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The Social Media Widget is a simple sidebar widget that allows users to input their social media website profile URLs and other subscription options to show an icon on the sidebar to that social media site and more that open up in a separate browser window.
<h4>Features</h4>
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Supports the following social media sites:
<ul>
<li>Facebook</li>
<li>Google+</li>
<li>Twitter</li>
<li>MySpace</li>
<li>FriendFeed</li>
<li>Orkut</li>
<li>Hyves</li>
<li>LinkedIn</li>
<li>aSmallWorld</li>
<li>About.me</li>
<li>Skyrock</li>
<li>VK</li>
<li>Goodreads</li>
<li>Github</li>
<li>Instagram</li>
<li>Flickr</li>
<li>Picasa Web Albums</li>
<li>Pinterest</li>
<li>YouTube</li>
<li>Skype</li>
<li>Digg</li>
<li>Reddit</li>
<li>Delicious</li>
<li>StumbleUpon</li>
<li>Tumblr</li>
<li>Buzz</li>
<li>Google Talk</li>
<li>Vimeo</li>
<li>Blogger</li>
<li>WordPress</li>
<li>Yelp</li>
<li>Last.fm</li>
<li>Pandora</li>
<li>UStream</li>
<li>IMDb</li>
<li>Hulu</li>
<li>Flixter</li>
<li>FourSquare</li>
<li>Meetup</li>
<li>PlanCast</li>
<li>SlideShare</li>
<li>DeviantArt</li>
<li>Cuttings.me</li>
<li>Live365</li>
<li>Digital Tunes</li>
<li>Soundcloud</li>
<li>BandCamp</li>
<li>Etsy</li>
<li>Better Business Bureau</li>
<li>Merchant Circle</li>
<li>Ebay</li>
<li>Steam</li>
<li>RSS</li>
<li>E-mail (mailto: or a link to mailing list service)</li>
<li>Plus create 6 of your own using a URL to an icon and URL to the service</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Select from the following icon sizes:
<ul>
<li>16×16</li>
<li>24×24</li>
<li>32×32</li>
<li>64×64</li>
<li>Custom</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Select from 4 icon packages:
<ul>
<li>Web 2.0 (Default) – Icons from <a href="http://www.iconspedia.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">various artists</a> </li>
<li>Sketch – <a href="http://theg-force.deviantart.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Icons Hand Drawn</a> by TheG-Force and <a href="http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2008/10/20/handycons-a-free-hand-drawn-social-media-icon-set.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc">Handycons</a> by Janko At Warp Speed</li>
<li>Heart – <a href="http://thedesignsuperhero.com/2009/03/heart-v2-free-social-iconset-in-heart-shape/" rel="nofollow ugc">Heart v2</a> by The Design Superhero</li>
<li>Cutout – <a href="http://www.iconspedia.com/pack/icontexto-inside-2222/" rel="nofollow ugc">Icontexto Inside Icons</a></li>
<li>Custom – These will be unaltered via updates. Make sure you follow the same naming scheme as the other icons (facebook.png, twitter.png). You can look at the other icon packs if you are unsure about the naming. See the FAQ for more information on usage.</li>
<li>Note that some of the icons in the packs were created and added for this widget by myself. Not all of the requested social media sites were included so I attempted to create icons that mimicked the original artist icons. These are unattributed to myself. I keep attribution to the original artists since it is there design I modified.</li>
<li>All icons in this pack are licensed under the Creative Commons license. Note that some of these are non-commercial only. Please go to the sites linked above to get full information on their allowed uses.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Choose from multiple animations including:
<ul>
<li>Fade In (you can choose the starting opacity too!)</li>
<li>Scale (zoom in)</li>
<li>Bounce</li>
<li>Combo (All three)</li>
<li>Note: Because these are all CSS3 style animations, IE6-7 aren’t supported at all, although IE8 will support Scale. In IE6-8, icons will not be animated and use 100% opacity.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Create your own image alt/title tags for hover-over text (i.e. Follow Us On {service})
</li>
<li>
Choose whether or not to use the rel=”nofollow” tag in your links. (Recommended see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow)
</li>
<li>
Choose whether or not to open links in a new tab (or browser window).
</li>
<li>
Align your widget left, center, or right.
</li>
<li>
Arrange the order of the icons however you like.
</li>
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Choose to the number of icons per row. Currently you can have one icon per row or auto (maximum # based on the width of the container the widget is placed in).
</li>
</ul>
If you like this plugin, please rate it and click “Works” for your WordPress version!
<h3>Help</h3>
Please add a post on the WordPress.org support forums with the plugin tagged.

Social Media Widget

Easy to use. I like the flexibility of listing the services in whatever order I want. I also like that I can customize for a service that is not listed.

Only thing I don't like is the out-of-the box-Instagram icon is their former branding ( brown icon instead of the new pink one). I can get around this by doing a custom icon, but it would be great if it were correct in the regular Instagram line.

Really Like this Plugin

Adds links to all of your social media and sharing site profiles. Tons of icons come in 3 sizes, 4 icon styles, and 4 animations.

Marcin Pietrzak

Effortless Open Graph & Social Metadata for WordPress
No configuration. Just activate and enjoy optimized sharing across Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and more!
<h3>Overview</h3>
OG — Better Share on Social Media is the ultimate zero-configuration plugin to supercharge your WordPress site’s visibility on social networks. Instantly add essential Open Graph and Twitter Card metadata to every page, post, product, and archive—no setup required.
Whether you’re a blogger, business owner, or developer, OG ensures your content looks great when shared, driving more clicks and engagement from social platforms.
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Zero Configuration: Just install and activate. OG automatically generates all required Open Graph and Twitter Card tags.</li>
<li>Automatic Image Selection: Picks the best image for each page (featured image, first in content, or fallback) for rich social previews.</li>
<li>Comprehensive Metadata: Adds og:title, og:description, og:image, og:type, og:url, and more for all content types.</li>
<li>WooCommerce Support: Enhances product pages with price, currency, availability, and more.</li>
<li>Advanced Video Handling: Detects YouTube/Vimeo links and uses their thumbnails for social sharing.</li>
<li>Twitter Card Integration: Includes summary cards, titles, descriptions, images, and video support.</li>
<li>Pinterest & Related Content: Integrates with related posts plugins to add Pinterest-specific tags.</li>
<li>Extensible for Developers: Powerful filters and hooks let you customize or extend metadata output.</li>
<li>Multilingual Ready: Supports WPML and other translation plugins for global sites.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install & Activate: No settings page, no complicated options.</li>
<li>Automatic Tag Injection: OG scans your site and injects optimal Open Graph and Twitter Card tags into the <code><head></code> of every page.</li>
<li>Smart Image Logic: Selects the best image for each page (custom field, featured image, content image, or default).</li>
<li>WooCommerce & Custom Post Types: Automatically adapts to products, archives, and custom content.</li>
</ol>
<h3>What Metadata is Added?</h3>
<h3>For All Content Types:</h3>
<ul>
<li>og:locale – Site language</li>
<li>og:site_name – Blog/site title</li>
<li>og:title – Dynamic page/post title</li>
<li>og:url – Canonical URL</li>
<li>og:type – “article” for single posts, “website” for others</li>
<li>og:description – SEO description or site tagline</li>
</ul>
<h3>For Single Posts/Pages:</h3>
<ul>
<li>og:image – Smart selection (custom, featured, content, gallery, or default)</li>
<li>og:video – YouTube/Vimeo support</li>
<li>article:author – Author profile link</li>
<li>article:published_time – Original publish date</li>
<li>article:modified_time – Last update date</li>
<li>article:tag – Post tags</li>
<li>twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description, twitter:image, twitter:player – Full Twitter Card support</li>
<li>og:see_also – Related content for Pinterest</li>
</ul>
<h3>For WooCommerce Products</h3>
<ul>
<li>og:price:amount – Product price</li>
<li>og:price:currency – Currency code</li>
<li>og:availability – Stock status</li>
</ul>
<h3>Get Involved</h3>
<ul>
<li>Found a bug? <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/og/" rel="ugc">Report it in the support forum</a>.</li>
<li>Have a feature idea? Start a discussion in the forum.</li>
<li>Developer? Contribute on <a href="https://github.com/iworks/og" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why Choose OG?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Beginner-friendly: No setup required—perfect for non-technical users.</li>
<li>Powerful: Covers all major social networks and content types.</li>
<li>Flexible: Easily extend or override for advanced use cases.</li>
<li>Lightweight: No bloat, no slowdowns.</li>
</ul>
Install OG — Better Share on Social Media today and make every share count!

OG — Better Share on Social Media

Great and easy way to add OG tags - no config, just set and go!

Simple/easy way to add Open Graph tags


The "No configuration" concept is great but there should be optional options, for example:




Manually select the OG image.



Option to set the featured image as OG image by default.



Other options other users suggest.



Add optional configuration


I recently used the OG — Better Share on Social Media plugin, and it has truly elevated my social media sharing experience. This plugin is a game-changer for anyone looking to optimize and customize how their content appears on various social media platforms.


Enhance Your Social Media Sharing with OG — Better Share Plugin!


One click installation and OG data set up as expected.


It does what it promises

The simple method to add Open Graph metadata to your entries so that they look great when shared on sites.

Social Media Widget vs OG — Better Share on Social Media