Google Webmasters Tools says missing – Missing: author Missing: updated

Hi Sandeep !
This error occurs when Google is unable to find the author of the post. This part uses elements from hCard microformat which are ”vcard” and ”fn”.
Please try out the solution here:
http://nepallica.com/fix-google-rich-snippets-warning-missing-required-field-wordpress/ .

Hey Sandeep, Its Shajee Fareedi here, i am having the same problem with my website. Webmaster is showing the same error for every post page of my website shajeefareedi.com, i would like to know if you have fixed this error for your website, Kindly help me too if you have done.
Otherwise, if someone else can help me, i will be very thankful.
All helpful informations are welcome! 🙂 
Thanks a lot . . .

I´ve got also the same Problem in DW_Focus.

But i could not find
“<span class="post_date"><?php the_time('j F,Y'); ?></span>”
or
“<?php the_author(); ?>” in single.php.

Because of that, i couldn´t use the solution from Dominic.
Is there any other solution?
Regards,
Ben

Hi,
You can find the datetime in the function “dw_focus_posted_on” of the inc/template-tags.php file, then find the line 140. 
Also, you can find the author in the function “dw_focus_post_actions” of the  functions.php file.

Hi,
You can open the teplate-tags.php file in the folder path “wp-content\themes\dw-focus\inc”. Find the line 139 to line 147, replace the following code:
Warning: Missing required field “updated”

function dw_focus_posted_on() {
 the_category();
 printf( '<time class="entry-date" datetime="%3$s" pubdate>%4$s</time>',
 esc_url( get_permalink() ),
 esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
 esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
 dw_human_time()
 );
}

With new code: 

function dw_focus_posted_on() {
 the_category();
 printf( '<time class="entry-date updated" datetime="%3$s" pubdate>%4$s</time>',
 esc_url( get_permalink() ),
 esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
 esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
 dw_human_time()
 );
}

Warning: Missing required hCard “author”
– You can open the functions.php file. Find the line 478 to line 481. 
Replace the following code: 

<div class="author-info">
 <?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ), 96 ); ?>
 <a class="author-name" href="<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ); ?>" rel="author"><?php echo get_the_author(); ?></a></h2>
 </div><!-- .author-info -->

With new code:

<div class="author-info vcard">
 <?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ), 96 ); ?>
 <a class="author-name url fn n" href="<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ); ?>" rel="author"><?php echo get_the_author(); ?></a></h2>
 </div><!-- .author-info -->

Hope this helps !

Hola Dominic,

I have been trying everything possible to fix the same problem I´m getting from Google Webmaster Tools. This is my website http://www.purenow.solutions

Do I need to upgrade the template version ? I´m not sure what version I´m running at this moment.

Muchas gracias

Melvin

At the moment, we have released the latest version 1.1.0, you can check the version in the Dashboard > Theme > Theme Detail to see the version of your site.
If you using older version, you can send me your email, I will send the latest version for you (via email).
Regards,

Yes please…. my email is melvin at enetwork.co.cr . I would really appreciate if some back up instructions are provided with the new version.

Hola Dominic,

Google Webmaster Tools reduced from 216 errors to 195 erros in 1 week. It is working

Muchas gracias,

Melvin