diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/fetch.js b/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/fetch.js
index 6e249f6fb25a2..d3ac7fb27f428 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/fetch.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/fetch.js
@@ -71,19 +71,27 @@ Mama Route URL: ${url}
         password: _auth.htaccess_pass,
       }
     }
-    
+
     if (_hostingWPCOM && _accessToken) {
       options.headers = {
         Authorization: `Bearer ${_accessToken}`,
       }
     }
-    
+
     allRoutes = await axios(options)
   } catch (e) {
     httpExceptionHandler(e)
   }
 
-  let entities = []
+  let entities = [
+    {
+      __type: `wordpress__site_metadata`,
+      name: allRoutes.data.name,
+      description: allRoutes.data.description,
+      url: allRoutes.data.url,
+      home: allRoutes.data.home,
+    },
+  ]
 
   if (allRoutes) {
     let validRoutes = getValidRoutes({
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/normalize.js b/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/normalize.js
index 4292a8a993899..f96c033ff0ff1 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/normalize.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/src/normalize.js
@@ -165,9 +165,16 @@ exports.liftRenderedField = entities =>
   })
 
 // Exclude entities of unknown shape
-// Assume all entities contain a wordpress_id, except for whitelisted type wp_settings
+// Assume all entities contain a wordpress_id,
+// except for whitelisted type wp_settings and the site_metadata
 exports.excludeUnknownEntities = entities =>
-  entities.filter(e => e.wordpress_id || e.__type === `wordpress__wp_settings`) // Excluding entities without ID, or WP Settings
+  entities.filter(
+    e =>
+      e.wordpress_id ||
+      e.__type === `wordpress__wp_settings` ||
+      e.__type === `wordpress__site_metadata`
+  )
+// Excluding entities without ID, or WP Settings
 
 // Create node ID from known entities
 // excludeUnknownEntities whitelisted types don't contain a wordpress_id