WPSSO Google Merchant Feeds XML

WPSSO Google Merchant Feeds XML add-on retrieves product information from WPSSO Core Premium and provides maintenance free XML feeds for each available language.

There are no plugin or add-on settings to configure — the WPSSO Google Merchant Feeds XML add-on automatically retrieves all available product information in the language (aka locale) requested.

A supported e-commerce plugin, like WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads, is suggested but not required — the WPSSO Google Merchant Feeds XML add-on can also retrieve custom product information entered in the WordPress editor Document SSO metabox. WooCommerce product variations and additional WooCommerce product attributes are also fully supported.

An XML Feed for Each Language

Google merchant XML feeds for WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, and custom products are automatically created for each available language (as provided by Polylang, WPLM, or the installed WordPress languages). After activating the WPSSO Google Merchant Feeds XML add-on, see the SSO > Google Merchant Feeds settings page for the list of available feed URLs.

Google Merchant Feed Attributes

The following XML feed attributes are automatically generated from your WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, and custom products, including WooCommerce product variations:

• ID [id]
• Title [title]
• Description [description]
• Link [link]
• Image link [image_link]
• Additional image link [additional_image_link]
• Availability [availability]
• Price [price]
• Sale price [sale_price]
• Sale price effective date [sale_price_effective_date]
• Google product category [google_product_category]
• Product type [product_type]
• Google search index [canonical_link]
• Brand [brand]
• GTIN [gtin] (inluding UPC, EAN, and ISBN)
• MPN [mpn]
• Condition [condition]
• Color [color]
• Material [material]
• Pattern [pattern]
• Gender [gender]
• Size [size]
• Size type [size_type]
• Item group ID [item_group_id]

WPSSO Core Premium Required

WPSSO Google Merchant Feeds XML (WPSSO GMF) is an add-on for the WPSSO Core Premium plugin.

The WPSSO Core Premium plugin provides:

• An integration module for the WooCommerce plugin.
• An integration module for the Easy Digital Downloads plugin.
• Custom product options in the Document SSO metabox.

Install and Uninstall

• Install the WPSSO Google Merchant Feeds XML add-on.
• Uninstall the WPSSO Google Merchant Feeds XML add-on.

Frequently Asked Questions

• None.

Notes and Documentation

• None.

1. 

   The WPSSO GMF settings page shows a complete list of available XML feed URLs.

Version Numbering

Version components: {major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]

• {major} = Major structural code changes and/or incompatible API changes (ie. breaking changes).
• {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
• {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
• {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate).

Standard Edition Repositories

• GitHub

Development Version Updates

WPSSO Core Premium customers have access to development, alpha, beta, and release candidate version updates:

Under the SSO > Update Manager settings page, select the "Development and Up" (for example) version filter for the WPSSO Core plugin and/or its add-ons. Save the plugin settings and click the "Check for Plugin Updates" button to fetch the latest version information. When new development versions are available, they will automatically appear under your WordPress Dashboard > Updates page. You can always reselect the "Stable / Production" version filter at any time to reinstall the latest stable version.

Changelog / Release Notes

Version 2.2.4 (2022/04/04)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Added more debugging messages for skipped post IDs (ie. noindex or redirected).
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v12.1.0.

Version 2.2.2 (2022/03/26)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed missing support for the custom Google Merchant Feed image ID or URL.
• Developer Notes
  • Added $md_pre to the WpssoOpengraph->get_array() method arguments.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v11.8.0.

Version 2.2.1 (2022/03/23)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Added debug comments to XML output when the "Add HTML Debug Messages" option is enabled.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v11.7.2.

Version 2.2.0 (2022/03/18)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added support for customized site name, site description, and site home URL values from WPSSO Core.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v11.7.1.

Version 2.1.0 (2022/03/07)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added a check for a missing "image_link" in the Google Merchant Feeds when editing a product.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v11.5.0.

Version 2.0.0 (2022/03/02)

• New Features
  • Added a new "Google Merchant Feeds" image size under the SSO > Advanced Settings > Plugin Settings > Image Sizes tab.
• Improvements
  • Added new "Google Merchant Feeds" section under the Document SSO > Edit Media tab.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v11.4.0.

Version 1.5.3 (2022/02/25)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed inclusion of archive pages, like the WooCommerce shop page, in the Google Merchant Feeds XML.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v11.2.0.

Version 1.5.2 (2022/02/25)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed a typo in the setAvailability() method name.
• Developer Notes
  • Renamed WpssoOpenGraph->get_all_images() to WpssoMedia->get_all_images().
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v11.2.0.

Version 1.5.1 (2022/02/22)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Added the vendor/**/src/ folders to the GitHub repository.
  • Updated the composer autoloader suffix from "abc0b15c5128b916f65b9175a1fc5559" to "WpssoGmf".
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v11.1.1.

Version 1.4.2 (2022/02/17)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Updated instantiation of Feed and Product classes with full class paths.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v11.0.0.

Version 1.4.1 (2022/02/15)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed the XML rewrite rule to work with WordPress '/%category%/' permalinks.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v10.3.1.

Version 1.4.0 (2022/02/14)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Added support for plain feed URLs when WordPress permalinks are disabled.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v10.3.0.

Version 1.3.0 (2022/01/19)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Renamed the lib/abstracts/ folder to lib/abstract/.
  • Renamed the SucomAddOn class to SucomAbstractAddOn.
  • Renamed the WpssoAddOn class to WpssoAbstractAddOn.
  • Renamed the WpssoWpMeta class to WpssoAbstractWpMeta.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v9.14.0.

Version 1.2.2 (2021/11/27)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Updated SucomForm::get_no_input_clipboard() calls to SucomForm->get_no_input_clipboard().
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v9.9.0.

Version 1.2.1 (2021/11/20)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed the WP_Query->is_404 value before returning the XML file.
• Developer Notes
  • Closed the PHP output buffer before returning the XML content.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v9.8.1.

Version 1.2.0 (2021/11/17)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • Changed the WpssoGmfRewrite::add_rules() action hook from 'init' to 'wp_loaded'.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v9.8.0.

Version 1.1.0 (2021/11/16)

• New Features
  • None.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • Added a new 'wpsso_google_merchant_feed_url' filter.
  • Used the new SucomUtil::get_available_feed_locale_names() method (filtered by the Polylang and WPML integration modules).
  • Refactored the SucomAddOn->get_missing_requirements() method.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.2.
  • WordPress v5.2.
  • WPSSO Core v9.8.0.

Version 1.0.0 (2021/11/10)

• New Features
  • Initial release.
• Improvements
  • None.
• Bugfixes
  • None.
• Developer Notes
  • None.
• Requires At Least
  • PHP v7.0.
  • WordPress v5.0.
  • WPSSO Core v9.7.0.