Check box to disable Instant Articles on a Post

[noumaan]

It would be nice to have options that allow site owners to choose which articles they want to appear in their Instant Articles feed. A checkbox in the 'Facebook Instant Articles' metabox below the post editor would be very useful.

Another way is to allow site owners to choose a tag or category for articles they want to automatically add into Instant Articles feed.

[katsar0v]

Yes, I would really love to have that, and guess it is not that complicated to build

[katsar0v]

Any update on this feature? I guess it is a must for such a plugin

[cuckoofordeals]

Yes I would love this as well!

[donaldG]

@noumaan @katsar0v @cuckoofordeals I was able to achieve this by creating a category specifically for the Instant Articles. Figuring out that feed URL was a bit of a pain. What I figured out was after creating the Category my feed was this: http://www.site.com/category/fb-instant-articles-your-custom-cat-name/feed/instant-articles

The documentation isn't super clear on that. Just after trial & error I discovered it. This is also without setting a custom INSTANT_ARTICLES_SLUG. I think all that would do is change 'instant-articles' above to 'your-custom-instant-articles-slug' but everything else would be the same.

[stuartshields]

@donaldG You don't need /feed/ in the URL (well I haven't come across any instances of needing this).

[donaldG]

Woah, you're right. I couldn't get it working any other way but you're totally right. In addition, /feed/ does work, for whatever that's worth.

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@donaldG https://github.com/donaldG You don't need /feed/ in the URL (well I haven't come across any instances of needing this).

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[katsar0v]

Somehow posts still get published, though they are basically not in the feed:

https://github.com/Automattic/facebook-instant-articles-wp/issues/460

[katsar0v]

Still no updates, but I see this as a major issue

[jinnyMcKindy]

Hi, I fixed the plugin. Now there's a checkbox which filters unwanted posts from RSS Feed. I know it's a bit ugly solution: I added a new table with ID of posts which will be displayed in the feed. Just install updated the plugin: https://github.com/volokolamskspb/FB_Instant_Articles_wp/ Thanks

[daffsandcomp]

can someone please explain to me in the most simple way possible if there is a way of turning of instant articles for certain posts?

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