Google and other search engines are working heavily on schema.org integration. In the past, a lot of theme and plugin authors have integrated schema.org in their plugins but could not keep up with the speed of changes. So what I see happens a lot is that plugin and theme authors do not update their code […]
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.
Article Schema Adding the appropriate metadata to your posts allows search engines to understand your content better. SNIP fully supports the article type schema, and it can be added to all of your posts automatically. By adding the Article Schema to your post, you increase the likelihood of it appearing as a rich card in […]
The time has come: nobody can avoid structured data anymore. It’s part of technical SEO. I wrote a lot about it in the past but in this blog post I want to focus on Schema for WooCommerce. Hopefully you can learn a lot about it and you are able to create your own snippets after […]
You maybe heard the term Structured Data already, right? It’s part of technical SEO (as you will learn below) and therefore important for every website that thrives for higher rankings and/or for better search results that perform. So now you’re curious which one is the best Structured Data plugin for WordPress, right? It’s SNIP, the […]
My good friend Brett (who also is a super nice customer of mine) asked what the “Unnamed item” on Googles Rich Results Test Tool means. The reason for the question was a warning from a SEMRush tool that told him the following: “A value for the itemListElement field is required“.
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.
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:
From time to time customers ask me if SNIP has a negative impact on page load time. Here is the answer to that:
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.
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.
In this post you’ll find a list of filter hooks that SNIP provides. Filter allow you to override certain code.
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:
It seems that Structured Data and all that kind of things that come along with it get more and more traction these days. So it’s time for me to write something that shows you how you can add structured data markup to your WordPress site. Let’s begin!
Google started its job search some time ago in Germany (and some other countries). This functionality was already available in some English-speaking countries, but it has since been introduced in many other countries, too. It seems like it’s time for me to write something about what others call “SEO for Job Postings”. This only describes […]
Yeah, another month of Structured Data! That’s great! And here are the changes that have made it into SNIP, my Structured Data Plugin for WordPress:
Since version 2.13.0, SNIP can import and export Global Snippets. Here I want to show you how this works.
It’s time for another great blog post. In this one I want to give you an extensive insight into SNIP, my WordPress Plugin for Structured Data. It should give you a great overview in which situations it can help you. Have fun! 😉
Yoast SEO has started to integrate Structured Data in version 11.0. However it’s still not possible to create your own schemas without the knowledge of the programming language PHP. If you want to totally remove Structured Data generated by the plugin, follow the instructions below. In the end I also clarify how it’s possible to […]
The current version number is: . The required WordPress version for this plugin is: or higher. Check the full version history. Have any questions that have not yet been answered? Ask a question in the forum. Looking for a support form? Click here. Pre-Sales Questions What are the requirements? How does the licensing work? Is […]
This course was designed to help you better understand what structured data is, how it works, and what you can do with it. The course is completely free of charge and you can view it immediately (see below) without registration. I hope you enjoy it!
The Events Calendar Plugin is a very popular plugin when it comes to create event pages on your WordPress site. It also outputs schema.org data on the frontend (that is not visible to the end user). However in the past the developers did not update their code according to the search engines needs.
Partially. There is currently no built-in support for both of them but you can create your own snippets out of the data the two plugins create. Further readings: How to deactivate JSON+LD schema output of “The Events Calendar” plugin How to build your own Event Snippet with data from the Event Calendar Plugin
The easiest thing is to update to version 2.3.5 or higher. It solves a redirecting issue. If you want to learn more about the error, read on:
As of version 2.2.0, referencing to the post content and to a custom ID is deprecated. This is because referencing to an HTML-Element from JSON+LD code does not work. Here is how you can correct your global snippets:
Referencing to content is outdated and will not work as of version 2.2.0! Referencing from JSON+LD format to HTML no longer works. The reference shortcode will be removed in version 2.2. Please read more on how to make the switch here. Update July 30, 2018: There is currently a new schema type in development that […]
