Missing main entity on profile page type

I have the same error. I’ve created a page and set it as ProfilePage in the Yoast schema box, yet get the “mainentity” missing error in Google’s rich results test

I am facing “Missing field “mainEntity”‘ Issue on author Profile Page? Could you tell me how can I resolve this

Yoast support keep marking this issue as resolved when it is clearly an ongoing an issue. Crazy ignorance on their part

• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Seanjr88.

Hi folks, we had the same trouble and were able to resolve it with a custom function. This function contains site-specific references, but can be adapted to work on your site.

/** * Update Yoast Profile Page schema markup to include mainEntity */

add_filter( ‘wpseo_schema_webpage’, ‘update_bio_schema_markup_of_yoast’ );

/** * Changes @type of Webpage Schema data.
*
* @param array $data Schema.org Webpage data array.
*
* @return array Schema.org Webpage data array.
*/
function update_bio_schema_markup_of_yoast( $data ) {
if ( is_singular(‘lnwm_bio’) ) {
$bio_title = get_the_title(get_the_ID());
$teamtitle = get_field( ‘ln_team_title’ );
$teamtitle = $teamtitle ? $teamtitle : ”;
$bio = get_field( ‘ln_team_bio’ );
$bio = $bio ? $bio : ”;
$data[‘mainEntity’] = (object)[
‘type’ => ‘person’,
‘ID’ => get_the_ID(),
‘name’ => $bio_title,
‘title’ => $teamtitle,
‘content’ => $bio
];
}
return $data;
}

Full documentation posted the fix here.

your post and the link is silent on where to insert this code? 

Hey @seanjr88 – you’re right.

The code referenced is an example of code that we used on a custom project for a customer and is definitely site-specific.

In this case, we’re only adding the mainEntity parameter on posts within the custom post type (lnwm_bio).

The code would need to be adapted for your application and included either in your theme’s functions.php file or a custom plugin.

The key is using this wpseo_schema_webpage filter to filter or add to the schema output.

I hope that helps!

Hey @choclette,

If you’re using Yoast, I’d select the About page type under Schema for your About page:

I hope that helps!