How to fix article missing author on BigCommerce
Add a structured-data author field (schema.org Person) to every article or blog post so AI engines and Google can identify and trust who wrote the content.
Steps for BigCommerce
- BigCommerce's built-in blog is limited in structured data support. Go to Storefront → Script Manager and create a new script scoped to 'Blog Post' pages.
- Use the Script Manager's Handlebars context to inject the JSON-LD block; use {{blog.author}} if exposed, otherwise hardcode or use a custom field approach.
- For richer control, edit the blog-post.html template in the Stencil theme (via Stencil CLI or WebDAV for legacy Blueprint themes) and add the JSON-LD block inside the <head> partial.
- Add a custom field in the blog post editor for 'Author URL' and 'Author SameAs URLs', then reference them in the template.
- Validate with the Rich Results Test.
What is article missing author?
When you publish a blog post, guide, or news article on your store, search engines and AI assistants look for a machine-readable "author" signal — a structured-data block (written in JSON-LD) that names the person who wrote the piece, their credentials, and ideally a link to their public profile. Without this signal, the page has no verifiable author identity. It is part of the schema.org Article (or BlogPosting) markup standard and is one of the key signals Google uses to evaluate E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness).
Google has explicitly stated that authorship signals help it assess content quality, especially for "Your Money or Your Life" topics like health, finance, and product advice that many ecommerce blogs cover. AI-powered answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google SGE/AI Overviews) use structured authorship to decide whether to surface and cite your content. Missing author markup means your articles are treated as anonymous — reducing the chance they rank in traditional search and get cited by AI tools. Stores that invest in content marketing but skip author markup are leaving significant organic-traffic value unrealised; adding it is a quick technical win that directly supports long-term content ROI.
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