Elementor does not generate schema markup by default — Schema Pilot: "None of the layouts or widgets add structured data"

Quote (Schema Pilot):

"[Elementor] does not generate schema markup. None of the layouts, widgets, or templates you build in Elementor add structured data."

Source: https://www.schemapilot.app/blog/elementor-schema-markup/

Confidence: Verified.

This compounds with RULE: Always ship schema as hygiene. Never expect it alone to move AI citations.: schema is the foundation Google's May 2026 guidance recommends, and Elementor produces none of it. Sites built on Elementor without an additional schema plugin (RankMath, Yoast, AIOSEO) are missing the entire foundation layer.

The WooCommerce-specific bug: Elementor GitHub Issue #9529 (open since 2019) documents that WooCommerce product pages built with Elementor are marked up as WebPage items instead of Product — breaking shopping result rich snippets entirely.