Social Sharing Toolkit

Sharing posts & pages

The plugin currently supports the following networks for sharing:

Facebook (like, share and send buttons)
Twitter
Buffer
Google +1
Pinterest
Flattr
LinkedIn
Tumblr
StumbleUpon
Delicious
Digg
Reddit
Myspace
Hyves
App.net

On Tweet buttons you can specify a Twitter handle which is then appended to the tweet a visitor sends (like “… via @WordPress”). An email send button is also included.

You can decide which networks to support on your blog, where the buttons will appear (either above or below the content). Through drag and drop you can easily change the order in which the buttons appear.

For each button you can choose a different type (not all types are available for each button):

button
button with counter on the side
button with counter on top
small icon
small icon with text
medium icon
medium icon with text
large icon

You can also choose the orientation of the buttons:

horizontal (buttons are placed side by side)
vertical (buttons are placed below each other)

Divider

In version 2.0.4 three dividers were added to each list. These might be useful in ordering the buttons, especially in the case of varying button types used with a horizontal orientation. A divider will split the element containing the buttons in two, allowing for more customization.

Shortcode

It is also possible to only let the buttons appear where you want by using shortcode. The shortcode function has it’s own list of buttons with the same possibilities as the list for posts & pages. Use the shortcode [social_share/] in the content where you would like to display the buttons.

Since version 2.1.2: Use one or both of the url and title attributes to override these settings with your own information. Example: [social_share url=”http://www.mywebsite.com” title=”My Website”/]

Widget

The widget has it’s own list of buttons with the same possibilities as the list for posts & pages. You can however specify a fixed title and url to use for the buttons in the widget.

Follow Widget

Since version 2.0.0 an extra widget is added with the possibility to provide easy links to your profiles on other social networks.

The networks currently supported for the Follow Widget are:

Facebook
Twitter
Google+
Pinterest
Goodreads
LinkedIn (including company and group links)
Tumblr
Myspace
Hyves
YouTube
Flickr
500px
Instagram
Picasa
DeviantArt
Last.fm
Spotify
Soundcloud
App.net

A button for an RSS feed is also included. Of course the type, order and orientation of the buttons is also configurable for the Follow Widget. Each button for the Follow Widget supports the following types:

small icon
small icon with text
medium icon
medium icon with text
large icon

To use a button you must enter your user id or username for the network. To use the RSS feed button you must enter the full url.

Automatic Twitter links

This plugin also includes a configurable & improved version of my earlier Automatic Twitter Links plugin. You can decide if you want to convert Twitter names and/or hashtags to links. Twitter names will link to their Twitter profile and hashtags will link to the Twitter search page.

Bitly

Since version 2.0.5 the plugin has the option to use bitly to shorten the urls for the tweet button. To use it you need to register with bitly and fill in your bitly username and API key.

Since version 2.0.5 the plugin has the option to show Pinterest buttons. The plugin tries to find the featured image or first image in the content if available. If no image is available the button is omitted.
Since version 2.0.7 is is possible to enter the URL of a default image to use in case no image was found. You can also set the plugin to always use the default image regardless of any available images.

Open Graph

Since version 2.0.5 the plugin also has the option to automatically create Open Graph tags on your WordPress site. These will tell Facebook for example which image to display when sharing a page. You can enter the URL of a default image to use in case no image was found. The plugin will try to use the thumbnail attached to the post (if your theme supports it), or the first image it finds in the content. To turn of this behavior you can check a box which will force the plugin to always use the default image you have specified.

Upgrading from version 1.3.2 or lower to 2.0.1 or higher?

Be aware you should reset your settings as these will be lost in the update. This is because the plugin uses an entirely new and more versatile system to save settings. Sorry for any inconvenience, this should be a one time thing.

Known bugs

Some themes might be incompatible, such as Karma theme which uncontrollably manages to mutilate the button codes.

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pogred

Yes, all icons bunched up together, looks weird. Please fix this.
MarijnRongen

Please update to version 2.1.3. It’s a quick minor update to fix the stylesheet (spacing) issues.
- Carol
  
  Thanks, that fixed it!
pogred

Good Job!
Milas King

I tried to use the short code in a post [short_code], and it doesn’t show up. Am I support to type anything else? I have facebook selected for the shortcode tab but it doesn’t show in the post.
David

Hello – is it possible to use a facebook-page in the content (so that a user does not like the wordpress-URL, but the facebook-page)?

I found the option to include a (facebook) ID in the “follow-widget”-tab, but not in the content-tab.

Thanks for the plugin!
e64us

Instagram has had public profiles for a while now. I have to update the instagram address after every update. I don’t think there is a need for a third-party gallery anymore, right? Great job, BTW!
Christine

Is there a way to exclude only the home page and perhaps the contact page from the sharing icons?
John

Hi,

I’m using the shortcode for a vertical layout, which is working fine, except the buttons are flush against each other. Is there a way to put some space between them?
- Alex_Cruz
  
  I am having the same issue
rickahontas

Hi! I’ve got a site in development that shows the social sharing buttons on all the footers except my blog listing (index.php). Any idea why it wouldn’t show there? Is there some checklist in settings that I haven’t enabled? Thanks!
- rickahontas
  
  Still have yet to hear back on this issue. Please email me directly. Thanks!
Anke Rusch

Hi,
I only get to see the text: “share this” in three cubes: twitter, linkedin and facebook, with only a question mark in it. How can I fix it??
Thanks in advance,
mihir

How do i place this widget at a particular location in the page.
- rickahontas
  
  use the short code [social_share/] or the php command:
  
  echo do_shortcode(‘[social_share/]‘);
  
  if you’re in a php template.
Dazzlink | site up!

Hi, this is a great plugin, worked perfect for me. I have one question, does the plugin has a function to track who liked or shared the post? Thank you very much.
Eddy

Thanks for the amazing plugin. I have one simple request. The “widget_title” filter is not being applied to the widget instance title. Some themes add code to this filter and it’s not being applied by the follow/share widgets. It would be great if you could apply that filter to the title. Thanks for the great plugin!