DiscussionForumPosting Schema

Schema.org DiscussionForumPosting

• Type: defineDiscussionForumPosting(input?: DiscussionForumPosting)
  Describes a user-generated forum or social media post.

Useful Links

• Discussion forum markup - Google Search Central
• DiscussionForumPosting - Schema.org

Example

defineDiscussionForumPosting({
  headline: 'Very Popular Thread',
  text: 'I went to the concert.',
  author: {
    name: 'Katie Pope',
    url: '/users/katie',
  },
  datePublished: new Date('2026-07-01T08:00:00.000Z'),
  interactionStatistic: {
    '@type': 'InteractionCounter',
    'interactionType': 'LikeAction',
    'userInteractionCount': 27,
  },
  comment: {
    text: 'Who did you go with?',
    author: {
      name: 'Saul Douglas',
    },
    datePublished: '2026-07-01T09:00:00+00:00',
  },
})

For a root post, Google requires author, datePublished, and content supplied through text, image, or video. Posts represented on another page with an external url may omit the content property. Use @type: 'SocialMediaPosting' for social platforms that are not organized as forums.

Defaults and resolves

• @type defaults to DiscussionForumPosting.
• @id defaults to ${canonicalUrl}#discussion-forum-posting.
• Authors resolve to Person or Organization nodes.
• Comments, images, videos, and dates resolve recursively.
• A root post references the primary WebPage through mainEntityOfPage.