Title: Validation errors
Last modified: September 27, 2016

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# Validation errors

 *  Resolved [bchampagne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bchampagne/)
 * (@bchampagne)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-errors-38/)
 * Hi, i have been using your plugin for my company Blog. I enjoy the power and 
   freedom of placing the image i wish for the open graph. BUT, W3C validator keeps
   telling me their is an error in the code. I talked to a senior programmer and
   SEO instructor and he tell sme this is the error “itemprop=”image” (actual error
   message – The itemprop attribute was specified, but the element is not a property
   of any item.)
 * The errors are nested in between these hidden comments
 * <!– START – Facebook Open Graph, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags 1.7.4.4 –>
 * <!– END – Facebook Open Graph, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags –>
 * He says that the itemprop tag is only available between the Body tags and can
   not be anywhere else because of its Microdata information.
 * He also tells me that Google penalizes in the long run web Sites that have validation
   errors. Is this code necessary if it actually is not used? Or is it something
   else?

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 *  [Marco Almeida | Webdados](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdados/)
 * (@webdados)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-errors-38/#post-8263256)
 * If you aren’t comfortable with having the `itemprop="image"` tag, you can just
   disable it on the page settings at `Include Schema.org "itemprop" Image tag`
 * While it’s true the `itemprop="image"` tag normally belongs inside a object, 
   it’s also true that Google+ picks it up and we don’t believe that validation 
   error is reason to be penalized by Google.
 *  Thread Starter [bchampagne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bchampagne/)
 * (@bchampagne)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-errors-38/#post-8263311)
 * AWESOME!
    thank you for the reply.
 * I will chat with our SEO manager and explain to him what you said. if he still
   insists that i should remove it, at leasts i know where to do that
 *  [Marco Almeida | Webdados](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdados/)
 * (@webdados)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-errors-38/#post-8263634)
 * 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Marco Almeida | Webdados](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdados/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-errors-38/#post-8263634)
 * Status: resolved