FAQ Schema Generator Tool

A free FAQ schema generator tool for any website

Frequently asked questions are some of the most useful content on a website, and they're also easy to describe to search engines. FAQPage structured data tells a crawler "these are questions, and these are their answers," which removes any guesswork about what the page contains.

Writing that JSON by hand is tedious and easy to break. One unescaped quotation mark in an answer and the whole block is invalid. This FAQ schema generator tool handles the formatting for you: type your questions and answers, or paste them in bulk, and copy the finished code. It escapes quotes and special characters, supports the HTML tags Google allows inside answers, warns you about duplicates and empty fields, and shows a preview of how your FAQ list reads.

It's free, needs no account, and runs entirely in your browser, so nothing you type is uploaded anywhere.

How to use the FAQ schema generator

1. Add your questionsType each question and its answer. Use the bulk paste option if you already have them written in a document, a spreadsheet column or a draft post.
2. Reorder or removeUse the arrows to move a question up or down so the markup matches the order on your page.
3. Check the warningsThe tool flags empty fields, duplicate questions, very short answers and answers containing tags Google doesn't allow.
4. Copy the codeThe output includes the <script type="application/ld+json"> wrapper, ready to paste.
5. Add it to the page and testPaste it into the same page that displays those FAQs, then run the Rich Results Test.

What is FAQ schema?

FAQ schema is a type of structured data from the schema.org vocabulary. The page type is FAQPage, and inside it sits a list of Question items, each with an acceptedAnswer. Written as JSON-LD, the simplest version looks like this:

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "FAQPage",
  "mainEntity": [{
    "@type": "Question",
    "name": "Is the tool free?",
    "acceptedAnswer": {
      "@type": "Answer",
      "text": "Yes, it is completely free to use."
    }
  }]
}
</script>

The markup doesn't change anything a visitor sees. It sits in the page source as a machine-readable summary of what's already on screen.

Important: what changed in 2023

If you're researching FAQ schema you'll find older articles promising expandable questions under your search result. That changed. In August 2023 Google announced it would stop showing FAQ rich results for most sites, limiting them to well-known, authoritative government and health websites. For a typical blog, shop or business site, adding FAQPage markup will not produce those drop-downs in Google today.

Is FAQ schema still worth adding?

Most experienced SEOs still include it, for reasons that don't depend on rich results:

• Clarity for search engines. Explicit question and answer pairs remove ambiguity about what your page covers, which helps with matching to long-tail queries.
• Other search engines. Bing continues to support FAQ markup, and it feeds Microsoft's search and assistant products.
• AI assistants and answer engines. Systems that summarise pages benefit from clean, labelled question and answer data rather than guessing from layout.
• Voice search. Concise answers in a structured format are well suited to spoken responses.
• It costs almost nothing. Once the markup matches your page, maintenance is trivial, and if Google's policy changes again you're already set up.

What it won't do is rescue a thin page. If the FAQs themselves aren't useful, no markup will help.

Google's rules for FAQ markup

Whether or not rich results appear, the guidelines still define what counts as valid markup:

• The content must be visible to users on the page. Never mark up questions that aren't there.
• The page must be the source of the questions and answers, written by the site, not a forum where users post their own answers. Community Q&A pages use QAPage instead.
• One answer per question. FAQPage is for a single accepted answer; multiple user answers belong in QAPage.
• No advertising or promotional content inside the answers.
• Only certain HTML tags are allowed in answers: <h1>–<h6>, <br>, <ol>, <ul>, <li>, <a>, <p>, <div>, <b>, <strong>, <i> and <em>. Anything else may invalidate the markup.
• Don't duplicate the same FAQ block on many pages. Each page's markup should reflect that page.

Where to add the code

Plain HTML

Paste the script tag before the closing </head> tag of the page, or anywhere in the body. Google reads it in either place.

WordPress

Use a header and footer scripts plugin, your theme's "scripts in head" field, or a Custom HTML block placed on that specific page. Avoid pasting it into the visual editor, which may escape the characters and break the JSON. If your SEO plugin has an FAQ block, check whether it already outputs markup before adding a second one.

Blogger

Open the post in HTML view and paste the script at the end of the post body, or add it to the theme before </head> if the FAQs appear on every page of a static page.

Shopify, Wix and other builders

Look for a custom code or embed block in the page settings. Many themes include FAQ sections that already generate markup, so check the page source first with Ctrl+U.

How to test your FAQ schema

• Rich Results Test: paste the code or the live URL to see whether Google can parse it and which items it detects.
• Schema.org validator: checks the syntax and vocabulary without tying it to Google's rich result rules.
• View source: after publishing, press Ctrl+U on the live page and search for "FAQPage" to confirm the script actually made it onto the page.
• Search Console: the structured data reports surface errors across the site once Google recrawls.

An error means the block is ignored. A warning means a recommended property is missing but the markup still works.

Writing FAQs people actually search for

The markup is only as good as the questions. A few habits make a big difference:

• Use real questions. Pull them from customer emails, live chat transcripts, sales calls and the "People also ask" box in Google.
• Write the question as someone would type it. "How much does delivery cost?" beats "Delivery charges information".
• Answer in the first sentence. Give the direct answer, then add detail. This suits both readers who skim and machines that quote.
• Keep answers between 40 and 300 words. Long enough to be useful, short enough to scan.
• One idea per question. If an answer needs subheadings, it's probably a separate article.
• Four to ten questions suits most pages. Two is the practical minimum.
• Update them. Prices, policies and processes change, and stale FAQs cost more trust than they build.

Common FAQ schema mistakes

FAQPage vs QAPage vs HowTo

Three schema types look similar and get mixed up often:

• FAQPage: the site owner asks and answers the questions. One answer each. This is what most business and blog FAQ sections need.
• QAPage: a single user question with answers from the community, like a forum thread or a Q&A site. It supports upvotes and multiple answers.
• HowTo: a sequence of steps to complete a task, not a set of independent questions.

If your page mixes formats, add the type that describes its main purpose, and use our general schema markup generator for the other types.

Where FAQ schema fits in your page

Markup and content are two halves of the same job, so it helps to plan them together. The visible FAQ section usually sits near the bottom of a page, after the main content has done its work. Use a heading such as "Frequently asked questions", then a list of questions as subheadings with their answers underneath, or an accordion built with the <details> element so readers can expand what they need.

An accordion is fine for structured data as long as the content exists in the page HTML. Problems only arise when answers are loaded later by JavaScript, because a crawler may not see them when it reads the page. If your FAQ section is built by a script that fetches content after load, either render it server-side or keep the answers in the HTML and let the script handle only the opening and closing.

Keep the order of questions in your markup the same as on the page. It isn't a strict requirement, but it makes future edits far easier to check: when someone adds a question in the middle of the page, you can see immediately that the markup needs regenerating.

Keeping FAQ markup in sync

The most common failure isn't invalid code, it's drift. Someone edits an answer on the page six months later and forgets the schema, so the markup now describes text that no longer exists. A few habits prevent this:

• Regenerate whenever you edit. It takes thirty seconds with this tool, so make it part of the edit, not a separate task.
• Keep the source in one place. If you write FAQs in a document first, treat that document as the master copy for both the page and the markup.
• Check after theme or plugin updates. Some SEO plugins begin outputting their own FAQ markup after an update, which can leave two conflicting blocks on the page.
• Review yearly. Read the questions as a customer would. Anything that no longer reflects your product, prices or policies should be rewritten or removed from both the page and the schema.

Frequently asked questions

Generate your FAQ schema now

Five minutes of setup gives search engines a clean, unambiguous summary of the questions your page answers. Go back to the FAQ schema generator tool, add your questions, and copy the code.

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