🔑 Funnel Builder: Install And Add Your Key

The Funnel Builder is a separate plugin that works inside Free Consumer Reports. It has its own licence key, unless your package already includes it. This article covers what you need, the install, the key, and how to check it is working.

Before you start:

• WordPress 5.6 or later and PHP 7.4 or later.
• The Free Consumer Reports plugin installed, activated and licensed. The add-on works inside it.
• A licence key that includes the Funnel Builder add-on.
• Permalinks set to Post name (WordPress Settings, then Permalinks).
• Your autoresponder connected in Free Consumer Reports. Custom funnels send opt-ins to the same place as your report funnels.
• An administrator login.
• Your PDF lead magnet, as a file or as a direct link to the PDF.
• Optional: a cover image, square or portrait, at least 400 by 400 pixels.

Install and activate:

1. Download free-consumer-reports-funnel-builder.zip from your account. Do not unzip it.
2. Make sure Free Consumer Reports is already installed and active.
3. In WordPress go to Plugins, then Add New, then Upload Plugin.
4. Choose the zip file and click Install Now, then Activate Plugin.

Add your Funnel Builder key:

1. Go to Free Consumer Reports, then Settings, and find the License panel at the top.
2. Paste your Funnel Builder key into the key box.
3. Click the button next to it. It says Activate, or Add another key if a key is already on the site.

Your other keys stay in place. Keys stack, and the Your Report Volumes table under the panel lists each key and what it includes. When it worked, the summary line ends with "Funnel Builder add-on included." and that key's Unlocks column says Funnel Builder add-on.

How to check it worked:

• The Free Consumer Reports menu shows four new items: Funnel Builder, CSV Import, My Custom Funnels and Categories.
• The tab bar shows Funnel Builder ACTIVE on the right.
• The Diagnostics tab shows Free Consumer Reports Funnel Builder Addon: Active v1.0.4 (or your version).

Until the key is added, WordPress shows a short note: the add-on is inactive because no licence on this site includes it, with an Add your Funnel Builder key link that opens the License panel.

A real example:

The owner of yoursite.com first had a key for three niches. They bought the Funnel Builder, which came with its own key. After pasting it under Add another license key, Your Report Volumes listed two keys: one with Health & Fitness, Home Improvement and Technology & Software, and one with Funnel Builder add-on. The menu then showed the four new items.

Updates:

Updates arrive in Dashboard, then Updates, like any other plugin.

Next step: build your first funnel. See Funnel Builder: The 6 Step Wizard.