If you already have your own WordPress blog, you can follow the steps below to add the settings and plugins we recommend to work with ResultFlow
1. Add Recommended Plugins to your EXISTING BLOG
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If you have 'cloned' our SuperBlog, these plugins are already included for you, if not we recommending reviewing this list and adding at least the minimum required plugins. Required PluginsOnce you’ve chosen great images, you want to make sure they show up on Facebook as expected. The first time your post is shared, Facebook will “debug” or scan the page looking for an image to share, and even when you have an og:image (open graph image specified) it will pick another image in the “milliseconds” it has to pick one during a live share. We stack the deck in our favor with these 3 plugins: Quick Featured Images Pro – to automatically set a featured image for the Commentary (Rich Summary) posts. You can access plugin and instructions under Automatically Add Featured Images For Your Blog Posts Your credentials are the same as your ResultFlow login. Yoast SEO – to set the og:image as the post’s featured image AND to set a default share image for Facebook – this provides an image for a home page share or if any posts are shared that don’t have their own featured image Facebook Open Graph Scraper – each time the page is saved, it will send the page through the debugging process and with a high level of accuracy forces Facebook to select the designated image rather than something random. (We are currently looking for an alternative to this) For Quotes items that are shared from someone else’s site, you won’t have control over that image, it will be the image they’ve selected (or if they have an error, perhaps something random). (download the Facebook Scraper Plugin here and use then use the UPLOAD PLUGIN feature on your blog to install, then activate, you won't need to unzip it to install)
Strongly RecommendedGoogle Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights OptinMonster – Collect email and deliver campaigns with their easy setup slide up or pop over opt-in banners. Their features allow you to connect with multiple CRM choices including InfusionSoft Recommended UtilitiesAdRotate Pro – By Arnan de Gans Anti-Captcha – By Filidor Wiese Eggplant 301 Redirects – By Shawn Wernig http://www.eggplantstudios.ca Limit Login Attempts – By Johan Eenfeldt Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Raw HTML – By Janis Elsts Lets you enter any HTML/JS/CSS in your posts without WP changing it, as well as disable automatic formatting on a per-post basis. Usage: Wrap your code in [raw]…[/raw] tags. To avoid problems, only edit posts that contain raw code in HTML mode. Upgrade to Pro to be able to use Visual editor on the same posts without it messing up the code. Regenerate Thumbnails Share Buttons by AddThis – By The AddThis Team Simple Social Icons – By Nathan Rice (alternate way of displaying your social media icons as a widget instead of in the menu) UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore – By UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson Upload Larger Plugins – By David Anderson Wordfence Security – By Wordfence WP Edit – By Josh Lobe WP Maintenance Mode – By Designmodo WP Smush – By WPMU DEV WP-Optimize by Team Updraft YARPP |
2. Create New User in Wordpress & Add Credentials to ResultFlow
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On your blog add a new user with Author or Editor privileges to use for posting. In most blogs that name is visible so you can name the person Staff or Team Writer or even John. We do not recommend using your (or an Admin) as the posting user. NOTE copy and paste the user name and password to notepad or text editor. You’ll use it, along with your blog link to complete your Blog Credentials inside ResultFlow. If you have a 'Red Splat' after adding your credentials to ResultFlow - please take a look at this article to help you troubleshoot.
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3. Add Summary Category to your WordPress Blog
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4. Add Features Category to your WordPress Blog
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5. Source Images - Generic but Themed
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Once you starting posting content to the blog, you’ll want themed images to include as features for each blog post. To get started select 3-4 images and format them with Facebook in mind. Ensure that your images meet the minimum size requirement to be shown full width (instead of an icon sized). Currently, that size is 600×315. Usually, a size of 740 x 390 pixels is perfect, with little or no text. And if you’re not a Photoshop rockstar – this post will show you how to use Canva to edit the images you select. Remember just start with 3 or 4 … After you’ve finished your getting started series you can come back and add more. Places to source images: https://www.storyblocks.com/stock-image https://depositphotos.com/ has some of the best images for the price when paired with an AppSumo offer (which happens once a year). Choose images that work with the avatar/theme of your business. For instance, if your target is business people – images of business people. If your business is travel, images of sunsets and beaches work great. Having these images available in your library means that the posts can be amplification with a good image automatically. And you can always come back to your blog and update the featured image later. Once completed, upload those images to your Media Library, then follow the setup for your Quick Featured Images Pro plugin below.
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