How to add dateModified to your schema
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AI Search Score checks that your structured data includes a dateModified — when the content was last updated.
Why this matters
dateModified is a core freshness signal. AI engines favour current content, and an honest, recent dateModified in your schema tells them the page is maintained. It works hand in hand with the visible <time> element and the 90-day freshness window.
How to fix it
Most SEO plugins and well-built themes add dateModified to page/post schema automatically, drawn from WordPress’s modified-date field — so updating the page genuinely updates the date. Confirm your schema includes it:
"dateModified": "2026-06-01"If you hand-write schema, include dateModified and keep it honest — it should reflect your last real edit, updated automatically by the modified date rather than typed in by hand.
How to check it worked
Re-scan. “dateModified freshness signal in schema” should turn green. Confirm it reflects a genuine recent update, not a stale or hand-faked date.
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