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How To Fix "headline and datepublished missing and required" In Blogger

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Since Google is updating posting schema and search results so frequently, bloggers and webmasters are having trouble to cope with it. Previously Structured Data Testing Tool was detecting following errors:

(1). image_url: 
(2). postId: 
(3). blogId:
    how-to-fix-image_url,blogid,postid-errors-in-blogger

    To fix above problems read How To Fix Google Webmaster Tools Errors In Blogger

    But now two new errors are encountered which are:

    (1). headline: missing and required
    (2). datepublished: missing and required

    In this post I will show you how to fix these errors in blogger. So follow below steps to fix your errors. I am starting from "headline: missing and required" first.

    Method 1:How To Fix "headline: missing and required" In Blogger:


    Step 1: Go to blogger dashboard and navigate to template.

    Step 2: Click on Edit Html to Edit your template.

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    Step 3: Click inside the code and search for below piece of code:

    <h1 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'>

    Or if you don't find it search for below one:

    <h2 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'>

    Step 4: Change 'name' to 'headline' in the code  as shown in below image:

    how-to-fix-headline-missing and required-in-blogger-structured-data-to-esting-tool

    You will find the above code two times or more then two times, make sure to change 'name' to 'headline' in all of these codes.

    Step 5: Save your template and test your blog again using Structured Data Testing Tool.

    How To Fix "datepublished: missing and required" In Blogger:


    If you do it manually it will need hard work and it would be difficult for you so I found an alternative method to fix this error which is much easier then other methods. So follow below steps to fix 'datepublished: missing and required' in your blog.

    Step 1: Go to blogger dashboard > settings and select sub-option(Language and formatting):


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    Step 2: Find Formatting and Timestamp Format.



    Step 3: Change time format from default to 8/15/2015 04:33:50 AM(Month/Date/Year Time AM) format as show in below image:


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    Step 4: Click on save settings and go to layout.


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    Step 5: On the layout page edit blog posts.


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    Step 6: Check/Mark both date and time options in post page options as shown in below picture:


    how-to-change-date-and-time-settings-in-blogger

    Step 7: Change time format to 8/15/2015 04:33:50 AM(Month/Date/Year Time AM) as you did in the settings above(step 3).


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    It should be like above image.

    Step 8: Click on save and you are done.

    Once again check your blog with Structured Data Testing Tool, I am sure this time you will see All good!

    If you still have errors in your webmaster testing tools then you have to do all this manually so follow below steps to add codes manually.


    Method 2:Fixing "headline and datepublished missing and required" in blogger Manually!

    Step 1: Go to your template and edit it.

    Step 2: Search for below code:

    <div class='date-posts'><div class='post-outer'><div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'>

    Step 3: Copy below code and paste it below the above code:

    <a class='timestamp-link' expr:href='data:post.url' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' expr:title='data:post.timestampISO8601' itemprop='datePublished'><span class='updated'><data:post.dateHeader/>T<data:post.timestamp/></span></abbr></a>

    Step 4: Now search for this code:

    <div class='post hentry' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'>

    Step 5: After finding above code just below it paste this one:

    <a class='timestamp-link' expr:href='data:post.url' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' expr:title='data:post.timestampISO8601' itemprop='datePublished'><span class='updated'><data:post.dateHeader/>T<data:post.timestamp/></span></abbr></a>

    Step 6: Now search again for the below code:

    <meta expr:content='data:post.canonicalUrl' itemprop='url'/>

    You may find this code 2 or 3 times

    Step 7: Add the below code below each of the above codes(step 6):

    <a class='timestamp-link' expr:href='data:post.url' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' expr:title='data:post.timestampISO8601' itemprop='datePublished'><span class='updated'><data:post.timestamp/></span></abbr></a>

    Step 8: Click on save and you done!

    Important Note: Make sure to follow step 5,6 and 7 in the first method of fixing these errors!

    If your blog have other errors like img_url, postid, blogid then read How To Fix Google Webmaster Tools Errors In Blogger 


    If you still see any problem you can discuss it with me in comments or by contacting me.

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