How to Properly Setup Google AMP on Your WordPress Site

Are you wanting to set up Google AMP for your WordPress website? AMP will make your website load faster on mobile devices. In this video, we will show you how to set up Google AMP in WordPress.

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Summary of this tutorial:

Google AMP is designed for improving the mobile experience for your site by showing a stripped down version of your site. There are pros and cons for setting this up for your site but it would depend on personal preference for if you should add it.

For installing the AMP plugin go under Plugins, Add New and find the AMP plugin.

Under Appearance, AMP you will be able to customize the look of your site for when users view it on mobile.

There are multiple customization options including colors and logos for the new reduced page of your site for mobile.

Once you have it designed how you would like, ensure you save your changes.

Should you want to preview the AMP page from your computer you would go to the post and add /amp to the end of the url.

Using the Yoast SEO plugin you are able to customize the design, colors, and other options for your AMP pages.

[jasonstallworth]

Thank you for this...I'm installing AMP and the Yoast Glue on all my sites as we speak!

[ThomasMichaud]

Thanks for this tutorial. I'm going to work through this on my clients' sites this week and share with my students too!

[Wildwebwest]

WPBeginner, thank you for this very articulate article. I love that you covered both pros and cons. Overall I cannot imagine google producing a modern method that would preclude tons of advantages for businesses focused on quality mobile response to their products and services. I'm going to install AMP on a separate wordpress website that is stripped down and uses a generic theme, to test out how it impacts the mobile seo and conversions.

[darkbluebossa]

Hmm, I didnt like the cons. I have a statistic plugin in wordpress and I am afraid some functions dont work because of the limited technology. Is it really worth installing?

[whatisweightlossabout]

Thanks, it was reasonably helpful, though now, I have doubts with the comment below being read, is this correct?

[Pixelfy]

i cant believe i am just seeing this video... its really helpful please create more content like this. keep up the good work

[BenedictYeoBK]

Thanks for the great video! So once it's enabled, does all future mobile traffic to the website get directed to the AMP ver?

[TrackMyPhones]

Nice video. Would have liked to see how the APM page looks like when you visit from google search as well. But why you say AMP will reduce mobile traffic?

[_rahiali]

thank you for your video! what i did not understand why we losing traffic on mobile.

[jasonstallworth]

What sucks about AMP is now the landing pages I created with Thrive doesn’t display the page one mobile. So I’m losing traffic to that page on mobile. Does anyone have a solution for this?

[rahul.sharma]

how to clear cache of a wordpress website on user's computer as i made some changes in the css file of my wordpress website but the changes are not reflected on the user end.
I am not using as cache plugin that save website cache on user's computer...

[blestliving]

Hi, having issue with AMP, says de bugging is required. Can you please help to resolve ?

[chizelunwaikechukwu]

Haven't come across an amazing video like this in such a long while.Thank you

[idealguru]

how to remove featured image from the post in amp..?

[kevinlittlewood]

AMP in my view gives too simplistic a page for mobile web. Once the AMP page has been served up can you give the option to view a content rich version with all javascript / html / css?

[oferlanger]

Thanks for a great video! Where can I find more AMP templates?

[gugubeniwal]

MY YEO SEO is getting deactivated on its own. when i turn on my laptop. i find it deactivated twice in past 2 days. whats the reason?

[freepromotion]

my blog asynchronous ads are not show... please provide a appropriate solution for this problem

[bonvivantcheftori]

How does this integrate with stripe inline forms? I would like to install AMP pages but I need people to be able to purchase easily on these pages. Also on the cons I'm confused about how it might reduce mobile traffic. Can you explain?

[brainsci]

This video uses an older version of Glue for Yoast and AMP, which supported pages and posts The current version does not support pages. (07-2017) If your WordPress Site uses pages, then this method will not work.