Rajesh Namase

<p>⚠️ This plugin is no longer maintained or supported.</p>
<p>You can add a reviewed product to any blog post and this plugin will <em>display stars</em> at the bottom of said post. Option is provided to hide the ratings from readers. Adding this <a href="http://schema.org/Product" rel="nofollow ugc">Schema.org markup</a> will show your rating, author name and price in the Google result and better your search ranking in general. Adding product review markups help you to get more click thorugh rate and better visibility in Google search engine. This plugin is written by Rajesh Namase, the founder of <a href="http://www.techlila.com" title="TechLila - Tech Tips and Tricks" rel="nofollow ugc">TechLila</a>.</p>
<h4>Why You Should Implement Rich Snippets</h4>
<p>According to Google, rich snippets “extract and show more useful information from web pages than the preview text that you are used to seeing.” Significantly, Google is using structured data open standards such as microformats, RDFa, schema.org to power the rich snippets feature. Google is is inviting publishers to mark up their HTML. Webmasters can find more detailed information about <strong>Google’s rich snippets – Products review</strong> <a href="http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=146750" title="Google Product Review" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>
<h4>Google’s Rich Snippets Testing Tool</h4>
<p>Once you install this plugin, and publish your first product review, you can use Google’s Rich Snippets <a href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets" title="Google Rich Snippet Tool" rel="nofollow ugc">Testing Tool</a> to check your markup and make sure that Google can extract the structured data from your product review post. This tool will display a preview of how your product review might appear in Google search results.</p>
<h4>Get Support</h4>
<p>If you have an issue, please contact us via the <a href="http://www.techlila.com/contact/" title="Contact Us" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact Us</a> page.</p>
<h4>Further Reading</h4>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://www.techlila.com/wordpress-plugins/author-product-review/" title="Author Product Review" rel="nofollow ugc">Author Product Review</a> official homepage.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.techlila.com/why-you-should-implement-google-rich-snippets/" title="Why You Should Implement Google Rich Snippets" rel="nofollow ugc">Why You Should Implement Google Rich Snippets</a>.</li>
<li>Follow TechLila on on <a href="https://plus.google.com/101027510915728205884/posts" title="Google+" rel="nofollow ugc">Google+</a> and <a href="https://facebook.com/techlila" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Thanks</h3>
<p>Thanks goes to <a href="http://jamesswindle.com" title="James Swindle's Website" rel="nofollow ugc">James Swindle</a> – deveoper of Review Schema WordPress plugin, some features are missing in Review Schema plugin which encouraged me to develop this plugin. Plugin banner creaded by Kulwant Nagi from Blogging Cage.</p>


Author Product Review

This plugin allow author to add Schema.org markup options for product reviews.

Phil

<p>Structured Data for Schema.org helps you add valid Schema.org markup to your WordPress content. This improves how search engines understand your content and <strong>may qualify for Google Rich Snippets</strong> (depending on schema type and page structure).</p>
<h4>Supported Schema Types</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>HowTo</strong> — Step-by-step tutorials (Google Rich Result eligible, 1 per page recommended)</li>
<li><strong>FAQPage</strong> — Questions & Answers (Google Rich Result eligible, 1 per page limit enforced)</li>
<li><strong>ItemList</strong> — Ordered/unordered lists (Google Rich Result eligible)</li>
<li><strong>CreativeWork</strong> — General content (SEO only, no Rich Result)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Important: Google Rich Results</h4>
<p>Not all schema types guarantee Rich Snippets. Google has specific requirements:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>HowTo:</strong> Best results with ONE main tutorial per page</li>
<li><strong>FAQPage:</strong> Only ONE FAQPage schema per page is eligible for Rich Results (plugin enforces this)</li>
<li><strong>ItemList:</strong> Works well for top-10 lists, product collections</li>
<li><strong>CreativeWork:</strong> Helps SEO but does not trigger Rich Results</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin generates <strong>valid Schema.org markup</strong>. Rich Result eligibility depends on your content structure and Google’s algorithms.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>HowTo Schema</h4>
<pre><code>[schema type="HowTo" name="How to Draw a Rune" time="5M"]
Step 1: Clear your mind
Step 2: Focus on your question
Step 3: Click the daisy
[/schema]
</code></pre>
<h4>FAQPage Schema</h4>
<p>Use <code>|</code> to separate questions and answers (one Q&A per line):</p>
<pre><code>[schema type="FAQPage" name="Rune FAQ"]
What are runes? | Ancient Germanic alphabet symbols
How do I use them? | Focus on a question and draw randomly
When should I draw? | When you need guidance
[/schema]
</code></pre>
<p>For schema-only output (no visible HTML), add <code>hidden="1"</code>:</p>
<pre><code>[schema type="FAQPage" name="FAQ" hidden="1"]
Question 1 | Answer 1
Question 2 | Answer 2
[/schema]
</code></pre>
<h4>ItemList Schema</h4>
<pre><code>[schema type="ItemList" name="Top 3 Runes"]
Fehu - Wealth and abundance
Uruz - Strength and vitality
Thurisaz - Protection and power
[/schema]
</code></pre>
<p>For unordered list (bullets), add <code>items-tag="ul"</code>:</p>
<pre><code>[schema type="ItemList" name="My List" items-tag="ul"]
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
[/schema]
</code></pre>
<h4>CreativeWork Schema</h4>
<pre><code>[schema type="CreativeWork" name="My Guide" description="A comprehensive rune guide"]
Your content here...
[/schema]
</code></pre>
<h4>Attributes</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>type</code> — Schema type: HowTo, FAQPage, ItemList, CreativeWork (default: HowTo)</li>
<li><code>name</code> — Title of the schema (required for all types)</li>
<li><code>description</code> — Brief description (HowTo, CreativeWork)</li>
<li><code>time</code> — Duration (HowTo only, auto-converts to ISO 8601: “5M”, “1H30M”, “PT30M”)</li>
<li><code>image</code> — Featured image URL (HowTo only)</li>
<li><code>hidden</code> — Hide HTML output, keep schema only (values: 1, true)</li>
<li><code>position</code> — Starting position for ItemList numbering (ItemList only)</li>
<li><code>url</code> — URL for list items (ItemList only, applies to all items)</li>
<li><code>items-tag</code> — HTML tag for ItemList: “ol” (default) or “ul”</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<h4>Classes</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>SDFSO_Schema</code> (<code>includes/class-sdfso-schema.php</code>) — Core schema generation logic (static methods)</li>
<li><code>SDFSO_Shortcode</code> (<code>includes/class-sdfso-shortcode.php</code>) — Shortcode registration and rendering</li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported Schema Types</h4>
<pre><code>| Type        | Rich Result  | Limit Per Page | Required Fields         |
|-------------|--------------|----------------|-------------------------|
| HowTo       | Yes          | 1 recommended  | name, step[]            |
| FAQPage     | Yes          | 1 enforced     | mainEntity[]            |
| ItemList    | Yes          | ∞              | name, itemListElement[] |
| CreativeWork| No           | ∞              | name                    |
</code></pre>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under GPLv2 or later.</p>
<p>Copyright (C) 2026 philstudio</p>
<p>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify<br />
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by<br />
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or<br />
(at your option) any later version.</p>
<p>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,<br />
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of<br />
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the<br />
GNU General Public License for more details.</p>


Structured Data for Schema.org

Generate Schema.org structured data via shortcode. Supports HowTo, FAQPage, ItemList, CreativeWork.

Author Product Review vs Structured Data for Schema.org