Mohammed Kateregga

Joan Namunina

Lightning Simple Social Share is a fast light-weight social sharing plugin for WordPress. With zero external dependencies and lightning-fast performance, it adds beautiful social media share buttons without slowing down your site.
Lightning Fast Features:
<ul>
<li>8 Popular Social Networks: Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Telegram, Reddit, and Email</li>
<li>Zero External Dependencies: No external JavaScript or CSS libraries – blazing fast loading</li>
<li>Ultra Lightweight: Less than 2KB total footprint</li>
<li>GDPR Compliant: No tracking, no cookies, no personal data collection</li>
<li>Privacy First: Share URLs generated client-side only when clicked</li>
<li>Customizable Design: Choose between rounded or square button styles</li>
<li>Flexible Display: Show on posts, pages, or use shortcodes anywhere</li>
<li>Translation Ready: Fully internationalized and ready for translation</li>
<li>Developer Friendly: Clean, well-documented code following WordPress standards</li>
</ul>
** Why Choose Lightning Simple Social Share?**
<ul>
<li>Performance First: No external dependencies mean faster page loads</li>
<li>Privacy Focused: No tracking scripts or data collection</li>
<li>Clean Code: Follows WordPress coding standards and best practices</li>
<li>Accessible: Proper HTML structure and keyboard navigation</li>
<li>Responsive: Looks great on all devices</li>
<li>Lightning Fast & Simple: Easy setup with blazing-fast performance</li>
</ul>
Usage:
<ol>
<li>Configure settings under Settings > Lightning Share</li>
<li>Buttons automatically appear on posts/pages (configurable)</li>
<li>Use <code>[lightning_simple_share]</code> shortcode anywhere</li>
<li>Developers can use <code>do_shortcode('[lightning_simple_share]')</code> in templates</li>
</ol>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
Lightning Simple Social Share follows WordPress coding standards and best practices:
<ul>
<li>All output is properly escaped</li>
<li>User input is sanitized and validated</li>
<li>Follows WordPress naming conventions</li>
<li>Uses WordPress APIs exclusively</li>
<li>Translation ready with proper text domains</li>
<li>Hooks and filters for extensibility</li>
</ul>
Hooks Available: 
* <code>lsss_share_networks</code> – Filter available social networks 
* <code>lsss_button_html</code> – Filter individual button HTML 
* <code>lsss_container_class</code> – Filter container CSS classes
For support, feature requests, or contributions, please visit the plugin’s GitHub repository.

Lightning Simple Social Share

Ultra-fast, lightweight social media share buttons with zero dependencies. Privacy-focused and GDPR compliant social sharing for WordPress.

Adnan

WPBrigade

Muhammad Irfan

<a href="https://simplesocialbuttons.com/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade" title="This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE." rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Social Buttons</a> adds ( with lots of options like Sidebar, inline, above and below the posts content, on photos, popups, fly ins ) an advanced set of social media sharing buttons to your WordPress sites, such as: Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
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Rich set of features makes it the most flexible Social Sharing plugin ever for Everyone.
</blockquote>
This social sharing Plugin is fully customizable. You can decide where to position those buttons:
<ul>
<li>New Feature: Simple Social Buttons compatible with NextGEN Gallery plugin.
<ul>
<li>Introduced new settings for NextGEN Gallery plugin.</li>
<li>Compatible with following NextGEN Gallery Layouts.
<ul>
<li>Basic Thumbnail.</li>
<li>Pro Masonry.</li>
<li>Pro Mosaic.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with following LightBoxes.
<ul>
<li>Simple LightBox.</li>
<li>FancyBox.</li>
<li>ThickBox.</li>
<li>NextGEN Pro LightBox.*</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Inline 
– Social Sharing Buttons above the post content 
– Social Sharing Buttons under the post content 
– Social Sharing Buttons above and under the post 
– Hide Social Share buttons on mobile devices 
– Stunning Animations 
– <a href="https://simplesocialbuttons.com/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade" title="This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE." rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro</a> for customizing the colors
SideBar 
– Social Share buttons on left & right sidebars with Animations 
– Hide Social Share buttons on mobile devices 
– Display Total Share counts 
– <a href="https://simplesocialbuttons.com/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade" title="This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE." rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro</a> for customizing the colors
on Media <a href="https://simplesocialbuttons.com/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade" title="This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE." rel="nofollow ugc">Premium Feature</a> 
– Set Social Share buttons positions on left, right etc with Animations 
– Hide Social Share buttons on mobile devices 
– Display Total Share counts 
– Settings for customizing the colors 
– Apply Social Share buttons on Specific Custom Post Types
Popups <a href="https://simplesocialbuttons.com/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade" title="This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE." rel="nofollow ugc">Premium Feature</a> 
– Social Share buttons on popups 
– Trigger popups as soon as use scrolls the page 
– Trigger popups on Exit/Intent. 
– Hide Social Share popups on mobile devices 
– Display Total Share counts 
– Options for customizing the colors
Fly-ins <a href="https://simplesocialbuttons.com/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade" title="This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE." rel="nofollow ugc">Premium Feature</a> 
– Social Share Flyins on bottom left & right with Animations 
– Hide Social Share Fly-ins on mobile devices 
– Display Total Share counts 
– Settings for customizing the colors of buttons and fly-ins
**That’s not all. Simple Social Buttons can also add social media buttons to: **
<ul>
<li>Static Pages</li>
<li>Front Page</li>
<li>Posts Categories</li>
<li>Date Archives</li>
<li>Tags Archives</li>
<li>
Custom Post Types
The most easiest Social Sharing solution for EVERYONE!
</li>
</ul>
Want’s more? Now you can change the order of buttons on your post!
Simple Social Buttons is currently in the following languages:
<ul>
<li>Danish</li>
<li>Dutch</li>
<li>English</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>Lithuanian</li>
<li>Polish</li>
<li>Serbo-Croatian</li>
<li>Slovak</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
<li>Swedish</li>
<li>Thai</li>
<li>Ukrainian</li>
</ul>

Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone

Doesn't mess with admin panel; SEO friendly

Lightweight and fast

This Social Share Plugin adds advanced social media sharing buttons to your WordPress sites, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, X, LinkedIn, & Pinterest.

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