How to add json-ld property to page metadata for pages in EDS with Universal Editor

[seshasai]

Hello,

we are trying to add seo schema to our page, Adobe's documentation suggests to use json-ld to author seo schema, but I am clueless on how to add it as a property to page.json. Whenever I tried to add it as a property to page.json, the content which I author in that page is being rendered as a meta tag with name property which I have defined in page.json. It is not rendering as script tag as it was mentioned in documention.

Could anyone help me with this.

Thank You.

[webites]

It sounds like you’re running into the common confusion between how AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) handles metadata via page.json and how JSON-LD needs to be rendered for SEO.

When you define a property in page.json, AEM by default maps that into

<meta name="..." content="...">

. That’s why you’re seeing your schema data show up as a meta tag instead of a 

<script type="application/ld+json">

block.

To get JSON-LD working correctly for SEO, you don’t want to store the raw schema directly as a page property. Instead, you should:

1. Store the schema content (as text or JSON) in a property of the page/component.

2. Create a component (or use a custom HTL script) that outputs this property wrapped in:

<script type="application/ld+json"> { ... your schema json ... } </script>

This way, AEM renders it exactly as required by search engines.

If you’re using AEM’s Core Components, you could extend the Page component to include a JSON-LD rendering hook. Otherwise, add a simple custom component to your page template that reads the schema property and outputs it with the correct 

<script>

wrapper.

So in short:

• Adding schema to page.json directly will always render as

<meta>

 → not suitable.

• Instead, store schema as a property and output it with a dedicated 

<script type="application/ld+json">

block in your page.

That should align with Adobe’s documentation and ensure the schema is picked up properly by crawlers.

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[seshasai]

Hello,

Thanks for the reply. I guess I am not specific with my question. We are trying this in AEM with Edge Delivery Services. Here we do not have HTL scripts.

Thank You.

[Shashi_Mulugu]

@seshasai are you using Document based authoring or AEM EDS Sites?

If you are using document based authoring, you can use metadata section to author JSON-LD schema as below screenshot..

[seshasai]

No, we are using Universal Editor.