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    • SinaKashani
      SinaKashani last edited by

      I have a lots of error on my Google webmaster tools under Search Appearance -> Structure Data

      there are two sets of items

      1- "hentry" and source is "Markup: microformats.org" and error says: "Missing: author | Missing: updated"

      2-"hcard" and source is "Markup: microformats.org" and error says: "Missing: fn"

      I am using WordPress.

      Can anybody tell me how to fix these errors please.

      Thank you

      Sina

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      • sparkeeey
        sparkeeey last edited by

        you would need to edit the single.php file.
        look for:
        <span < code="">class="post_date">`'j F,Y'); ?>`

        change it to:
        <span < code="">class="post_date date updated">`'j F,Y'); ?> then for author look for:</span <>``</span <>`

        ```<span < code="">class``=``"theauthor"``></span <>``or<span < code="">class``=``"theauthor"``></span <>``change to: <span < code="">class``=``"vcard author"``>
        <span < code="">class``=``"fn"``>`

        or
        <span < code="">class="fn"``></span <></span <>`</span <>````` 
        preferably you would copy the existing parent themes single.php file into a child theme and make the edit there

        /e I should mention that it is common for theme creators to abstract out these functions into less comprehensible formats like this entry from the Avada theme:
        | Personally either way I dont bother to fix these particular "errors". But that is mostly because authorship markup ranks nil in regard to what I am up to.

        Your other option is to delete or comment out the existing related markup and write new or utilize one of many plugins that will address this particular issue.````

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        • SinaKashani
          SinaKashani @sparkeeey last edited by

          thank you

          do you know what wordpress plugins can solve this issue

          sina

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          • sparkeeey
            sparkeeey last edited by

            Id probably go this route for a simple solve. I believe you would want to remove or disable the current handicapped markup.

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