Structured Data Error – A value for the item field is required.

Unfortunately, it looks like Google is now (potentially incorrectly) requiring the current item to be linked. To work around this issue, you need to check “Link Current Item” option in the Breadcrumb NavXT settings page (and then press “Save Changes”).

Hi

Thanks for the reply. I’ve enabled that option but now a different error gets displayed:

The value provided for item.id must be a valid URL.

I found this thread https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/1povUKOtFXQ where someone stated that “schema.org had changed its @type “url” to “id”.. so the schema plugins must solve this issue in their next updates.”

Is this correct? And if so, is a fix likely any time soon?

Thanks

The “change” to @id, is only for Schema.org BreadcrumbList in the JSON-LD format (and that happened over a year ago). The current issue appears to be the google structured data tool puking over something else on the page, if you delete everything but the code that Breadcrumb NavXT generates (and the wrapping div), the structured data tool is happy.

It looks like the google structured data tool has an issue with fetching URLs, if I edit the site on the left pane (e.g. just add a single character) and then press the green validate button, everything checks out.

Thanks for the reply, hopefully the tool gets fixed soon – it’s unsettling to be told there’s problems!