“Comment” object must be nested inside a “CreativeWork” object

Hi Ian,

For reference, can you share a link to where we can see this issue on your site?

Also, does Google Search Console share more information about – “Comment” object must be nested inside a “CreativeWork” object? If it does, can you share it?

I see. I’ll forward this to Tom just in case he has an insight.

But, can you make a suggestion about this here?: https://feedback.generatepress.com/

You’re welcome!

Hi there,

we will review and update the themes schema requirements where applicable.
to cover:

1. creativeWork we can add our schema function to the comments-area container.

2. Missing field “url” (in “author”) we can include this in the the link contained within the cite itemProp=name.
However if a user does not or cannot leave a URL when submitting a comment, then there will be no markup for this item.

For now, there is no immediate need to change anything.
The markup and schema for these items is perfectly valid.
These are currently suggested improvements from google, and their absence has no impact on your search results rich snippets.

UPDATE:

For the Missing field “url” (in “author”) and users allow URLs to be added. This PHP snippet will add the missing prop for you for now:

function custom_comment_author_link($comment_author_link, $comment_author, $comment_id) {
    $author_url = get_comment_author_url($comment_id);

    if (!empty($author_url)) {
        // Add itemprop="url" to the <a> tag
        $comment_author_link = str_replace('<a', '<a itemprop="url"', $comment_author_link);
    }
    return $comment_author_link;
}

add_filter('get_comment_author_link', 'custom_comment_author_link', 10, 3);

We will address both issues in a future release.

RE: #2 –
If you have removed the URL field from the Comments form
Then there is nowhere in the comments HTML for the itemprop="url" to be added.
So that snippet won’t do anything.
And you should ignore this improvement notice from Google as you can’t add something thats not there

Some more useful info on the matter here:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/245921519?hl=en&msgid=246028957

Whats odd is that they flag the absence of the itemprop="url" when there is no link in the comment author.
Is it possible to see a post that got flagged by google ?
Just want to make sure there isn’t something else amiss ( aside from Googles logic )

Hi there,

See my reply here:

https://generate.support/topic/comment-object-must-be-nested-inside-a-creativework-object-2/#post-67192

And particularly:

For now, there is no immediate need to change anything.
The markup and schema for these items is perfectly valid.
These are currently suggested improvements from google, and their absence has no impact on your search results rich snippets.

Hi there,

nothing has changed, you can keep on ignoring those alerts from Google.

We aim to make the necessary changes in the next main release of the theme.