Title: Simple metadata Author: Antonio D. Published: September 4, 2018 Last modified: January 8, 2020 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-metadata/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2210217) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-metadata/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2210217) # Simple metadata By [Antonio D.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/colomet/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-metadata.1.6.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-metadata/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-metadata/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-metadata/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-metadata/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-metadata/) ## 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 Front page is a Blog type 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 Demo [here](https://simple-metadata.000webhostapp.com/). ### Front-page related content * Types: - **[Blog](https://simple-metadata.000webhostapp.com/blog/)** - **WebSite** Properties * **CreativeWork** type: **inLanguage** * **Thing** type: **name**, ** description** & **URL** #### Pages related content Types: * **[WebPage](https://simple-metadata.000webhostapp.com/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](https://simple-metadata.000webhostapp.com/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 ### Disclaimers The Simple metadata is supplied “as is” and all use is at your own risk. ## Screenshots * [[ * Settings – organisation name and logo * [[ * Settings – front page, pages and cpt’s * [[ * Front page metadata * [[ * Settings – new page metabox * [[ * Page metadata 1 * [[ * Page metadata 2 * [[ * Settings – new post metabox * [[ * Post metadata 1 * [[ * Post metadata 2 ## 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. ## FAQ 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. Still under development, [Google Rich cards test](https://search.google.com/test/rich-results) can help you with the test. 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 ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Simple metadata” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Antonio D. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/colomet/) * [ Daniil Zhitnitskii ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danzhik/) * [ davideC00 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dcazzorla/) [Translate “Simple metadata” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-metadata) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-metadata/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-metadata/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-metadata/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-metadata/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.6 * **BUGFIX** - Bug at unistall * **MODIFICATION** - CodeCanyon code review - 1 all .js files have the “use_strict” statement. - .php files with script tags changed (smd-set-page-metaboxes.php {143,248}, smd-network-admin.php-{168}) - 2 Nothing changed for this - on .js files “jQuery(document).ready(function($)” to “jQuery(function($)” ? - same on php files. * 3 escape all translatable strings?… - (possible locations:smd-frontpage-related-content.php {$metadata to json}, smd-general-functions.php {213-228},smd-posts-related-content.php{$post_meta_type}) - 4 delete all unused code: – comments.. => no comments.. (problem in sumbionts/ custom_metadata.php) * not reachable blocks. * **List of Files revised** - smd-network-admin.php - smd-frontpage-related-content.php - smd-general-functions.php - smd-posts-related-content.php - smd-unistall-functions.php #### 1.5.3 * **BUGFIX** - m=Modified condition to proper display correct post types (locations) to fit all the cases - Course description condition fix #### 1.5.2 * **ADDITIONS** - JS “use strict” mode now and minor modifications - Escape html added to some stings * **MODIFICATION** - indents * **BUGFIX** - Book tagline description when Course selected now works properly * **List of Files revised** - smd-logo-box.js - smd-googleImage-box.js - simple-metadata-admin.js - smd-posts-related-content.php - smd-frontpage-related-content.php - smd-pages-related-content.php #### 1.5.1 * **ADDITIONS** - If site type is Course then Book tagline (pb_about_140) is used as description * **List of Files revised** - smd-front-page-related-content.php #### 1.5 ADDITIONS * Site 1 has now special status in terms of site types and is not overridable by network settings * JS alert when Organization image unset * Provider tag * When site type is not Book – Illustrator is printed as contributor * If PB installation set Course site type as default in all sites on plugin activation MODIFICATION * All Publisher menu settings renamed to Organization * PB – Booktype option removed and default site type approach is used now * Specifying when to display certain metaboxes and fields related to the type of installation and site type * Contributor type – thing changed to person * Minor text and styling fixes REMOVED * Site submenu page removed List of Files revised * smd-posts-related-content.php * smd-front-page-related- content.php * smd-pages-related-content.php * smd-set-page-metaboxes.php * smd-logo- box.js * smd-general-functions.php * smd-network-admin.php * simple-metadada.php #### 1.4.4 ADDITIONS * New submenu field “Publisher” with “Organization” metabox where admin is able to set Publisher logo (Network(Site1) level and single site level) and related functionality * Comments in HTML header signalizing on what type of metadata is printed * Functionality related thumbnail metadata in case featured_image_for_pressbooks plugin is activated MODIFICATION * Metadata menu field (and its settings) is now displayed also on Site1 List of Files revised * smd-posts-related-content.php * smd-front-page-related- content.php * smd-pages-related-content.php * smd-set-page-metaboxes.php * smd-logo- box.js * smd-general-functions.php * smd-network-admin.php #### 1.4.3 Changes in this version are related ONLY to Pressbooks use case. ADDITIONS * Extends and modifies functionality in Book admin ‘Book type’ metabox for course, book options and for front-matter, back-matter. REMOVED Disabled by commenting out. * Network admin locations metabox which enables/ disables printing metadata for selected post-type. * Book(site) admin locations metabox which enables/disables printing metadata for selected post-type. List of Files revised * smd-posts-related-content.php * smd-set-page-metaboxes. php * documentation #### 1.4.2 ADDITIONS * Admin metabox related to set book type option (Book/Course/Default) that modifies metadata print. ENHANCEMENTS * Specify date print format in smd_get_general_tags() functon to ‘ Y-m-d’ List of Files revised * smd-general-functions.php * smd-posts-related-content.php* smd-set-page-metaboxes.php =1.4.1 = *ADDITIONS * Admin Logo image metabox List of Files revised * smd-set-page-metaboxes.php #### 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. ## Meta * Version **1.6** * Last updated **6 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.3.21** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-metadata/) * Tags * [multisite](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multisite/)[pressbooks](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pressbooks/) [schema](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/schema/)[schema.org](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/schema-org/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-metadata/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-metadata/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-metadata/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Antonio D. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/colomet/) * [ Daniil Zhitnitskii ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danzhik/) * [ davideC00 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dcazzorla/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-metadata/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://opencollective.com/mylanguageskills)