Plugin info

Total downloads: 488
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/13/2019 (2210 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 12/13/2019 (6 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.2.19
Minimum PHP version: 5.6

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 2210 days ago

20/100

Is Social Share Buttons – Widget and Shortcode abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 2210 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.1
Tested up to: 5.2.19
Requires PHP: 5.6

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Description

SOCIAL MEDIA SHARE BUTTONS

Display social media share buttons via widget and shortcode on posts, pages, and template.

SEO-friendly and lightweight code

This plugin contains lightweight code to be very fast to load, SEO-friendly, and it is developed to have full compatibility with WordPress 3.1 (2011) up to WordPress 5+ (2019), from PHP 5.6 up to PHP 7.3.

FEATURES:

  • Beautiful social media icons
  • You choose where to show the sharing buttons
  • Lightweight code to quickly load the page and keep a good pagespeed score
  • No cookies are set by this plugin to visitors
  • Compatible with all resolutions: desktop, tablet, and smartphones

HOW TO USE:

In order to display social media sharing buttons for Twitter and Facebook using this plugin in your website, you have 2 easy options to have maximum flexibility.

OPTION 1: Use a shortcode

In order to display the output in your specific posts or pages use this code:

[Social_Share title="custom-title"]

or

[Social_Share]

In order to display the output in your WordPress template use this code:

OPTION 2: Use a widget
Go to Appearance > Widgets and add Social_Share widget where you want to show it.

Installation

In order to activate the plugin, just go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin and select the .zip file of this plugin.

Then click on activate and the plugin has been installed correctly.

INSTALL FROM WITHIN WORDPRESS

  1. Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’;
  2. Search for ‘Social Share Buttons – Widget and Shortcode’;

Frequently Asked Questions

What are social media share buttons?

Place social media icons to let your visitors share your content with their friends.

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Screenshots

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    Visual aspect

  2. Settings

    Settings

  3. Widget

    Widget

Changelog

1.0

Release Date: November 15th, 2019