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.

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Social Share Pro

Add social share icons on your website with just a few clicks.
Try it out on your free dummy site: Click here => <a href="https://tastewp.com/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus" rel="nofollow ugc">https://tastewp.com/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus</a> 
(this trick works for all plugins – just replace “wordpress” with “tastewp” in the plugin’s WP repo URL)
The plugin can be customized to suit any need and is FREE. It also has been translated into various languages.
Feature list:
<ul>
<li>Numerous social share platforms (see a list of them below)</li>
<li>Many placement options before or after posts, floating over your website’s pages, via widget, via shortcode, (top right, bottom left etc.)</li>
<li>The possibility to give several actions to one social share button (e.g. your Facebook icon can lead visitors to your Facebook page, and also show a Facebook button to share your page on social media)</li>
<li>16 design styles for your social share buttons</li>
<li>Animated social share buttons (e.g. automatic shuffling, mouse-over effects)</li>
<li>Social pop-up – ask people to follow or share you</li>
<li>Subscription service – allow visitors to subscribe to your site and receive new posts automatically by email</li>
<li>Share counts</li>
<li>Rearrange Order of social share icons</li>
<li>Lots of other customization options for your social share buttons</li>
<li>Compatible with Gutenberg editor</li>
</ul>
List of platforms supported in the free plugin:
<ul>
<li>Facebook share icon</li>
<li>Twitter share icon</li>
<li>Email icon</li>
<li>RSS icon</li>
<li>Instagram share icon</li>
<li>Youtube share icon</li>
<li>Pinterest share icon</li>
<li>LinkedIn share icon</li>
<li>Houzz share icon</li>
<li>OK icon</li>
<li>Telegram icon</li>
<li>VK icon</li>
<li>WeChat icon</li>
<li>Weibo icon</li>
<li>Share icon (allows your visitors to share your site on over 200+ other social media sites; powered by addthis/sharethis)</li>
</ul>
If there are any important social share networks not covered yet, please let us know!
For GDPR compliance, please have a look at our <a href="https://ultimatelysocial.com/gdpr/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Media GDPR Compliance page</a>.
In case of issues or questions please ask in the [Support forum] (https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-social-media-plus).
<h4>Premium Plugin</h4>
The free plugin already provides tons of options for social sharing (as outlined above). In our Premium Plugin, even more is possible. Some examples for additional features in the Premium Plugin:
<ul>
<li>More social share buttons (the icon pack includes an Instagram button, Snapchat button, Yummly button, Print button, Whatsapp button, Yelp button, Soundcloud button, Skype button, Flickr button, Share button, Blogger button, Digg button, Reddit button, Vimeo button, Tumblr button, Xing button, vk button, Telegram button, Amazon button, Spotify button and many more badge, see list above)</li>
<li>More (default) design styles for your social share icons</li>
<li>Themed design styles for your social share buttons (e.g. if you have a site about cats, you can pick from cat-themed buttons etc.)</li>
<li>Better sharing & following features (tailored tweet texts, allow people to follow you directly on your page etc.)</li>
<li>Place the social share icons on specific pages</li>
<li>Optimized for mobile sharing and buton display</li>
<li>More functions for email icon to connect with you</li>
<li>More lightbox / popup options (e.g. limit how often the popup is shown to the same user)</li>
<li>(Friendly and fast) Support</li>
<li>Many more settings & options</li>
</ul>
Note: this plugin uses the third party provider SpecificFeeds.com for the subscription feature, enabling you to allow your visitors to subscribe to your site and get new posts automatically by email. Upon installation of the plugin a feed will be set up on SpecificFeeds, transmitting your IP address. This is required for this feature to work.

Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons

We have to buy Pro to choose where should I want to show the share button. At least enable the option of page / post for the free users. It's a great one. But I don't want to show the share button all over the site. At least not on the homepage come on. Sorry for my bad rating. But it seems you are forcing to buy the pro for the basic option which is available on every possible social share plugin.

Missing the basic thing on Free Version :(

Social sharing plugin adding social buttons.

Lightning Simple Social Share vs Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons