Hey everyone,
This release is our biggest coverage boost in a while. We’ve added four new schema types, so datasets, author profiles, forum threads, and Q&A pages can all earn
rich results now. We also cleared up a rating issue and cleaned up some admin loading behavior on the post editor.
What’s New
- Dataset schema is here. You can now mark up datasets with their creator, coverage, and downloadable distribution details, following Google’s Dataset structured data guidelines. It’s a great fit for research sites, data portals, and open-data projects.
- Profile Page schema is here. Author and organization profiles can now be marked up the way Google expects, with support for both Person and Organization profiles. Handy for author bios, team pages, and creator profiles.
- Discussion Forum schema is here. Forum and community posts can now qualify for discussion-style rich results, capturing the author, post content, and comment count, in line with Google’s Discussion Forum guidelines.
- Q&A Page schema is here. Question-and-answer pages can now be marked up with the question, the accepted answer, and any suggested answers, following Google’s Q&A Page guidelines. Ideal for support pages, help centers, and community Q&A.
What’s Fixed
- The 1–10 rating scale works again in the schema meta box. Since the last release, any rating above 5 was being blocked, so reviews on a 1–10 scale couldn’t save. That’s fixed, and your ratings now save correctly again.
- The “+Add” button no longer inserts duplicate rows. Admin scripts were loading twice on post edit screens, which made repeater fields add two rows at once and occasionally triggered ACF nonce errors when you updated a post. Both are resolved.
- Admin styles load cleanly now. The admin stylesheet was loading twice on post edit screens, and also loading on unrelated wp-admin pages where it wasn’t needed. It now loads once, and only where it should.
What’s Improved
- Ready for WordPress 7.1. Schema Pro is tested and compatible with WordPress 7.1, so you can update WordPress with confidence.
We recommend updating to Schema Pro v2.12.0 to get the new schema types and these fixes.
As always, our support team is here to help if you have any questions or need assistance with the update.
Best
Team Schema Pro