📚 Comprehensive Help Center

All theme settings are in Authority Panel with these main tabs:

Step 1: Open Activation Page

• 1 Log in to your WordPress dashboard
• 2 In the sidebar, go to: Appearance → 🔑 Activate Authority

Step 2: Configure License Server URL

• 1 In "License Server Settings" section, enter the URL provided by the seller
• 2 Example: https://license.example.com/api/verify.php
• 3 Click Save Settings

Step 3: Enter Serial and Activate

• 1 In the "License Key" field, copy and paste the serial (don't type it manually)
• 2 Click Activate License button
• 3 Wait for confirmation message

• 1 Go to: console.cloud.google.com
• 2 Click Select a project at the top
• 3 Click NEW PROJECT
• 4 Enter project name (e.g., my-website-indexing)
• 5 Click CREATE

• 1 In the sidebar, go to: APIs & Services → Library
• 2 Search for: Indexing API
• 3 Click on Web Search Indexing API
• 4 Click the blue ENABLE button

• 1 In sidebar, go to: IAM & Admin → Service Accounts
• 2 Click + CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT
• 3 Enter details:
  • Name: indexing-service
  • Description: Service account for Google Indexing API
• 4 Click CREATE AND CONTINUE
• 5 In Grant access, select Role: Owner or Editor
• 6 Click CONTINUE then DONE

• 1 In Service Accounts list, click on the account you created
• 2 Go to KEYS tab
• 3 Click ADD KEY → Create new key
• 4 Select JSON
• 5 Click CREATE

• 1 Go to: search.google.com/search-console
• 2 Select your website
• 3 Go to Settings in sidebar
• 4 Click Users and permissions
• 5 Click ADD USER
• 6 Enter email from JSON file:
  Open JSON file in text editor, copy the "client_email" value
  Example: indexing-service@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com
• 7 Select Permission: Owner
• 8 Click ADD

Method 1: Via Control Panel (Easiest) ✨

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Advanced → Performance → Instant Indexing
• 2 Scroll to Google Indexing API section
• 3 Click Choose File and select JSON file
• 4 Click Save Changes

Method 2: Via FTP

• 1 Open FTP client (like FileZilla)
• 2 Navigate to: /wp-content/themes/authority-nexus-2026/
• 3 Upload file as service-account.json (exact name)

Enable the feature:

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Advanced → Performance → Instant Indexing
• 2 Enable Google Indexing API toggle
• 3 Click Save Changes

Test the feature:

• 1 Go to Posts → All Posts
• 2 You'll see a new column: Google Indexing
• 3 Click the cloud button ☁️ next to any post
• 4 If you see "Success!" → Feature works 100% ✅

Required Settings:

• 1 Go to: Google AI Studio
• 2 Sign in with Google account
• 3 Click Create API Key
• 4 Copy the key
• 5 Paste in: Authority Panel → AI → Gemini API Key

Interactive tool appearing on article pages allowing visitors to ask questions about content.

Benefits:

• ✅ Increases visitor dwell time by 40%
• ✅ Q&As automatically added as FAQ Schema
• ✅ Improves user experience
• ✅ Works with Gemini & Vertex AI

Smart summary appearing at the start of each article, optimized for Google SGE.

• 1 Make sure you've entered your Gemini API key first
• 2 Enable "Show TLDR" in Authority Panel
• 3 For old articles: Use the "Generate TLDR for All" button

Gemini Image Helper is an integrated tool for generating unique images for articles without images using Gemini (Nano Banana Pro).

📋 How to Use:

✨ Features:

• ✅ Articles without images: Shows list of all articles needing images
• ✅ Copy image requests: Copy all titles at once for image generation
• ✅ Open Gemini directly: One button opens Nano Banana Pro - best image generation model
• ✅ Easy upload: Upload generated images directly to articles
• ✅ Refresh list: Refresh button to show latest articles

Gemini Image Helper Extension is an integrated browser tool for generating and uploading images directly from any page.

✨ What does the extension do?

• ✅ Sync articles: Pull articles needing images from WordPress
• ✅ Open Gemini: Direct button to open Nano Banana Pro
• ✅ Upload images: Upload generated images directly to articles
• ✅ Connection status: Verify Token and API Endpoint
• ✅ Test connection: Button to check site connection

📦 Installation Steps:

• 1 Download extension folder from: wp-content/themes/authority-nexus-2026/browser-extension/
• 2 Open Chrome and go to: chrome://extensions/
• 3 Enable "Developer mode" at the top
• 4 Click "Load unpacked"
• 5 Select the browser-extension folder
• 6 Extension icon 🖼️ will appear in address bar

The following models work directly with Gemini API Key (free from Google AI Studio):

⭐ Gemini 2.5 (Recommended)

⚡ Gemini 2.0

You can use OpenAI GPT models via OpenRouter:

📝 Text Models

The theme supports multiple image generation models:

✅ Works with API Key (Recommended)

🖼️ Imagen 4 (Highest Quality - Requires Service Account)

📐 Text Cost Calculation (Tokens)

🖼️ Image Cost Calculation

Comprehensive summary of all services requiring external setup:

PWA allows visitors to install your site as an app on their phones!

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Performance → PWA
• 2 Enable "Enable PWA"
• 3 Upload app icon (512×512 pixels)
• 4 Choose main app color
• 5 Enter short app name
• 6 Save changes

Live tracking of all your connected APIs to ensure they are working properly.

Supported APIs:

• 🤖 Gemini API: Text Model & Base APIs
• 🚀 Vertex AI: Advanced Image APIs
• 📈 Indexing API: Service account status
• 🌐 Google Analytics: Data API connection

Automatically generate tags from article content using AI.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → AI Services → Gemini Helper
• 2 Enable "Auto-Tagging"
• 3 Set number of tags per post (5-15 tags)
• 4 Add excluded words (optional)

Smart internal linking using AI-powered semantic analysis.

Two Steps to Enable:

• 1 Step 1: Generate Embeddings for posts (one-time)
• 2 Step 2: Apply Auto-Linking

Detect and delete articles with similar or duplicate titles.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Advanced → Performance → Smart Links
• 2 Scroll to "Duplicate Articles Detector"
• 3 Set similarity threshold:
  • 100%: Exact match
  • 90%: Recommended
  • 80%: Very similar
• 4 Choose delete mode: Move to Trash or Permanent Delete
• 5 Review results before deleting

Advanced system to minimize requests and optimize CSS and JS files.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Advanced → Performance
• 2 Enable "Combine CSS JS files"
• 3 Let the bundler run in the background

Redistribute publish dates from one day across a longer period:

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Advanced → Dates
• 2 Select source date (day articles were published)
• 3 Choose time period (last 22 days, month, etc.)
• 4 Preview changes
• 5 Apply changes

Detect and fix broken internal and external links:

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Advanced → Broken Links
• 2 Click "Scan Links"
• 3 Review results:
  • 🔴 404: Page not found
  • 🟡 403/401: Access forbidden (normal for external links)
  • 🟢 200: Valid link
• 4 Fix or remove broken links

Check the following:

• ❓ Is JSON file valid and uploaded correctly?
• ❓ Is Indexing API enabled in Google Cloud Console?
• ❓ Did you add Service Account email as Owner in Search Console?
• ❓ Did you exceed daily quota (200 requests/day)?

Cause: Old AVIF/WebP images without watermark

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Watermark
• 2 Click "Reapply to All Sizes"
• 3 Clear browser and server cache

Optimization steps:

1. Ensure all speed options are enabled in Authority Panel
2. Reduce number of installed plugins
3. Use fast hosting (VPS or Cloud)
4. Enable CDN if available (Cloudflare is free)
5. Ensure images are converted to WebP

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Smart Links
• 2 Enable "Enable Smart Links"
• 3 Choose linking type: Automatic or Manual
• 4 Set links per article (default: 3-5)

Uses AI to analyze content and show the most relevant articles, instead of just category-based articles.

• 🔍 Similar Article Detection: Semantic content analysis
• ⚡ Duplicate Prevention: Same article won't appear twice
• 🔗 Auto Internal Linking: Automatically add links to keywords

Scans Google Search Console to find indexed pages that are 404 on your site.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Broken Links
• 2 Click "Pull Indexed 404 Pages"
• 3 Review list and fix or remove from index
• 4 Use "Request Index Removal" via GSC API

The Automation Engine takes repetitive tasks off your hands by fully automating site processes.

An amazing standalone feature to feed your website continuously.

• 1 Go to: Auto Publisher Planner in the sidebar.
• 2 Add Keywords or Topics you want to target.
• 3 Select the Interval (Daily, Weekly, etc.).
• 4 Ensure that the Gemini API is configured properly.

• 1 Combined with Auto Publisher or manual posts without featured images.
• 2 The theme analyzes the title and generates an image from Nano Banana Pro.
• 3 Set it and forget it! You'll never have an article without a featured image again.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Appearance
• 2 Enable "Dark Mode"
• 3 Enable "Dark Mode Button in Header" for toggle icon

Keeps header visible at top when scrolling down.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Appearance
• 2 Enable "Sticky Header on Scroll"

Displays latest featured article in a large banner at homepage top.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Appearance
• 2 Enable "Enable Main Banner Section"
• 3 Ensure featured article has a featured image

• 💻 Custom CSS: Added in <head>
• 📝 Header Code: For tracking (Analytics, Pixel)
• 📄 Footer Code: For deferred scripts (Chat widgets)

Shows a search box allowing visitors to search for words within the article.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Article Features
• 2 Enable "In-Article Search"

Creates automatic TOC from article headings (H2, H3) for quick navigation.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Article Features
• 2 Enable "Table of Contents"
• 3 Choose display position (right, left, or within content)

Shows a top bar indicating reading progress percentage.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Article Features
• 2 Enable "Reading Progress Bar"

Generates engaging starter questions using Gemini to kickstart comment sections.

• 1 Ensure Gemini API is configured
• 2 Go to: Authority Panel → Article Features
• 3 Enable "Smart Conversation Starters"

Gemini-powered chat bot that answers visitor questions from your site content.

• 1 Ensure Gemini API is configured
• 2 Go to: Authority Panel → Chat Bot
• 3 Enable bot and choose position (screen corner)

Enhanced comment system with AI suggestions and spam filtering.

Hides part of content and requires social sharing to unlock.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Engagement
• 2 Enable "Unlock by Sharing"
• 3 Select required sharing platforms

Adds button to read article content aloud using Text-to-Speech.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Engagement
• 2 Enable "Audio Reading"

Prevents content copying or adds copyright notice when copied.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Protection
• 2 Choose protection type: Full Block or Add Copyright Text

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Ads
• 2 Paste Publisher ID code
• 3 Select automatic ad placements

Define where ads appear on your site:

• 📍 After title
• 📍 Mid-content (after paragraph X)
• 📍 Before comments
• 📍 In sidebar
• 📍 Between articles on homepage

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Contact Page
• 2 Add editorial, support, and partnership emails
• 3 Add office address
• 4 Enable Google Map and paste Iframe code

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → About Us Page
• 2 Add custom content (optional)
• 3 Enable "Show Team Section"
• 4 Add team members from "Team Management"

Add certificates and awards to boost E-E-A-T:

• 📜 Site Certificates: ISO, official accreditations
• 🏅 Awards: With year and granting organization
• 👥 Team Credentials: Team member qualifications

Tool to redistribute publish dates to look natural.

• 1 Go to: Authority Panel → Tools
• 2 Select "Redistribute Dates"
• 3 Set period and articles
• 4 Preview then apply