Ahmed Elgameel

Ok, thanks for your help @bhittani

Hi @bhittani

Thanks for your work on the plugin and your reply.

So, what exactly to add to my template if I want to show this schema code?

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org/",
    "@type": "CreativeWorkSeries",
    "name": "{title}",
    "aggregateRating": {
        "@type": "AggregateRating",
        "ratingValue": "({score} * 2)",
        "bestRating": "({best} * 2)",
        "ratingCount": "{count}"
    }
}

Thanks in advance.

It is a bug. It will be fixed in the next version.

Nice to hear that.

Hi @mikes41720

I’ve already done that before posting this post.

I can assure you that it is not a plugin or theme conflict.

Yes, all the pages are in Arabic.

Yes, I’m using the latest version.

The interesting thing is, the block is working as expected on other pages on the same website!

Hi @joelcj91

Via browser inspector, browser page’s source code, google Structured Data Testing Tool, and Google search page cache.

Here’s an example for a post with 100+ comments:
https://search.google.com/test/rich-results?id=k3qb_8MtSnz0XGObj4pPIw

This code appears in the HTML as you can see
var llcstrings = {"loading_error":"Error occurred while loading comments. Please reload this page."};

@elafefy
You’re welcome.
The response of YouTube shows that the IP is blacklisted for unusual traffic.
I hope migrating your site to another server fixes the issue.

Have a good day.

@elafefy

Since it is mostly a hosting-level issue, I think the only fix is to migrate to a good Hosting provider. This is what worked for me and will certainly work for you too.

Regards

@snipermilan

IDK the reason for sure.

I think there might be another server(s) on the same IP range heavily requesting YouTube videos which cause YT to block the entire IP range.
DigitalOcean should be aware of that and fix the problem.

I hope it gets fixed soon.

Hi @snipermilan

You are welcome.

Unfortunately, you have nothing to do to fix the issue, since it is a server-level issue.

Also, from my experience, it is unlikely to be fixed soon. YouTube makes it very hard to contact them directly and I think DO will not be able to lift the ban soon.

I recommend changing the data center or migrating to another provider.
Also, note that providers reuse IPs, so once your droplet is created, Check to see if its IP address is blacklisted or not.

Have a good day!

@snipermilan
Try calling the video URL from the command line of the server with curl and see what you get, that should show if the server is being blocked or not.

Hi @snipermilan

After doing my research I found that the problem is with Linode itself.
YouTube was blocking requests from their Atlanta data center.

I’ve notified them and they said they will fix it.

The ONLY way to fix the problem is to migrate to another provider (which I did) or to another data center.

The problem was solved.
For the record, the issue was with Varnish caching wp-settings-* cookies although I was excluding them.

I have the same problem on three websites and can’t embed YouTube videos.

Yes, it is running.
And the only way to purge the cache is manually from the Cloudways control panel.