Title: Google search error – missing mainEntity Last modified: May 23, 2025 --- # Google search error – missing mainEntity * Resolved [markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) * (@markwells) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/) * Hi, * The google search console is giving errors after new authors without an account are created. * It is saying that the mainEntity is missing. * Is there a reason that this may be occurring and how do we overcome this? * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fgoogle-search-error-missing-mainentity%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/) * (@rizaprihananto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18480173) * Hi [@markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) , * Thank you for using PublishPress. Could you provide more information regarding what action that you performed before this issue appears? Did it happen right away after you cerated new authors without an account, or perhaps since the beginning you use Authors plugin? Do you also use a certain SEO plugin? If yes, could you tell the SEO plugin itself? Looking forward to hearing from you. * Thread Starter [markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) * (@markwells) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18480215) * Hi, * Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. * It happens once the new author is created. I noticed that the author name displays correctly in the front end, but when I go to the author details there is no first and last name displayed. * The SEO plugin we are using is Yoast SEO. * Plugin Author [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/) * (@rizaprihananto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18480291) * Hi [@markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) * Is it possible to test it on your site (if it does not affect other things) by deleting the Authors without an account? This information is important for our developer to understand the issue behavior better. * Looking forward to your reply. * Plugin Author [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/) * (@rizaprihananto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18480721) * Hi [@markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) I would like to follow up regarding your issue. We did see a similar issue before but there was a fix in version 4.7.5. Can you tell us the version of the plugin that you have installed? - This reply was modified 1 year ago by [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/). - This reply was modified 1 year ago by [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/). * Thread Starter [markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) * (@markwells) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18481238) * Hi, * I have just double checked and it is running version 4.7.6. * Plugin Author [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/) * (@rizaprihananto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18484192) * Hi [@markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) , Thank you for informing the version. Could you also inform Yoast SEO version that is installed in your site? * Thread Starter [markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) * (@markwells) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18491081) * Apologies for the delay in replying to you. The version of Yoast SEO is: 25.2 * Plugin Author [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/) * (@rizaprihananto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18495134) * Hi [@markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) , * Sorry for the delayed response. We have tried to replicate the issue that you are facing by installing the same version of PublishPress Authors and Yoast SEO. However, we cannot find the same issue here: [https://reachthroat.s3-tastewp.com/author/admin/](https://reachthroat.s3-tastewp.com/author/admin/) [https://prnt.sc/zRxcWrHgfhEt](https://prnt.sc/zRxcWrHgfhEt)Could you perhaps show the configuration of Yoast SEO that you apply to your site? This may also affect the result. Looking forward to your reply. - This reply was modified 1 year ago by [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/). * Plugin Author [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/) * (@rizaprihananto) * [12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18509426) * Hi [@markwells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwells/) , We have not heard back from you in a week. We are closing this thread for now. No worries, you can always reply or create a new thread if you have more questions or confirmation. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Google search error – missing mainEntity’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/publishpress-authors/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3391318) * [Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress-authors/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress-authors/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/publishpress-authors/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/publishpress-authors/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/publishpress-authors/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/publishpress-authors/reviews/) ## Tags * [Google Search Console](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/google-search-console/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Riza Prihananto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rizaprihananto/) * Last activity: [12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-search-error-missing-mainentity/#post-18509426) * Status: resolved