Reader Revenue Manager helps publishers grow, retain, and engage their audiences, creating new revenue opportunities through contribution, ad optimization, and reader insight tools. Learn more.

The Reader Revenue Manager integration in Site Kit allows users to connect their site with Reader Revenue Manager giving you the option to add newsletter signups, surveys, registration prompts, or one-time/monthly contribution requests.

Once the service has been connected, Site Kit will place the necessary code on your site.

Setup

To set up Reader Revenue Manager for your site, go to Site Kit > Settings > Connect More Services > Set up Reader Revenue Manager.

Settings connect more services

If you don’t already have a publication created for your site, you will need to create one. When clicking on the Create publication button, you will be directed to the Publisher Center, in order to create a new publication. 

After creating a publication, return to the Reader Revenue Manager setup flow in Site Kit. Click on the Complete setup button. 

If you have created a new publication, this will need to be reviewed by Google. This may take up to 2 weeks. You can continue to connect the Reader Revenue Manager module in Site Kit while your publication is being reviewed, but users won’t see any paywalls or CTAs until it has been approved.

If you already have one or more publications for your site, select the publication you’d like to connect.

Setup with multiple publications
Setup with multiple publications

If you select a publication that has not been fully set up, follow the link to complete your publication setup in Publisher Center. You have the option to finish the Reader Revenue Manager setup process without completing your publication setup. You can always complete the publication setup at a later time.

Setup when publication requires further setup

Settings

The Reader Revenue Manager module settings can be accessed from Site Kit > Settings > Connected Services > Reader Revenue Manager.

View settings

The publication selected can be changed by clicking on Edit and selecting a new publication. 

Settings edit

If your publication is still awaiting review, you will see a notice explaining this in the Reader Revenue Manager module settings. You can also check the status of this by clicking on the Check publication status link.

Settings view pending approval

If your publication requires further setup, you will see a notification explaining this in the Reader Revenue Manager settings with a link to complete the publication setup. 

Settings view action required

WordPress block editor settings

When Reader Revenue Manager has been connected, you can decide how the feature works on individual pages or posts. To do so, open the page or post editor using the default WordPress editor and look for the Google Site Kit settings. You can choose from the following options:

  • Keep the default selection: This will use the default settings from the Reader Revenue Manager module within Site Kit.
  • Exclude from Reader Revenue Manager: This will prevent any Reader Revenue Manager configurations in Site Kit from displaying. 
  • Use “open access”: Surveys, paywalls and other prompts will be ignored when using open access.When using “Open access” in combination with a paywall, this specific post or page will not be behind the paywall and will be open to access. 

Note:  This feature is only available on WordPress version 5.8 and above.

Using the Reader Revenue Manager WordPress block

If the connected publication uses a contributions request or paywall CTA, you can also add inline Contribute with Google or Subscribe with Google CTAs via the WordPress block editor.

To use:

  1. Edit an existing post (Posts/Pages > All Posts/Pages > [Your Post/Page] > Edit) or create a new post (Posts/Pages > Add New Post/Page)
  2. Click on the Add block button and search for “Google”
  3. Select the block you want to place
  4. Publish your post/page to save the changes
Reader Revenue Manager WordPress blocks

Disconnecting Reader Revenue Manager

To disconnect the Reader Revenue Manager module, go to Site Kit > Settings > Connected Services > Reader Revenue Manager > Edit and select Disconnect Reader Revenue Manager from Site Kit. When choosing to disconnect the module, you will be presented with the following message.

Disconnect module

The message explains that by disconnecting the module from Site Kit, you will no longer have access to Reader Revenue Manager publication tracking. Your Reader Revenue Manager account will remain active after disconnecting the module.

More Resources

More information on Reader Revenue Manager can be found below: