Description
Social Sharing By Danny
The simplest sharing links possible for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Most WordPress plugins that add social sharing functionality are too ugly, heavy, complicated or poorly coded for my liking. This plugin aims to be better: simple, efficient 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 and 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. Both files are optional and you are free to craft your own styles.
Features
- Sharing links for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
- Simple icon styles with a hover effect
- Simple script of just 426 bytes (with no additional dependencies) which will make the various sharing links open in a pop-up window.
- A shortcode and a template function to display the buttons anywhere you want.
- An overridable filter to customize when and where 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 www.remarpro.com.
About the author
Danny van Kooten has been developing plugins for WordPress since version 3.0, all the way back in 2010. You can read more about him on his personal website or check out his other WordPress plugins.
Screenshots
Simple but beautiful sharing links add the end of your posts. 
Disable the default plugin CSS to create your own styles. 
The settings page of the plugin.
Installation
Installing the plugin
- In your WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > New Plugin, search for Social Sharing by Danny and click “Install now”
- Alternatively, download the plugin and upload the contents of
dvk-social-sharing.zipto your plugins directory, which usually is/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate the plugin.
Additional Customization
Have a look at the frequently asked questions section for some examples of additional customization.
FAQ
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Yes, you can use the following shortcode (eg. inside posts or pages).
[dvk_social_sharing] -
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
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Use the
dvkss_displayfilter 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
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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.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Social Sharing (by Danny)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Social Sharing (by Danny)” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “Social Sharing (by Danny)” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.3.9 – Oct 16, 2024
- Address PHP warning introduced by version 1.3.8.
1.3.8 – Oct 11, 2024
- Escape shortcode arguments before outputting to prevent stored XSS from users with
edit_postcapability. Thanks to Peter Thaleikis for the responsible disclosure.
1.3.7 – Oct 1, 2024
- Remove Google Plus as an option, since it has long been shut down.
- Add
deferattribute to pop-up script tag. - Improved sanitization of settings.
- Disallow the use of
<a>elements in thebefore_textsetting if user lacksunfiltered_htmlcapability. - Get rid of ES6 code in JavaScript files, to support older browsers.
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 www.remarpro.com managed translations.
1.3.2 – March 23, 2018
- Minor code optimisations
- Added
linkedin_textshortcode 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
- Added Finnish (fi_FI) translations, thanks to Ari-Pekka Koponen
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
- Added: Slovenian translations, thanks to Domen Hrabar, Viking Marketing
- Improved: direct file access security
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:imagemeta 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.