=== Plain Social Sharing Buttons ===
Contributors: cleancodegr
Plugin Name: Plain Social Sharing Buttons
Tags: Social Share Buttons, page facebook share, floating share buttons, sharing buttons, social media share, social floating bar, social share bar, social networks, social sharing
Author URI: https://en.cleancode.systems
Author: cleanCode
Requires at least: 3.1
Tested up to: 5.1
Requires PHP: 5.3
Stable tag: 0.6.0
Version: 0.6.0

Simple and lightweight social sharing buttons for your wordpress site

== Description ==

Plain Social Sharing Buttons aim to bring to your site a lightweight and eye-catching floating bar of social sharing buttons.

The plugin is tested with WooCommerce and Elementor and works as expected. The produced HTML, is W3C validated.

= Available Buttons =

* Facebook
* Twitter
* Reddit
* LinkedIn
* Mastodon
* Diaspora
* Tumblr
* WhatsApp
* Email
* Text resizer

Plain Social Sharing Buttons work out of the box after installation and activation, but there are many options you can alter at the Settings > Plain Social Sharing page.

= Available Options =

* Choose on what devices the sidebar will appear (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile)
* Choose the kind of pages the sidebar will appear (Posts, Pages, Home, Attachments, Categories, etc.)
* Modify the appearance
* Modify the buttons' text
* Cache the social shares counter, for better performance
* Hide the social shares counter below a minimum number of shares, to avoid negative social proof
* Text resizing for selectable parts of your site

New features will be added according to demand.

== Installation ==

= Minimum Requirements =

* WordPress 3.1 or greater
* PHP version 5.3 or greater
* MySQL version 5.0 or greater

= Recommended Requirements =

* WordPress 4.6 or greater
* PHP version 7.3 or greater
* MySQL version 5.6 or greater

= Installation =

1. Install using the WordPress built-in Plugin installer, or Extract the zip file and drop the contents in the `wp-content/plugins/` directory of your WordPress installation.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
3. Go to Settings > Plain Social Sharing to alter the end-user appearance of the plugin

== Screenshots ==

1. **Floating Sidebar Settings:** You can perform a number of adjustments in the admin panel section
2. **Plugin General Settings:** You can also set general social media and plugin appearance options
3. **Social Counter Settings:** Adjust the way the social counter will work
4. **Uninstallation Options:** Choose which settings and data to keep in case of uninstallation
5. **Outcome** The outcome of the plugin with default settings, on a freshly installed wordpress site

== Changelog ==

= 0.6.0 - 2019-03-01 =

* Added WhatsApp to the available social networks
* Added a cache bypass system for the social counter. Now you can choose to display fresh social sharing stats even if you are using a caching system
* Added the option to keep your settings and data in case you uninstall the plugin.

= 0.5.0 - 2019-02-26 =

* Code refactoring
* Changes to the admin panel
* Html produced is now w3c validated
* Added Tumblr to the available social networks
* New ability to choose the container element for the text resizing

= 0.4.0 - 2019-02-24 =

* Code refactoring
* Added LinkedIn to the available social networks
* Added Mastodon to the available social networks
* Added Diaspora to the available social networks

= 0.3.1 - 2019-02-22 =

*Test:*

* The plugin was tested with wordpress version 5.1 and works as expected

*Fix:*

* In some occasions the facebook shares failed to be calculated
* Some minor code changes

= 0.4.0 - 2019-02-21 =

* Code refactoring for increased performance
* Added a support page for the admins
* Added LinkedIn sharing button
* Added Diaspora sharing button

= 0.3.1 - 2019-02-21 =

*New:*

* Feature: Social counter for posts and pages
* Feature: Fade-in the floating sidebar

= 0.2.0 - 2019-02-20 =

*New:*

* Revamped admin panel
* Feature: Choose the devices the floating bar will appear
* Feature: Choose the page types the floating bar will appear
* Feature: Choose between right and left alignment of the floating bar

= 0.1.0 - 2019-02-14 =

* Initial Public Release