Category: Getting Started

  • Connecting your Google account & publishing your first post

      Hey! Thanks so much for giving my Post to Google My Business plugin for WordPress a try! Koen here, the developer of the plugin. I’ve created a short video for you to give you a head start (see above, or click here to view it on YouTube). I’ll show you how to connect your…

  • How to use multiple auto-post templates

    How to use multiple auto-post templates

    Version 3 of the Post to Google My Business plugin introduces the “Multiple auto-post templates” feature. This means you are no longer tied to a single generic auto-post template, but can define multiple templates for different occasions. For example if you want to use a different post template for your WooCommerce products than you want…

  • Location-specific placeholder variables

    Apart from placeholders which represent specific info about your WordPress site or the current post/page, there are also placeholder variables that represent info about the GBP location that your post is being published to. These placeholders can be used in your post text and will be replaced by their corresponding value once the post is…

  • Publish Products using cookie method

    Because the Google Business Profile API does not support publishing products to your GBP listing, an alternative method has been developed. This feature is available to all premium users of the plugin. To allow the creation of products, first make sure you have a Google account connected to the plugin. Navigate to the Google settings…

  • Using spintax in Google My Business posts

    Using spintax in Google My Business posts

    Post to Google My Business (Pro & Business) support spintax to automatically generate unique GMB Posts. Spintax is a way to mark up text to generate one or more unique variations of the original. Basic spintax example Lets say your original post looks like this: At Acme Electronics, we offer all kinds of residential and…