VideoObject missing name and description

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  • Resolved Brian Mcdaniel
    Rank Math free

    Site URL:https://dronestock.com

    Just started getting this error on a few videos in Search Console/Rich results Test. Here are the URLs in question:

    [moved to sensitive data section]

    These are posts set to use Video schema (all posts are) in Rank Math. The videos are hosted on Vimeo and the embeds and all information on page is created using the Vimeo API, so I’m wondering if Rank Math is unable to pull in the name and description, although it’s supposed to be using the SEO title and SEO description, which are populated on these posts.

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  • Brian
    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting rank Math today.

    Upon checking your pages linked below, I have just noticed that there are several instances of video schema added to your page. This means that there is another plugin or theme adding these video schema. If they belong to different videos then that is okay, but if they belong to the same video, then that appears as duplicates.

    As for the Rank Math video schema showing these errors, I would recommend that you check if you have these fields fulfilled in your schema. That way you will be able to resolve this issue. Thus please check the name and description fields they should have some content or use variables to fetch data from the actual post.

    We are looking forward to helping you.
    Thank you.

    The theme IS outputting video schema for all videos, so I just changed the schema type for posts from Video to Article/Blog Post. That should remedy the duplication, correct?

    But now my question is regarding this: after making that change, I go to a post and the schema type still shows as Video. How do I get that changed throughout the site without having to manually change each post one by one?

    Ankit
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    I have inspected the URL you have mentioned inside the sensitive data section and those URLs seems to have no longer duplicate video schema.

    You can change the default schema type by heading over to Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Post type

    Since you have already done that, Could you please share the affected URL?

    Thank you, and looking forward to your update.

    Hello,

    I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?

    Thank you.

    Thanks for checking that. Those original URLs have all been manually changed and I have been manually changing post by post from Video to Article schema. Is there some way to bulk change all of the posts to Article? I’ve changed it in the Rank Math settings for Posts, but all posts (except the ones I’ve changed) are still showing as Video schema. I’ve added an example URL to the sensitive data section.

    Hello,

    Setting the Schema Type in Rank Math > Titles & Meta only sets it to be the default schema, and only affects your new posts/pages. For your old/published posts, you will need to change them individually upon editing.

    However, with Rank Math PRO, we have an option to update all your posts’ schema using the bulk edit feature. Here’s a link for your reference:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/bulk-editing-in-rank-math/#bulk-actions

    I hope that helps.

    Thank you, and please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime if you need further assistance with anything else.

    Thanks for your help!

    Anas
    Rank Math business

    Hello,

    We are glad we addressed your concern.

    If you have any questions in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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