Modifying An Existing Blog To Work With ResultFlow

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 Plugins

Once 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 Recommended

Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights
The best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website, so you can keep them coming back.

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 

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AdRotate Pro – By Arnan de Gans
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Eggplant 301 Redirects – By Shawn Wernig http://www.eggplantstudios.ca
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Limit Login Attempts – By Johan Eenfeldt

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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
Allows you to regenerate all thumbnail sizes for one or more images that have been uploaded to your Media Library. Run this after you've added your new images to the site. 

Share Buttons by AddThis – By The AddThis Team
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Simple Social Icons – By Nathan Rice (alternate way of displaying your social media icons as a widget instead of in the menu)
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UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore – By UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson
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Upload Larger Plugins – By David Anderson
Allow plugins larger than the PHP-defined limit to be uploaded.

Wordfence Security – By Wordfence
Wordfence Security – Anti-virus, Firewall and Malware Scan

WP Edit – By Josh Lobe
Ultimate WordPress Content Editing.

WP Maintenance Mode – By Designmodo
Adds a splash page to your site that lets visitors know your site is down for maintenance. It’s perfect for a coming soon page.

WP Smush – By WPMU DEV
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WP-Optimize by Team Updraft 
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YARPP
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin(YARPP) is a professionally maintained and feature rich plugin that displays pages, posts, and custom post types related to the current entry, introducing your readers to other relevant content on your site

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. 

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://www.pexels.com/

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.