Title: Publisher is missing
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Publisher is missing

 *  Resolved [ditad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ditad/)
 * (@ditad)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publisher-is-missing/)
 * I have filled in all information, but Google’s structured data testing tool reports
   that the publisher is missing.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-meta-tags/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-meta-tags/)

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 *  Plugin Author [George Notaras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnotaras/)
 * (@gnotaras)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publisher-is-missing/#post-6861719)
 * Hi [@ditad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ditad/)
 * Thanks for your feedback.
 * Right now a publisher (`Organization` schema.org entity) is not added in case
   the web site has been configured as a _personal website_; that is by setting 
   the `Main source of local author profiles` to `Front page`. Is this similar to
   this case?
 * FYI, this already exists as an issue in my bug tracker and will require some 
   more research before it is resolved. I’ll need the ‘personal website’ configuration
   concept for myself as well, so I’ll have to find a way to resolve it. I thought
   of creating an `Organization` entity using the author’s information, but I was
   not sure if it made any sense.
 * If you are describing a different issue, please let me know more details about
   it.
 * Kind Regards,
    George
 *  Thread Starter [ditad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ditad/)
 * (@ditad)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publisher-is-missing/#post-6861745)
 * hi George, thanks for your explanation! Yes, my website is a personal website.
   A publisher can be a person, according to the Schema org website: [https://schema.org/publisher](https://schema.org/publisher).
   I have changed the settings to author website url. For now Google is satisfied
   🙂
 *  Plugin Author [George Notaras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnotaras/)
 * (@gnotaras)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publisher-is-missing/#post-6861753)
 * Hi [@ditad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ditad/) and thanks for your feedback!
   My thoughts are exactly the same, but I have to first make sure that attaching
   the same entity (Person) to two or more properties (`author`, `publisher`, etc)
   is supported by services like Google, Bing, Yandex etc. The Schema.org spec is
   very flexible, but it is true that the various services support it only partially
   and also have their own rules, which in some cases are not very clear. Another
   way to do it would be to add an ID to the Person entity and link to that ID instead
   of nesting the entire object. It needs some thought and experimentation, but 
   this will be resolved soon.
 * I’ll keep you updated.
 * Best Regards,
    George
 *  Plugin Author [George Notaras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnotaras/)
 * (@gnotaras)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publisher-is-missing/#post-6861761)
 * For instance, if I set an ID in the Person entity and link to that ID from the`
   author` and `publisher` properties of the Article, then the Google validator 
   complains about a missing `logo` property in the Person entity. But the Person
   entity cannot have such a property. If I add such a property to the Person entity,
   then Google complains about an invalid property! In other words, the Google validator
   does not fully accept a Person as the publisher, regardless of the fact that 
   it is perfectly valid according to the spec. This is why I’m still a little hesitant
   to implement a solution..
 * On the contrary, if I create an Organization entity with exactly the same properties
   as the Person with the extra addition of the `logo`, which can be the author’s
   avatar, then it seems to work fine. Although I think it does not make sense, 
   it might be the best way to go ahead with this.
 * George
 *  Plugin Author [George Notaras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnotaras/)
 * (@gnotaras)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publisher-is-missing/#post-6861963)
 * Hi,
 * Just a small update about this. For the time being this functionality will stay
   as is. I hope this is fine. A ticket already exists in my bug tracker, so more
   research will be done about it during the upcoming weeks/months. Feedback is 
   always welcome and appreciated.
 * George

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