Review the facts before rewriting
Check whether the description names the correct model and explains differences that matter to the buyer. Keep shared facts that are accurate. Add missing distinctions or correct errors rather than paraphrasing solely to remove a duplicate flag.
This is a comparison of catalog fields, not an assessment of the whole page or its search performance. Google explains how it handles duplicate and similar pages.
How to find duplicate descriptions manually
With WP-CLI, this query groups published products by identical description text:
wp db query "SELECT LEFT(post_content, 60) AS description_start, COUNT(*) AS uses FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = 'product' AND post_status = 'publish' AND post_content <> '' GROUP BY post_content HAVING uses > 1 ORDER BY uses DESC;"
Adjust the table prefix if yours isn't wp_.
This query compares stored HTML using the database collation. It can miss the same text in different markup and does not identify each product. The result also changes when an import updates the catalog.
How CatalogLift finds it
Scans compare normalized descriptions of published products. Different HTML wrappers around the same text do not hide a match; an edited sentence can make the descriptions different. This check does not detect every near-duplicate.
A finding records the group size and a bounded sample. Available products in that sample link to catalog records in the same store. If useful changes are needed, write them yourself or review an AI draft. You may also edit in WooCommerce. The next scan checks whether the shared description remains; disappearance is not a claim that the new copy ranks better. If sharing is appropriate, dismiss with a reason.