BlueGrid Schema Validator vs WooCommerce Rich Snippets & Schema Markup

BlueGrid Schema Validator is a web tool for generating JSON-LD markup and checking it against schema.org vocabulary and Google rich-result requirements. Its form-based generator builds markup for types including LocalBusiness and trade subtypes, Organization, Person, Service, FAQPage, Article, BlogPosting, NewsArticle, Product, BreadcrumbList, Event, and Review. The output updates as the form is completed and can be copied inside a script-tag wrapper. For validation, it checks JSON syntax, @context and @type, required and recommended properties, and common formats such as dates, URLs, and prices. Missing properties can lead to corrected JSON-LD with placeholders and a completeness score. Users can also submit a page URL for its JSON-LD to be fetched through a public proxy and analyzed in the browser. The maker says pasted markup is validated in the browser and generated content is not uploaded. Rich-result preview is included, and results can be shared by link or the validator embedded on another site. The maker cautions that valid markup can qualify a page for rich results but cannot ensure Google displays one.

WooCommerce Rich Snippets & Schema Markup is a WordPress plugin that adds structured data to WooCommerce pages, so search results can show details such as product price and availability. The product page lists 13 schema types, including product, business, book, recipe, carousel, article, course and FAQ. Product schema can include name, price, description, SKU, availability, ratings and reviews. Business or organization schema supports details such as a name, logo, URL, hours, location, contact information and team members. The plugin can add breadcrumbs to product and service pages. Book fields include author, edition, format, publication date, publisher, ISBN and abridged status; recipe fields include author, cooking time, publication date, description, image, instructions and yield. Carousel schema applies at a general level. The free Community edition includes six months of Extendons support and future updates. Listed minimum versions are WooCommerce 2.6.0 and WordPress 4.6. Extendons says it was founded in 2017 to create extensions, plugins and themes, and lists an address in Islamabad, Pakistan. Its privacy policy was last updated September 9, 2021; Extendons says it collects order and website usage data and allows account holders to request deletion.