f493af256a40d65e29846c69340a947669eec8ce784fcf3dd3af28380"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:07cff122e9d343140366055f31be4dcd61fd598c69d11cd33a9d9c8df4546dd7"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e0aac7525e880a429764cefd3aaaff54afb5d9f25c82627563603f5d7de5a6e5"},
 ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 60ef831..2a01804 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ django-anymail = {version = "^7.2", extras = ["mailgun"]}
 pillow = "^7.2"
 django-cleanup = "^5.0"
 requests = "^2.24"
+html2text = "^2020.1.16"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pre-commit = "^2.7"