diff --git a/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/SpongePluginGradle.java b/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/SpongePluginGradle.java
index 90d431d..5c9ddd3 100644
--- a/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/SpongePluginGradle.java
+++ b/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/SpongePluginGradle.java
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ private void configurePluginMetaGeneration(final SpongePluginExtension sponge) {
         sponge.plugins().configureEach(plugin -> {
             plugin.getDisplayName().convention(this.project.provider(this.project::getName));
             plugin.getVersion().convention(this.project.provider(() -> String.valueOf(this.project.getVersion())));
+            plugin.getDescription().convention(this.project.provider(() -> this.project.getDescription()));
             plugin.getDependencies().matching(dep -> dep.getName().equals(Constants.Dependencies.SPONGE_API))
                 .configureEach(dep -> dep.getVersion().convention(sponge.apiVersion()));
         });
diff --git a/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginContributorConfiguration.java b/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginContributorConfiguration.java
index 7c2f0f8..12352b4 100644
--- a/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginContributorConfiguration.java
+++ b/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginContributorConfiguration.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory;
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public String getName() {
     }
 
     @Input
+    @Optional
     public Property<String> getDescription() {
         return this.description;
     }
diff --git a/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginDependencyConfiguration.java b/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginDependencyConfiguration.java
index da93abb..e763cdd 100644
--- a/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginDependencyConfiguration.java
+++ b/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginDependencyConfiguration.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory;
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional;
 import org.spongepowered.plugin.metadata.PluginDependency;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ public void version(final String version) {
     }
 
     @Input
+    @Optional
     public Property<PluginDependency.LoadOrder> getLoadOrder() {
         return this.loadOrder;
     }
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ public void loadOrder(final PluginDependency.LoadOrder loadOrder) {
     }
 
     @Input
+    @Optional
     public Property<Boolean> getOptional() {
         return this.optional;
     }
diff --git a/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginLinksConfiguration.java b/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginLinksConfiguration.java
index af2051d..74bacb1 100644
--- a/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginLinksConfiguration.java
+++ b/plugin-development/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/config/PluginLinksConfiguration.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory;
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional;
 
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public PluginLinksConfiguration(final ObjectFactory factory) {
     }
 
     @Input
+    @Optional
     public Property<URL> getHomepage() {
         return this.homepage;
     }
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ public void homepage(final String homepage) throws MalformedURLException {
     }
 
     @Input
+    @Optional
     public Property<URL> getSource() {
         return this.source;
     }
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ public void source(final String source) throws MalformedURLException {
     }
 
     @Input
+    @Optional
     public Property<URL> getIssues() {
         return this.issues;
     }