change what google displays on search result

I am not too sure whether you can change it since Google is the one displaying it.

Hello, thanks for your reply,

wp-postratings.php has a // Google Rich Snippet code in it so google is, in fact, displaying what the plugin tell him to display. I tested it with the test preview on google and google read it, adding an option to completely turn off this should be really nice and make your plugin a 5 stars rating for sure.

Thanks for your time
Mass

second the idea to be able to switch of the rich snippet (would rather show avator from author)

if you open wp-postratings.php just put this part:

$post_meta = '<meta itemprop="name" content="'.esc_attr($post_title).'" /><meta itemprop="description" content="'.wp_kses($post_excerpt, array()).'" /><meta itemprop="url" content="'.$post_link.'" />';
		$ratings_meta = '<div style="display: none;" itemprop="aggregateRating" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/AggregateRating">';
		$ratings_meta .= '<meta itemprop="bestRating" content="'.$ratings_max.'" />';
		$ratings_meta .= '<meta itemprop="ratingValue" content="'.$post_ratings_average.'" />';
		$ratings_meta .= '<meta itemprop="ratingCount" content="'.$post_ratings_users.'" />';
		$ratings_meta .= '</div>';

betwenn /* and */ and rich snippet is off ??

Hello,

actually my code looks like this, i’ve modified it so all rating meta are -should be- empty:

// Google Rich Snippet
	if((is_single() || is_page()) && $is_main_loop)
	{
		if(!isset($post_excerpt))
			$post_excerpt = ratings_post_excerpt($post_id, $post->post_excerpt, $post->post_content, $post->post_password);

		$post_meta = '<meta itemprop="" content="'.esc_attr($post_title).'" /><meta itemprop="" content="'.$post_link.'" />';
		$ratings_meta = '<div style="display: none; visibility:hidden;" itemprop="" itemscope itemtype="">';
		$ratings_meta .= '</div>';

		$value = $value.$post_meta.$ratings_meta;
	}

so i will try to /**/ it and see what google will look at then ??

thanks for your help
Mass

does not work with my code: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in /wp-content/plugins/wp-postratings/wp-postratings.php on line 1494

line 1494:

### Seperate PostRatings Stats For Readability
require_once('postratings-stats.php');

i restored the original file, /**/ it and it worked, now i wait to see what google will display, then wait for a plugin update where the plugin will not send stuff to google or at least allow users to turn off this -hidden- feature, i do not find any note about google on the plugin page, it should be clear for the users that the plugin will mainly affect how google displays results including ratings!

Thanks

just put

$post_meta = '<meta itemprop="" content="'.esc_attr($post_title).'" /><meta itemprop="" content="'.$post_link.'" />';
		$ratings_meta = '<div style="display: none; visibility:hidden;" itemprop="" itemscope itemtype="">';
		$ratings_meta .= '</div>';

betwenn /* and */

i will try, thanks, for now i’ve cut all the code, in the meantime google shows “ratings_users: 0; ratings_score: 0; ratings_average: 0; wpcwv2_override: 0;” it seems that placing the code within /**/ does not help so much and could make confusion on what google read.

Wait next day to see how google will see my new -rated- posts, then i will see if uninstall the plugin or not.

thanks for your help!
Mass

I will make it an option when I get back from holidays, I filed a issue to keep track of it https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-postratings/issues/17

Many thanks for your support, i still using the plugin this way (with modifications as explained above) and looking forward for the next updates.

I made the fix, if you are interested in testing it, https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-postratings/archive/master.zip =)