HikaShop 6.4.0 JSON-LD - (show_microdata.php)

Hi Nicolas.
This text is a recommendation from ChatGPT.
Attached you’ll find a .txt file that ChatGPT says fixes this “issue.”
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I’ve updated to HikaShop 6.4.0 (the version that should add productGroupID to ProductGroup and truncate/normalize the JSON-LD description to Google’s limit). However, after the update, Google Search Console (Shopping → Merchant listings) still reports:

Missing field productGroupID in the <parent_node> (ProductGroup)

Invalid string length for field description in the <parent_node>

When checking the page source, the JSON-LD ProductGroup still contains a very long description (basically the full body) and does not include productGroupID.

Root cause found:
My site has a Joomla template override at:

/templates/<template_name>/html/com_hikashop/product/show_microdata.php

This override file is marked version 5.0.4 and still generates the old JSON-LD / microdata logic, so it bypasses the updated schema output from HikaShop 6.4.0. That’s why your 6.4.0 fixes do not appear on the frontend.

Why this matters / suggested solution:
Many Joomla sites keep old overrides for years. After upgrading HikaShop, these overrides can silently keep outputting outdated structured data, causing Shopping/Merchant listing warnings again.

A practical approach is to either:

Provide a note in the release/upgrade instructions (6.4.0) warning users to check for templates/.../com_hikashop/product/show_microdata.php overrides that may block the schema fixes, and/or

Provide an updated reference version of show_microdata.php compatible with 6.4.0 (including productGroupID in ProductGroup and description normalization + truncation), so users can update their overrides safely without removing them.

If needed, I can share the exact override file content from my site and the resulting JSON-LD output for a sample product.

Thanks!

Nicolas, I attach a show_microdata file that I have tested that solves these merchant problems:
- Description field is missing
- "productGroupID" field is missing (in "<parent_node>")
- The string length of the "description" field is invalid (on "<parent_node>")
- The string length of the "description" field is invalid

You probably have a better solution, but at least I've gotten Google to validate that it's going to do the review.

Ok. Thanks so much.