Nobs • Share Buttons

January 23, 2024

Nobs • Share Buttons Plugin

Juiz Social Post Sharer is now Nobs • Share Buttons. Add smart designed buttons after/before your posts (or wherever you want) to allow visitors to s …

Add smart designed buttons after/before your posts (or wherever you want) to allow visitors to share your content (includes no JavaScript mode & counters). Buttons are Retina/HDPI-ready, translation-ready and come with useful options and hooks. Totally GDPR compliant, and accessibility and performance friendly. Includes a Gutenberg block.

Select your favorites social networks among a little list.
Display an optional sharings counter.
You’re done!

You can donate to support

Please, use the support forum to tell me bugs encountered, and be patient, remember it’s a free product build on my spare time

Social networks supported:

  • Diigo
  • Evernote
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Mix
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Reddit
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • Viadeo
  • Weibo
  • WhatsApp
  • VKontakte
  • Native Share API (for mobile devices, mostly, allowing to share with your favorite applications)
  • Future supported Networks here

Other actions supported:

  • Send by Mail (mailto: or multi-recipient lightbox form)
  • Print (buttons are not printed 😜)
  • Add to bookmark

Plugin Options:

  • 8 graphic templates available (reworked)
  • Compact option for smaller icons
  • Choose to display only the social network icon
  • Choose from all available networks
  • Open links in a new window (deactivated by default)
  • Add your Twitter account name to add “via” while sharing
  • Choose to display buttons only on certain type of post (compatible with Custom Post Type)
  • Choose to hide buttons only on certain posts directly in the edit page (metabox).
  • Choose to display buttons at the bottom, the top of the content, or both (or just with shortcode or template function)
  • Customize mail texts (subject and body), or mail in a lightbox
  • Display a sharing counter (optional)
  • Use shortcode [juiz_sps] or [juiz_social] wherever you want
  • Use the Gutenberg Block wherever you need. (no settings available yet for this block)
  • For developers: A lot of hooks are available for markup customization (or add some things)
    • A hook is available and offers you the opportunity to add the buttons you need
    • Use template function juiz_sps() or get_juiz_sps() in your code
    • Contribute by creating you own button Skins easily.

Available Languages:

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You can contribute to translating in your own language! Thank you for your help 💕

Full Documentation available.

This tool if made on my spare time for free, so if you say “it’s broken”, please tell me why, how, what so I can help you 😊 (better than a bad rating that won’t make things better)

Before adding a bad rating, please open a support ticket to solve your issue. I’m here to help.

Other plugins

Find my plugins at https://profiles.wordpress.org/creativejuiz/

Installation

You can use one of both method :

Installation via your WordPress website

  1. Go to the admin menu ‘Plugins’ -> ‘Install’ and search for ‘Nobs • Share Buttons’
  2. Click ‘install’ and activate it
  3. (optional) Configure the Plugin in Settings

Manual Installation

  1. Download the plugin (it’s better :p)
  2. Unzipjuiz-social-post-sharer folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  4. It’s finished !

Screenshots

  1. Default Themes available

    Default Themes available

  2. After a post

    After a post

  3. The new 1.3.0 Black theme and sharings counter

    The new 1.3.0 Black theme and sharings counter

  4. The metabox to hide buttons on a post

    The metabox to hide buttons on a post

  5. New themes: Brands Colors & Material Design

    New themes: Brands Colors & Material Design

  6. New admin panel for Nobs.

    New admin panel for Nobs.

  7. New networks panel you can now order with drag n' drop.

    New networks panel you can now order with drag n' drop.

  8. Gutenberg's block in action

    Gutenberg's block in action

FAQ

Find a complete documentation on this official documentation

Tested the Gutenberg block, but it’s buggy

Well, it’s quite new to me to develop with React (the language used by Gutenberg). Tell me what happened for you by opening an issue so I can dig in. Thanks 🙂

New 2.0.0 installed, weird stuff happens in my site

Double check that you have saved your plugin settings (Settings > Nobs Share Buttons). Sometimes it happend, simply double check your settings and save.

Since the update to 2.0.0, I don’t have the same counters

Indeed, because of brands like Facebook and Twitter shutting down their counters, a lot of data weren’t accurate anymore. I decided to treat the counters as internal tool for your website. They are now YOUR counters and not facebook’s or twitter’s anymore.
Counterpart is that it now reset. No worries, a way to recover your old counters to add those to the new counters will come soon with 2.1.0 ;p

Since the update to 2.0.0 my activated networks have changed

Yes it can happen sometimes. 2.0.0 is a big update and the core of the plugin changed a lot. It’s typically the only change you will notice, please just update your networks selected to the one you like, it shouldn’t be an issue in the future.

Why “Nobs”? What does that mean?

Ha ha 😁 Good question.
Nobs stand for 3 different things:

  1. “No BS” (AKA No Bullshit),
  2. The humble accronym “Number One Button Set for Social Sharing” (Nobsss 😅 but I truncated it).
  3. It’s also a pun for “knobs”, the actual buttons you find on your shirt or drawers. Thank you Myriam for the funny name.

Twitter counter doesn’t appear OR the count seems to be not exact

Yep, sorry about that, but Twitter decided to shut down counter as well as Facebook.

Use the version 1.4.3 or above of this plugin to get an alternative of the native counter. But, keep in mind that alternative is not 100% precise, but better than nothing, I guess.

The text shared by default is very ugly, something like “Share the post “YOUR POST TITLE” FacebookTwitterGoogle+E-mail [SOME OTHER WORDS]”?

You certainly activated the buttons in the top of your post. It’s your choice, but in this case, you need to improve by yourself the SEO-description of your article/page. You can try using the WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast.

Can I add a “Like” ou “Google +1” button with this plugin?

Yes, but not with the page options of this plugin. You need to use a hook to add an item in your buttons list.
See the juiz_sps_before_first_item or juiz_sps_after_last_item hook in the documentation.

I have a fatal error or a 500 server error since update to 1.2.3

Yes, you surely use pinterest button. It’s a bug, update to 1.2.4 or above.
Thank you.

I can’t just use shortcode by deactivating all the checkbox display option in admin option page? since 1.2.0

Yes, it’s a bug, please, use the plugin version 1.2.2 or above.

New style is not visible?

Please update to 1.1.3 or above

Some options are not visible (if it’s not the first installation, but an update of the plugin)

Deactivate and reactivate the plugin to force the rebuild of the options.

Changelog

2.3.3

  • Network renamed: Twitter becomes X
  • Bug fix
    • PHP 8.3 error fixed

2.3.2

  • Bug fix
    • Fixes a bug on the Mail button which in some case could display a 500 error message.

2.3.1

  • Bug fix
    • Fixes a Notice error message introduced in v2.2.0 in the Widgets option page that did happen in some cases. (thank Nico ;p)

2.3.0

  • Third-Parties
    • Nobs is now compatible with WP Job Manager. This plugin uses the content of WordPress differently than other plugins. A Specific development have been made to reflect the option available in Nobs for this CPT.

2.2.0

  • Gutenberg
    • Adds a new block that displays the buttons wherever you need keeping your global settings.
    • Yes, I’m working on a way to customize buttons and options directly into the block, in the meantime you can still use the shortcode for more specific needs.

2.1.4

  • Counters
    • Fixes a bug that occures sometimes on new posts with 0 Shares and the global counter activated (JS Error in the console, but the count is taken into account)

2.1.3

  • ShareAPI Button
    • Uses now post_excerpt in prior of post_content
    • If you have a bug with button not displayed, try filling the Excerpt field in your Posts. You might have a plugin messing with the first lines of your post, use the excerpt to get a short description of your post content.

2.1.2

2.1.1

  • Bug fix
    • JS Error fixed in some cases with the Share API Button (issue)

2.1.0

  • Drops support for WordPress < 4.6
  • Translation support
    • Removes the translation folder to make it handled by the community (Translate in your language)
    • Adds support for Polylang and WPML on the text field all over the plugin options.
  • Great help from Sebastien SERRE of the Polylang team.

2.0.2

  • Bug Fix: Upgrade Notice wouldn’t be removed. It’s now fixed. Sorry for the pushy behavior, not on purpose, I promise!

2.0.1

  • Bug Fix: In very rare cases, the Theme folder can be unexisting and make the plugin display a PHP error. Issue fixed.

2.0.0

Recommended: Save Nobs Share Buttons’ settings after updating this plugin.

  • Tested on WordPress 5.6
  • New feature
    • Add or remove more easily custom buttons (Network API) – Documentation
    • Create your own buttons Skin with the starter kit and this documentation. Do it in your theme or in a separate plugin.
    • Email button now open a little form in a lightbox instead of mailto: protocole
    • New button: Evernote
    • New button: Mix (replace Stumbleuppon)
    • New button: WhatsApp
    • New button: Diigo
    • New button: Pocket
    • Compact mode added
    • Option to deactivate default CSS (not recommended if you don’t know what this is)
  • Admin
    • Administration interface redesign
    • Script and Styles in external files (force refresh if bugs occure)
  • Removed
    • Removes LinkedIn counter because LinkedIn doesn’t offer a count anymore. See this
    • Removes Twitter counter because Twitter doesn’t offer a count anymore. See this
    • Replace old school counting system by an independent internal one.
  • All new brand plugin files structure
  • New hooks: see revamped documentation.html file inside the plugin folder.
  • Fixes
    • Fav/bookmark button JS error on Firefox (chrome is undefined)
    • Buttons are not printed if you use your browser print function (or the JSPS print button)
  • Thanks for their help

1.4.11

  • Tested up to WP 5.5.3
  • Prepares the next major version: 2.0.0
  • Fixes PHP Notice (create_function deprecated)
  • Fixes issue in Multisite where setting were not well initiated.

1.4.10

  • Tested up to WP 5.2.3
  • New hook juiz_sps_twitter_nickname to change the Twitter Username

1.4.9

  • Compatible with Dark Mode plugin.
  • Tested up to WP 4.9.8

1.4.8

  • Security Update: Fixes XSS vulnerability.

1.4.7

  • Compatibility on network (multisite) thanks to Marie Comet (Marie Comet)

1.4.6

  • Tested up to WordPress 4.6
  • Facebook counter is back thanks to Jean-Baptiste (from Whodunit)

1.4.5

  • Fixes a weird bug when you select Pinterest and “Open in new window” option: networks that follow the Pinterest button will open in a new window now! (thanks to Éric‘s report)
  • Fixes a bug in Safari (Chrome undefined message)

1.4.4

  • Translation
    • Error fixed with an untranslatable english string
  • Fixes
    • Google+ and StumbleUpon counters fixed
    • CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION PHP error fixed

1.4.3

  • Compatibility
    • Tested up to WordPress 4.5 (I took advance that time!)
    • Tested up to PHP 7 (Did you try that version? The Fast And Furious version of PHP)
  • Features
    • Twitter counter is back from the death thanks to NewShareCounts Services, a third-party that try to bring back your preciouuuus… counter. Golum!

1.4.2

  • Tested in WordPress 4.4.1
  • Networks:
    • New Fav button
    • New Print button
  • Security:
    • Better translation controls
  • Support info:
    • No more support for this plugin version 1.1.0 (0,2% of plugin users)
  • Better URL encode (hope so)

1.4.1

  • Tested in WordPress 4.4
  • Interface:
    • Better dashicons support for your custom post types
    • Some CSS reworks on admin settings
    • “Metro”, “Modern” and “Black” styles are now Retina-ready
    • Button styles CSS updated (each one)
  • Engine:
    • Code rewrite to follow WordPress convention
    • Buttons are optionnaly added to excerpt (deactivated by default, see doc)
  • Networks:
    • New Delicious button
    • New Tumblr button
    • New Reddit button

1.4.0

  • Tested in WordPress 4.3.1
  • Code rewrite to follow WordPress convention
  • Explicit Text Domain for better translation (coming with translate.wordpress.org)
  • Bug fix when you select option “Total Only” for counters

1.3.9

  • Tested in WordPress 4.3.0
  • Notice PHP fixed in admin area.

1.3.8

  • Better Viadeo support
  • Should include a better HTTPS support:

1.3.7

  • Tested up to WordPress 4.1.1
  • New style “Brands Colors” available (7 themes available now)
  • New themes and “Black” theme by Fandia support Retina and HDPI screens (font-icons)
  • Some little bugs in other styles fixed
  • RTL languages compatibility
  • Note: Plurk, Appnet and Flattr buttons should coming…

1.3.6.1

  • Russian Translation update (Thank you Fandia!)
  • Tested in WordPress 4.0
  • New plugin icons
  • Style 6 URL update (Fandia’s website, sorry :p)

1.3.6

  • Some page admin improvements
  • Fixes

1.3.5

1.3.4

  • We lose our nice 1.3.3.7 version number :/
  • Fixes
    • bug fix on e-mail button when post title use HTML tags (XSS – Thank you Julio)
    • bug fix on hidden sentence when post title use HTML tags (XSS – Thank you Julio)
  • New

1.3.3.7

  • WordPress 3.9.x compatibility
  • Bug fixes
    • remove PHP Warning in some cases in post/page/cpt edit pages
    • remove notice error in translation (more info)
    • remove notice in debug mode and with Pinterest option activated (more info)
  • Improvements
    • Add “title” parameter for Weibo API (thank you Aili!)
    • HTML tag for “total count” is customizable (it was an LI element)
    • New hook juiz_sps_share_name_for_{network} to adjust networks name-text (more info)
    • New hook juiz_sps_use_default_css to remove default CSS request (you can use your own CSS)
    • New in Shortcode : use the url parameter to share “permalink”, “siteurl” or “customurl” instead of current URL
    • New in Template function : use the $url_to_share parameter to share “permalink”, “siteurl” or “customurl” instead of current URL
  • New
    • Counters option: display sub-totals only, total only or both
    • Deutsch translation by Dennis Schmitz

1.3.3

  • Bug fix for Tony’s style buttons (lake of rules for VK social network)
  • Bug fix for Facebook counters (little JS error)
  • Readme updated

1.3.2

  • Bug fix when your theme has wp_autop activated on your content (thank you Jérémy).

1.3.1

  • Typo fix on CSS files (Metro styles only)
  • Bug fix on Pinterest button when target option is activated (find on Firefox by synthview)

1.3.0

  • New feature: choose directly in the edit page of a post if you want to hide buttons (just a box to check)
  • New feature: optional counter available (needs JavaScript) – CSS improved for that – Note it’s in beta test
  • New feature: optional “force Pinterest sniffing for image” feature (needs JavaScript)
  • New: russian network VKontakte
  • New: black style by Fandia!
  • Translation: new Turkish language (thanks to Hakaner!)
  • Translation: new Russian language (thanks to Fandia!)
  • New hook: juiz_sps_intro_phrase_text to help you change (see the documentation)
  • New hook: juiz_sps_hide_intro_phrase (see the documentation)
  • New hook: juiz_sps_share_text_for_{network} (see the documentation)

1.2.4

  • IMPORTANT: bug fix for Pinterest button’s users (thanks to jamesdodd)
  • IMPORTANT: hook juiz_sps_the_permalink replaced by juiz_sps_the_shared_permalink
  • New hook: juiz_sps_the_shared_permalink_for_{network} (see the documentation)

1.2.3

  • Removes new Facebook API because of the complexity of use for the user (old API always works)

1.2.2

  • New: Facebook and Pinterest new API integrated
  • New hook to remove rel="nofollow" on links
  • New hook to customize container element (div by default)
  • New hook to remove intro sentence, or its container tag
  • New: to perform customization, you can use %%title%% (insert the post title), %%siteurl%% (insert the site URL) or %%permalink%% (insert the post URL) variables
  • Bug fix: you can now use shortcode or template function only by choosing option “I’m a ninja, I want to use the shortcode only!”
  • Translation updates (French, English)

1.2.1

  • [juiz_sps] shortcode added (you now have [juiz_social] and [juiz_sps])
  • CSS improvement for themes not really well thought 😉

1.2.0

  • New social networks available : weibo
  • CSS improvement
  • Documentation available! (see the bottom of settings page)
  • New hooks and template functions available (see the documentation)

1.1.4

  • New choice: displaying button on all lists of articles (blog, archive, tag, search result, etc.)
  • Admin page improvement
  • New dynamic classes on HTML generated code
  • Partial documentation available with plugin (see the footer links)

1.1.3

  • Bug fix on new style

1.1.2

  • New hook for developper (can now hook shared url)
  • Styles: New optionnal style for buttons (thanks to Tony)
  • Styles: bug correction for Chrome
  • Styles: little margin added before and after line of buttons

1.1.1

  • Styles bug correction

1.1.0

  • Add your Twitter account name to add “via” during a share
  • Choose to display button only on certain type of post
  • Choose to display button at the bottom, the top of the content, or both
  • Some hooks are available for markup customization (or add some things)
  • Customize mail texts (subject and body)

1.0.1

  • Performance enhancement (thank you Julio)
  • Some typos corrected

1.0.0

  • The first beta version

Details

  • Version: 2.3.3
  • Active installations: 5,000
  • WordPress Version: 4.6
  • Tested up to: 6.4.5

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