Five Star Business Profile and Schema vs SchemaSense – Smart Structured Data

Add schema structured data to any page and/or post type on your site. Also easily create a contact card to add all your business details with the correct structured data. Enhance your site with SEO friendly Schema.org markup! The plugin includes a Gutenberg contact card block as well as a contact card shortcode, so you can display your business info, with included structured data, on any page, no matter which page editing system you are using. Key Features Add LD+JSON structured data to any or every page or post on your site Support for all organization schema types Support for all schema rich results types Customize general/global schema data on the post edit screen Create an SEO-friendly contact card that you can add via Gutenberg block or shortcode Easily include a Google map, opening hours and all your business details Add multiple locations Test any page on your site using Google’s Rich Results Test Five Business Profile and Schema is very user friendly and comes with a walk-through that runs automatically when you activate the plugin and will help you add your business info, create your contact card and add a schema rule. Add Structured Data to Any Page The plugin comes with a database of every organization type schema and every rich results type. With this you can easily create a new schema element and assign a specific structured data type to a page, an individual post, an entire post type, or to your site as a whole. Each schema and rich results type comes with its corresponding properties/fields, as per schema.org. When you add a schema element, you can fill in each of these properties with defaults that you want to apply to all posts/pages that have the schema. You can then customize each property directly on the post edit screen, should you need to make a change for a specific page or post. Whether you’re running your website for a local business, a corporation, a restaurant, a specific project, a sports team, or any other type of organization, with just a few clicks, you can have the correct schema added to your pages, to help enhance your results in search engines! Business Profile Contact Card The Five Star Business Profile and Schema plugin is also perfect for adding your contact details to any page on your site. It comes with a handy form to help you fill in your info, which then gets automatically included on your site both as a contact card and as schema structured data, using the new LD+JSON format. Your contact card can be quickly added anywhere on your site using a block, shortocde or widget, which will display the folling info: Business name Address Phone number with separate click-to-call phone number Cell phone number with click-to-call functionality Whatsapp number with click-to-call functionality Fax number Contact page link or email address Link to Google Map with directions to your establishment Google Map showing your location Opening hours Exceptions for opening hours, to specify days that are closed or have different hours (e.g. holidays) For all of this information, the correct schema.org markup is added LD+JSON format. This helps search engines, like Google, discover your address, phone number and opening hours, so they can display them with your listing on Google. Choose from a wide array of microdata item types for your business schema, including: Corporation schema Organization schema Local Business schema Restaurant schema Many more! Google Maps Structured Data The integrated Google Maps features allow you to enhance your location structured data by displaying a business map on your site with full schema support. Your business location, including the business address, will be displayed on a map (with the correct map schema), as well as in text with the correct location microdata. Multiple Locations Business Profile supports multiple locations. This powerful feature works great for businesses that have several offices, for delivery services, for restaurants with multiple locations, etc. Business location schema is added to each entry and you can showcase your details using the Gutenberg schema block, via the location shortcode or with the included widget. For help getting started with this, you can visit: https://doc.fivestarplugins.com/plugins/business-profile/user/multiple-locations The multiple location structured data for your business also syncs up with the Five Star Restaurant Reservations to automatically offer a dropdown in your reservation form, so people can pick which location they want to book at. You can choose separate organization schema, corporation schema or local business schema for each new location you create, so each schema shortcode and each page’s contact info is uniquely optimized with SEO and search results in mind. Premium Schema Features The premium version of the Five Star Business Profile and Schema plugin comes with several extra features that will help you set up and refine your structured data more quickly and more accurately. These include a default helper functionality for your schema. This option adds a large list of default values to the plugin and allows you to easily populate each schema property with one of these values. No need to be familiar with all the different schema properties and types. Just choose the default you want from the included list and you’re off and running! The premium version also includes new integrations that will help you automatically apply specific structured data to certain areas of your site. For example, the WooCommerce Integration option will automatically add full Product schema to your WooCommerce shop, helping to enhance the search results for your products. There is also a posts integration option, which will automatically add Article rich snippets to the default Posts post type. This way, all your articles and blog posts can have the correct schema, without the need for manually inputting it each time you add a new post. The premium version also syncs with our Five Star Restaurant Manager mobile app (available for iOS and Android) and lets you update your business and contact card info on the go, from a phone or tablet, and without having to be logged in to your WordPress site. Key premium features include: Schema default helpers, which let you choose defaults for all schema properties. Post rich snippets, to automatically add full Article schema.org markup to posts WooCommerce Integration, to automatically add full Product structured data to your shop. Access to the Five Star Restaurant Manager mobile app, to manage your business and contact card info on the go. This schema structured data and contact card plugin is one part of our suite of plugins designed to give you the best WordPress business and restaurant experience. Our plugins provide an intuitive and easy-to-use interface that make sure you don’t lose out on business to your competitors. For more info: Restaurant Reservations plugin that lets your customers reserve a table directly on your site. Restaurant Menu plugin that lets your customers view your full menu directly on your site. For help and support, please see: Our documentation and user guide, here: https://doc.fivestarplugins.com/plugins/business-profile/user/ Our FAQ page, here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-profile/faq/ Our installation guide, here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-profile/installation/ Our tutorial videos, here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEndQUuhlvSoOidQF7iRvstiKjOT4tX71 The Business Profile and Schema support forum, here: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/business-profile/ Our Support Center, here: https://www.fivestarplugins.com/support-center/ Developers This plugin is packed with templates and hooks so you can extend it as needed. Read the developer documentation.

SchemaSense automatically scans your WordPress posts and pages to identify question and answer pairs, then generates proper FAQ schema markup (FAQPage JSON-LD). This structured data helps AI systems and Large Language Models (LLMs) better understand and surface your content in AI-generated responses, while also improving search engine visibility (SEO) with rich snippets in search results. The plugin also optionally formats existing FAQ blocks as minimalistic accordions (collapsible/expandable), providing an improved user experience for visitors browsing your Q&A content. Key Features GEO, AIO & SEO Ready – Structured data optimized for AI systems, LLMs and traditional SEO Automatic Detection – Intelligently identifies Q&A patterns in your content Universal Compatibility – Works with Classic Editor, Gutenberg, and all page builders (Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, WPBakery, etc.) Multiple Formats – Supports headings, paragraphs (including bold), HTML5 details/summary accordions, and Q:/A: format Multilingual Support – Works with 15+ languages (Latin-based question marks) Smart Exclusions – Won’t interfere with Yoast or other FAQ plugins that add their own schema Automatic for Posts – Posts auto-process on save; pages require manual scanning Separate Batch Processing – Individual scan buttons for posts and pages Optional Collapsible UI – Enhance Q&A with expand/collapse functionality Performance Optimized – Schema cached in post meta, not regenerated on every load How It Works The plugin uses multiple detection strategies: 1. FAQ Section Detection (standard HTML – works with all editors/builders) * Looks for headings containing FAQ keywords (e.g., “FAQ”, “Frequently Asked Questions”, “Common Questions”) * Scans headings and paragraphs within that section for Q&A pairs * Works with Classic Editor, Gutenberg, and all page builders 2. HTML5 Details/Summary Detection (modern page builders) * Detects accordion widgets using and elements * Commonly used by Elementor, Beaver Builder, and other modern page builders 3. Gutenberg Block Detection * Native support for WordPress blocks * Parses block structure directly for optimal accuracy What schema types does the plugin support? Currently, the plugin supports FAQ (FAQPage) schema only. It generates JSON-LD structured data with the @type: "FAQPage" format, which includes Question and Answer entities. Support for additional schema types (HowTo, Recipe, Product, etc.) may be added in future versions. Does this work with Gutenberg? Yes! The plugin supports both Classic Editor and Gutenberg (Block Editor). It can parse both Gutenberg blocks and HTML content. How does the plugin detect questions and answers? The plugin uses intelligent pattern detection with strict scoping to avoid false positives: FAQ Section Detection: * Looks for headings containing FAQ keywords (e.g., “FAQ”, “FAQs”, “Frequently Asked Questions”, “Common Questions”) * Supports 15+ languages with multilingual FAQ heading recognition * Once an FAQ section is detected, the plugin scans content within that section only Question Detection (within FAQ sections only): * Heading-based questions: Sub-headings at deeper levels than the FAQ heading (e.g., h3/h4 under an h2 FAQ heading) are treated as questions – No punctuation required – Minimum 5 characters * Paragraph-based questions: Paragraphs ending with “?” – Must be between 5-250 characters – Automatically handles bold ( ), italic ( ), or plain text formatting – Example: What is this? Answer Detection: * Any paragraph following a detected question is treated as the answer * Multiple consecutive paragraphs are combined into a single answer Section Boundaries: * FAQ section ends when a heading at the same level or higher than the FAQ heading is encountered * This prevents false detection of questions in subsequent sections * Example: If FAQ section starts with , any other or ends the FAQ section Additional Format: * Q:/A: Format: Explicit “Q:” and “A:” patterns are supported anywhere in content (not limited to FAQ sections) Which languages are supported? The plugin supports 15+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, and Turkish. All supported languages use the standard Latin question mark (?) for question detection. Will it conflict with Yoast SEO or other FAQ plugins? No. The plugin automatically detects and skips content managed by Yoast FAQ blocks, Elementor FAQ widgets, and other popular FAQ plugins to prevent duplicate schema markup. Can I customize the styling? Yes. Override the .ssd-* CSS classes in your theme to customize the collapsible FAQ appearance. Which languages are supported for FAQ detection? The plugin supports 15+ languages (all use standard Latin question mark ? for paragraph-based questions): English Spanish (Español) French (Français) German (Deutsch) Italian (Italiano) Portuguese (Português) Dutch (Nederlands) Polish (Polski) Russian (Русский) Swedish (Svenska) Danish (Dansk) Norwegian (Norsk) Finnish (Suomi) Czech (Čeština) Turkish (Türkçe) Note: Languages using non-Latin question marks (Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, CJK languages) are not currently supported for paragraph-based question detection.