diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index cab31b5..ad0c20c 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -1023,6 +1023,10 @@ Open_Graph_meta:
     # fb_admins:
     # fb_app_id:
 
+# Structured Data
+# https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guides/intro-structured-data
+structured_data: true
+
 # Add the vendor prefixes to ensure compatibility
 css_prefix: true
 
diff --git a/layout/includes/head.pug b/layout/includes/head.pug
index 56c29f0..59f3782 100644
--- a/layout/includes/head.pug
+++ b/layout/includes/head.pug
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ meta(name="theme-color" content=themeColor)
 //- Open_Graph
 include ./head/Open_Graph.pug
 
+//- Structured Data
+include ./head/structured_data.pug
+
 !=favicon_tag(theme.favicon || config.favicon)
 link(rel="canonical" href=urlNoIndex(null,config.pretty_urls.trailing_index,config.pretty_urls.trailing_html))
 
diff --git a/layout/includes/head/structured_data.pug b/layout/includes/head/structured_data.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cacb02c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layout/includes/head/structured_data.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+if theme.structured_data && page.layout === 'post'
+  -
+    // use json-ld to add structured data
+
+    const title = page.title
+    const url = page.permalink
+    const imageVal = page.cover_type === 'img' ? page.cover : theme.avatar.img
+    const image = imageVal ? full_url_for(imageVal) : ''
+    const datePublished = page.date.toISOString()
+    const dateModified = (page.updated || page.date).toISOString()
+    const author = page.copyright_author || config.author
+    const authorHrefVal = page.copyright_author_href || theme.post_copyright.author_href || site.url;
+    const authorHref = full_url_for(authorHrefVal);
+
+    const jsonLd = {
+      "@context": "https://schema.org",
+      "@type": "BlogPosting",
+      "headline": title,
+      "url": url,
+      "image": image,
+      "datePublished": datePublished,
+      "dateModified": dateModified,
+      "author": [{
+        "@type": "Person",
+        "name": author,
+        "url": authorHref
+      }]
+    };
+
+    jsonLdScript = JSON.stringify(jsonLd, null, 2);
+  -
+
+  script(type="application/ld+json").
+    !{jsonLdScript}
diff --git a/scripts/events/merge_config.js b/scripts/events/merge_config.js
index fe04871..bff1125 100644
--- a/scripts/events/merge_config.js
+++ b/scripts/events/merge_config.js
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ hexo.extend.filter.register('before_generate', () => {
       enable: true,
       option: null
     },
+    structured_data: true,
     css_prefix: true,
     inject: {
       head: null,