=== Simple metadata === Contributors: colomet, danzhik, huguespages, dcazzorla, lukastonhajzer Donate link: https://opencollective.com/mylanguageskills Tags: multisite, pressbooks, simple metadata, metadata, schema.org, rich snippets, wordpress-plugin, Requires at least: 5.2 Tested up to: 5.3 Requires PHP: 5.6 Stable tag: 1.4.3 License: GPLv3 or later License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html This plugin provides auto-generated metadata on the basis of default WP web-pages information. == Description == This plugin provides the ability to set different types of schema types in one click (for Blogs and WebSites) by using the default WordPress fields. > By default: > > a Page is a WebPage type > a Post is an Article type > > in a PB installation, a site is a Book and a Post is a Chapter == Front-page related content = * Types: **Blog** & **WebSite** * Properties * **CreativeWork** type: **inLanguage** * **Thing** type: **name**, **description** & **URL** = Pages related content = Types: * **WebPage** type * **AboutPage** type * **CheckoutPage** type * **CollectionPage** type * **ImageGallery** type * **VideoGallery** type * **ContactPage** type * **FAQPage** type * **ItemPage** type * **MedicalWebPage** type * **ProfilePage** type * **QAPage** type * **SearchResultsPage** type Properties: * **WepPage** Type: * Properties: **lastReviewed** * **CreativeWork** type: * Properties: **author**, **dateCreated**, **datePublished**, **editor**, **headline** & **thumbnailUrl** = Posts related content = Types * **Article** type * **AdvertiserContentArticle** type * **Report** type * **SatiricalArticle** type * **SocialMediaPosting** type * **BlogPosting** type * **LiveBlogPosting** type * **DiscussionForumPosting** type * **TechArticle** type Properties * **Article** type * Properties: **articleBody**, **articleSection** & **wordCount** * **CreativeWork** Type * Properties: **author**, **dateCreated**, **dateModified**, **datePublished**, **editor**, **headline**, **keywords**, **logo**, **publisher**, **thumbnailUrl** * **Thing** type * Properties: **image** === Works with === The SEO framework Yoast SEO == Installation == = Installation instructions: = This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/simple-metadata` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress 3. Access the plugins menu through the metadata menu page to use the plugin. == Screenshots == 1. Settings field in Network Settings 2. Disabled settings field in single-site settings == Frequently Asked Questions == = I have a feature request, I've found a bug, a plugin is incompatible... = Please visit [the support forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-metadata/) = I am a developer; how can I help? = Any input is much appreciated, and everything will be considered. Please visit the [GitHub project page](https://github.com/my-language-skills/simple-metadata) to submit issues or even pull requests. Please note GitHub is not a support forum, and issues that aren't properly qualified as bugs will be closed. = Is Simple Metadata free? = Absolutely! It will stay free as well, without ads or nags! This plugin is all-inclusive without upsells. = Is there more? = For more advanced metadata options and output, we offer extensions Simple metadata annotation Simple metadata education Simple metadata lifecycle Simple metadata metametadata Simple metadata news Simple metadata relation Simple metadata rights Simple metadata technical = What is structured data? = We're convinced that [structured data](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guides/intro-structured-data) makes the web better, and we've worked hard to create [Rich Snippets](https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2009/05/introducing-rich-snippets.html) and [Rich Cards](https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/05/introducing-rich-cards.html) for better search results. Thanks to [metadata](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9BqE01SLeE), the search engines can understand the relevance of that content in context. Simple metadata is a complete solution for adding metadata to a Wordpress site. = What is not Simple metadata = Is not a SEO solution. Schemas don’t actually boost the organic search rankings. With Schemas review ratings, recipes or events in Google’s [SERPs](https://moz.com/learn/seo/serp-features) (search engine results pages) are not just normal search listings but also contain additional information that makes the crawling easier. Those are known as rich snippets and they are thanks to schema markup. Rich snippets actually increase clickthrough rates. Schema may not directly improve your search rankings, but it can still be beneficial for your SEO. = How Google understand the content? = [Google Search](https://moz.com/blog/google-glossary) works hard to understand the content of a page. However, you can provide explicit clues about the meaning of a page to Google by including structured data on the page. [Structured Data](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guides/intro-structured-data) is a standardized format for providing information about a page and classifying the page content; for example, if is it a recipe page, what are the ingredients, the cooking time and temperature, the calories, and so on. = Hot to test? = Be sure to test your structured data using the [Structured Data Testing Tool](https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/u/0/) during development, and the [Search Console Structured Data report](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/structured-data?pli=1) after deployment, to monitor the health of your pages, which might break after deployment due to templating or serving issues. = What is Schema.org? = [Schema.org](http://schema.org/) is a collaborative, community activity with a mission to create, maintain, and promote schemas for [structured data](https://moz.com/learn/seo/schema-structured-data) on the Internet, on web pages, in email messages, and beyond. Schema.org vocabulary can be used with many different encodings, including RDFa, Microdata and JSON-LD. These vocabularies cover entities, relationships between entities and actions, and can easily be extended through a well-documented extension model. Over 10 million sites use Schema.org to markup their web pages and email messages. Founded by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Yandex, Schema.org vocabularies are developed by an open community process, using the public-schemaorg@w3.org mailing list and through [GitHub](https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg). = How can I find the FAQ page? = [welcomed on GitHub](https://github.com/my-language-skills/simple-metadata) https://github.com/my-language-skills/simple-metadata/blob/master/doc/doc-faq.md == Changelog == = 1.4 = * Metabox 'Options' * Metabox 'Google image' * Pressbook Integration * Print metadata from smd-relation * Moved network options to sitemeta table * Microtags to json-ld (using wp_json_encode #27) * Bufixes = 1.3 = ADDITIONS: Internationalization (#20) REMOVED: Auto update from github ENHANCEMENTS: Modification admin panel, front page type of site older BUGFIXES: Bug button in post metaboxes no-type post were not set properly List of Files revised: smd-general-functions.php smd-frontpage-related-content.php smd-pages-related-content.php smd-posts-related-content.php smd-frontpage-related-content.php smd-network-admin.php = 1.2.1 = * ENHANCEMENTS: Make in corect order the admin panel. Change name site-meta in home page = 1.2 = * ADDITIONS: Add new plugins : simple-metadata-annotation; Add new functionality to auto upload with plugin-uptdate-checker = 1.1 = * ADDITIONS: Integration with add-ons was significantly increased. Some new properties were added for all possible post types. Plugin now supports network-wide applied options = 1.0 = * Initial release. == Upgrade Notice == = 1.3 = == Disclaimers == The Simple metadata is supplied "as is" and all use is at your own risk.