January 26, 2020

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How To Fix Value For The Headline Field Is Required Error For Blogger

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Updated: Jan 2020

Let's find out how to fix a value for the headline field is required for Blogger.

This is not a very difficult structured data markup problem to solve.

All you need to do is to add a line of code to the html of your Blogger template.

Some years back, this error is highlighted in red color as:

"Headline: missing and required"

These days it is stated as:

"headline A value for the headline field is required".

 It means the same thing.

how to fix value for headline field required

How To Fix Value For The Headline Field Is Required


This is how to overcome a value for the headline field is required error.

1. Log into your Blogger Dashboard.

2. Click "Theme".

3. Click  "Edit HTML".

4. Look for this line:

<h2 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'>
Note:  The tag could be h1 or h2 or h3. There are two sets of this code in the template. Change both set.

5. Change the word 'name' to 'headline'.

6. After changing the word, now it should look like this:

<h2 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='headline'>
7. Click the orange color "Save theme" button.

Now check your site with Google Structured Data Testing Tool.

The red color remark,"headline A value for the headline field is required" should be gone now.

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