{"id":29879,"date":"2020-09-29T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T10:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opte.io\/blog\/?p=29879"},"modified":"2020-10-02T03:29:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T03:29:37","slug":"new-google-web-stories-plugin-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opte.io\/blog\/new-google-web-stories-plugin-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"New Google Web Stories Plugin for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What Are Google Web Stories<\/h2>\n<p>Google web stories are a new way to present your content online. Web stories are short, snackable visual content that attracts viewers to your website. Think of them as the stories that you see across social media on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opte.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/google-web-story-template-632x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"282\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29891\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google\u2019s Recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Videos should be shot in portrait mode, not landscape mode.<\/li>\n<li>Videos should be 15 seconds or less and feature subtitles.<\/li>\n<li>Stories should be between four and 30 pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why You Should Use Google Web Stories<\/h2>\n<p>Now that Google has officially published the Web Stories WordPress Plugin, it is incredibly easy to create attractive web stories to increase your visibility.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opte.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/creating-google-web-story-wordpress-632x306.jpg\" alt=\"web story editor in wordpress\" width=\"632\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29888\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Easy To Create<\/h3>\n<p>Google has made it as easy as possible for you to create web stories. The plugin features a drag-and-drop editor,  provides several templates, and has partnered with Unsplash and Coverr for easy access to stock photos and images.<\/p>\n<h3>Increased Visibility<\/h3>\n<p>Web stories are designed to be attractive to viewers. They are a great way to stand out in results and attract more eyes to your content. Google shows web story content in the following places:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Search<\/li>\n<li>Google Images<\/li>\n<li>Google Discover<\/li>\n<li>Google App<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Things To Consider With Web Stories<\/h2>\n<p>There are some important SEO tips to keep in mind  during the creation process for optimal performance. <\/p>\n<h3>Web Stories Are Like Any Other Page<\/h3>\n<p>Web Stories are a type of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) so think of them like any other page on your site. Before publishing, ask yourself if this piece of content is something Google would index. The usual SEO practices apply. Create original content and use high-quality media. Structure headings, subheadings, and body text like in a normal post.<\/p>\n<h3>Implement Web Story Tracking<\/h3>\n<p>Track your web story performance using a standard Google Analytics integration. Inside of the Editor Settings in the web story dashboard is an area to add your Google Analytics Tracking ID. There is also reporting available in Google Search Console.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opte.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/google-web-story-editor-settings-632x313.jpg\" alt=\"web story editor settings in wordpress\" width=\"632\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29887\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Use the Yoast SEO Plugin<\/h3>\n<p>Yoast SEO plugin adds metadata to your web stories and ensures they are included in your XML sitemap.<\/p>\n<h2>How To Activate Web Stories on Your OPTe Website<\/h2>\n<p>Enable the Google Web Stories plugin inside the built-in plugin library in your dashboard.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to the Plugin Library.<\/li>\n<li>Type Web Stories in the search bar and Activate the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>A new Stories tab will be in the dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Read More: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/web-creators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web Creators Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stories.google\/docs#Getting-started\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web Story Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.amp.dev\/2019\/08\/28\/analytics-for-your-amp-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web Story Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover a new way to present your content online with the Google Web Stories plugin for WordPress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":614,"featured_media":29889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-plugins","category-resources"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v25.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Google Web Stories Plugin for WordPress &#8212; 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