Title: Avoiding Duplicate content
Last modified: November 16, 2016

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# Avoiding Duplicate content

 *  Resolved [Mattw1000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattw1000/)
 * (@mattw1000)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoiding-duplicate-content-2/)
 * hi,
 * Just wanted to check please, if i install and it creates a double of the existing
   schema the theme or Yoast is creating, is this a massive problem please?
 * Will it create google duplicate content that once indexed is hard to get rid 
   of?
 * I’m just trying to work out if there is something i should do before installing
   to avoid future issues.
 * For example like turning off basic schema in Yoast or checking if it’s my theme
   that is adding basic schema currently (i have no idea how to check if its yoast
   or theme, any help with that would be greatly appreciated please)
 * and if it is yoast how do i switch off schema output?
 * Thanks again
    Matt

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 *  Plugin Author [Hesham Zebida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hishaman/)
 * (@hishaman)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoiding-duplicate-content-2/#post-8465866)
 * Hi Matt,
 * Would you please provide a link to your site?
 * Also, check under the Schema > Types > see if entries are duplicated.
 *  Thread Starter [Mattw1000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattw1000/)
 * (@mattw1000)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoiding-duplicate-content-2/#post-8467634)
 * Hey Hesham
 * Yes no problem it is…
    [https://www.calmhappyhealthy.com](https://www.calmhappyhealthy.com)
 * i currently do NOT have your plug in installed so any schema you see i think 
   is either coming from yoast or the theme (I’m not sure which but you might be
   able to see please?)
 * and then if you can let me know if i need to somehow disable this current schema
   before installing and activating your plug in please.
 *  Plugin Author [Hesham Zebida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hishaman/)
 * (@hishaman)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoiding-duplicate-content-2/#post-8470630)
 * I see there are three different types of schema define the same post (Article,
   Blog, Thing), I think you should stick with only one type of markup for the page
   since this may confuse search engines.
 *  Thread Starter [Mattw1000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattw1000/)
 * (@mattw1000)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoiding-duplicate-content-2/#post-8470711)
 * Ok thanks. I’ve never actually set up schema on my site, it’s happened automatically.
   I’m guessing via the theme? Or could it be yoast and theme hence the multiple
   names for 1 thing?
 * Should I install your plugin and then find a way to switch off the other existing
   schema or would you advise getting everything you can see currently switched 
   off first?
 * Any ideas how I would do this please?
 * Or will your plug in override everything that’s there now?
 * Any advise on best next steps please?
 *  Plugin Author [Hesham Zebida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hishaman/)
 * (@hishaman)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoiding-duplicate-content-2/#post-8496066)
 * The Schema plugin won’t fix the errors by itself!
 * Mostly it’s from the Theme you are using. I suggest that you deactivate the Schema
   plugin, then remove all markups from your Theme first.
 * When you are done, activate Schema plugin.

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 * Last reply from: [Hesham Zebida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hishaman/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoiding-duplicate-content-2/#post-8496066)
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