diff --git a/header.php b/header.php
index a6dcb6e..a6c0f01 100644
--- a/header.php
+++ b/header.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $container = get_theme_mod( 'understrap_container_type' );
 <div class="site" id="page">
 
 	<!-- ******************* The Navbar Area ******************* -->
-	<div id="wrapper-navbar" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebSite">
+	<div id="wrapper-navbar">
 
 		<a class="skip-link sr-only sr-only-focusable" href="#content"><?php esc_html_e( 'Skip to content', 'understrap' ); ?></a>
 
diff --git a/inc/extras.php b/inc/extras.php
index e80198f..5943746 100644
--- a/inc/extras.php
+++ b/inc/extras.php
@@ -133,3 +133,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists( 'understrap_mobile_web_app_meta' ) ) {
 	}
 }
 add_action( 'wp_head', 'understrap_mobile_web_app_meta' );
+
+if ( ! function_exists( 'understrap_default_body_attributes' ) ) {
+	/**
+	 * Adds schema markup to the body element.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $atts An associative array of attributes.
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	function understrap_default_body_attributes( $atts ) {
+		$atts['itemscope'] = '';
+		$atts['itemtype']  = 'http://schema.org/WebSite';
+		return $atts;
+	}
+}
+add_filter( 'understrap_body_attributes', 'understrap_default_body_attributes' );