Hello,
My website located at http://www.theapexracing.co uses Newspaper with the tagDiv Mobile Theme plugin activated.
Today I installed the AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin which I learned about in this forum post.
The plugin works as expected except for one key issue. When an AMP page is loaded on a mobile device, the menu specified in Appearance > Menus and set to the AMP Menu location does not load. When an AMP page is loaded on a desktop browser, the correct menu loads.
If I deactivate the tagDiv Mobile Theme plugin, the correct menu loads on mobile devices.
It’s clear that the tagDiv Mobile Theme plugin is interacting with the AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin in some way that causes the menu to not load properly.
Do you have any suggestions for how to resolve this? We do not want to stop using the tagDiv Mobile Theme plugin but supporting AMP is also very important to us.
Thank you.
Hello,
Well since both solutions do the same general thing, you should only use one or the other. The AMP plugins is a type of mobile theme so using 2 mobile themes clearly does not provide the desired results. You will not be able to use both.
Thank you!
Bogdan,
I appreciate your response. First, I want to let you know that I contacted the author of the plugin. He is aware of the cause of the conflict and pledged to fix it with his next release.
Regarding using either the mobile theme or an AMP plugin to offer a mobile experience, I think this is the wrong approach. An AMP-enabled mobile page is completely different than the pages generated by your mobile theme plugin. AMP pages get added visibility in Google search results and lead to increased clicks, impressions, and user experience thereby leading to improved SEO. AMP compatibility may also impact ranking within Google search results.
AMP isn’t about providing a theme but rather supporting a set of technologies that give the pages preferential treatment in Google search — an important element of any news site. I find it difficult to believe Newspaper is the best news theme for WordPress if it does not make it easy to support the implementation of AMP pages. On my site, AMP pages are only viewed when clicking on a Google search result on a mobile device. Visiting the site directly will load the regular mobile theme. Additionally, we provide a link on the AMP page to load the mobile theme for a better experience.
Making compromises for better search result placement is not optimal. Because of this, modifying the existing mobile theme so it is compatible with AMP would obviously be the preferred solution but you have stated in previous communications with me that this is not on your roadmap.
Therefore, choosing an official AMP plugin that works flawlessly with Newspaper as you have done with Contact Form 7, WP Super Cache, Font Awesome 4 Menus and other plugins is essential to ensure that Newspaper remains the best and most full-featured news theme for WordPress. The AMP for WP plugin is the best we’ve found and this is the one I would recommend you take a look at.
Thanks,
Ben
Hello,
We did run tests withe the official AMP plugin by automatic the wordpress developers and it runs properly with our theme. There is no need for us to create AMP implementation as there already is one created by the wordpress developers. Here is a topic on that which provides useful info: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-getting-started-with-accelerated-mobile-pages-amp/
Thank you!
