Webpage / WebSite schema instead of Article

Hello,

We apologize for the issue you are facing with the Schema settings on your site. It’s great to hear that you’re exploring Schema and its importance for your website.

To implement the WebPage Schema instead of the Article Schema for your non-blog pages using the Rank Math plugin, you can follow these steps:

1. Access Rank Math Settings: Go to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to Rank Math SEO → Titles & Meta.
   

2. Select the Appropriate Post Type: Click on the Pages option from the left tab menu (or any custom post type you want to configure).
   

3. Set Default Schema Type: Scroll down to find the Schema Type option. Here, you should be able to select the default Schema type for your pages. If you want to use WebPage Schema, select it from the drop-down menu.
   

4. Save Changes: After selecting the WebPage Schema, make sure to save your settings.

If you do not see the WebPage Schema as an option, it may be due to a configuration issue or a plugin conflict. In that case, we recommend checking if the Schema module is enabled in Rank Math SEO → Dashboard under the Modules tab.

For more detailed guidance, you can refer to our comprehensive guide on Schema Markup.

If you continue to experience issues or need further assistance, we recommend replying to this ticket, and a human agent from our support team will assist you further. Please include your site URL in your reply for more specific help.

Thank you for raising this concern! We’re here to help you get it sorted out.

Sources:
Configuring “Schema Markup” in Rank Math for Rich Snippets » Rank Math
What is WebSite Schema and How Do You Implement It? » Rank Math

Hello,

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

The WebPage Schema is added automatically to all the pages by our plugin if there is a predefined Schema set on them, and it uses the information from the page to do it, but you will not see it in the schema builder on the backend.

You should be able to see it when you test it out in the Rich Result Test or schema.org validator.

https://search.google.com/test/rich-results
https://validator.schema.org/?hl=en-US

If you don’t see it, please share the affected URL here so we can take a closer look.

Please note that sometimes, the WebPage, WebSite, and other default Schemas of our plugin are nested under the Article Schema as properties.

Looking forward to helping you.

Hello,

By default, the WebPage Schema should be applied to the whole site with the information for that specific page. However, to add the WebPage Schema, you must have any other Schema type applied to the pages. If there is no Schema, then our plugin will not add the default Schemas to the pages.

If you only want the WebPage Schema for the pages, please follow these steps:
1) Go to the page and go to the Schema Generator
2) Select Custom Schema
3) Simply put @type WebPage

4) Hit save and update the page.

Hope that helps. Let us know if you need any other assistance.

Hello,

An alternative is to add/modify the following snippet to your site:

add_filter( 'rank_math/json_ld', function( $data, $jsonld ) {
        if(empty($data)){
                $webpageData = array(
                        "@type" => "WebPage",
                        "@id" => "https://YOURWEBSITE.COM/some-article/#webpage",
                        "url" => "https://YOURWEBSITE.COM/some-article/",
                        "name" => "Some Title",
                        "datePublished" => "2024-05-18T08:11:28+00:00",
                        "dateModified" => "2024-06-09T08:46:47+00:00",
                        "isPartOf" => array(
                                        "@id" => "https://YOURWEBSITE.COM/some-article/#website"
                        ),
                        "inLanguage" => "en-US"
                );

                $data['WebPage'] = $webpageData;
        }
        return $data;
}, 99, 2);

You may refer to this guide on how to add filters to your website: https://rankmath.com/kb/wordpress-hooks-actions-filters/

Please note that the filter code still needs modification from your end to ensure it gets the correct data from a specific post accordingly.

Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

Hello,

The WebPage Schema is indeed added automatically by our plugin when other Schema types are used, but this isn’t just a random schema. By default, we added the Article schema for pages because that is the most generic schema you can use to describe the content, which is also perfect alongside the WebPage schema.

However, we understand that this may not always meet every use case, especially when you only want to apply the WebPage Schema alone.

Currently, adding only the WebPage Schema via the UI is available through the Custom Schema feature in the PRO version or by using a custom code snippet.

We do appreciate your feedback. This isn’t against Google’s best practices, but if this is something we can add to the list of pre-made schemas in the schema builder, we will let you know.