Breadcrumbs google search console Error in wordpress

For an internet marketing / Search Engine Optimization (SEO) it is certainly no stranger to google web master or google search console, in this tutorial i will show how to fix “Breadcrumbs google search console Error in wordpress”

Google Webmaster Tools or now better known as Google Search Console is a tool provided by Google that is used by website owners to monitor how their website is performing on the Google Search Engine.
Google Search Console allows website owners to find out errors that arise from their website code tags, find out which domains provide links to their websites (referring domains), their website performance on mobile devices, to analyze website pages with the highest traffic.

For those of you who use wordpress, if you experience an error “Either name or item.name should be specified” in Google Search Console as shown below

you can fix it in several ways according to my experience, that is :

  1. deactivate all plugins then activate them one by one while checking the inspect url in the google search console above, if there is an error it will display the type of error then fix it immediately.
  2. Check the wordpress theme related to breadcrumb, if there is a setting to disable breadcrumb in the theme, you can disable it and create your own breadcrumb, how to write the code below and put it in function.php
function tsh_wp_custom_breadcrumbs() {

    $separator              = '/';
    $breadcrumbs_id         = 'tsh_breadcrumbs';
    $breadcrumbs_class      = 'tsh_breadcrumbs';
    $home_title             = esc_html__('Home', 'your-domain');

    // Add here you custom post taxonomies
    $tsh_custom_taxonomy    = 'product_cat';

    global $post,$wp_query;
       
    // Hide from front page
    if ( !is_front_page() ) {
       
        echo '<ul id="' . $breadcrumbs_id . '" class="' . $breadcrumbs_class . '">';
           
        // Home
        echo '<li class="item-home"><a class="bread-link bread-home" href="' . get_home_url() . '" title="' . $home_title . '">' . $home_title . '</a></li>';
        echo '<li class="separator separator-home"> ' . $separator . ' </li>';
           
        if ( is_archive() && !is_tax() && !is_category() && !is_tag() ) {
              
            echo '<li class="item-current item-archive"><strong class="bread-current bread-archive">' . post_type_archive_title('', false) . '</strong></li>';
              
        } else if ( is_archive() && is_tax() && !is_category() && !is_tag() ) {
              
            // For Custom post type
            $post_type = get_post_type();
              
            // Custom post type name and link
            if($post_type != 'post') {
                  
                $post_type_object = get_post_type_object($post_type);
                $post_type_archive = get_post_type_archive_link($post_type);
              
                echo '<li class="item-cat item-custom-post-type-' . $post_type . '"><a class="bread-cat bread-custom-post-type-' . $post_type . '" href="' . $post_type_archive . '" title="' . $post_type_object->labels->name . '">' . $post_type_object->labels->name . '</a></li>';
                echo '<li class="separator"> ' . $separator . ' </li>';
              
            }
              
            $custom_tax_name = get_queried_object()->name;
            echo '<li class="item-current item-archive"><strong class="bread-current bread-archive">' . $custom_tax_name . '</strong></li>';
              
        } else if ( is_single() ) {
              
            $post_type = get_post_type();

            if($post_type != 'post') {
                  
                $post_type_object = get_post_type_object($post_type);
                $post_type_archive = get_post_type_archive_link($post_type);
              
                echo '<li class="item-cat item-custom-post-type-' . $post_type . '"><a class="bread-cat bread-custom-post-type-' . $post_type . '" href="' . $post_type_archive . '" title="' . $post_type_object->labels->name . '">' . $post_type_object->labels->name . '</a></li>';
                echo '<li class="separator"> ' . $separator . ' </li>';
              
            }
              
            // Get post category
            $category = get_the_category();
             
            if(!empty($category)) {
              
                // Last category post is in
                $last_category = $category[count($category) - 1];
                  
                // Parent any categories and create array
                $get_cat_parents = rtrim(get_category_parents($last_category->term_id, true, ','),',');
                $cat_parents = explode(',',$get_cat_parents);
                  
                // Loop through parent categories and store in variable $cat_display
                $cat_display = '';
                foreach($cat_parents as $parents) {
                    $cat_display .= '<li class="item-cat">'.$parents.'</li>';
                    $cat_display .= '<li class="separator"> ' . $separator . ' </li>';
                }
             
            }

            $taxonomy_exists = taxonomy_exists($tsh_custom_taxonomy);
            if(empty($last_category) && !empty($tsh_custom_taxonomy) && $taxonomy_exists) {
                   
                $taxonomy_terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, $tsh_custom_taxonomy );
                $cat_id         = $taxonomy_terms[0]->term_id;
                $cat_nicename   = $taxonomy_terms[0]->slug;
                $cat_link       = get_term_link($taxonomy_terms[0]->term_id, $tsh_custom_taxonomy);
                $cat_name       = $taxonomy_terms[0]->name;
               
            }
              
            // If the post is in a category
            if(!empty($last_category)) {
                echo $cat_display;
                echo '<li class="item-current item-' . $post->ID . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-' . $post->ID . '" title="' . get_the_title() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</strong></li>';
                  
            // Post is in a custom taxonomy
            } else if(!empty($cat_id)) {
                  
                echo '<li class="item-cat item-cat-' . $cat_id . ' item-cat-' . $cat_nicename . '"><a class="bread-cat bread-cat-' . $cat_id . ' bread-cat-' . $cat_nicename . '" href="' . $cat_link . '" title="' . $cat_name . '">' . $cat_name . '</a></li>';
                echo '<li class="separator"> ' . $separator . ' </li>';
                echo '<li class="item-current item-' . $post->ID . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-' . $post->ID . '" title="' . get_the_title() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</strong></li>';
              
            } else {
                  
                echo '<li class="item-current item-' . $post->ID . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-' . $post->ID . '" title="' . get_the_title() . '">' . get_the_title() . '</strong></li>';
                  
            }
              
        } else if ( is_category() ) {
               
            // Category page
            echo '<li class="item-current item-cat"><strong class="bread-current bread-cat">' . single_cat_title('', false) . '</strong></li>';
               
        } else if ( is_page() ) {
               
            // Standard page
            if( $post->post_parent ){
                   
                // Get parents 
                $anc = get_post_ancestors( $post->ID );
                   
                // Get parents order
                $anc = array_reverse($anc);
                   
                // Parent pages
                if ( !isset( $parents ) ) $parents = null;
                foreach ( $anc as $ancestor ) {
                    $parents .= '<li class="item-parent item-parent-' . $ancestor . '"><a class="bread-parent bread-parent-' . $ancestor . '" href="' . get_permalink($ancestor) . '" title="' . get_the_title($ancestor) . '">' . get_the_title($ancestor) . '</a></li>';
                    $parents .= '<li class="separator separator-' . $ancestor . '"> ' . $separator . ' </li>';
                }
                   
                // Render parent pages
                echo $parents;
                   
                // Active page
                echo '<li class="item-current item-' . $post->ID . '"><strong title="' . get_the_title() . '"> ' . get_the_title() . '</strong></li>';
                   
            } else {
                   
                // Just display active page if not parents pages
                echo '<li class="item-current item-' . $post->ID . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-' . $post->ID . '"> ' . get_the_title() . '</strong></li>';
                   
            }
               
        } else if ( is_tag() ) { // Tag page
               
            // Tag information
            $term_id        = get_query_var('tag_id');
            $taxonomy       = 'post_tag';
            $args           = 'include=' . $term_id;
            $terms          = get_terms( $taxonomy, $args );
            $get_term_id    = $terms[0]->term_id;
            $get_term_slug  = $terms[0]->slug;
            $get_term_name  = $terms[0]->name;
               
            // Return tag name
            echo '<li class="item-current item-tag-' . $get_term_id . ' item-tag-' . $get_term_slug . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-tag-' . $get_term_id . ' bread-tag-' . $get_term_slug . '">' . $get_term_name . '</strong></li>';
           
        } elseif ( is_day() ) { // Day archive page
               
            // Year link
            echo '<li class="item-year item-year-' . get_the_time('Y') . '"><a class="bread-year bread-year-' . get_the_time('Y') . '" href="' . get_year_link( get_the_time('Y') ) . '" title="' . get_the_time('Y') . '">' . get_the_time('Y') . ' Archives</a></li>';
            echo '<li class="separator separator-' . get_the_time('Y') . '"> ' . $separator . ' </li>';
               
            // Month link
            echo '<li class="item-month item-month-' . get_the_time('m') . '"><a class="bread-month bread-month-' . get_the_time('m') . '" href="' . get_month_link( get_the_time('Y'), get_the_time('m') ) . '" title="' . get_the_time('M') . '">' . get_the_time('M') . ' Archives</a></li>';
            echo '<li class="separator separator-' . get_the_time('m') . '"> ' . $separator . ' </li>';
               
            // Day display
            echo '<li class="item-current item-' . get_the_time('j') . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-' . get_the_time('j') . '"> ' . get_the_time('jS') . ' ' . get_the_time('M') . ' Archives</strong></li>';
               
        } else if ( is_month() ) { // Month Archive
               
            // Year link
            echo '<li class="item-year item-year-' . get_the_time('Y') . '"><a class="bread-year bread-year-' . get_the_time('Y') . '" href="' . get_year_link( get_the_time('Y') ) . '" title="' . get_the_time('Y') . '">' . get_the_time('Y') . ' Archives</a></li>';
            echo '<li class="separator separator-' . get_the_time('Y') . '"> ' . $separator . ' </li>';
               
            // Month display
            echo '<li class="item-month item-month-' . get_the_time('m') . '"><strong class="bread-month bread-month-' . get_the_time('m') . '" title="' . get_the_time('M') . '">' . get_the_time('M') . ' Archives</strong></li>';
               
        } else if ( is_year() ) { // Display year archive

            echo '<li class="item-current item-current-' . get_the_time('Y') . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-current-' . get_the_time('Y') . '" title="' . get_the_time('Y') . '">' . get_the_time('Y') . ' Archives</strong></li>';
               
        } else if ( is_author() ) { // Author archive
               
            // Get the author information
            global $author;
            $userdata = get_userdata( $author );
               
            // Display author name
            echo '<li class="item-current item-current-' . $userdata->user_nicename . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-current-' . $userdata->user_nicename . '" title="' . $userdata->display_name . '">' . 'Author: ' . $userdata->display_name . '</strong></li>';
           
        } else if ( get_query_var('paged') ) {
               
            // Paginated archives
            echo '<li class="item-current item-current-' . get_query_var('paged') . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-current-' . get_query_var('paged') . '" title="Page ' . get_query_var('paged') . '">'.__('Page') . ' ' . get_query_var('paged') . '</strong></li>';
               
        } else if ( is_search() ) {
           
            // Search results page
            echo '<li class="item-current item-current-' . get_search_query() . '"><strong class="bread-current bread-current-' . get_search_query() . '" title="Search results for: ' . get_search_query() . '">Search results for: ' . get_search_query() . '</strong></li>';
           
        } elseif ( is_404() ) {
               
            // 404 page
            echo '<li>' . 'Error 404' . '</li>';
        }

        echo '</ul>';  
    }
}

Next, In header write the code:
if (function_exists(‘tsh_wp_custom_breadcrumbs’)) tsh_wp_custom_breadcrumbs();

the point is to bring up the breadcrumb that we just created in the function.php file

after that, check again in the inspect url in the google search console above, whether there are still errors or not, don’t forget to also clear the browser history, okay.