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SoftwareApplication

Name: sanity-plugin-seofields
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Add SoftwareApplication structured data to your Sanity-powered site. Help your app appear in Google's software rich results.

About SoftwareApplication

SoftwareApplication schema helps your app appear in Google's software rich results. Marking up your software with structured data enables rich search results with app details, categories, and platform information, driving more qualified traffic to your download or landing page.

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	✓	The name of the software application.
`applicationCategory`	string	—	The category of the application (e.g. DeveloperApplication).
`operatingSystem`	string	—	The operating system(s) the application supports.
`url`	string	—	The URL of the application or its landing page.

Plugin Registration

sanity.config.ts

import { defineConfig } from "sanity";
import { schemaOrgSoftwareApplicationPlugin } from "sanity-plugin-seofields/schema";

export default defineConfig({
  // ... your project config
  plugins: [
    schemaOrgSoftwareApplicationPlugin(),
  ],
});

Schema Usage

Add the schemaOrgSoftwareApplication field to any document schema:

schemas/page.ts

import { defineField, defineType } from 'sanity'

export default defineType({
  name: 'page',
  title: 'Page',
  type: 'document',
  fields: [
    // ... your other fields
    defineField({
      name: 'schemaOrgSoftwareApplication',
      title: 'Software Application',
      type: 'schemaOrgSoftwareApplication',
    }),
  ],
})

GROQ Query

GROQ query

*[_type == "softwareApplication"][0]{
  schemaOrgSoftwareApplication {
    name,
    applicationCategory,
    operatingSystem,
    url
  }
}

Next.js Component

app/layout.tsx

import { SoftwareApplicationSchema } from "sanity-plugin-seofields/schema/next";

export default function Page({ data }) {
  return <SoftwareApplicationSchema data={data.schemaOrgSoftwareApplication} />
}

JSON-LD Output

Generated JSON-LD

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
  "name": "My App",
  "applicationCategory": "DeveloperApplication",
  "operatingSystem": "Any",
  "url": "https://example.com"
}

Last updated: May 27, 2026. Tested with: Sanity Studio v3, v4, and v5.

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