Article schema

Article tells Google a page is a news article, blog post, or editorial story. Done well, it earns you a thumbnail next to your blue link and eligibility for Top Stories carousels.

Required fields

Google requires four properties on every Article:

• headline — the article title, max 110 characters for Top Stories. Truncated longer text loses Top Stories eligibility.
• image — at least one URL pointing to an image that is 16:9, 4:3, or 1:1 and at least 1200px on the long edge. Multiple is better.
• datePublished — ISO 8601, including timezone.
• author — a Person (or Organization) with a name. A bare string is no longer accepted.

If any of these is missing, the page is not eligible for the Article rich result.

Recommended

• dateModified — without this, Google can't tell the article was updated, and may stop ranking it for "freshness" queries.
• publisher — Organization with name and logo. The logo should be at least 112×112px.
• description — used as the snippet if Google decides not to generate one.

The mistakes I see most often

1. Author as a string. "author": "Jane Doe" was valid in 2018. Today Google ignores it. Use { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane Doe" }.
2. Missing dateModified on every update. Editing the post without updating the timestamp silently caps how high you rank for time-sensitive queries.
3. Image too small. A 600px hero will pass validation but won't enable a thumbnail in the SERP.

CMS notes

• WordPress (Yoast or Rank Math): both emit Article schema automatically for posts. Don't add a second copy by hand — Google deduplicates but it muddies validation.
• Next.js App Router: put the <script type="application/ld+json"> directly in page.tsx, server-rendered. Avoid next/head (it's for Pages Router only).
• Webflow: custom code embed in page-level head, or via a CMS template field with a custom attribute.

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Last verified: 2026-05-15. Found something inaccurate? Email hello@schemapreview.dev.

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