Taboola WordPress Plugin
WordPress Plugin > Installation and usage
Overview
The Taboola WordPress Plugin provides a convenient way to integrate Taboola recommendations into your WordPress pages.
Getting started
In order to get started, you'll need a Taboola account.
Don't have an account?
Contact us to set up your account and Taboola units.
Need additional units?
Reach out to your Taboola Account Manager or [email protected].
Installation
- In WordPress Admin, select
Plugins
(left). - Click on
Add New
(top). - In the search box provided (top, right) type in
"Taboola"
and tapEnter
. - Install and then activate the Taboola plugin.
Usage
General Settings
- Open the WordPress Admin dashboard.
- Select
Taboola
in the sidebar (left) to open your Taboola plugin settings. - Under
General settings
, fill in your Taboolapublisher_id
, as provided by Taboola.
Your Publisher ID is a unique, alphabetic String - e.g.
"<<publisherID>>"
.
Below-article unit
To apply your below-article unit:
- Open the WordPress Admin dashboard.
- Select
Taboola
in the sidebar (left) to open your Taboola plugin settings. - Enable the below-article section, using the toggle switch (top, right).
- Fill in the unit settings:
- Mode (aka Widget ID):
- Fill in the below-article
mode
, as provided by Taboola.
- Fill in the below-article
- Placement Name:
- Fill in the below-article
placement
, as provided by Taboola. - The placement name displays in Taboola reporting.
- It can also be used to activate specialized layouts e.g. Taboola Feed.
- Fill in the below-article
- If you would like Taboola to apply a
Read More
button, select the checkbox provided.See the 2 callouts below.
- Click on Apply changes (bottom, right).
- If no errors are reported, browse to your website and verify that the unit displays correctly.
Read More
Read More
buttons can boost audience engagement significantly, especially on mobile devices. By shortening the viewable content, below-article units become more visible, encouraging interaction.
To enable Read More
- Select the checkbox provided to position the feed/widget just after the article.
- Apply changes - then browse to an article and verify that your below-article unit displays correctly.
- Contact the Taboola team to enable the
Read More
user experience.
Mid-article unit
To apply your mid-article unit:
- Open the WordPress Admin dashboard.
- Select
Taboola
in the sidebar (left) to open your Taboola plugin settings. - Enable the mid-article section, using the toggle switch (top, right).
- Fill in the unit settings:
- Mode (aka Widget ID):
- Fill in the
mode
, as provided by Taboola. - The
mode
determines the layout of your mid-article unit.
- Fill in the
- Placement Name:
- Fill in the
placement
, as provided by Taboola. - The placement name displays in Taboola reporting.
- It can optionally be used to activate specialized Taboola products and layouts.
- Fill in the
- Paragraph:
- Fill in the paragraph number to target.
- E.g. to target the 5th paragraph, fill in
5
.
- Click on Apply changes (bottom, right).
- If no errors are reported, browse to your website and verify that the unit displays correctly.
Right-rail unit
Overview
The Taboola WordPress Plugin also supports a right-rail (aka sidebar) unit.
The right-rail unit is configured separately to the others.
First steps
- Before you start, make sure to fill in your Publisher ID.
See General Settings (above).
Configuration
- In the WordPress Admin dashboard, select
Appearance > Widgets
in the sidebar (left).- This opens the WordPress interface for inserting custom widgets.
- If the
Widgets
option is not present, then it is not supported by your WordPress theme.
- Click on the
+
icon (top, left) and search for"Taboola"
.If the
Taboola widget
is not present, make sure to fill in your Publisher ID (above). - Drag the Taboola widget to the desired position in the sidebar (right).
- Enter the
Widget ID
, as provided by Taboola. - Click on
Update
(top, right) to save your changes. - Browse to your website and verify that the right-rail (sidebar) unit displays correctly.
Tip
For a visual demonstration click here.
What's Next?
- In order to provide personalized recommendations for impressions in the EU and California, make sure to implement GDPR and CCPA respectively.
- If you have not already done so, configure ads.txt.
- Contact Taboola so that we can verify your implementation.
Need a hand?
Feel free to reach out on our Community Discussion page!
Updated 11 months ago