Wix Blog: Using Facebook Instant Articles with Wix Blog
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Facebook Instant Articles are a great way to showcase your Wix Blog across Facebook and give your readers an improved, smoother experience when reading your blog posts. Some of the advantages of Instant Articles are:
- Load much faster than regular Facebook articles
- Are 3x more likely to be shared across Facebook
- Offer more analytics
Instant Articles are also a great way to start monetizing your posts by introducing advertising into your content.
Important:
- You need to have published at least 10 blog posts to use Instant Articles.
- You need to have a Facebook business page.
- It takes 3-5 days for your blog posts to be reviewed by Facebook.
Step 1 | Set up Facebook Instant Articles
First, you need to set up Facebook Instant Articles on your Facebook account.
To set up Facebook Instant Articles:
- Go to Facebook Instant Articles.
- Log in to your Facebook account.
- Click Start Earning.
- Using this guide from Facebook, follow the steps to complete the set up in Creator Studio.
- Copy the meta tag under Connect Your Site: Claim Your URL. (You'll need this for step 2).
Tip:
Leave the Facebook tab open on your browser. You'll need to go back later to paste in the RSS feed link from your Wix site.
Step 2 | Connect Instant Articles to your blog
Once you've signed up on Facebook, you need to connect Instant Articles to your Wix site. You can do this by adding a tag to your homepage.
To connect Facebook Instant Articles to your blog:
- Go to your Wix account and open your site's Editor.
- Go to your homepage's Advanced SEO settings.
Editor | Show me how
on the left side of the Editor.
next to the relevant page.Editor X | Show me how
at the top of Editor X. 
next to the relevant page.3. Click Additional Tags.
4. Click Add New Tag.
5. Paste your Facebook meta tag under HTML Code.
6. Click Apply.
7. Publish your site
8. Get your RSS feed link.
9. Go back to your Facebook account.
10. Enter the RSS feed link in Production RSS Feed: Choose Your Publishing Platform.
Note:
If Facebook detects any errors in your blog posts, you can edit them from inside Facebook.
Want to learn more?
Check out our complete step-by-step guide to blogging or watch the video in Wix Learn on promoting your blog on social media.