[Support request] AMP version giving Error 'Missing or invalid structured data item'

[Amit]

I really don’t know as this is about Generatepress or not, but I would really appreciate if you can have a glance on this as I am unable to find a solution to this.
The following are the 2 pages I am getting error on to-
– https://www.friedcoffee.com/best-nespresso-machine/
– https://www.friedcoffee.com/nespresso=pods/

[Tom]

Hi there,

Is there any more to the error? For example, which element is it referring to?

[Amit]

No proper error, when I checked in structured data testing tool, the following were the errors-
‘The attribute publisher.itemtype has an invalid value.’
‘A value for the name field is required.’

[Tom]

Ah, that’s because you’re using Yoast JSON+LD to set the post as an “Article”.

If you run your page through this tool, you’ll see the “Article” type requires additional information on the page: https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool

You’ll also want to remove the GP schema if you’re using JSON+LD from Yoast:

add_filter( 'generate_schema_type', '__return_false' );

[Amit]

Hey Tom, I don’t know technically about these things. Can you suggest what is better for site SEO and how to do it?

[Amit]

I even checked the normal post page in the structured data testing tool and it’s giving 12 errors and 4 warnings. It’s getting me worried now!

[Tom]

Did you try adding the filter I provided? There’s no need for the GP schema if you’re using JSON+LD from Yoast.

Alternatively, you can turn off the Yoast option and keep the GP schema.

[Amit]

I inserted your given function, but still, 1 error is left! What to do about that?

[Tom]

That’s an issue with the JSON+LD you’re using. You’ve set the content type to Article, so the author attribute needs a “name”. It should be a setting in the plugin you’re using to output JSON+LD.

[Amit]

There is no setting to change the article type in the Yoast plugin. Also, if it’s not the type ‘article’, what it should be?

[Amit]

I again changed it to person, and now errors are gone! Don’t know what exactly did this but now they are gone…

[Tom]

It might be worth checking with Yoast support to see how you can define the author name. That way you could keep it as an “Article”.

[Author]

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