From time to time I suffer from low sales in a month. I don’t know really why this happens. Sometimes it’s seasonal, sometimes … well I don’t know. Even if you keep an eye on the numbers, you often can’t tell why that is. Because they usually always remain the same. But what if there is a new competitor in town?
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Making the plugin even easier to use
This is the third part in my series “Plugin Journey“. This blogpost is about coding. More specifically, about coding a feature to make my plugin easier to use. To make it easier to use even for the not so savvy user.
Continue readingHow to add schema to WordPress without plugin
From time to time I get asked if it’s possible to add schema to WordPress without plugin. And the answer is yes. Even though it’s super inconvenient if you want to add Structured Data to many posts at once. But read on to learn more about schema, Structured Data and the benefits in SEO.
Continue readingUpdate of the plugin page
Servus! (That is Bavarian for “hello”.) It’s me again, Florian, the developer of SNIP Structured Data for WordPress plugin. This is the next update about my plugin journey. Wohoo! It’s my second post. I’m doing this be because I’ve read the book “Traffic Secrets” from Russel Bruson and he wrote that it’s a good idea to share my journey with my product.
Continue readingI want to share my journey about getting more traffic
Hey guys, I hope you’re doing well on this fourth of January 2021. I’m writing this blog post because I’m currently reading the Book Traffic Secrets from Russel Brunson. In his book, he writes that you should share your journey of you and your product. And why not take that as a good New Year’s resolution? And this blog post marks the starting point.
Continue readingGoogle announced to no longer deprecate the Structured Data Test Tool
This is some great news, not only for me, but for everyone out there who regularly used the Structured Data Test Tool: Google announced last week that it will no longer deprecate the Structured Data Test Tool!
Continue readingSNIP Free is now live on WordPress.org
What an exciting time and Christmas present, both for me and for everyone who wanted to try SNIP before spending money. SNIP free is now available on w.orgs plugin directory.
Continue readingWhat’s next in SNIP? (Dec. 2020)
I grant you that: It was a bit quiet around the plugin over the past year. The reason was the work on other projects, which are now finished. So the development continues at full speed. And these are my plans for SNIP:
Continue reading50% OFF Snip during CyberMonday Week
Hey there. I hope you’re all doing very well during these strange times. Believe it or not, corona is still a thing but BlackFriday stays 😉
Continue readingWhat fields to use together with the Rate My Post plugin
Some users like to use the simple Rate My Post plugin that can be downloaded from wordpress.org free of charge. Here is how you can configure an AggregateRating within SNIP.
Continue readingWhat should I do when I get the “Page not eligible for rich results known by this test” error?
Since Google has switched its Rich Snippets Test Tool to a more modern Rich Results Test Tool, people do see a lot more “Page not eligible for rich results known by this test” errors. This pages tries to explain what the error is and how to fix it.
Continue readingArticle Schema replaced by Rich Results Test Tool
Google has announced that the new Rich Results Test Tool can now recognize the Article schema.
Better Google Guidelines for Multiple Structured Data
As stated on SearchEngineRoundtable, Google has updated its Guidelines for multiple Structured Data by showing clearer examples of what is possible.
Continue readingOnly one star on Google search? This is why.
It seems that Googles is currently testing a single star icon for reviews. This is particularly interesting for sites that could have multiple stars. This has been spotted by @vladrpt on Twitter (with Screenshot).
Error on RDNS
In some cases the plugin may report an “Error on RDNS”. In this post I’ll cover what that means.
Continue readingFind weird issues using WP_DEBUG
For a developer like me it is impossible to achieve full compatibility with all plugins and themes in the WordPress ecosystem. In spite of all the care taken, it is simply the case that some plugins or even the theme will output a strange error. On this page you can find out how to locate these errors using WP_DEBUG.
Let’s say you have an issue on WooCommerce category pages. It’s a weird behavior that occurs but you know it only happens when SNIP is activated. You can do the following to get to the error log:
- Follow the guide here on how to enable WP_DEBUG.
- Also make sure you activate WP_DEBUG_LOG.
- Once this is done, navigate to the page where the problem occurs (in our case this would be a WooCommerce category page).
- If you’re already on this page, reload it.
- Download the file that you can now find in the
wp-contentfolder using FTP. The file is calleddebug.log. - Send the file (or the content of the file) to your support staff.
If you don’t get a debug.log file, the issue maybe not related to SNIP but to another plugin or theme, too.
BulletProof Security Pro blocks requests to the REST API Endpoint
Dirk, one of our customers, reported an issue together with SNIP and the BulletProof Security Pro (BPS) plugin.
As he reported on their forums, BPS blocks a request to a REST API endpoint that is there for deleting snippets on a singular page/post.
What can you do? Follow the instruction from this post.
Can I aggregate ratings from Google My Business, Facebook, etc.?
The short answer is: you can do whatever you wan to do! 😉 The question is: should you? And the answer is: no! Here is why:
Continue readingHow to work with Structured Data for variable products in WooCommerce
In SNIP there is a very easy way to work with product variations from WooCommerce. Here is how it’s done in a few simple steps:
Continue readingDoes SNIP impact page loading?
From time to time customers ask me if SNIP has a negative impact on page load time. Here is the answer to that:
Continue readingHow to pause a business during Corona
Google officially informed about the fact that everyone who has an online business should pause it appropriately if they’re affected by the corona virus. It also involves using Structured Data. And here is how:
Continue readingWhich schemas do I need?
From time to time, people ask me what schemas I would recommend. The answer is: you need to decide that yourself. Since Structured Data is part of technical SEO, it depends on your plans on your overall holistic SEO strategy. Here are a few tips.
Continue readingHow to add a single snippet to a custom post type
If you have custom post types or post types that have been added by third-party plugins and want to add singular Structured Data snippets to them, please follow the instructions below:
Continue readingCorona Sale
Some of you already got an email from me saying that SNIP is currently on SALE. Here is why:
Continue readingUse content from a shortcode inside of a schema property
A customer asked if it’s possible to add content from a shortcode inside of a schema property. The short answer is: SNIP does not support this at the moment, but I can see that there are use cases where this can be beneficial.
Continue readingHow to create a Speakable schema
Well…. at this point in time, the speakable schema is still in BETA. At least this is what Googles Structured Data reference says about the Speakable. However some users want to integrate it already in their sites. So why not creating a little tutorial about it?
Continue readingIs SNIP compatible with plugin X?
People keep asking me if SNIP is compatible with plugin X, Y and Z. Here is the answer:
Continue readingHow to add your own loop
Ivan sent a message over Twitter and asked how to get breadcrumbs to work with tags. As you may know from the How to use Loops to iterate over items tutorial, it’s pretty simple with categories because they’re hierarchical. That’s not the case with tags. So it lead me to this blog post which shows how you can create your own loop.
Continue readingIs SNIP compatible with my theme?
From time to time people ask me if SNIP is compatible with their theme. This is what I tell them:
Continue readingHow to generate Sitelinks
This will be a short post because Sitelinks – at this point in time – do not have anything to do with Structured Data.
Continue readingHow to create an FAQPage Schema
Since Google said that they now support the FAQPage schema, customers keep ask me on how to do it properly.
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Google Test Tool and Search Console show error on WooCommerce products
A few customers have reported today that Google search console as well as Googles Structured Data Test Tool brings up the following error: One of offers or review or aggregateRating should be provided. In this post I want to investigate a little further what’s happened.
Continue readingSearch hits with ratings reduced by 40%
In mid-September, Google announced changes to the way Rich Snippets are displayed. By tagging websites with structured data, website operators can create more than just the usual snippets of title, text and URL. Now, it seems, the changes are through.
Continue readingWhat’s new in version 2.14?
Finally I found the time to write the “what’s new” blog post like I did it with the other updates before that.
Read moreHow to cancel your subscription for SNIP Pro
All subscriptions are handled by our payment provider Fastspring. So all subscriptions need to be handled on their site. In this post I’ll show you how you can access the subscriptions page.
Continue readingHow many rich snippets can be displayed simultaneously?
I’ve got a new pre-sales question from Tobe. He asked what the maximum Rich Snippets are that can be displayed at the same time. In this post you can find the answer.
Continue readingHow to add comments into schemas
Benoit, a developer and very welcoming customer of mine, asked how he can integrate comments into this schemas. Here is an example field type that I’ve coded for him. Feel free to customize it the way you like it.
Continue readingIs SNIP compatible with Yoast SEO?
Yes it is.
Continue readingCan I get a discount?
From time to time people are asking for a discount. To make it short: I’m afraid I can’t offer you any discounts due to technical reasons. Read on to learn more about this.
Continue readingHow to add your own field type
In this blog post I want to demonstrate how you can create your own field types in SNIP so that you can calculate and integrate custom code into any field.
Continue readingHow to build complex Structured Data using @id
Sometimes you want to display multiple Schemas on one page and therefore need the same schema over and over again. Let’s take a look how you can build complex Structured Data using SNIP.
Continue readingFilter Hooks in SNIP v2.13
In this post you’ll find a list of filter hooks that SNIP provides. Filter allow you to override certain code.
Continue readingWooCommerce Product Listing (Carousel) on Category Pages
Here is an example of a Global Snippet that allows you to show lists of products on product taxonomies (product categories and product tag) pages:
Continue readingHow to renew your support
If you purchased SNIP on CodeCanyon, you subscribed to a 6-month (or optionally a 12-month) support plan, which automatically expires after this time. After that, you will need to renew your support in order to receive personalized support. Here’s how you can do that:
Continue readingBreadcrumbs for WooCommerce Product Pages
Because this is asked frequently here is a little how-to on how you can add Structured Data for Breadcrumbs on WooCommerce product pages.
Continue readingFirst Impressions of the new Setup Wizard
I’ve just sent out an email to all subscribers to inform everyone about the things that are currently going on in my day-to-day job of making SNIP better and better. Of course I also want to keep everyone else up to date with the latest news. That’s why this blog post exists.
Continue readingWordCamp Europe is over. What’s next?
Last week I attended WordCamp Europe in Berlin. WordCamps are conferences that focus on everything WordPress-related. It’s not only for developers, by the way. You should go to one that is close to your home town as well!
Google Adds New Desktop/Mobile Selector to the Rich Results Testing Tool
With the beginning of mobile-first-indexing, site-owners can now select “Googlebot Smartphone” as the user-agent on the rich results testing tool to see if their sites are prepared for mobile-first indexing.
Continue readingHow to Fix Structured Data Errors in WordPress
Another question that I get asked frequently is how one can fix Structured Data Errors in WordPress. And in this blog post I want to give some tips how it’s actually done.
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