Eleventy Base Blog v9 + Structured Data

11ty Meetup #25: Presentation of Kaj Kandler

Kaj Kandler presented this Eleventy starter project and its tutorial "How to Add Schema Markup to an Eleventy Based Blog" at the 11ty Meetup in July 2025.

The presentation contains a step by step guide on how to add schema markup to an Eleventy based website without any plugins.

  1. Why is schema markup important for a blog or a personal portfolio website?
  2. How can I add global schema to all pages generated by eleventy?
  3. Which Tools to use for validating schema markup?
  4. How to add WebPage schema to all pages?
  5. How to mark up your articles with schema?
  6. How to Automate the publishedDate and modifiedDate for your pages and articles?
  7. How To Add Breadcrumbs based on navigation hierarchy. This article also show show to add the breadcrumb navigation to the website.