How long does Plugin take before Structural Data HENTRY error is gone

I can’t really tell since this depends on how fast Google will crawl your pages.

Also, just to clarify; the Schema plugin doesn’t fix markup errors caused by the Theme or other plugins.

If it does not fix the errors, I am not sure what it does.

I have 121 errors reported HENTRY stating I do not have an aurhor or updated. There are no other errors.

Do you have an suggestions. Guessing you plugin will not help at all?

In this type of plugins, plugins doesn’t fix each other, especially if there is no known perfect way to do that due to the way every theme works. Themes has different ways to deal with schema markups.

Allow me to summarize this for you (this is what I imagine it):

1- You will need to fix the markup errors. (find what is responsible for that and fix it)
2- If you can not fix it, then remove it.
3- Install a plugin that adds back a valid markup.

One thing I would suggest, try the Fetch as Google tool to ask Google to re-index your content faster. I use this when I need to re-index a page and see how it looks in search results, so I don’t have to wait for days. But, I am not sure this will work in Search Console the same way it work for search results, or how fast it is.

From Google: (source)

Recrawling is not immediate or guaranteed. It typically takes several days for a successful request to be granted. Also, understand that we can’t guarantee that Google will index all your changes, as Google relies on a complex algorithm to update indexed materials.

I hope this helps.

Thank you for the reply. I have your plug-in installed. However, I am not sure if I need it or not. The only reason to install you plugin was that I had hopped it would repair the HENTRY errors that I was getting in Webmaster tools.

I decide to try to remove the HENTRY by adding this code to the bottom of my MAIN theme’s fUCTIONS.php file and then check the source of the page and the HENTRY was removed.

//Remove the Hentry Class Every
function remove_hentry( $classes ) {
$classes = array_diff( $classes, array( ‘hentry’ ) );
return $classes;
}
add_filter( ‘post_class’,’remove_hentry’ );

So, since I removed the HENTRY using the code above.
1. Can you please let me know what you plugin will do for the site? (what does it do?)
2. Will your plugin still work now that the HENTRY is removed?
3. Should I remove your plug-in now that I removed the HENTRY?

Thank you!

1) The Schema plugin adds markup to a basic WordPress installation, means it will automatically adds Article and BlogPosting markups, and more to your site once installed. This consider enhancement to your site since it can tell more details about your content to search engines. The Schema plugin can benefit any type of site that has a traditional blog section with articles or news articles..etc.

2) The Schema plugin work even if HENTRY error is presented, I don’t see why it won’t. (the HENTRY has a very little piece of information, not much in it, while Schema offer much more)

Also, to confirm that, I’ve personally see many sites with errors, Google still can get markups from Schema and other schema.org markups generated by the Theme, the main issue is that when you have multiple outputs, it can confuse search engines at a point, so we should try to avoid that whenever is possible.

3) I am not sure why you would remove the plugin, unless you don’t find it useful. So, this part is totally up to you. I would try it for some time though, SEO related plugins isn’t for one a day ride, it must be tested in real live example to know if it’s really useful for your site or not.

Thank you for your reply. Everything your wrote makes since, however I am not sure about this statement.

“the main issue is that when you have multiple outputs, it can confuse search engines at a point, so we should try to avoid that whenever is possible”.

1. How do I check for “multiple outputs”?
2. Can your plug-in create another output or multiple outputs?

I mean the case when someone uses different plugins on the same site for schema markups, which may end causing a duplicate, or conflicts. This may confuse search engines since every page should be marked with only one specific main type of schema.

Oh, that makes sense. I do not think I would do that, but thanks for the warning.
Thank you,

No problem, you are welcome.