hEntry missing

Hi @captainnemo-1,

hEntry is a hAtom “microformats” entry for web pages. It’s an older standard to what TSF uses (we use JSON-LD) to annotate content for parsers like RSS and search engines.

This output is controlled by the theme. And although it’s an ambitious effort, it should either be done right or otherwise not at all.

Pragmatically, this adds many high-maintenance conditions in the code, so only a few choose to implement it.
For this very reason JSON-LD was formed, and throughout our extensions, we’ve chosen to implement annotations more sensibly via this format.

Now, a few of these mistakes won’t affect your SERP performance. But, if these errors pop up often, it’s best to reach out to the theme author for support on resolving this.

I hope this clears thing up ?? Cheers!

Hi Sybre, thanks a lot for your answer here. I’m a novice to SEO, why I might have another question (or two) on this if you don’t mind ??

Google is showing me errors for 18 (growing) blog posts, archive/tag pages and standard pages:
Missing: author
Missing: entry-title
Missing: updated

I assumed this content should be managed by the theme, the theme author redirected me to a SEO Plugin.

If I understand you correctly, I need to install an extension from TSF to make this work? Would installing “The Articles extension” be enough as a first step?

Thanks a lot! Cheers

Hi @captainnemo-1,

The Articles extension will fill in the gaps, and I recommend using it on every site that utilizes WordPress Posts.
But, it probably won’t resolve the issue (I haven’t tested this).

If the theme author claims it’s not their doing, then it might be because you’re using builder plugins or other template-altering plugins.
However, I do recommend searching through the code of your used theme and plugins for “hentry” via a code editor, like Notepad++, VS Code, or Atom. I’m sure the culprit will reveal itself.

Unfortunately, I can’t give pinpointed directions without knowing the site URL. So, I’d like to ask you to enter the website URL field when opening a support topic in the future.
It’s hidden from (good) bots, so people won’t find your topics when searching for your web address.

Cheers ??

Hi Sybre

Thanks for explaining – I’ve added the extension and will see how the google tools react. You’re right with the theme (from Mikado), they are using WPBakery. Check again if they can support…

Would you also advice to disable hEntry if JSON-LD is the replacement? Like described here: https://gist.github.com/jaredatch/1629862

Okay, will add the URL next time ??

Thanks
Mic