{"id":320309,"date":"2026-06-10T13:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/indepth-analytics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:22:55","slug":"indepth-analytics-structured-metadata","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/indepth-analytics-structured-metadata\/","author":23505029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"1.0.0","tested":"7.0","requires":"6.0","requires_php":"8.2","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Indepth Analytics Structured Metadata","header_author":"INKYLAB","header_description":"Outputs structured \"indepth:*\" meta tags in the document head for posts, pages and taxonomy archives, and optionally loads a header script from a configured CDN URL.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-06-10 13:22:55","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":25,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0.0":{"tag":"1.0.0","author":"inkylab","date":"2026-06-10 13:22:55"}},"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"<p>Initial public release.<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":{"icon-256x256.png":{"filename":"icon-256x256.png","revision":3567521,"resolution":"256x256","location":"assets","locale":"","width":256,"height":256}},"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.0"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":{"1":"Indepth Metadata Settings screen with taxonomy configuration options."}},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[2994,10601,186,1121,91],"plugin_category":[55,57],"plugin_contributors":[264298],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-320309","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-metadata","plugin_tags-polylang","plugin_tags-seo","plugin_tags-structured-data","plugin_tags-taxonomy","plugin_category-seo-and-marketing","plugin_category-taxonomy","plugin_contributors-inkylab","plugin_committers-inkylab"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/indepth-analytics-structured-metadata\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=3567521","icon_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/indepth-analytics-structured-metadata\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=3567521","generated":false},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>Indepth Analytics Structured Metadata adds structured metadata tags to the <code>&lt;head&gt;<\/code> section of WordPress pages. 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