Google Search Console Warnings

Hi @belaircomputerguy,

These are typically warning messages from Google Search Console. The values are definitely not required but Google makes you aware of new issues or updates for your site.

Missing field “aggregateRating”

Missing field “review”

This warning is because customers have not rated the product, nor have left any reviews. If the product has at least one rating or review, this warning message would go away, and you won’t see the message.

Missing field “brand”

By default, WooCommerce does not offer brands fields to be associated with individual products. If you want to define brands per product, you would need to install and set up the WooCommerce Brands extension. You can read more on this here: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/wc-brands/

No global identifier provided (e.g., gtin, mpn, isbn)

This extension may help you resolve the warning: https://woocommerce.com/products/google-product-feed/ or you could add the following code to your functions.php file of a child theme or use a plugin like Code Snippets:

/**
  * Use SKU as gtin8 in structured data
  */
 add_filter( 'woocommerce_structured_data_product','add_gtin8',10,2);
 function add_gtin8( $markup, $product ) {
    $markup['gtin8'] = str_replace('-', '',$markup['sku']);
    return $markup;
};

Lastly, there has been quite a lengthy conversation about this, but it can be summed up over here:

https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/22896

Hope this helps!

Hi @belaircomputerguy

Thanks for your question!

I keep receiving these warnings from Google Search Console about my shop pages and I’m wondering why as I don’t understand them. What does this mean?

There was an issue in regards to those fields mentioned like aggregateRating, brand, etc. And this issue was already resolved.

May I know what version of WooCommerce you’re using? Please kindly update to the latest version.

If the issue persists, please try to use a plugin like Google Product Feed.

I hope that helps!

@rainfallnixfig Thanks for this info! I’ll have a look into this. We don’t have reviews enabled so I guess I’ll just have to deal with it. Just wanted to make sure Google wasn’t going to put us in the penalty box.

@solstudioim We are using Woocommerce 5.4.1

Hi again,

Thanks for getting back.

There are some fixes and snippets you could try to prevent some of those warnings to display that have been posted in the Github issue mentioned by my colleague.

Having said that, I can also add that Google’s scope is to let users know of potential issues. A warning doesn’t necessarily mean anything is wrong with your site. I’d recommend though reaching out to Google support if you need more specific information.

Thanks!

Hi there,

We’ve not heard back from you in a while so I’ll go ahead and mark this thread as resolved. I hope you will find the above information useful.

Please feel free to create a new thread if you have further questions.

Thanks.

Hi,
can any one resolve the issue If I want to disable (e.g., gtin, mpn, isbn) these google console warnings.
any suggested code for this.

I Appreciated If anyone help me.

Hi @fameseller

Could I request you to please open your own thread regarding this issue, as this thread has been previously closed and we want to ensure your issue does not get missed.

I’d also recommend including a copy of your site’s System Status. You can find it via WooCommerce > Status. Select “Get system report” and then “Copy for support”. Once you’ve done that, paste it in your post.