Reviews: Invalid object type for field "author"

[rafalkukla]

Hi there,
I started getting warnings from Google on multiple websites about "Invalid object type for field “author” and by doing a quick search it looks like its missing “type” field

“author”: {
“@type”: “Person”,
“name”: “Fred Benson”
}

At the moment @type saying “Thing”

Is there any workaround to fix this?

[ruenel]

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[rafalkukla]

Hi @ruenel
NO external Plugins, only Review block from PRO which has Schema Options.

Please note: When “Type” at the top is left blank, it defaults to organization, which is correct. The issue is with Author, @type, it adds “Thing” and cannot be changed. It should be set to “Person” according to my research

[christian]

Hey Rafal,

I have replicated the issue so I’m going to add this in our issue tracker so this case will be queued for investigation by our development team.

Regretfully, there is no workaround right now as it’s on the element’s code. There is no declaration of Person for the author so the Google Rich Results Test considers it as a Thing.

Please stay tuned for updates and monitor our Changelog to see if a change for this is included.

Thanks.