Structured data
HowTo Schema Generator
Enter a guide's steps, supplies and tools and get HowTo JSON-LD from the schema.org vocabulary, with Google's dated changes shown first.
Runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded. · Free, no account · 5 min
Guide
One per line.
One per line.
Output
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How to use
- Enter the title of the guide, a short description and the total time in minutes.
- List the supplies and the tools, one per line.
- Add each step with a title and what to do, in order.
- Read the dated notice, then copy the script tag if you still want the markup.
What it checks and how it works
Google no longer shows How-to rich results. Its blog post of 8 Aug 2023, opened on 29 Oct 2026, limited them to desktop and began the change; from 13 Sep 2023 they stopped showing on desktop too, and the How-to documentation was removed on 14 Sep 2023 (Search Central updates page). The tool therefore shows that notice first and builds HowTo from the schema.org type, not from a Google page.
The tool writes name, step (HowToStep with name and text), description, image, totalTime, supply and tool. Its checks are Zaher's minimum from schema.org: name and at least one step. The markup stays valid vocabulary, and a clear step-by-step page remains useful to readers, but this tool makes no promise of a Google feature. For a recipe, use the recipe generator, which follows a current Google page.
Sources
- schema.org: HowTo opened 29 Oct 2026
- Google Search Central Blog: Changes to HowTo and FAQ rich results (8 Aug 2023, updated 14 Sep 2023) opened 29 Oct 2026
- Google Search Central: Documentation updates (changelog) opened 29 Oct 2026
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Questions
About this tool
No. Google limited them to desktop on 8 Aug 2023, stopped showing them on desktop from 13 Sep 2023 and removed the documentation on 14 Sep 2023.
The markup is valid schema.org and describes the steps of a page clearly. Do not expect a Google rich result from it.
On the schema.org HowTo page. The checks are Zaher's minimum from that vocabulary, not a rule from Google.
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