WebSite Structured Data With Site Search
Adds WebSite JSON-LD to the homepage, including a SearchAction that tells search engines how your site search works.
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Code
add_action( 'wp_head', function () {
if ( ! is_front_page() || defined( 'WPSEO_VERSION' ) || defined( 'RANK_MATH_VERSION' ) || defined( 'AIOSEO_VERSION' ) || defined( 'SEOPRESS_VERSION' ) || defined( 'THE_SEO_FRAMEWORK_VERSION' ) ) {
return;
}
$data = array(
'@context' => 'https://schema.org',
'@type' => 'WebSite',
'name' => get_bloginfo( 'name' ),
'url' => home_url( '/' ),
'potentialAction' => array(
'@type' => 'SearchAction',
'target' => array(
'@type' => 'EntryPoint',
'urlTemplate' => home_url( '/?s={search_term_string}' ),
),
'query-input' => 'required name=search_term_string',
),
);
if ( get_bloginfo( 'description' ) ) {
$data['description'] = get_bloginfo( 'description' );
}
echo '<script type="application/ld+json">' . wp_json_encode( $data, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE | JSON_HEX_TAG ) . "</script>\n";
} );Notes
Skipped when a major SEO plugin is active, as they output the same data.
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