Structured Data > hatom "missing Author"

[Henry Bowman]

We are getting a number of these “missing author” errors on google search console. Below is the article from yoast on the subject:
https://kb.yoast.com/kb/fixing-hcard-author-error/

We are spending some time between the holidays to try and correct as many of these search errors as possible, the “missing author” being our top issue. Any help would be great, thanks so much! We love this theme

- h.k. Bowman

[Tom]

Hi there,

Can you link me to one of the posts that is generating that error?

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[David]

Hi Tom, experiencing the same issue. Missing entry title, author and updated. I thought this may have been related to using a GP Header for outputing that content. Link to post

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[Tom]

Yea that’s exactly what it is – need to integrate structured data into the Page Header when those elements are added. Have it planned 🙂

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[Hamed]

Hey Tom, i am having the same issue.

It says:
Folgendes fehlt: author. (5 Mal)
Folgendes fehlt: updated. (5 Mal)

Which means author and updated are missing.

Is there a fix?

[Tom]

And you’re using the Page Header? We’re hoping to get this adjusted in GPP 1.6.

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[generator]

Hello,

is this fixed? (Or can I fix it myself?)
I’m getting the same alert “author and update missing”. (having the pro version)

I have the site header set to display none, because I wanted only the navigation and no additional header…if this is of importance regarding this problem.

[Tom]

This should be fixed in GPP 1.7, which is currently a release candidate: https://generatepress.com/gp-premium-1-7/

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[generator]

Ok, thank you for the reply.
I will wait until final release.

But by the way: Could I add this myself with the current hook area?
I found this code, is this correct, does this make sense to add it?

<span class=“vcard author“><span class=“fn“><?php the_author(); ?></span></span>
<span class=“updated“><?php the_modified_date(); ?></span>

[Tom]

The Page Header actually already adds that.

The issue is that those elements don’t appear within the content area when they’re moved into the header.

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[generator]

Could I put it here generate_inside_container?
Or creating a child file for “single-page” and “single-post”?
(Or would this cause to be there twice and create an error?)

[Tom]

I don’t think that would fix the error.

The title/meta data needs to be where it is by default (directly above the content) in order to avoid this error, unless you’re using GPP 1.7.

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[generator]

Hello, I updated the pro version and checked again. It’s still missing. Do I have to activate something manually?

[Tom]

What’s the URL to your site?

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[generator]

Strange, I just tested it again today and now it works…
Thank you.

[Author]

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