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Connecting to Google Search Console

Analytics is a pro feature that allows you to connect to Google Search Console (GSC) to bring the reports to WordPress. It helps you see how your pages perform on SERP, and give you more info about your impressions, positions, CTR, and keywords.

To connect your site with Google Search Console, the plugin uses the official Google OAuth2 SDK for authorization. This is the standard and recommended method provided by Google. With this setup, you'll need a Google account and a project in Google Cloud Console. By creating your own app, you maintain full control and ownership of your data. Some third-party services let you connect through their Google app instead. However, this gives them access to your site's data, which can pose security and privacy risks.

Let's get started!

Creating a project​

Go to Google Cloud Console and log in with your Google account. If you don't already have a project to use for the integration with Slim SEO Pro, create a new one by selecting the project dropdown menu at the page's top-left corner, near the Google Cloud logo, and in the popup, click the New Project button:

Creating a project on Google Cloud

On the next screen, enter the project name. It can be anything:

Enter a project name

Enabling API​

After creating the project, select the project from the dropdown menu at the page's top-left corner, near the Google Cloud logo.

Then in the search box, enter "Google Search Console API" to search the API we need to enable, and select the first option:

Find Google Search Console API

On the next screen, click Enable button to enable the API.

Enable Google Search Console API

The app created in the previous step requires your permission to connect to your Google Search Console account. The steps below will let you know how to configure the screen for asking your permission (the consent screen).

Branding​

When connecting to Google Search Console, an authorization screen will appear and ask for your permission to access to GSC data. We need to configure the branding for that screen.

From the sidebar menu, select OAuth consent screen:

Oauth Consent Screen

Then select the Branding menu:

Branding

Enter your information by following their instruction:

Create Branding 1

Create Branding 2

Create Branding 3

Create Branding 4

Create Branding 5

Audience​

Now go to the Audience tab and click the Publish app button:

Audience

Creating credentials​

Go to Credentials tab and click the + Create credentials button at the top, then select OAuth client ID:

Create OAuth

Select Web application in the Application type dropdown and enter https://yourdomain.com/?ssp_gsc_callback=1 (replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain) in the Authorised redirect URIs:

Create OAuth ID

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If you want to use Slim SEO Pro for multiple websites, you don't need to create multiple projects and go throught these settings from the beginning. Instead of that, just add more authorised redirect URIs here.

Then click Create button to create the credentials. After finishing, you'll see Client ID and Client Secret in the popup:

OAuth client ID

Copy these details and now go to your WordPress admin > Settings > Slim SEO > Analytics tab > Settings and enter the details:

Enter Client ID and Client Secret

Authorizing with GSC​

After entering the client ID and client secret for GSC, you can connect to GSC to get the reports. To connect to GSC, click the link in the dashboard:

Get Google authentication token

then login with the your Google account:

Get Google authentication token 1

Get Google authentication token 3

After all these steps, it will redirect you back to Analytics and ready for you to use:

Analytics screen

Now it's time to learn about the reports.