Introduction

The Opencart Google Base product feed

The built-in Google Base product feed that comes with Opencart (v2.1 and up) is now capable of generating a dynamic product feed you can use as source for uploading a Product Catalog in the Facebook Business Manager.
This article will walk you through required the steps:

• Installing & configuring the Opencart Google Base product feed
• Verifying the product feed output
• Setting up the Product Catalog in Facebook Business Manager

Installation

Installing the Google Base product feed in Opencart

• Opencart 2.1.x.x & 2.2.x.x

  In the administration back-end, navigate to Extensions > Feeds.
  In the Feed List, locate the Google Base product feed and click the install button next to it.

  Now that you have installed the Google Base feed, you can start the configuration of the product feed.

• Opencart v2.3.x.x and up

  In the administration back-end, navigate to Extensions > Extensions and select Feeds in the dropdown.
  In the Feed List, locate the Google Base product feed and click the install button next to it.

  Now that you have installed the Google Base feed, you can start the configuring the Google Base product feed.

Configuration

Configuring the Google Base product feed in Opencart

Click the install button to start configuring the Google Base product feed.

First, download the latest Google Category list here. Choose taxonomy with numeric IDs in Plain Text (.txt) file.
Upload the .txt file using the green import button.

Now that you have uploaded the Google Category list, you can start linking up the product categories of the webshop with the Google Category that is the closest match:

1. Start typing in the Category field and select a Product Category from the autocomplete suggestions.
2. Start typing in the Google Category field and select a Google Category from the autocomplete suggestions.
3. To complete the link, click the blue button

Repeat this process for every product category.

When you are done, enable the product feed by selecting Enabled in the the Status dropdown.
Save the configuration by clicking the save button

Verify the product feed

To verify the Google Base product feed output, navigate to {{your_webshop_url}}?route=extension/feed/google_base (OC 2.3 and up) or {{your_webshop_url}}?route=feed/google_base (OC 2.1 & 2.2).

Facebook Product Catalog

Creating a Product Catalog in Facebook Business Manager

Click here for a step-by-step description on how to create a product catalog in Facebook Business Manager