The integration of Smart SEO is easy. It just takes a few clicks and it is required for Smart SEO's features to function properly.
From the Smart SEO dashboard, click the Setup button, which will take you to the Setup page:
If your store is password-protected, you need to provide the public password for the store so that Smart SEO can be integrated. You can find it under Online Store -> Preferences
On the Setup page, you can see an indication of whether our app embeds are enabled. Click the Manage button on the right
This will open the App Embeds section of your theme Customizer. There, enable both the Smart SEO and Broken Links Detection app embeds:
Then, Save the changes. That's it - Smart SEO is now integrated into your store.
How to integrate the old version of Smart SEO
In case you are on the old version of Smart SEO (if you have installed Smart SEO before 4th of April 2024), the Setup page looks slightly different, but the process is similar.
There is an Integrate button that and all you have to do is click the Integrate button for Smart SEO to be integrated and both app embeds will automatically be enabled:
It takes a couple of seconds and if the integration is successful, you should see the following screen:
This means that Smart SEO is integrated properly into your store and you may start using our features to improve the SEO performance of your store. At the bottom of this article, you will find useful links that will guide you on how to use all our features.
Common issues during the integration of Smart SEO
Your store is password-protected
If your store is password-protected, you will see the following screen:
All you have to do is to provide the preview password for your Shopify store and click the Update password. Then, you will be able to integrate Smart SEO.
If you don't remember the password for previewing your store, you can find it under Online Store -> Preferences in your Shopify administration:
Your theme seems to have problems
In some cases, you might have invalid HTML code in your theme.liquid file. For, example, a missing tag for your store.
This might happen since a lot of third-party apps make changes to the theme.liquid file or you might have accidentally deleted this when adding custom code to your theme.liquid file.
In such cases, during the integration of Smart SEO, our system will notify us and we will reach out to you to assist further.
Duplicated meta tags
Another common issue during the integration is if you have multiple meta tags in your store. This might occur if you have previously used other SEO apps.
In such cases, our system will alert us and we will reach out to you to provide assistance.