[How To] 4 Ways To Display Your Latest Google+ Update on WordPress Blog

Earlier we had posted how to How to add Facebook comments to WordPress blog without Plugins and How to add a Facebook like button to your WordPress blog. Those tricks were activated on your WordPress without help of a Plugins, simply by adding few lines of codes to your WordPress blog.

Today also we bought few methods to display your latest Google Plus updates on your WordPress blog. This code is originally written by Valentin Brandt.

Method #1 – Display Your Latest Google+ Update on WordPress Blog without Plugins

Simply paste the following code snippet where you want to display your latest Google+ update. Change Don’t forget to put your Google+ ID on line 3.

<?php
	include_once(ABSPATH.WPINC.'/rss.php');
	$googleplus = fetch_feed("http://plusfeed.appspot.com/105370233753400230532"); // Replace 105370233753400230532 by your own ID
	echo '<a href="';
	echo $googleplus->items[0]['link']; echo '">';
	echo $googleplus->items[0]['summary'];
	echo '';
?>

Method #2 – Display Your Latest 5 Google Updates on WordPress Blog

This code snippet is written by Nilesh Shiragave. Add a function called google_plus_feed to your functions.php file and then shows you the code you need to add to your WordPress theme file. You can change frequency of updates, by simply modifying $items=5 to $items=10, $items=15 or as per your requirement.

function google_plus_feed($id,$items=5)
    {
        $feed='http://plusfeed.appspot.com/'.$id;
        include_once(ABSPATH.WPINC.'/rss.php');
        $rss = fetch_feed($feed);
        if (!is_wp_error( $rss ) ) : // Checks that the object is created correctly
        // Figure out how many total items there are, but limit it to 5.
        $maxitems = $rss->get_item_quantity($items);
        // Build an array of all the items, starting with element 0 (first element).
        $rss_items = $rss->get_items(0, $maxitems);
        ?>
        <ul>
        <?php if ($maxitems == 0) echo '<li>No items.</li>';
        else
        // Loop through each feed item and display each item as a hyperlink.
        foreach ( $rss_items as $item ) : ?>
        <li>
        <a href='<?php echo esc_url( $item->get_permalink() ); ?>' title=''>
        <?php echo esc_html( $item->get_title() ); ?></a>
        <small><?php echo 'Posted On'.$item->get_date('j F Y | g:i a'); ?></small>
        </li>
        <?php endforeach; ?>
        </ul>
        <?php
        endif;
    }

Then display your latest Google+ updates by adding the following code to your appropriate template (e.g. footer, sidebar). Make sure you modify the code to include your Google Plus ID.

if(function_exists('google_plus_feed'))
{
google_plus_feed('105370233753400230532',5); /* Replace 105370233753400230532 with your google Plus ID */
}

Method #3 – Display Your Google Updates on WordPress Blog Using Google+ WordPress Widget

If you do not want to mess with your WordPress template files then you can use easiest way that is adding WordPress widgets. Below are two WordPress widgets I found. Read the description and installation on widget page.

My Google Plus Widget – The Google Plus Widget is based on the official Google Plus API published by Google.
All you Google Plus updates will be presented in a widget. You can also show (public) updates from other Google Plus users.

Google+ Plus WordPress Widget – Display the latest post from your Google+ Plus accounts inside WordPress widgets. Customize the number of post displayed and user allowed to include updates from Google Buzz too.

Method #4 – Display Your Google Updates on WordPress Blog Using Google+ WordPress Plugins

If you are not sure how to do it Contact Us for free assistance. Or add one more Plugin below are some of the Plugins you can use (I don’t advise adding morePlugins!).

Google Plus – Google Plus Plugin for WordPress allows you to Add Google Plus Widgets, No Google API required for this time. Simple and fast, just paste your Google plus profile ID under “GP Dashboard” Option Page after installed.

Google Plus Widget – The Google Plus Widget Plugin adds a Google Plus profile widget to your WordPress site along with the option to include the Google +1 button. The Plugin links to you Google+ profile and shows the number of followers in your circle as well as allowing users to add you to their Google+ circle. It will also display a custom Plugin title and your Google profile picture.