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Article Schema Generator

Fields

The schema.org type; more specific types help search engines.
0 / 110 charactersThe title of the article; long titles may be cut on some devices.
A short description that matches the visible text.
Absolute, crawlable image URLs. Google recommends 16:9, 4:3 and 1:1 versions of at least 50,000 pixels.
The canonical URL of the page.

Dates

Date and time of first publication.
Only when the content really changed.
Offset added to the dates. Without it Google assumes the time zone of Googlebot.

Authors

Authors recommended

Each author separately; a URL to the author page helps Google tell authors apart.

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    The schema.org type; more specific types help search engines.
    The name as shown on the page.
    The canonical URL of the page.

Publisher

Publisher
The name as shown on the page.
The canonical URL of the page.
A square or wide image of at least 112×112 px that works on a white background.

More

Comma-separated.
BCP 47 code, e.g. en, de, pt-BR.

Marks the article as not free so Google does not treat the paywall as cloaking.

JSON-LD

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Article structured data for news and blog posts

This article schema generator creates Article, NewsArticle or BlogPosting JSON-LD for a story or blog post. Enter the headline, images, dates and authors and copy the checked script block for the article page.

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How it works

  1. Choose the article type

    NewsArticle for journalism, BlogPosting for blogs, Article for anything else; TechArticle, Report and others are available too.

  2. Headline, images, dates

    The counter warns when the headline gets long. Dates are written in ISO 8601 with the time zone you pick.

  3. Authors and publisher

    Each author as a Person or Organization with a profile URL, the publisher with its logo, then copy the block.

Features

  • Several authors

    Every author is a separate item, as Google asks: never combine names in one field. A URL to the author page helps Google tell people apart.

  • Dates with time zone

    datePublished and dateModified get the offset you select, so Google does not fall back to the time zone of Googlebot.

  • Images in three ratios

    List 16:9, 4:3 and 1:1 versions one per line; the hint repeats Google's 50,000-pixel minimum.

  • Paywalled content

    Mark the article as not free and give the CSS selector of the paywalled part, the markup Google uses to tell a paywall from cloaking.

Limits & privacy

Imported JSON-LD or HTML can be up to 1 MB. One time zone applies to both dates; edit the JSON if they differ.

The markup must describe the article on the same page: the headline and author names should match what readers see. Live blogs (LiveBlogPosting) and speakable markup need fields this form does not have – import and edit the JSON for those.

Validation uses the schema.org vocabulary (© schema.org sponsors, CC BY-SA 3.0, see licenses). Nothing leaves your browser – see the privacy page.

FAQ

Which properties are required for articles?

None. Google recommends headline, image, datePublished, dateModified and author with name and url – with them Google can show better titles, images and dates.

Article, NewsArticle or BlogPosting?

All three are handled the same way by Google. Pick the one that describes the content; NewsArticle helps for news sites.

Should dateModified change with every small edit?

Only when the content changes meaningfully. Updating the date without real changes is treated as a freshness trick.

Is the publisher required?

No, but it is useful: an Organization with name, url and logo ties the article to your site.

Can I add the article to a Google News sitemap with this?

No – a news sitemap is a separate XML file. This tool only produces the on-page structured data.

How long can the headline be?

There is no fixed limit any more, but long headlines are cut on some devices; the counter shows 110 characters as a practical guide.

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