Google’s Rich Results tool can show incorrect data when used for debugging structured data. There’s a better tool for that.
A recent discussion in a Facebook SEO group highlighted how Google’s structured data testing tool can produce misleading results, making Schema.org structured data difficult to debug. This is why the tool falls short and why Schema.org provides a better solution.
This article doesn’t link to the private Facebook group discussion but it does provide screenshots from debugging the site that was discussed.
WordPress Plugin For Structured Data
The person who started the discussion said they were using a WordPress plugin to output their structured data. Someone pointed their finger at the SEO plugin, saying that the Schema.org structured data output by plugins isn’t good enough but that answer turned out to be incorrect. It may have been an issue with the structured data selected by the user, not the plugin itself.
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