Social Share Buttons – Widget and Shortcode
Share your posts on Social Media using this lightweight and SEO-friendly plugin to get additional traffic from Twitter and Facebook.
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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
- Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’;
- 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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Changelog
1.0
Release Date: November 15th, 2019


