Google structured tools errors in the Article snippet

Hi Oliver,

I noticed this as well in the last few days. It seems the Google rich snippets has changed…

As a workaround, you can edit the rating-result.php template file if you’re comfortable with PHP:

// default itemscope is "https://schema.org/Article"
			$microdata = '<div itemscope itemtype="' . "https://schema.org/Article" . '" style="display: none;">';

			$post_obj = get_post( $post_id );
			$image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post_id ) );
			$image_content = '';
			$image_width = '';
			$image_height = '';
			if ( isset( $image[0] ) ) {
				$image_content = $image[0];
				$image_width = $image[1];
				$image_height = $image[2];
			}
			$display_name = get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $post_obj->post_author );

			// default required itemprops for "https://schema.org/Article"
			$microdata .= '<meta itemprop="datePublished" content="' . date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( $post_obj->post_date ) ) . '" />';
			$microdata .= '<meta itemprop="dateModified" content="' . date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( $post_obj->post_modified ) ) . '" />';

			$microdata .= '<meta itemprop="headline" content="' . $post_obj->post_title . '" />';

			$microdata .= '<div itemprop="mainEntityOfPage"><meta itemprop="name">' . $post_obj->post_title . '</meta></div>';

			$microdata .= '<div itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject">';
			$microdata .= '<meta itemprop="url" content="' . $image_content . '">';
			$microdata .= '<meta itemprop="width" content="' . $image_width . '">';
			$microdata .= '<meta itemprop="height" content="' . $image_height . '">';
			$microdata .= '</div>';

			// author
			$microdata .= '<div itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person">';
			$microdata .= '<span itemprop="name">' . $display_name. '</span>';
			$microdata .= '</div>';

			$microdata .= '<div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization">';
			$microdata .= '<meta itemprop="name" content="' . get_bloginfo('name') . '">';
			$microdata .= '<div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject">';
			$microdata .= '<meta itemprop="url" content="' . get_site_icon_url() . '">';
			$microdata .= '</div>';

			// add aggregate rating
			$microdata .= '<span itemprop="aggregateRating" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/AggregateRating">'
					. '<span itemprop="ratingValue">' . $rating_result['adjusted_star_result'] . '</span>/<span itemprop="bestRating">5</span>'
					. '<span itemprop="ratingCount">' . $rating_result['count_entries'] . '</span>'
					. '</span>';

			$microdata .= '</div>';

I will be updating the plugin in the new year to fix this.

Daniel

Thanks for the info Daniel.

Hi Daniel
Just info: I have edited the php file, but still get two errors.

url: missing and is required

Either rating count or review count must be specified.

Topic is resolved, Google accept the snippet

Thank you for this snippet.

I had to change $rating_result[‘count_entries’] to $rating_result[‘count’] to make it work.

And also paste a link to my logo instead of get_site_icon_url() because i did not set this option.

Will you make an update with this?

Another

$microdata .= ‘</div>’;

is required before

// add aggregate rating