November 8, 2011 Yesterday came the launch of Google+ Pages, and I showed you how to integrate Google+ with your WordPress installation. Of course, it being Google you had to add some code to your theme file to get it up and running correctly. This means that if you change your theme your code will disappear and Google will stop tracking your +1s.
What if you had a plugin that you could drop your code snippet into rather than having to fiddle around in your theme files?
And what If that plugin was able to add a Google +1 badge to your website?
And what if, as a little bonus, it came with Google Analytics integration so you could track your +1s from your Google Analytics account?
But surely a plugin that does all that wouldn’t be free….. only in dreams….
Well, it is!
We’ve updated our popular G+ plugin to let you integrate your Google+ Page with WordPress.
Here’s how you do it:
1. Install the Google+ Plugin and Activate.
You can download it from WPMU DEV or from the WordPress repo.
2. Find your Profile ID
Grab the 21 digit profile ID number from your Google +Page URL:
Navigate to Settings > Google+
Paste your profile ID into the Google+ Pages integration settings.
Save!
It also comes baked full of shortcodes so you can insert your G+Page badge wherever you want.
Bonus! Enable Google Analytics Integration for +1
If you’re a Google Analytics user, you can also enable Google Analytics integration. All of your clicks will be added to a specified category in Google Analytics so you can check out how many clicks you’re getting on your +1 button.
Grab the plugin now from WPMU DEV!
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So with this plugin you can add your RSS to Google+?
I mean, new posts on my blog will automaticcaly be posted on Google+?
Not yet – we’re working on adding that to the plugin so expect it in a future update!
Now that would be awesome; I’m hanging out for a Simple Facebook Connect – Publish for Google+. Cheers, Graham
OK, cool.
Looking forward to it :D
At this point, Google+ API still seems to be read only, so the very next feature update will probably have it the other way around.
By “other way around”, I meant syncing your Google+ posts with your WordPress (perhaps as custom post types). Of course, we’ll be integrating posting to Google+ as soon as possible.
Getting more and more interesting. Can’t wait for that version to come out. And please, let it still be free. :)
We’re working on it – and it’ll still be free :)
Thinking of it, posting right away to the Google+ profile will get Google to get into the new post right away, causing the page to appear on Google searches faster than before.
You guys are the sh*t, I swear. Thanks again.
The dilemma becomes, Do I leave my public-personal Google+ number, or my business G+ number…? Lol
wow~ cool : p
cool thnx will be working to use it
This plugin sounds perfect Siobhan. I will definitely be adding this to my blog.
Any idea how to make this great plugin work with the buddypress activity stream? That would be really cool!
Thanks!
buddypress activity stream would be great !!!!
Thanks
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Thanks for sharing