Social Sharing (by Danny)
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March 22, 2024

Social Sharing (by Danny) Plugin

Adds very simple social sharing buttons for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ to the end of your posts.

Social Sharing By Danny

The simplest sharing links possible for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+.

Most social sharing plugins are too ugly, heavy, complicated or poorly coded for my liking. This plugin aims to be better: simple, lightweight and flexible.

No script dependencies

From itself, the buttons are actually plain text links which require NO external scripts. It makes no sense to load over 50 kilobytes of scripts and styles for a functionality 95% of your users will not use.

Simple yet pretty & user-friendly

You can have the plugin load two very small files to add icons and a pop-up functionality to the sharing links. This way, users do not have to leave your website after clicking a sharing option. Loading of both files can be disabled so you can craft your own styles.

Plugin Features

  • Sharing links for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+
  • Simple icon styles with a hover effect
  • Simple script of just 600 bytes (not jQuery dependent) which will make the links open in a pop-up window.
  • A shortcode and a template function to display the buttons anywhere you want.
  • An overridable filter to set the condition for when to display the sharing links.
  • Translation ready

Translations

Is the plugin not translated into your language? You can contribute your translations using the translation editor here on WordPress.org.

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Installation

Installing the plugin

  1. In your WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > New Plugin, search for Social Sharing by Danny and click “Install now”
  2. Alternatively, download the plugin and upload the contents of dvk-social-sharing.zip to your plugins directory, which usually is /wp-content/plugins/.
  3. Activate the plugin.

Additional Customization

Have a look at the frequently asked questions section for some examples of additional customization.

Screenshots

  1. Simple but beautiful sharing links add the end of your posts.

    Simple but beautiful sharing links add the end of your posts.

  2. Disable the default plugin CSS to create your own styles.

    Disable the default plugin CSS to create your own styles.

  3. The settings page of the plugin.

    The settings page of the plugin.

FAQ

Can I display the sharing buttons using a shortcode?

Yes, you can use the following shortcode (eg. inside posts or pages).

[dvk_social_sharing]

Can I display the sharing buttons using a template function?

Yes, you can use the following PHP function from your template files.

<?php echo dvk_social_sharing(); ?>

I want more control over when to show the sharing options

Use the dvkss_display filter to show the links in more places.

Example 1: will add the sharing links to everything possible

add_filter('dvkss_display', '__return_true');

Example 2: will add the sharing links to all single posts, pages and other post types.

function my_display_condition() { return is_singular(); } add_filter('dvkss_display', 'my_display_condition');

Shortcode and function arguments

element (string)

The element to use as the wrapping element. Defaults to p, a paragraph element.

twitter_username (string)

The Twitter username to add to tweets. This will override the value from the settings page.

social_options (comma separated string)

The social media buttons to show. You can also use this to change the order of the buttons. Defaults to twitter, facebook, googleplus, which are the only 3 possible values.

before_text (string)

The text to show before the links. This will override the value in the settings page.

twitter_text (string)
facebook_text (string)
googleplus_text (string)
linkedin_text (string)

The texts for the different links. Defaults to the string set in the translation file.

Changelog

1.3.4 – Dec 23, 2022

  • Rewrite admin JavaScript to no longer require jQuery.
  • Minor PHP improvements.
  • Improved minification of all CSS and JS assets.

1.3.3 – Dec 31, 2019

  • Remove unused LinkedIn parameters.
  • Switch to WordPress.org managed translations.

1.3.2 – March 23, 2018

  • Minor code optimisations
  • Added linkedin_text shortcode argument to FAQ.

1.3.1 – October 26, 2017

Misc. textual improvements.

1.3 – October 4, 2017

Additions

  • Added LinkedIn.

1.2.7 – January 6, 2017

Improvements

  • Use https:// protocol for sharing links.
  • Use SVG icons.

Additions

  • Add “large” icon size option.
  • Choose social network options from settings page.
  • Added Italian translations, thanks to Alessandro Guidi.

1.2.6 – March 29, 2016

Fixes

  • Apostrophes in titles not properly escaped in sharing URL’s. Thanks Robin Aldenhoven!

1.2.5 – January 26, 2015

Improvements

  • Minor improvements to pop-up script

Additions

1.2.4 – November 17, 2014

Improvements

  • Wrapped link text in element so it can be hidden using CSS
  • Improvements to pop-up JavaScript

1.2.3 – September 4, 2014

Improvements

  • Added minified scripts and option to load minified version
  • Some textual improvements

1.2.2 – April 30, 2014

Fixes

  • Fixed not being able to save all “auto add to ..” checkboxes unchecked

1.2.1 – April 29, 2014

Additions

  • Added German translations, thanks Andreas Kuhl!

Improvements

  • Wrapped non-translatable strings in translation calls.
  • Updated Dutch translations

1.2 – March 19, 2014

Additions

  • Added option to automatically add sharing options to all registered post types
  • Added Spanish translations, props to Luciano A. Ferrer.

Improvements

  • Disabled Pop-up JS by default until we figure out a cross-browser compatibility fix.

1.1 – February 19, 2014

1.0.9 – December 30, 2013

  • Added: Danish translation, thanks to Finn Hoelgaard!
  • Added: Russian translation, thanks to Nikita!
  • Improved: Pop-up script now waits for full page load.

1.0.6 – December 20, 2013

  • Improved: Pop-up JS now used addEventListener to enable multiple event listeners (like a Google Analytics plugin) attaching to the sharing links.

1.0.5 – December 9, 2013

  • Added: French translations, thanks to Said
  • Improved: All backend strings are now translatable
  • Improved: Prevented direct access or search engine indexing of plugin files
  • Improved: Facebook URL sharing parameters

1.0.4 – December 2, 2013

  • Improved: Minified pop-up script to 480 bytes.
  • Improved: Removed image attribute from Facebook Share URL. FB will now pick up og:image meta tags.

1.0.3 – November 25, 2013

  • Fixed: undefined index notice when saving options.

1.0.2 – November 20, 2013

  • Added: Dutch translation
  • Added: Option to change the text that shows before the sharing links.

1.0.1 – November 20, 2013

  • Fixed: Added settings link to plugins overview page
  • Fixed: “tweet about” option in admin now tweets about the correct plugin.

1.0 – November 17, 2013

  • Initial release.
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Details

  • Version: 1.3.4
  • Active installations: 4,000
  • WordPress Version: 3.7
  • Tested up to: 6.5.5

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