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Generate clean, valid FAQPage JSON-LD for your questions and answers in seconds.

FAQ rich results ended in Google in 2026, so below the tool, we explain what FAQ schema still does and why it now matters more for AI search than for Google results. 

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JSON-LD FAQ Schema Code

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Important: Google retired FAQ rich results in May 2026

If you added FAQ schema to win those expandable question-and-answer dropdowns under your Google listing, that feature no longer exists. This was the final step in a long wind-down. Google had already restricted FAQ rich results to authoritative government and health sites back in 2023, so most sites lost them years ago.

FAQPage is still a valid Schema.org type. Google confirms that leaving the markup in place causes no problems, and the change doesn’t affect your rankings either way.

So is FAQ schema still worth using?

Yes, but for a different reason than in 2019. FAQ schema no longer earns you extra space on Google. Its value now is comprehension: clearly structured question-and-answer content is one of the easiest formats for search engines and AI answer engines to extract and cite.

Google’s own guidance is that no special schema is required for AI Overviews, and that any structured data you use should match the visible content on the page. So treat FAQ schema as a clean label on genuinely useful, visible Q&A content. It’s not a shortcut.

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FAQ Schema and GEO

AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI Overviews) build responses by pulling clearly structured passages from the web. Question-led content maps neatly onto the way people prompt these tools, which is why well-formed Q&A sections are frequently cited.

AI systems cite clear answers whether or not FAQPage schema wraps them. But structured, self-contained answers are consistently easier for these systems to lift.

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FAQ Schema FAQs

  • What is FAQPage schema type?

    FAQ schema (the FAQPage type from Schema.org) is a piece of structured data, written in JSON-LD. It labels a block of content as a list of questions and their answers. It doesn’t change what your visitors see; it sits in the page’s code.

    Its whole job is to tell search engines and AI systems, unambiguously, ‘this is a question, and this is its answer.’ It removes the guesswork about how your content is structured.

  • How to use SUSO's FAQ Schema Generator?

    1. Add each question and its answer in the fields above. Use ‘+ Add new Question’ for as many as you need.
    2. The tool builds valid FAQPage JSON-LD as you type. Click Copy to Clipboard.
    3. Paste the code into your page (see the next section), then validate it.

  • How do I add FAQ schema to my page?

    Paste the JSON-LD into the page’s HTML, either in the <head> or anywhere in the <body>. On a CMS like WordPress, use a plugin that injects code into the head (or your SEO plugin’s schema field) rather than editing theme files directly.

    The one rule that matters most: your schema must match the questions and answers visible on the page. Marking up content users can’t see, or letting the markup drift out of sync with the visible text, is the most common cause of schema problems. Change the JSON-LD in the same edit as the visible answer every time.

  • Is FAQ schema dead?

    No. The FAQ rich result (the SERP dropdown) was retired in May 2026, but FAQPage remains a valid Schema.org type that still helps machines understand your Q&A content.

  • Will FAQ schema get me into AI Overviews or ChatGPT?

    Not on its own. AI systems cite clear, well-structured answers whether or not the markup is present. Schema makes your Q&A easier to parse; it isn’t a guaranteed route to citation.

  • Should I remove my existing FAQ schema?

    You don’t need to. Google says unused structured data is harmless. Remove or rewrite it only where the Q&A was promotional or existed purely to win the old dropdown.

  • Does FAQ schema help rankings?

    Not on its own. Google has consistently said FAQ markup is not a ranking factor, and there’s no longer a rich result to earn.

    At the same time, adding useful Q&A content to the page makes it mor helpful for the reader, which in turn can help it rank better, whether it is marked up with schema code or not.