Title: Structured Data Testing Error
Last modified: August 31, 2016
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# Structured Data Testing Error
* Resolved [overkill22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/overkill22/)
* (@overkill22)
* [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/structured-data-testing-error/)
* Hi guys,
I’m trying to figure out what happened as I had errors in all my website
that I assume could be addressed to this plugin. I found in my header this code`
>` that was causing problems.
Now I changed to:
* ```
>
```
* 1. Is the code correct now?
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* Plugin Author [JS Morisset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsmoriss/)
* (@jsmoriss)
* [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/structured-data-testing-error/#post-7376386)
* No, not at all. A typical header.php file would include the following (as an
example):
* ```
>
>
```
* The “add_head_attributes” action defined a Schema type for the section
only, to avoid possible conflicts with the theme. I would suggest to restore
your header.php and then we can look at those errors. 😉 After you’ve restored
your header.php, provide a URL to an example post/page with errors, and describe
the issue on that specific page (so we know what to look for). 😉
* js.
* Thread Starter [overkill22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/overkill22/)
* (@overkill22)
* [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/structured-data-testing-error/#post-7376475)
* I looked at the original header.php of my theme and I couldn’t find `>` anywhere.
* I had multiple errors all over the site due to an external issue (LinkedIn) that
lead me to notice this code in the header. So I had different errors at the same
time, but they were not related–I didn’t know at that time.
* Searching with Google for that code lead me to your plugin.
Here the first three
results:
1. [link one
2. [link two](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-errors-and-warnings-after-update?replies=3)
3. [link three](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-showing-correct-images-on-facebook?replies=4)
* since I didn’t find any solutions for my problem I opened a new topic here.
* At the moment I don’t have any more errors except the warnings
* ```
WPSSO Notice Possible conflict detected — your theme or another plugin is adding a link rel="author" HTML tag to the head section of this webpage.
WPSSO Notice Possible conflict detected — your theme or another plugin is adding a meta itemprop="description" HTML tag to the head section of this webpage.
```
* Could this be because I have the All in One SEO Pack plugin installed?
* The other question is, what was the reason why `>` was in the header.php? I can’t remember adding it at all.
* [Here](https://clicksforcakes.com/be-inspired-interview-with-lulu-goh-from-sweet-endings)‘
s a link to a page of my website.
* Thanks for your time
* Thread Starter [overkill22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/overkill22/)
* (@overkill22)
* [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/structured-data-testing-error/#post-7376505)
* I’ve contacted my theme developer and they said that it is ok to have the line`
`.
* However, after adding it in the right place as suggested by the theme developer
`
>`
* I still get 7 errors on the page.
* Errors are under ARTICLE:
* ```
author A value for the author field is required.
datePublished A value for the datePublished field is required.
headline A value for the headline field is required.
name A value for the name field is required.
publisher A value for the publisher field is required.
dateModified The dateModified field is recommended. Please provide a value if available.
mainEntityOfPage The mainEntityOfPage field is recommended. Please provide a value if available.
```
* HTML
* ```
```
* EDIT:
team developer said that in the theme the markup for Article Type is NOT
added, so that’s why the error. If from your side everything is fine, I think
the post is resolved.
* But I still don’t get how the code ended in the php file in the first place…
* Plugin Author [JS Morisset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsmoriss/)
* (@jsmoriss)
* [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/structured-data-testing-error/#post-7376509)
* > However, after adding it in the right place as suggested by the theme developer
* ```
>
```
* **That’s incorrect**. That action is to add Schema markup for the HEAD section,
and applies only to Schema markup in the HEAD section (not the HTML document
as a whole). If you use the WPSSO JSON extension, you can remove the ‘add_head_attributes’
action completely as it’s not necessary anymore (WPSSO JSON disables the Schema
meta tags in favor of Schema JSON markup instead, which is much better).
* The rel=”author” and itemprop=”description” would come from your theme or another
plugin. You can sometimes tell by their placement in the head section — if they’re
near the top, it’s most likely your theme, and lower down would be a plugin (
hooked to the wp_head filter).
* js.
* Thread Starter [overkill22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/overkill22/)
* (@overkill22)
* [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/structured-data-testing-error/#post-7376528)
* I think I found what went wrong with the code.
The WPSSO plugin is asking me
now to update the header adding the line by inserting manually `>` or updating automatically by the plugin.
* Is this a bug?
* [LINK TO THE SCREENSHOT](http://i.imgur.com/jPUSBWM.jpg)
* Plugin Author [JS Morisset](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsmoriss/)
* (@jsmoriss)
* [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/structured-data-testing-error/#post-7376529)
* This is correct. The head attributes should be added to the `` HTML tag,
not the `` HTML tag (as you appear to have it in your header template).
* js.
* Thread Starter [overkill22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/overkill22/)
* (@overkill22)
* [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/structured-data-testing-error/#post-7376530)
* Alright.
I think I’ll ignore the message and don’t add the code since it is
giving me the errors. I’ll try to tell the theme developer about this, since
for what I understood it is a theme problem.
* Again, thank you for your patience.
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