With the format of Rich Snippets for recipes, I encounter problems in the Google Search Console.
When I add a Recipe schema, it is already pre-built, but sometimes I cannot fill in all the information, such as the video, because I don’t necessarily have a video available.
So, when I enter the URL of my recipe article in the Google Search Console, it tells me there is an error in the JSON format, regarding the video.
A JSON format for a recipe shouldn’t have so many things, and that’s what I’m criticizing. We can’t customize it, for example, by removing parts that are not essential.
Because when I put URLs with the recipes, they all show errors in Google Search Console, as it can’t find the video or there’s something else.
But for a JSON recipe format, we shouldn’t have so many things. Do you understand? Is it possible to customize the JSON recipe format to our liking? Because it’s becoming problematic.
This reply was modified 10 months, 1 week ago by Arnaud.
This reply was modified 10 months, 1 week ago by Arnaud.
With your recipe format, you are forcing the inclusion of a video, and if it is not included, it creates a problem in the Google Search Console. However, an article does not necessarily have a video.
Therefore, the JSON format of your plugin is problematic. Competitors do not handle it this way. You should allow us to customize the JSON format and not include so many things, because if we don’t fill everything out, it results in an error in the Google Search Console.
For each article, it’s the same problem if I don’t fill in the video field.
Well, nothing has changed. I reinstalled the plugin, and I definitely have the latest version. Could you please escalate the issue upstream? It’s not normal to have JSON formats producing errors in the GSC.
In the meantime, what should I do about this recipe format?
This means that the update worked and you won’t encounter this problem anymore.
Note! You will see the non-critical issues, which are optional things you can have. This is NOT an error or a problem, just that GSC is letting you know that if you want, you can have those fields for this schema.
In the latest update, we have modified the code so that the video part isn’t loaded if there is no actual video on the page, but we have not removed the actual field.
