LEVIK Company

<p><strong>Smart Social Media Buttons – The easiest way to add customizable, responsive social media buttons to WordPress.</strong></p>
<p>Key Features:<br />
– Flexible Integration: Add customizable social media buttons as blocks or widgets to pages, sidebars, and footers.<br />
– Built-in Icon Picker: Use the integrated FontAwesome icons or upload custom SVGs with ease.<br />
– Customizable Designs: Adjust button size, color, alignment, and hover effects using the user-friendly interface.<br />
– Custom Links: Add unique links to each button, with options to open links in a new tab and add link attributes like nofollow for SEO optimization.<br />
– One-Click Style Copying: Seamlessly copy and paste button styles across different blocks to maintain design consistency.<br />
– Responsive & Mobile-Friendly: Optimized for desktops, tablets, and mobile devices to ensure a seamless user experience across all screens.<br />
– No Coding Required: Effortlessly customize layout, styles, icons, and more with easy-to-use settings.<br />
– Performance-Optimized: Efficiently loads resources to keep your WordPress site running smoothly, without impacting performance.<br />
– Flexible Hover Effects: Add animations such as scale, lift, darken, blink, rotate, and more to create engaging interactions.<br />
– Enhanced User Experience: Manage button settings through an intuitive right-sidebar panel or toolbar, offering a streamlined editing process.</p>
<h3>Usage Instructions</h3>
<ol>
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<p><strong>Adding the Widget:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Open the Block Editor or navigate to the <em>Widgets</em> section in the WordPress Customizer.</li>
<li>Search for “Smart Social Media Buttons” and insert it into the desired location (page, post, sidebar, or footer).</li>
<li>Configure the widget using the settings panel, adjusting layouts, styles, and alignments as needed.</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<p><strong>Uploading Custom SVGs:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>In the widget’s settings panel, click the <em>Upload SVG</em> button.</li>
<li>Choose an SVG file from your computer and customize its size, color, and other attributes.</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<p><strong>Adding Links to Icons:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Enter the desired URL in the settings panel for each social media button.</li>
<li>Choose options such as opening links in a new tab and specifying <code>rel</code> attributes for better SEO control.</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<p><strong>Using the Icon Picker:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Search for any icon in the Icon Picker and select it from the list.</li>
<li>You can add or change icons directly from the toolbar panel.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Adding Links in the Toolbar:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Use the <em>Add Link</em> button in the toolbar panel to add or edit links for your icons.</li>
<li>Adjust link attributes like opening in a new tab and adding <code>rel</code> values directly from the panel.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Setting up Responsive Controls:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Customize settings for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices to ensure optimal display across all screen sizes.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Using Different Backgrounds:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Choose between solid, gradient, or image backgrounds in the settings sidebar, making it easy to match your website’s style.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Copy and Paste Styles:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Use the <em>Copy Styles</em> button in the toolbar to copy CSS styles of a button.</li>
<li>Use the <em>Paste Styles</em> button to apply the copied styles to another button.</li>
<li><strong>Note:</strong> Only CSS styles are copied; icons and links are not transferred.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Development Instructions</h3>
<p>For developers looking to make modifications or rebuild the plugin from source, follow the steps below:</p>
<h3>Setup</h3>
<ol>
<li><strong>Install Dependencies</strong>: Ensure you have <a href="https://nodejs.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Node.js</a> installed on your machine.</li>
<li>Run the following command in the plugin’s root directory to install dependencies:<br />
npm install</li>
<li>Build the Plugin for Production:<br />
npm run build – this command will generate the minified files in the build folder</li>
<li>Start Development Mode (Optional):<br />
npm run start – this command will watch for changes in your source files and recompile them automatically</li>
<li>Update Packages (Optional):<br />
npm run packages-update – update WordPress packages to the latest versions</li>
</ol>
<p>Starting with WordPress 6.7, it is recommended to set __nextHasNoMarginBottom = { true } on components such as BaseControl, ToggleControl, TextControl and RangeControl to ensure compatibility with upcoming changes in WordPress 7.0.</p>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>WordPress Version:</strong> Tested with 6.1, compatible with newer versions.</li>
<li><strong>PHP Version:</strong> 7.0 and above recommended.</li>
<li><strong>Browsers:</strong> Compatible with major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).</li>
<li><strong>Themes:</strong> Designed to work with most WordPress themes; minor adjustments may be required for styling.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support and Documentation</h3>
<p>For support, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:levik.company@gmail.com" rel="nofollow ugc">levik.company@gmail.com</a>. We aim to respond within 24-48 hours during business days.<br />
For more information on how to use the plugin, refer to the included user documentation (PDF) in the plugin package.</p>
<p>Support includes:<br />
– Assistance with installation and setup.<br />
– Help with configuring plugin features.<br />
– Guidance on troubleshooting common issues.</p>
<p>Support does not include:<br />
– Custom development or major modifications.<br />
– Troubleshooting third-party conflicts.</p>
<h3>FontAwesome Attribution</h3>
<p>FontAwesome Free icons are integrated under the <strong>SIL OFL 1.1, CC BY 4.0, and MIT licenses</strong>. Proper attribution is provided in the plugin code. Learn more about the FontAwesome Free license <a href="https://fontawesome.com/license/free" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>This plugin uses FontAwesome Free, licensed under <strong>SIL OFL 1.1, CC BY 4.0, and MIT licenses</strong>.</li>
<li>WordPress contributors for inspiration and guidance.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy and Data Collection</h3>
<p>This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any user data to external servers. It only uses cookies for necessary functionality and does not track users.</p>


Smart Social Media Buttons

A flexible widget for adding customizable social media icon buttons with options for custom URLs, SVG uploads, and more.

vaakash

<p>WP Socializer is one of the best social media sharing plugin to add social sharing icons, sticky/floating share bar, follow my social profile icons, mobile share bar and selected text share popups easily to your WordPress site.</p>
<p>Plugin is really fast, simple and easy to use. It works excellently on mobile devices as it is completely responsive and adapts to small screens devices out of the box.</p>
<p>It supports all the latest and popular social media platforms (50+) like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and much more. It also displays share count for Facebook and Pinterest.</p>
<h3>Insert Share and Follow Me Buttons Anywhere</h3>
<p>WP Socializer is feature rich with which you can display share/follow buttons anywhere. This allows you to encourage visitors to share and follow your content.</p>
<ul>
<li>Inline – Share icons (above/below post content)</li>
<li>Floating share bar (stick to content, window, scroll)</li>
<li>Follow icons</li>
<li>Selected text share bar</li>
<li>Shortcodes</li>
<li>Widgets</li>
</ul>
<h3>55+ Popular Social Network Icons Out-Of-The Box</h3>
<p>WP Socializer includes all the popular social network icons you need to add sharing and follow buttons on your website for FREE!</p>
<ul>
<li>Facebook, X, Pinterest, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Instagram, Email, SMS, Phone, Copy link, <strong>Comments button</strong> and more</li>
<li><strong>More icons</strong> – Add to favorites, Behance, Bitbucket, Blogger, CodePen, Comments, Delicious, DeviantArt, Digg, Dribbble, Facebook messenger, Flickr, Github, Google, Hacker News, Medium, PayPal, PDF, Pocket, Print, Reddit, RSS, Short link, Snapchat, Soundcloud, StackOverflow, Quora, Telegram, Tumblr, Vimeo, VKontakte, wechat, Xing, Yahoo! Mail, Youtube, Weibo, Line, Mix, Odnoklassniki, Renren, Skype, Telephone/call button, Houzz, Etsy, Discord, Patreon, Viber, TikTok, Flipboard, Mastodon, Threads, Native OS share menu (Web share API), Podcast, Bluesky</li>
</ul>
<h3>Multiple Icon Shapes, Sizes and Colors to Choose from</h3>
<p>Customize the social icons with a variety of options. This helps you match the style of your website and look good.</p>
<ul>
<li>2 layouts</li>
<li>4 icon sizes</li>
<li>7 icon shapes</li>
<li>7 hover effects</li>
<li>Pick any icon color</li>
<li>Pick any background color</li>
<li>Alignment options</li>
<li>Custom text, hover text, icon image</li>
</ul>
<h3>Popular Widgets Ready to Use</h3>
<p>Encourage visitors to follow your social profile by displaying widgets like Facebook page, Twitter feed and Follow me icons on your sidebar – all out of the box. You don’t need to have separate plugins now.</p>
<ul>
<li>Facebook widget (Page timeline)</li>
<li>Twitter widget (Twitter feed)</li>
<li>Follow me icons (Profile icons widget)</li>
<li>Pinterest widget (Board, Profile, Pin widget)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Responsive and Works on any device</h3>
<p>You can configure simple rules to decide how the social icons should behave on smaller and wider screens easily.</p>
<ul>
<li>Automatically move floating sharebar to the bottom of the screens</li>
<li>Show/Hide inline share icons in smaller devices</li>
<li>Show/hide follow icons in smaller devices</li>
<li>Custom responsive width</li>
</ul>
<h3>Insert share icons on specific pages</h3>
<p>Sometimes you might not need to display sharing icons in all the pages of your website. With WP Socializer you can create rules to decide where the icons should be shown.</p>
<ul>
<li>Show on all pages</li>
<li>Show on specific pages</li>
<li>Hide on specific pages</li>
<li>Show/hide on specific custom post types</li>
<li>Hide on home page</li>
</ul>
<h3>Share counter</h3>
<p>Display individual and total share counts for social networks like Facebook and Pinterest.</p>
<ul>
<li>Facebook like/share count</li>
<li>Pinterest count</li>
<li>Comments count</li>
<li>Total count</li>
<li>Recover share count from http/https</li>
</ul>
<h3>⚡ More features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Beautiful, powerful yet easy to use.</li>
<li>Lightweight and very fast. Does not affect website performance.</li>
<li>GDPR complaint.</li>
<li>Works with Gutenberg.</li>
<li>Works with Woocommerce.</li>
<li>Works with custom post types.</li>
<li>Works with any theme.</li>
<li>No registration required and completely local.</li>
<li>Friendly support.</li>
<li>No-nonsense!</li>
</ul>
<h3>💎 PRO version</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-socializer/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=custom-icons&utm_campaign=wpsr-pro" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Create Custom Icons</strong></a> – You can create and add custom icons for any new social network to share or add a icon to follow your social profile URL.</p>
<ul>
<li>Pick any color for the icon.</li>
<li>Custom icon image, fontawesome icon</li>
<li>Use the icon in all the features</li>
<li>Use in shortcodes</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-socializer/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=sharing-information&utm_campaign=wpsr-pro" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Customize Share URL, Title, Tweet Text</strong></a> – If you want to change share URL or set a different tweet text for a post, then you can do that with WP Socializer PRO. This allows you to customize what information is shared for each post.</p>
<ul>
<li>Twitter tweet text</li>
<li>Share URL</li>
<li>Share title</li>
<li>Short URL</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-socializer/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=bitly&utm_campaign=wpsr-pro" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Share Short Links with Bit.ly</strong></a> – By default the full URL of the post will be used for sharing. Now, using Bit.ly your users can share short links of your posts and pages.</p>
<ul>
<li>Share short links</li>
<li>Set custom short link</li>
<li>Track clicks on Bit.ly dashboard.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-socializer/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=google-analytics&utm_campaign=wpsr-pro" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Tracking Clicks with Google Analytics</strong></a> – With WP Socializer PRO, you can track clicks happening on the share icons, follow icons using Google Analytics. You can see how users are interacting with your share icons directly on Google Analytics dashboard.</p>
<ul>
<li>Track clicks on all features</li>
<li>Supports Universal Analytics</li>
<li>Supports Google Analytics 4</li>
<li>Supports Google Tag manager</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-socializer/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=get&utm_campaign=wpsr-pro" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Check out WP Socializer – PRO</strong></a></p>
<h3>Plugin links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpdemos.aakashweb.com/blog/wp-socializer/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live demo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/forum/discuss/wordpress-plugins/wp-socializer/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support Forum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/docs/wp-socializer/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-socializer/" rel="nofollow ugc">Homepage</a></li>
</ul>


WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons


After support notified me of the existence of the tiktok follow (as stated and which by mistake I had not found) I changed the review to 5 stars. The plugin does what it's supposed to


Works fine

Simple & easy plugin to add social media sharing icons, buttons like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram & more

Smart Social Media Buttons vs WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons