WP COVID-19 Schema plugin adds a schema snippet in the WordPress websites of schools and hospitals to serve the specific purpose of announcements.
| Author: | Sweans (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 5.4.6 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0.5 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 25-03-2020 |
| Last updated: | 27-04-2020
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Plugin URI: | https://www.sweans.com/wp-covid-19-schema/ |
| Total downloads: | 946 |
| Active installs: | 10+ |
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Schema is referred to a structured data vocabulary defining actions, relationships and entities on the web. This is a code snippet helping search engines to understand the meaning of the subject matters (entities) on the Internet so as to provide the best user experience for the internet users. Search engines including Google is on the mission of building a more semantic web. These markups play a crucial role in effective internet communication.
What is COVID-19 Schema?
On 16th March 2020, Schema.org added coronavirus-related structured data types in version 7.0 due to the massive COVID- 19 outbreak. “CovidTestingFacility” is the significant structured data type introduced in this update. It represents both temporary and established testing facilities opened to handle the Coronavirus pandemic.
Essential Features
Covid Test Facility announcement
School closure announcement because of Corona virus pandemic
This is a standard schema.org implementation as a WordPress plugin and makes it easy to integrate your school or hospital website.
This schema type has been introduced recently. Search engines are still working on the usage of these snippets for the benefit of the public. Due to the severity of the pandemic it’s for sure that they will give more importance to the website with this snippets.
They can announce the launch of this service in their website and this will be shown in Google and Yahoo search results once that companies incorporate this schema in their search result.
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