Setting Person Schema Markup in Your Content

Did you know that All in One SEO Pro lets you add Schema markup for people?

This means that search engines can display more detailed information about a person.

Tutorial Video

Setting the Default Schema Type for all People

To set the default Schema Type for your people, click on Search Appearance in the All in One SEO menu, then click on the Content Types tab.

Search Appearance menu item on All in One SEO menu

Scroll down to the section for your people and click on the Schema Markup tab.

Schema Markup tab under Content Types

Now select Person in the Schema Type drop down and click the Save Changes button.

For more detail on this, please see our article on Configuring Schema Settings here.

Setting the Schema Type for Individual People

To set the Schema Type for individual content, edit your content and scroll down to the AIOSEO Settings section, then click on the Schema tab.

Now, click the Generate Schema button to open the Schema Generator.

You’ll see the Schema Types that are available.

Click the Add Schema icon next to Person to add it.

You can now edit the schema information.

Once done, click the Add Schema button to add the schema to the post.

The Person schema has now been added to the post.

If you would like to edit any of the schema properties or delete the graph, click the Edit Schema or Delete Schema buttons in the graph card.

Configuring the Person Specific Information

When you click on Person as the Schema Type for your content, you’ll see a popup with additional fields where you can enter information about the person.

Complete the fields as described below:

  • Name – Enter the name of the person.
  • Description – Enter the description of the person.
  • Email – Enter the email address of the person.
  • Job Title – Enter the title of the person.
  • Image – Select or upload an image of the person. You can also paste in the URL for an image into this field. By default, this is set to your featured image.

In the Location section, you can set the address of the person.

Once you’ve completed the fields, click the Add Schema button to save them.

You can also save this as a template which you can use on other people by clicking the Save Schema as Template button.

You can learn about Schema Templates here.

Additional Information

Check out more documentation on our Schema Settings here.

This feature was added in All in One SEO version 4.2.5. There's no legacy documentation available.