Title: FAQ Block – Error in Structured Data Last modified: November 27, 2019 --- # FAQ Block – Error in Structured Data * Resolved [joshibhargav20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshibhargav20/) * (@joshibhargav20) * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/faq-block-error-in-structured-data/) * Hi there, * I am using Yoast SEO verison 12.6 and WordPress version 5.3 * I used the FAQ block in one of the articles. * I am getting an Error while checking with Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool, [https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/](https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/) * ``` publisher @type Thing @id https://example.com/#organization Error: Thing is not a known valid target type for the publisher property. ``` * There are three instances of this error. Could you have a look? Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/) * (@amboutwe) * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/faq-block-error-in-structured-data/#post-12213743) * We’re sorry that you are experiencing problems that might be caused by our plugin! * Just to be sure, we would like to rule out any plugin or theme conflicts that may occur. The fastest way to do this is to **deactivate all non-Yoast plugins and switch to a standard theme** like [Twenty Nineteen](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentynineteen/). * Test this on your development or staging site, if you have one. If not, we recommend using the [Health Check & Troubleshooting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/) plugin. This plugin allows you to run a conflict check **without affecting normal visitors to your site**. * As we can imagine that you’re unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we’d like to point you to a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process:  [How to check for plugin conflicts](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-check-for-plugin-conflicts/). * [Jerlyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerparx/) * (@jerparx) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/faq-block-error-in-structured-data/#post-12241984) * Closed due to inactivity. * Thread Starter [joshibhargav20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshibhargav20/) * (@joshibhargav20) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/faq-block-error-in-structured-data/#post-12249165) * Hi, * Sorry for the replying very late. * The code is valid in the Google Search Console, but when I test it using Google Structured Data Testing Tool, then I am getting above error. * Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/) * (@amboutwe) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/faq-block-error-in-structured-data/#post-12251792) * Please provide a link to the FAQ post/page on your site that shows this error. * Thread Starter [joshibhargav20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshibhargav20/) * (@joshibhargav20) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/faq-block-error-in-structured-data/#post-12256685) * Sure, Can I send you a Personal Message? * I think the issue is with the “Article” markup. Could you suggest how can I modify settings for the “Article” markup? * Any helpful article is also good to go. * – Best, Bhargav * Thread Starter [joshibhargav20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshibhargav20/) * (@joshibhargav20) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/faq-block-error-in-structured-data/#post-12256729) * The Publisher and Author are a type of Thing. They should be a type of Organization and Person respectively. * I think that’s the only issue. Could you guide how to fix that? I am getting the following result at this moment. * If required, I can send you email with all details. * ``` publisher @type Thing @id https://example.com/#organization author @type Thing @id https://example.com/#/schema/person/53590b93d826333461851b ``` - This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by [joshibhargav20](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshibhargav20/). * Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/) * (@amboutwe) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/faq-block-error-in-structured-data/#post-12259297) * By default, Yoast SEO will output author as a person type and publisher as an organization or person (depends on the setting selected) type. If your site outputs them as a thing type, we’d suspect that something has either changed the behavior or the output is not from Yoast at all. * Does the line/section where the error occurs start with `