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Facebook Store Integration for Magento 2
User Guide
Table of Content
1. Extension Installation Guide
2. Configuration
3. Set Google Product Category
4. Bulk Update Facebook Product Status
5. Bulk Update Facebook Store Attributes
6. Facebook Attribute Mapping
7. Product Feed File Generation & Log
8. Add Shop Tab in Facebook Page
9. Set up the catalog feed on Facebook
10. Setting Facebook Product Feed Update and Replace Schedule
11. Setting Shoppable Instagram
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1. Extension Installation • Create a folder structure in Magento root as app/code/Meetanshi/FaceBookShop
• Download and extract the zip folder and upload our extension files to the
app/code/Meetanshi/FaceBookShop via FTP.
• Login to your SSH and run below commands step by step:
o php bin/magento setup:upgrade
o For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
o For Magento version 2.2.x & above - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy –f
o php bin/magento cache:flush
2. Configuration To configure the extension, login to Magento 2 backend, move to Stores → Configuration →
Facebook Store Integration where you can find various settings to configure the extension.
• Generate CSV Manually: Click to generate CSV having the product feed data.
• Schedule Periodic CSV Generation: Set YES to schedule product feed CSV generation on a
regular basis. This setting sets up the cron that keeps regenerating the product feed file (CSV)
that Facebook fetches to update your Facebook shop.
• Frequency: Set frequency for the periodic CSV generation.
• Start Time: Set start time of the CSV generation on a specified frequency.
• Remove Out of Stock Products from CSV: Set YES to remove out of stock products while
creating product feed CSV and restrict those products display in the Facebook store.
• Apply Catalog Rules on Product Price: Select “Yes” if you want the catalog rules to be
reflected in the product prices shown in the Facebook shop.
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3. Set Google Product Category The extension requires to set Google Product Category (ID or Name) for your Magento
categories based on Google Product Taxonomy.
• For Magento Categories
Go to Catalog > Categories, select the categories you want to show in Facebook store, find
the tab “Facebook Shop Integration”, and set the ID or name of the Google product
category listed here that best fits with your Magento category. This helps when you want to run dynamic ads.
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• For Magento Products
Go to Catalog > Products, select the products you want to show in Facebook store, find the
tab “Facebook Shop Integration”.
o Facebook Shop Product: Enable the product to show in the Facebook store.
o Product Condition: Select one of the product conditions to show in the Facebook store.
The extension fills “New” by default.
o Google Product Category: Set the ID or name of the Google product category listed
here that best fits with your Magento product.
Note: The Google Product category will be prioritized in Product >> Category. If you have set
Google Product category for the product, it will be shown, else the ID of the category in which the
product resides will be shown.
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4. Bulk Update Facebook Product Status The extension facilitates to update the Facebook product status using the mass action. If you
want to only show some of the products in Facebook store, set their product status to YES. Go to
Catalog > Products, select the products to update their Facebook product status and select the
“Facebook Product Status” mass action from the Actions dropdown and set the required
status in bulk.
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5. Bulk Update Facebook Store Attributes You can bulk update Facebook store attributes. Go to Catalog > Products, select the products
for which you want to update attributes, select “Update Attributes” mass action, set values for
the options “Facebook Shop Product”, “Product Condition” and “Google Product Category”, and
save to assign the values in bulk to selected products.
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6. Facebook Attribute Mapping After the extension installation, the extension automatically creates default mapping between
the product attributes and Facebook fields with the same name. You don’t need to create
mappings for those fields. For example, product name, ID, availability, price, condition, etc.
• Add New Mapping
Some of the Facebook fields are required (Check the list of required and optional fields
here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/catalog-feed-setup#supported-
fields). Therefore, if the extension can’t fill some of the required fields itself, it can’t do
mapping for those fields with the Facebook and thus, it displays an error message in the
feed generation panel. To solve this issue, you need to create an attribute for the required
field and map it with the Facebook field. To add new attribute mapping, simply go to
Facebook Store Integration > Facebook Attribute Mapping and Click Add New Mapping.
Select the Facebook attribute code and a relevant Magento attribute to create the mapping.
Note: By default, the extension cannot create a mapping for the “Brand” field, make sure to create
new Magento attribute for the “Brand” Facebook field and create the mapping for it, otherwise it
will display error while generation feed. We can only proceed to the next step when all the required
fields are mapped.
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7. Product Feed File Generation & Log To synchronize Magento 2 store products with the Facebook store for the first time, you will not
wait for the cron to generate the CSV on the scheduled time and thus, you need to generate a
CSV using the manual method. All the manual and scheduled CSV file generation log is saved in a
separate grid under Facebook Store Integration > Product Feed CSV Log. You can see the log added every time the product CSV gets generated, with the details like started and finished date
and time, how the CSV generation took place (manually or using schedule), status and other
details.
8. Add Shop Tab in Facebook Page The products you integrate using the Facebook store will be shown under the “Shop” tab of
your Facebook page. To add the “Shop” tab in your Facebook page, log in to your Facebook
account using the credentials. Make sure you are admin of the page. Go to your page and click
“Settings”.
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• Click on “Templates and Tabs”, and scroll to the bottom. Click “Add a Tab” button.
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• Click on the “Add Tab” button next to the “Shop”.
• Close the popup and go back to your Facebook page. You can now see the “Shop” tab. Click
it and a popup will be opened, tick the checkbox to agree to the Seller’s Terms and Policies
and click Continue.
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• After agreeing, you can see another popup to select the checkout method for the Facebook
store products. Select “Check Out on Another Website” and click “Continue”.
• Next, another popup shows up, asking to choose the shop currency. Select the currency of your
Magento 2 store, and click “Save”.
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9. Set up the catalog feed in Facebook To setup the catalog feed on Facebook, Go to the Facebook business manager. If you don’t have
a business manager account, log in to Facebook, go to https://business.facebook.com/, and
follow the sign-up process. After login, click the Business Manager and from the menu, click
“Catalogues” under the Assets.
• Here, you should see a catalog with the name of your page. If not, you can always create new
using the “Create Catalogue” button.
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• Click the catalog of your page and click “Products and Data Sources” tab. From here, select the
“Use Data Feed” method to upload the product CSV we generated and add products to the
Facebook store. Click next.
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• Select the upload method, enter data feed URL, here the URL of the CSV you created. It gets
stored at yoursite.com/var/export/FBProductUpload.csv. Also, you can set auto-update
product feed CSV file schedule, to get your Facebook store inventory updated on a regular basis.
Lastly, click the “Start Upload” button.
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• Immediately after you start uploading the product feed CSV file, you can see the status of
the upload in a separate window.
• Once the product feed upload is done, you can click to “View Feeds” in the Facebook shop
tab.
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• Once the product feed is uploaded and processed completely by Facebook, users can see
products under the “Shop” tab of your Facebook page.
• Click to see the product details. Click “Checkout on Website” to add a product to the cart
and check out directly on the website.
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• Once the user clicks “Check Out on Website” from the Facebook store product, he will be
redirected to the website having the product added to cart. He can continue and finish the
order process hereafter.
Note: For grouped and bundled products, to select the custom options, users will be redirected to
the product page instead of the cart page.
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10. Setting Facebook Product Feed Update and Replace Schedule To keep the product feed updated in the Facebook store, you need to setup update and replace
schedule to keep on updating the product CSV generated in Magento 2 store with the Facebook
store on a regular basis. Facebook, by default, provides setting up 2 different schedules to keep
the Facebook store updated with the products.
• Replace Schedule
Every time the replace schedule is run; it processes all the products again from the product
feed CSV URL added while scheduling. This might cause the disappearing of images and
products from the Facebook store for a short while. Thus, it’s recommended to run the
replace schedule once a week (if you don’t make frequent changes to store products) or
once a day (if you make frequent changes to store products). To configure the replace
schedule, go to the Facebook Business Manager > Catalogues > Select Catalogue Name
of your Page > Products and Data Sources > Select Data Source Name > Settings >
Replace Schedule.
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• Update Schedule
Every time the update schedule is run; it makes faster changes to selected products in your
feed. This is the recommended way of sending price and availability updates. Thus, it’s
recommended to run the update schedule on an hourly basis to keep the minor changes like
product availability and pricing updated. To configure the update schedule, go to the
Facebook Business Manager > Catalogues > Select Catalogue Name of your Page >
Products and Data Sources > Select Data Source Name > Settings > Update Schedule.
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11. Setting Shoppable Instagram As you have the Facebook store live, you are automatically eligible for the Instagram Shopping
(Shoppable Instagram) feature. It allows you to tag your products with your Instagram posts, so
when someone browses your Instagram posts can click the tagged products to get redirected to
the website for purchase.
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• To enable Instagram Shopping feature, you need to enable Instagram product tagging.
o Add Shop tab in your Facebook Page – The very first step to enable Instagram
product tagging is adding the Shop tab in your Facebook page. This store contains
products you want to tag in your Instagram account.
o Comply with the Facebook Business Requirements – Facebook comes with the
minimum requirements to be fulfilled by the businesses prior to applying for the
Instagram shopping stated below:
▪ The business must sell physical products. Services based businesses cannot get
approval for the shoppable Instagram feature.
▪ The business must reside in allowed countries, see the list of approved countries
here.
▪ The Facebook page must not have country or age restriction.
▪ The Facebook store must use a checkout method other than “Message to Buy”.
o Make your Instagram account a business profile – Turn your Instagram account into
a business profile.
▪ Click the “Profile” icon in the bottom right, click three lines on the top right and click
“Settings”.
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▪ Go to Account.
▪ Click on “Switch to Professional Account” or “Switch to Business Account.”
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o Connect your Instagram profile to your Facebook page – After switching to the
business account, the next step in the wizard is to connect Facebook page with your
Instagram profile. Select the Facebook page in which you have set up product feed.
o Connect your Facebook store product catalog to Instagram account – Go to
Facebook business manager, log in with the admin credentials, go to “Catalogues” from
the top menu. Click on the catalog of your Facebook store, go to settings, scroll down to
the “Connected Instagram Business Profiles”. Click “Manage Profiles”. In the popup near
your Instagram profile, click “Request Review”. After submission, usually it takes about
a few weeks to get approved and you can start tagging products with the Instagram
posts afterward.