[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30783: Support Microformats 2

Tue Dec 22 00:40:33 UTC 2015

#30783: Support Microformats 2
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 Reporter:  dshanske     |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:
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Comment (by dshanske):

 Replying to [comment:13 TomasM]:
 > Microformats creators say this:
 >
 > Upgrading to microformats2
 >
 > Upgrade sites
 >
 > Second, if you publish any kind of semantic information, start upgrading
 your web pages to microformats2 across the board.
 >
 > If you’re concerned about what search engines claim to support, there
 are two approaches to choose from:
 >
 >     Know that search engines are a trailing indicator, and as
 microformats2 usage grows, they’ll index it as well.
 >     Or: Use one classic microformat (supported by all major search
 engines) at top of your page, e.g. on the <body>, in addition to your
 microformats2 markup throughout your pages. Search engines only really
 care to summarize the primary topic or purpose of a web page in their
 “rich snippets” or “cards”, and thus that’s sufficient.
 >
 > Check out the latest validators which now include some microformats2
 support as well!
 >
 > http://microformats.org

 I'd personally love it, but I am only skeptical about it because of the
 backward compatibility issues that come with deprecating it fully. Maybe,
 like other deprecations, it should come in stages.

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