There are hundreds of ‘social sharing plugins’ for WordPress. A recent search returned over 900+ results!
Many of these have not been updated in months, have very few features or are just plain bloated.
However, within the mix, it doesn’t take long for the best ones to rise to the top.
In this post, you can check out five of the best social sharing plugins for 2017.
At 1WD.tv we use Social Warfare by Warfare Plugins. It’s speed, versatility and the fantastic mix of features make it perfect for content driven websites.
In this article, we look at five reasons Social Warfare will help boost your social signals.
1. Beautiful & Highly Customizable Button Designs
Social Warfare’s sharing buttons are expertly designed for maximum shareability. You can customize the shape, color, and size to suit your brand.
The Button Shapes –
Flat & Fresh:
A Leaf on The Wind:
Shift:
Pills:
Three-Dee:
Connected:
You can select a custom color and hover color or pick from another range of presets:
Full Color:
Light Gray:
Medium Gray:
Light Gray Outlines:
Medium Gray Outlines:
Dark Gray Outlines:
Color Outlines:
You can also change the button size from 70% all the way up to 140%:
2. Custom Shared Content
It’s important to use images in your site content so that it’s shareable across all social media platforms.
However, there are two different shapes you need to use – horizontal and vertical.
Twitter, Google +, Facebook and LinkedIn use landscape images.
Whereas Pinterest needs vertical images.
Social Warfare makes this easy with a custom meta box for each style of image.
Below every page or post you can:
Set a customer Pinterest Image and Description
Set custom Social Media Titles and Descriptions
Set a Custom Tweet
3. Click To Tweet Functionality
When the plugin is activated, a new icon appears in the post editor. This allows you to add a ‘click to tweet’ within your posts or pages.
You can choose how the quote will appear in your article and (if different) what will be sent to Twitter.
There are six built-in styles to choose from, or you can create your own with CSS:
Send Her My Love:
Roll With The Changes:
Free Bird:
Don’t Stop Believin’:
Thunderstruck:
Livin’ on a Prayer:
4. Social Network Options
You can choose up to ten social media buttons to display. These can be organised in any order you like.
5. Share Counts
You can choose whether to show counts on your buttons or even set a minimum share number before they display:
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