Title: What does application/ld json do inside the head section
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# What does application/ld json do inside the head section

 *  [Shmoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macpresss/)
 * (@macpresss)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-does-applicationldjson-do-inside-the-head-section/)
 * Just curious guys,
 * What does this do inside the head section of my document?
 * From what I can see it has something to do with Schema.org and the Microformats,
   what if my site doesn’t have Microformats does this line of code still have to
   be there?
 *     ```
       <script type="application/ld+json">
       { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "WebSite", "url": "http://example.com/site/", "potentialAction": { "@type": "SearchAction", "target": "http://example.com/site/?s={search_term}", "query-input": "required name=search_term" } }
       </script>
       ```
   
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 *  [tananaev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tananaev/)
 * (@tananaev)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-does-applicationldjson-do-inside-the-head-section/#post-5556688)
 * Is there a way to disable this script tag? It results in soft 404 errors in Google
   Webmaster Tools.

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