Course-type structured data error

Hello, we apologize for the inconvenience you are facing with the structured data of type course in your Google Search Console.

The error messages you are seeing, “The ‘offers’ field was not found” and “The ‘Hascourseintance’ field was not found,” indicate that there are missing fields in the structured data for your course.

To resolve this issue, you can ensure that the necessary fields are included in the Course Schema. Specifically, you need to include the “offers” field and the “hasCourseInstance” field in your structured data.

If you are using Rank Math PRO, you can add the necessary fields by editing the Course Schema settings. You can also verify that the Schema markup for your courses includes all the required fields.

If you need further assistance with resolving this issue, please feel free to reach out to our support team directly from here, and we’re always here to help.

Sources:
JobPosting Schema Type » Rank Math
Google Search Console Missing Field Warning » Rank Math
Course Schema Type » Rank Math
Resolving Rank Math Schema Markup Related Issues

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

We’ve checked your page with Google’s Rich Results test tool but were unable to detect any Course schema there. Please check the screenshot in the sensitive data section for your reference.

Can you please confirm if have removed the course schema from this page?

Looking forward to helping you.

Thank you.

Hello,

Thank you for your patience and for sharing the affected URLs.

The errors reported in the Rich Results tests are due to Google’s recent update with the Course Schema requiring those fields:
https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/11/new-course-info-markup

However, we have already reported this to our development team to update our predefined schema for those properties.

We would really appreciate your kind patience regarding this matter.

Meanwhile, you can use the following filter on your website to add those missing properties on your website and fix the errors:

add_filter( "rank_math/snippet/rich_snippet_course_entity", function( $entity ) {
    // Offer
    $entity['offers']['@type'] = 'Offer';
    $entity['offers']['category'] = 'Paid';
    $entity['offers']['priceCurrency'] = 'EUR';
    $entity['offers']['price'] = 10.99;

    // CourseInstance
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['@type'] = 'CourseInstance';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['courseMode'] = 'Onsite';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['location'] = 'UK';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['courseSchedule']['@type'] = 'Schedule';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['courseSchedule']['duration'] = 'PT5H';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['courseSchedule']['repeatCount'] = '4';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['courseSchedule']['repeatFrequency'] = 'Weekly';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['courseSchedule']['startDate'] = '2023-08-01';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['courseSchedule']['endDate'] = '2023-8-31';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['instructor']['@type'] = 'Person';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['instructor']['name'] = 'Kai S.';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['instructor']['description'] = 'Professor at X-University';
    $entity['hasCourseInstance']['instructor']['image'] = 'http://examplePerson.jpg';

    return $entity;
});

Here’s how you can add the filter/hook to your WordPress site:
https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Please make sure to change the properties according to your website.

Hope that helps.

Hello,

We are glad that helped.

Please feel free to reach out to us again in case you need any other assistance.

We are here to help.

Thank you.