Description
SGS Social Sharing Buttons is an essential plugin for any WordPress site looking to enhance its social media presence and engagement. This lightweight plugin, weighing in at just 6KB, integrates seamlessly into your website, adding a set of fixed, aesthetically pleasing social media sharing buttons. These buttons enable your visitors to effortlessly share your content across multiple social media platforms, thereby increasing your reach and driving more traffic to your site.
Key Features:
- Zero Configuration Needed: Simply install and activate the plugin. It’s designed to work out-of-the-box without any need for additional configuration.
- AMP Compatibility: SGS Social Sharing Buttons is fully compatible with Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), ensuring your content is easily shareable on both AMP and non-AMP pages.
- Responsive Design: The plugin’s buttons are designed to be fully responsive, adapting perfectly to all screen sizes—from desktop monitors to mobile devices.
- Wide Range of Social Platforms: Supports a variety of social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter (now X), LinkedIn, Reddit, Pinterest, WhatsApp, and more.
- Print Button: Includes a print icon for users who prefer to print your content.
- Lightweight and Fast: Minimal impact on page load times due to its small size and efficient coding.
- No Tracking: The plugin does not track user data, ensuring privacy and compliance with data protection regulations.
Seamless Integration:
After activating the plugin, the social sharing buttons will automatically appear on all pages of your site. This seamless integration ensures that your users can share content easily, whether they are viewing a blog post, an article, or any other page on your site.
Enhance User Engagement:
By providing easy-to-use sharing options, SGS Social Sharing Buttons help to increase user engagement and interaction with your content. The added social proof can also improve your site’s credibility and reach, encouraging more visitors to share and promote your content.
Modern and Customizable:
The buttons are designed to be modern and visually appealing. With CSS3 animations, the buttons attract attention without being intrusive. You can also customize the appearance to match your site’s design, ensuring a cohesive look and feel.
SGS Social Sharing Buttons is the perfect tool for any WordPress site owner looking to enhance their social media strategy and increase content visibility. With its ease of use, robust features, and seamless integration, this plugin is a must-have for driving social media engagement on your site.
Configuration
The plugin does not require configuration. It is plug-and-play. Once installed, it is ready for use.
Support
For support and further inquiries, please contact the plugin developer.
Credits
Developed by Adebowale Adekoya
Installation
- Log in to your WordPress admin area.
- Go to “Plugins > Add New” from the left-hand menu.
- In the search box, type “SGS Social Sharing Buttons”.
- From the search results, locate “SGS Social Sharing Buttons” and click “Install Now”.
- A popup window will ask you to confirm your wish to install the plugin. Click “Proceed” to continue the installation.
- The resulting installation screen will list the installation as successful or note any problems during the install.
- Click “Activate Plugin” to activate it.
FAQ
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Does it support Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)?
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Yes, it perfectly works on both AMP and non-AMP WordPress site pages.
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Is the plugin mobile-friendly?
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Yes, it is responsive and fits well on mobile devices to facilitate sharing.
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Does it support non-English languages?
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Yes, it works for all languages and script types.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“SGS Social Sharing Buttons” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.4
- General code performance improvement.
- Changed from page title to site title for non-single pages.
- Adjusted sharing buttons’ position and size for different screen sizes.
- Added CSS3 animations to improve sharing rates.
1.5
- Added print icon to support easy printing.
- Updated Twitter to X.
- Improved code security and efficiency to meet WordPress standards.
1.6
- Added missing WhatsApp button
- Updated css to file instead og being inline.