Google Rich Results Changed

hm my question is, can i put course schema post for some post and howto schema for some another post in the same time? Or have i to select one of them?

Hey Blaz,

Thanks for the quick update. I think i found a bug. The Selection for the Rich Snippet (Product / Movie / Creative Work) doesnt save. No matter what iam chosing from the drop down list i always get type “none” in the Google Rich Snippets Test. Can you check it?

@santacruze the old js file is still cached somewhere so you need to clear cache. Besides from the website cache also clear your browser cache and any caching system used by your hosting provider (some use such systems and typically you can purge cache in cpanel).

Regards,
Blaz

Hey Blaz,

Thanks for the quick response. It was indeed the browser cache. Its working now. Thanks for the help.

Sincerely,

Stefan

Hi,

I think you forget the essential rich snippet: Article or blog post!

It can be good to work with rich snippet from SEO plugin like Rank Math or Yoast.

hi, how can I make different schema types for different posts / pages?

@lukasluke, @antongorlin and others, you can make different schema types for different posts via the rmp_schema_type filter. Now, there are many ways how to do this, but maybe the easiest is this one:

You create a custom field in posts that require different schema type than the one declared in the options. Here is a guide on how to create a new custom field: https://www.namehero.com/startup/how-to-use-custom-fields-in-gutenberg-screenshots-example/

The custom field’s name should be my_schema_type and the value should be one of the following: Product, Book, Course, CreativeWorkSeason, CreativeWorkSeries, Episode, Game, LocalBusiness, MediaObject, Movie, MusicPlaylist, MusicRecording, Organization, Recipe.

Then the following should go in your functions.php:

function my_dynamic_schema( $schemaType ) {
  $schema = get_post_meta( get_the_id(), 'my_schema_type', true );
  if( $schema ) {
    return $schema;
  }

  return $schemaType;
}

add_filter( 'rmp_schema_type', 'my_dynamic_schema' );

Then if you need a different schema than the one in the options, you just create a custom field my_schema_type with the schema value in the post editor and that’s it.
It’s not the simplest implementation but it works ?? I’m planning to redesign this as soon as I get some free time.

Regards,
Blaz

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Hi @pierreto,

I think you are forgetting the essential: Article or blog post markup will not show rich snippets anymore ?? Do read the announcement from Google: https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/09/making-review-rich-results-more-helpful.html

Regards,
Blaz

Hi, @blazk i have been using your plugin for like 3 months and i am very satisfied. But i got a problem now, my star ratings aren’t showing up in search results after the september 16 update by google.

I updated the plugin yesterday but i m still getting the error. I cleared the cache but still the error remains. I am using yoast for seo and wpdiscuz for comments.

Here is my website link for you to see the error. https://www.darknetstats.com/samsara-market/

The error is “WebPage is not a known valid target type for the itemReviewed property.” I don’t know how to change the type of webpage to something else.

Please help

@john12john, I can’t see Rate my Post plugin on your website. Are you sure you are using Rate my Post?

Regards,
Blaz

Use this code for review, it’s working with the latest google updates,

<script type=”application/ld+json”>
{
“@context”: “https://schema.org&#8221;,
“@type”: “EmployerAggregateRating”,
“itemReviewed”: {
“@type”: “Organization”,
“sameAs”: “<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>”,
“name”: “<?php echo wp_strip_all_tags( get_the_title() ); ?>”
},
“bestRating”: “5”,
“worstRating”: “1”,
“ratingCount”: “<?php echo intval( get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘rmp_vote_count’, true ) ); ?>”,
“ratingValue”: “<?php echo $average_rating; ?>”
}
</script>

Hey @blazk

Just stumbled upon this website which used complex-rating as type. There are no errors to it in structured data testing tool too. It apparently uses EC Stars Rating plugin.

check here – https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/u/0/#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.toolshero.com%2Fmarketing%2Fvalue-proposition-canvas%2F

Just like me, many of your users are publishers who just want their articles to be rated. Can this work for us?

Hi @feedough,

complex-rating is not on Google’s list of supported schema types for rich snippets. I see that it works on the example above, but I guess they will remove its support or add it to the list sooner or later. Therefore, I’ll wait a bit to see what happens. Nevertheless, you can implement this type of structured data with the rmp_structured_data filter. See the first page of this topic.

Blaz

Hey @blazk

Thanks for clarifying. For the time till Google isn’t removing it, can you add it to the type list? Or can you give the code of the exact function here?
I’m no techie and tried editing the code on page 1. Didn’t work for me.
Sorry for bugging you but having star ratings seriously ups my CTR.

Hello,

I just changed to “Organization” @type and is working well. No error, no warnings.