Structured Data Errors in Google Search Console

  • Resolved woodink

    (@woodink)


    8 years, 5 months ago

    First and foremost, I would like to thank you very much for providing us all with such a wonderful theme!

    I recently added my newest website running the Tracks theme to my Google Search Console account (formerly known as Webmaster Tools). Under Search Appearance > Structured Data > hentry (markup: microformats.org) I am getting the following errors for all of my posts: “Missing: author” and “Missing: updated”. I am unsure what to do about this, and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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  • Theme Author Ben Sibley

    (@bensibley)

    Thanks so much for the kind words! I’m glad you like it ??

    I haven’t added structured data to Tracks yet which is why these errors are showing. If you’re comfortable working with some PHP, I would recommend downloading a Tracks child theme here, and editing the content.php file to include the structured data.

    For perspective, “errors” is a harsh term for this since you won’t be penalized in any way. Structured data is used to display additional information in search results pages (like the publish date) which is a nice feature to have, but hasn’t been added to Tracks.

    If you have any questions about implementing it, or anything else let me know and I’ll be happy to help.

    Thread Starter woodink

    (@woodink)

    Thanks for the quick and helpful response ??
    If I attempt to work with the child theme and run into any issues it’s nice to know I’ve got someone who’s willing to help. Thanks again, and all the best!

    Theme Author Ben Sibley

    (@bensibley)

    You’re welcome, enjoy the theme!

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