How to Setup Facebook Instant Articles on WordPress Site?
Do you feel your website is not getting much traffic from Facebook because of recent changes in Facebook Newsfeed algorithms? Now, you could bring your traffic from Facebook back. Because Facebook has once again come up with a new feature. Facebook’s unique feature is its Instant Articles.
Facebook Instant articles are accessible only from mobile devices. Since mobile traffic has increased exponentially in recent years, every website owner needs to target mobile users.
The main aim of Facebook instant articles was to prevent users from moving out of Facebook. So if you see a link on Facebook and an instant article, it will open in the same App with just one click when you click it. At the same time, many bloggers benefited from this.
You could have probably seen this while browsing the OnlineRockersHub Facebook page through your Facebook app. The instant articles will look like this.
Setting up Facebook instant articles for your WordPress blog is pretty straightforward. This is because of the official WordPress plugin. You don’t need to be an expert to make this conversion. With easy and simple steps, you can attract traffic from Facebook.
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Setup Instant Articles For Your WordPress Website
This tutorial will explain how to create instant articles for your WordPress blog. However, before getting into the tutorial, you will need the following stuff to go on with the tutorial.
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Facebook page
Self Hosted WordPress site
Total Time: 12 minutes
Install The Facebook Instant Articles plugin
First, you will have to install the official Facebook instant articles plugin. Here is a link to the official Facebook instant articles plugin.
Start Configuration
Once you have installed and activated the plugin, click the “Get Started” button.
Create a Facebook App
To connect your Facebook page to your WordPress blog, you need to get an App Id and App Secret code from Facebook. Just click the “Get App ID” button to get the credentials.
Select Basic Setup
As soon as you click, a dialog box pops up with various options to choose the platform you want. Then, click the”basic setup” hyperlink at the end of the dialog box.
Enter App Details
You must fill in the new App Id details in the following dialog box. Enter the name of your App. Try giving a meaningful name. Since this is just a tutorial, I have used the phrase “Online Rockers Hub website demo.”
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And enter your email address in the contact email box. Then, in the categories dropdown box, select your App type. For example, since we are creating this App for our Facebook page, choose “Apps for Pages.” Now click ” Create App Id.”
On the app developers page, under settings, choose the primary tab. For example, on this page, you could set an image for your App. The recommended image size is 1024 x 1024 resolution. But thus, not mandatory. If you have created this App’s privacy policy and terms of service, enter the link in the respective box, or skip it.
Choose the Platform
Now, you will have to select the platform where the App will be used. For example, we are using this App for our website. Hence select “Website.”
Add Domain
You will have to enter your domain in the app domains box.
Note: While entering the App domains box, enter your domain without www. and http://. You will face some errors later in this tutorial if you insert them.
And then, enter your website address as you like in the URL box and click ” Save Changes.” That’s it. Now the App has been created.
Verify App Credentials
The next step is to copy and paste the App Id and App secret code and paste them into the Facebook Instant Articles dashboard.
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Log in with Facebook
If you have entered the details, ideally, you will be asked to “Login with Facebook.” Facebook will now ask permission to verify your Facebook account.
Complete the Process
If you have followed the steps correctly, you will not find any error logging into your Facebook account. Else, you will find some mistakes. Don’t panic. Facebook will also give you the reasons why that error occurred. You can solve it very quickly.
Customize Instant Articles
Return to the Facebook Instant articles plugin page. It will display all the Facebook pages in your account. Next, select the page for which you want instant articles. Note the page you are choosing is where you can access all Facebook instant article tools.
Once you have selected the page, click the “Select” button.
Customize the Style
The following process is to customize the style of instant articles for your domain. Just click the “Customize” button, and you will be taken to the Facebook instant articles configuration page, where you can edit the styles. You can edit the default style or just create a new one.
Design Everything
This style option allows you to add a header logo for each instant article that belongs to your domain. And you can set up the fonts for your instant articles.
Complete the Customization
Once you have saved the styles, return to the Facebook instant articles plugin page and click “Next.”
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Submit for Review
Now, you will have to submit your content for review. Once you click the ” Submit for Review” button, you can send 5 articles for review.
You will see Facebook instant articles only after the review process.
If your application gets rejected, no worries. They would have sent the reason why it was denied. It’s usually an easy process to solve them. I, too, got my instant articles only after 2-3 reviews. Just mail me at [email protected]. I will help you solve them.
After a successful review, you can check your website posts shared on Facebook in your mobile App. They would have been transformed into instant articles. Just click them, and your article will open in the same App without moving out of Facebook.
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