Errors on Google Webmaster Tools for WP sites

[juliat72]

I'm getting the following errors on GWT for sites using Wordpress as the CMS and I'm not sure whether it is something that will affect rankings or if it is just a warning

Error: Missing required field “entry-title”
Error: Missing required field “updated”
Error: Missing required hCard “author”

Have any of you come across this and how did you resolve it?

[wslade]

I don't recall seeing anything like this in my Webmaster Tools and I have a number of WP sites. I'm guessing it's in the Structured Data section by the nature of the error?

Have you looked to see if the items were really missing? I think entry_title is the page title and you may have chosen to remove it from the page. If you find that these items are really missing, I would make sure they show.

If you did remove the entry-title you may want to put it back and then hide it from normal visitors using css. That way you can keep the page looking like you want and keep G happy too.

OR, it could all be a big mistake. G does make them.

[lorax]

It has to do with your theme though I'm not sure how to fix it. Will it hurt you. Probably not but it's not helping either.

[juliat72]

No it isn't the meta title that's there on every page/post