Title: about itemprop
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# about itemprop

 *  Resolved [someone02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/someone02/)
 * (@someone02)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-itemprop/)
 * I decided to make a separate thread for this question …
    Maybe I’m wrong, but
   is itemprop added not only to the visible part of the content? ie not to meta
   tags, and to the descriptions, contacts, and so on?
 * Description meta tag is used mostly for the snippet of search results in Google
   and it is recommended to fill no more than 160 characters. Description in schema.
   org Yandex on the recommendations should be larger than 250 characters, and if
   we write 250 characters in the meta description, then, in my opinion, we can 
   earn a minus in karma from Google under the pretext of reoptimization.
 * so the question – why is used schema in the meta tags?
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 *  Plugin Support [Steve M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsmort/)
 * (@wpsmort)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-itemprop/#post-5789115)
 * You can find answers to your question on the Google Webmaster Tools page here–
   [https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1211158?hl=en](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1211158?hl=en)
 *  [Peter Baylies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbaylies/)
 * (@pbaylies)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-itemprop/#post-5789116)
 * Hi someone02,
 * This is an optional feature to add improved schema.org / microdata support that
   some search engines may look for; itemprop can be used on tags that aren’t visible
   as well; on schema.org they give the example of the meta tag for this. If you
   don’t find this feature helpful, you can turn it off as well.
 *  Thread Starter [someone02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/someone02/)
 * (@someone02)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-itemprop/#post-5789122)
 * Thanks for your help!
 *  [yerbol05](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yerbol05/)
 * (@yerbol05)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-itemprop/#post-5789223)
 * Hi, Possibly it is allowed, but w3c validator gives an errors on itemprop.
    It
   says:Attribute itemprop not allowed on element meta at this point. And “The itemprop
   attribute was specified, but the element is not a property of any item.”
 * [http://validator.w3.org/](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fburgerking.kz%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.3+http%3A%2F%2Fvalidator.w3.org%2Fservices)
 * here you can see few such errors on my site – burgerking.kz
    It’s just I used
   to clear all errors and warnings.
 *  [Peter Baylies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pbaylies/)
 * (@pbaylies)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-itemprop/#post-5789224)
 * Hi yerbol05,
 * If that’s important to you, then don’t use it; in practice, the W3C Validator
   doesn’t recognize everything that people actually use on the web.
 *  Plugin Support [Steve M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsmort/)
 * (@wpsmort)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-itemprop/#post-5789225)
 * Hi yerbol05,
 * Itemprop is allowed on a Meta element according to the rules of Schema.org but
   the W3 validator does not understand Schema.org markup.
 * [http://www.w3.org/TR/microdata/#content-models](http://www.w3.org/TR/microdata/#content-models)
   
   [http://schema.org/docs/gs.html](http://schema.org/docs/gs.html) [https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/176035?hl=en](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/176035?hl=en)
 *  [yerbol05](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yerbol05/)
 * (@yerbol05)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-itemprop/#post-5789226)
 * Ok, now its clear, thanks!

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