Instruction Google Merchant Feed for Opencart3.0


Download and install


  1. Download the plugin archive from the Shop Pinta store and save it on your computer.

  2. In the admin panel of your website, select Extensions (1) > Installer (2).

  3. In the Upload your extensions block, click the Upload button (3).



  1. In the opened window, download the plugin archive (4, 5).



  1. Clear the modification cache (recommended for the OpenCart version lower than v.4.0). To do it, go to the Modifications subcategory (1), select the checkbox for the Pinta Google merchant feed modifier (2), click the Clear (3) and Refresh (4) buttons.



  1. Next, go to the Extensions subcategory (1). In the Feeds list (2) find the Google Merchant Products plugin (3) and click the Install button (4).

  2. To configure the plugin, click the Edit button (5).





Plugin page


The plugin page consists of:


  1. The Status field (1) - to enable / disable the plugin (position Enabled / Disabled).

  2. The Currency field (2) - to select the type of currency for your products.

  3. The Language field (3) - to select the language for displaying products in the feed, which corresponds to the language of the product on your website.

  4. The Include Tax in price field  (4) - select the Enabled position, if you want to display tax in the price of the product.

  5. The Added field gtin field (5) - select the Enabled position, if you want to add a gtin-attribute to the feed.

  6. The Options block (6) includes the following fields - Color, Size, Pattern, Material.

If the options of your website differ from the standard ones, in this block you can select a match for such options.

  1. The Data Google product category URL field (7) - to update the list of Google categories, enter the address where Google categories are located and click the Update button. By default, the list of Google categories is added to the plugin.



The Options block (6) includes the following fields: Color, Size, Pattern, Material.

If the options of your site differ from the standard ones, in this block you can select a match for such options.

Data field Google product category URL (7) - to update the list of Google categories, enter the address where the Google categories are located and click the Update button. By default, a list of Google categories is added to the plugin.




  1. In the list of categories, select the main Google categories in the Google main product category column that correspond to your products in the Product category column (required).




  1. In the Google all product category column, you can additionally select Google subcategories that correspond to your products.



After completing the plugin settings, click the Save button.




Then you can generate a feed with needed data.

You can open feeds as a link or download an xml file to your computer.


  1. The Data feed Url block allows you to generate a feed with detailed information about your product.


  • To create a data feed as a link, click the Url button (1). The feed will open in a new browser window in xml format.

  • To save the feed as a file, click the Download button (2).


  1. The Product Reviews feed Url block allows you to generate a feed with customer reviews for your product.


  • To create a data feed as a link, click the Url button (3). The feed will open in a new browser window in xml format.

  • To save the feed as a file, click the Download button (4).


Now you can upload data feeds to the Google Merchant Center.




Sign up for a Google account (if this hasn’t been done in advance) and use your account data for the Merchant Center.


To add a feed with detailed information about your product, go to the Google Merchant Center, select the Products tab (1) > Feeds (2) and click the Add primary feed button (3).




Next, in the New primary feed > Basic information block, select the Country of sale (1), Language (2) and click the Continue button (3).




  • To add the generated data feed as a link, in the New primary feed > Name and input method block:


  1. Enter the feed name in the Name your feed and choose an input method field (1).

  2. Select the Scheduled fetch option (2).

  3. Click the Continue button (3).




Next, in the New primary feed > Name and input method block:

 

  1. Enter the name of your feed file and create a fetch schedule (1).

  2. Select Fetch frequency (2).

  3. Select Fetch time (3).

  4. Select Time zone (4).

  5. Paste the copied address into the File URL field (5).




  1. Click Create feed (6).


To add the generated feed as a file: 

  1. Click the Upload file button (1).


  1. Click Browse (2).

  2. In the window that opens, select the feed file (3) that you previously saved on your computer.

  3. Click the Open button (4).


  1. lick Upload (5).



After checking the data feed, all products from your website corresponding to the selected categories are uploaded to your Google Merchant Center account and recorded in the table.




A detailed description of the product is in the Product Card, which can be opened by clicking on the product in the table.




To add a feed with customer reviews for your product to the Google Merchant Center, you need to confirm your participation in the Google Reviews program. After that, you can go to Marketing > Product reviews feeds and add the generated feed.