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.
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 […]
Version 2.5 is another great update to the SNIP – Rich Snippets WordPress plugin. Here is what I’ve added in the latest version:
A customer asked if he can use WP-PostRatings Plugin with the Rich Snippets Plugin for WordPress. The answer is yes. Just follow the instructions found here: Does the plugin support custom fields? You need the following fields: ratings_everage and ratings_users You can also take a look at the screenshot below. That’s it! 😉
SNIP, the Structured Data Plugin for WordPress allows you to create Rich Snippets that produce stars in search results. However it does not allow your users to rate your blog post as it’s not a rating plugin. That means it has no built-in rating system that counts automatically.
Hey customers! Today our web hosting provider told us that there will be a planned maintenance between July, 09 and July, 10 around 11 pm and 5 am CEST. So it might be that our server will not be available for up to 60 minutes during that time. That means that the Rich Snippets WordPress […]
Hey customers! Today our web hosting provider told us that there will be a planned maintenance between May, 22 and May, 24 around 11 pm and 5 am CEST. So it might be that our server will not be available for about 30 minutes during that time. That means that the Rich Snippets WordPress plugin […]
This blog post describes how a snippet can be deleted from a single post, page or custom post type.
Ben asked the question on how to add Questions and Answers. Here is a quick “How to” for a single post. Basically you need two schema types here: Question and QAPage.
Yey. I’m so happy to announce that version 2.3. of the Rich Snippets WordPress Plugin has been released yesterday. And: it has already been checked by CodeCanyon so that everyone can grab it now.
You’re definitely looking onto the right plugin. It allows you to add so called “global snippets”. That means that you can add snippets for specific posts, post types, categories or whatever you need and add them dynamically depending on your rules.
Oliver asked via E-Mail on how to do a proper AggregateRating as he has seen that his competitor is using it as well. In this post I will show you how to create a proper aggregateRating by using snip –Â The Structured Data and Schema WordPress Plugin.
Some Rich Snippets (like the Article snippet) provide an image-attribute. In the early days it was easy: you could just provide an image URL here. However this no longer works as search engines want to see more data. That is the width, the height and the URL of an image. This is how you properly […]
Some of you asked if the plugin is compatible to page builders like Beaver Builder, Elementor or Divi Builder. Except of the Divi Builder and the Avada-Builder I’ve not tested the other ones. However the plugin should be compatible as it does not add anything to the builders itself. The Rich Snippets will appear on […]
Sometimes you get an error from the Rich Snippets Test Tool by Google that says that the image URL is missing. If this is the case, you maybe did not define a Site Identity Logo in WordPress. So to fix this you can do one of the following (A or B): Solution A: Login to […]
Yes, there is a built-in support for it. WooCommerce creates Structured Data on its own. My plugin gives you the opportunity to remove structured data from WooCommerce so that you can create your own.
Have questions? You have multiple options: Please read the documentation if you want to learn how to use the plugin. If you’re not familiar with Structured Data and Rich Snippets in general, please feel free to take the Structured Data Training Course. Maybe your questions have been answered already already: take a look at the […]
Of course there are some requirements you should know about: Purchase Code and Licensing Note that you need a purchase code from Envato to a) activate and b) run the plugin properly. If you don’t know where you can find your purchase code, follow this. Please also note that once the plugin has been activated […]
This page has an hidden product shortcode. You can find a detailed description on the Rich Snippet WordPress Plugin FAQ. [hiddenproduct name=”Schema Corporate WordPress Theme” image=”http://wp-buddy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/schema-coroporate-wordpress-theme-logo.jpg” description=”A WordPress Theme with full schema.org support” brand=”WPBuddy” identifier=”WPB-SCT” price=”69″ rating=”7″][/hiddenproduct] Test this shortcode with Google
[restaurant name=”Hofbräuhaus München” ratingvalue=”8″ streetaddress=”Platzl 9″ addresslocality=”Muenchen” addressregion=”BY” postalcode=”80331″ telephone=”+49 (0) 89 / 29 01 36-1 00″ url=”http://www.hofbraeuhaus.de” openinghours1=”Mo-Su 09:00-23:30″ openinghours2=”” categories=”Bavarian,German” pricerange=”$$” image=”https://rich-snippets.io/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/donuts.jpg”][/restaurant] Test with Google Rich Snippet Testing Tool This shortcode is not part of the examples. But you can install it on your own by copy&pasting the sourcecode from this page: Rich […]
I’ve been asked several times how to extend the WooCommerce: Offers” field type to include the Offer schema with additional information like hasMerchantReturnPolicy and shippingDetails. Here’s how to do it.
Hello fellow SNIP users! It’s me again, and I’m back with another exciting development in our journey to make SNIP better than ever. You might remember me mentioning our collaboration with Cloudflare in our previous posts, and today I want to dive a little deeper into the magic behind the scenes.
Hey fantastic SNIP users! I hope you’re ready for some great news, because I’m here to deliver just that. Remember the growing pains and sluggishness I talked about in our last blog post? Well, guess what? I’ve been working hard, tackling those issues head on, and now I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve made significant […]
In version 2.30.of SNIP it’s possible to load user data as well. Here is how that works:
In Version 2.30.0 of SNIP it’s possible to also add user meta data to your schemas. Here is how you it works.
In version 2.29.0 of SNIP it’s possible to target author pages, too. In this case you may want to include some userdata. Here is how that works.
Today I was asked by a customer if it’s possible to use schema generated by SNIP on static sites generators like Gatsby. The short answer to this is: not out of the box but in this article, I would like to give a few tips and assistance on how it can work after all.
Since version 2.26. SNIP can add content from a block that was made with the new block editor (called Gutenberg). Here is how that works:
Version 2.26. has finally arrived and it can now read data from blocks, too! That’s awesome because many of us do no longer need to add data manually! Wohoo! 😉
In one of my last articles about “Plugin Journey” I mentioned that I will contact the Envato author team again. Simply to bring attention to what irregularities there are, especially in terms of bulk sales. I think that they are/were not even really aware of it.
I would like to give a very small progress report on my Sales-Funnel. After all, it’s been online for a few days and it’s time to draw a small progress report before I continue with the Google ad.
Last week I already updated the plugin to version 2.25. Here is what is new.
About two years ago I read the book “The Way to be a Successful Entrepreneur“. It’s a powerful book that I can recommend to anyone. Even if you don’t necessarily want to become an entrepreneur, you can learn a lot from it. Unfortunately it’s in German language only. Anyway, what I really liked was the […]
It almost bothers me a bit that the wheels are turning a bit slower for me at the moment. I have to keep my one-year-old son busy half the day, so I can only work actively for the other half of the day. On the other hand, I also have a lot of fun spending […]
Through my super agency sale, my plugin skyrocketed to #1 in the weekly charts at CodeCanyon/Envato. The traffic increased sevenfold in that time. However, I didn’t have more sales as a result. What happened?
Sticking to the motto “Document, don’t create“, as I learned from Russell Brunson’s book Traffic Secrets, today I want to report what happened last week.
Finally! It’s done and I’m extremely proud to announce that my first big license sale had a happy end. A company from the USA bought 200 licenses via CodeCanyon. This allows me to continue working on SNIP. Yeah!
Yesterday I was able to update SNIP to it’s latest version: 2.24! What’s new in that version?
I have already expressed my frustration with Envato here on the blog a few times. Among other things, for example here or here or here. Now something happened again that almost cost me several thousand dollars. What happened can be read in this blogpost.
Actually, it’s all awesome: I’ve been back at work since this week (I had taken two weeks “off” because of Easter and the office construction site I have at home) and just when it was starting to get fun with programming and blogging this happens!
It’s been two weeks since I published the last article. I had vacation. If you can call it that. Because actually I haven’t had a real vacation for a long time. So neither this time. In this blog post you can read why the ” break ” was good for me anyway …
I’m falling into a trance right now! No… I’m not intoxicated or pumped with drugs. Haha! What I mean is the so-called flow state. That really exists. And I always get that when I dive deep into the code. You feel like you’re in the matrix.
SNIP’s support for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) continues to grow. In this blog post I collect some data that is important for the usage.
Today I had Mastermind, I was able to ask the group how I could use my plugin to make more money specifically, increase my sales or whatever. This is what the outcome was.
I have often wondered whether a subscription model could be an option for me. I was always skeptical because I’m not really a fan of subscription models myself. But as a developer, I also see that especially for products that don’t sell that often, there can be an advantage. An analysis.
My setup wizard is finally ready. I’m not 100% satisfied yet, a few little things still bother me, but you should act according to the 80/20 rule, right?. And with that it should be fine for now. I had a closer look at the user and sales figures. And in this blogpost I would like […]
I’m super happy to announce that I was able to finally merge my Setup Wizard into the plugin! Yeah! The new version will arrive during the next days. Learn more about it in this blog post.
Now the time has come. My setup wizard is ready. The final tests are still missing, but I am satisfied so far. In this blogpost, however, it would like to write about a completely different topic. Last Friday I sent out my WordPress newsletter (which is only available in German). The reason was or is […]
After my look at the numbers, I took some time today to take a third look. This time the visitor numbers going back and forth from CodeCanyon (Envato) and rich-snippets.io.
In my last blog post I wrote about how spring fever could possibly lead to more sales. Sounds like a joke but in fact I have no other answer. In this blogpost I would like to go a little deeper into the numbers.
