=== Simple Social Media Share Buttons - Social Sharing for Everyone === Contributors: hiddenpearls, WPBrigade Donate link: https://wpbrigade.com/ Tags: Social share, Social buttons, Whatsapp, Viber, LinkedIn, facebook, google, twitter, pinterest, plus one Requires at least: 4.0 Tested up to: 5.0 Stable tag: 2.0.21 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Simple Social Media Share Buttons adds an advanced set of social media sharing buttons to your WordPress sites, such as: Google +1, Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn and Pinterest. This makes it the most flexible social sharing plugin ever for Everyone. == Description == [Simple Social Buttons](https://wpbrigade.com/wordpress/plugins/simple-social-buttons-pro/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade "This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE.") adds ( with lots of options like Sidebar, inline, above and below the posts content, on photos, popups, fly ins ) an advanced set of social media sharing buttons to your WordPress sites, such as: Google +1, Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn and Pinterest. > Rich set of features makes it the most flexible **Social Sharing plugin ever for Everyone**. ** This social sharing Plugin is fully customizable. You can decide where to position those buttons:** **Inline** - Social Sharing Buttons above the post content - Social Sharing Buttons under the post content - Social Sharing Buttons above and under the post - Hide Social Share buttons on mobile devices - Stunning Animations - [Upgrade to Pro](https://wpbrigade.com/wordpress/plugins/simple-social-buttons-pro/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade "This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE.") for customizing the colors **SideBar** - Social Share buttons on left & right sidebars with Animations - Hide Social Share buttons on mobile devices - Display Total Share counts - [Upgrade to Pro](https://wpbrigade.com/wordpress/plugins/simple-social-buttons-pro/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade "This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE.") for customizing the colors **on Media** *[Premium Feature](https://wpbrigade.com/wordpress/plugins/simple-social-buttons-pro/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade "This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE.")* - Set Social Share buttons positions on left, right etc with Animations - Hide Social Share buttons on mobile devices - Display Total Share counts - Settings for customizing the colors - Apply Social Share buttons on Specific Custom Post Types **Popups** *[Premium Feature](https://wpbrigade.com/wordpress/plugins/simple-social-buttons-pro/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade "This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE.")* - Social Share buttons on popups - Trigger popups as soon as use scrolls the page - Trigger popups on Exit/Intent. - Hide Social Share popups on mobile devices - Display Total Share counts - Options for customizing the colors **Fly-ins** *[Premium Feature](https://wpbrigade.com/wordpress/plugins/simple-social-buttons-pro/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-readme&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade "This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE.")* - Social Share Flyins on bottom left & right with Animations - Hide Social Share Fly-ins on mobile devices - Display Total Share counts - Settings for customizing the colors of buttons and fly-ins ** That's not all. Simple Social Buttons can also add social media buttons to: ** - Static Pages - Front Page - Posts Categories - Date Archives - Tags Archives - **Custom Post Types** [markdown syntax]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax The most easiest Social Sharing solution for EVERYONE! Want's more? Now you can change the **order of buttons** on your post! Simple Social Buttons is currently in the following languages: - Danish - Dutch - English - French - German - Lithuanian - Polish - Serbo-Croatian - Slovak - Spanish - Swedish - Thai - Ukrainian == Installation == 1. Download the latest version of Simple Social Buttons 2. Upload folder named simple-social-buttons to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory 3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 4. Go to Plugin settings -> Everything is self explanatory on settings page. Select networks, styles, locations and then chose settings for each location. 5. (Optional) Customize the buttons in the Settings > Inline, Sidebar, Popup, Media, Flyins. That's it. Buttons will show on your blog posts or any custom type you want. Just select it from each section. == Frequently Asked Questions == = How to use it? = Check the written [documentation](https://wpbrigade.com/docs-article/getting-started-simple-social-buttons/) with screenshots. = Why use this plugin? = This plugin lets you adds the Facebook share button, Google plus one +1, Twitter share button and Pinterest Pin for each post or page on your blog. This is the simple, easy and effective way to promote your blog in social media networks. = How about support? = Use [plugin's forum](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-social-buttons "Forum") to ask about plugin or report some problems. = Why upgrade to Pro? = Premium version includes Priority support, premium features like access to customizing colors of social media buttons, Social popups, fly-ins, on Media Social buttons etc Check the more details [here](https://wpbrigade.com/wordpress/plugins/simple-social-buttons-pro/?utm_source=simple-social-buttons-lite&utm_medium=link-faqs&utm_campaign=pro-upgrade "This plugin makes Social Sharing easy for EVERYONE.") = Is there a shortcode for custom install? = Yes, you can use ShortCode [SSB] to use in your Templates/Themes. = What are the attributes of Shortcode = [SSB] to call with plugin settings values. [SSB theme="Official" align="right" counter="true" order="googleplus,twitter,pinterest,fbshare,linkedin" ] Attributes with all the possible values. counter = true or false align = left or right or centered order = googleplus,twitter,pinterest,fbshare,linkedin,reddit,whatsapp,viber,fblike theme = theme1 or theme2 or theme3 or theme4 or Flat or Circle or Official like_button_size = small(default), large == Screenshots == 1. Drag and Drop Social media buttons. 2. Social Share buttons styles. 3. Social media sharing button locations. 4. Social Share Buttons - Settings 5. Social Share buttons on sidebars. 6. Social Share buttons before, after or above and under the content. 7. Social Share buttons on images/photos. 8. Social Share buttons on Social popups. 9. Social Share buttons on flyins. == Upgrade Notice == = 2.0.21 = * Please upgrade immediately. Bugfixes and improvements. == Changelog == = 2.0.21 - 2019-02-04 = * New Feature: Twitter share count tracking added. * Compatibility: All in One SEO Plugin Compatibility added. * Compatibility: Twenty Ninteen theme Compatibility added. * Bug Fix: 404 page `Unexpected token ;` js error fixed. * Bug Fix: Ajax request call on every page. = 2.0.20 - 2018-09-19 = * Bug Fix: Add Compatibility of mb_convert_encoding() function. = 2.0.19 - 2018-09-13 = * Improvement: Warning: DOMDocument::loadHTML(): htmlParseEntityRef: no name in Entity = 2.0.18 - 2018-09-13 = * Bug Fix: Above the content network excerpt issue. = 2.0.17 - 2018-08-25 = * New Feature: Tumblr Button Added. * Enhancement: Getting Facebook share count algorithm, = 2.0.16 - 2018-07-09 = * Improvement: Like button size parameter added in short code. * Bug Fix: Illegal offset string. * Bug Fix: Reddit Api Invalid argument supplied for foreach() = 2.0.15 - 2018-06-05 = * New Feature: Button show on excerpt content. * Bug Fix: Undefined $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] in function. * Bug Fix: Special character issue in twitter. = 2.0.14 - 2018-03-20 = * Bug Fix: Headers already sent on upgrade routine. = 2.0.13 - 2018-03-20 = * Bug Fix: Twitter share issue. * Bug Fix: Google+ Widget error. * Bug Fix: Illegal offset fix. * Bug Fix: Shortcode issue on homepage. * Improvement: Open Fb messenger native app on mobile. * Improvement: Old counts. = 2.0.12 - 2018-03-12 = * New Feature: Add WhatsApp in Widget. * New Feature: Fetch old stats after SSL. * Bug Fix: HTML markup fix. * Improvement: RTL support. = 2.0.11 - 2018-02-27 = * New Feature: Add Instagram on Widget. * New Feature: Add Print Button. * New Feature: Add Email Button. * Bug Fix: Undefined 'ssb_messenger_generate_link' function. = 2.0.10 - 2018-02-08 = * New Feature: Add Facebook Messenger Share. * New Feature: Twitter Card meta added. * Improvement: Add rel="noopener" on widget links. * Improvement: Add Image in Open Graph Meta. * Improvement: Remove extra text form WhatsApp & Viber. = 2.0.9 - 2018-01-27 = * Bug Fix: Facebook share - meta tags. * Bug Fix: YouTube Widget bug. = 2.0.8 - 2018-01-24 = * Bug Fix: Google Plus issue on widget. * Bug Fix: Hide SideBar up to IPad Mini. * Bug Fix: Widget Title show even it remove. = 2.0.7 - 2018-01-20 = * New Feature: Share Title text Option added. * New Feature: Settings Option for excluding Simple Social Buttons on Search Page. * Bug Fix: Show on tags page. * Bug Fix: Custom Icon Space. * Bug Fix: Remove Open Sans from Social buttons. = 2.0.6 - 2017-12-27 = * Bug Fix: fix layout issues for default social media sharing icons. = 2.0.5 - 2017-12-27 = * New Feature: Social Follow Widget. * New Feature: Social Media Sharing Buttons ShortCode to use in templates. * Bug Fix: Hide Social Media Sharing Buttons on single posts/pages or custom post types. * New Feature: Added Official Social Media Sharing Buttons for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Pinterest. * Enhancement: Improved Social Media Images Quality for Retina machines * Bug Fix: Changed the Facebook like button in plugin settings. * Enhancement: Improved Speed and code optimization. * Compatibility: Compatible with WordPress 4.9 = 2.0.4 - 2017-11-17 = * Bug Fix: Undefined index error when creating new post or page. * Enhancement: Facebook likes button is back. = 2.0.3 - 2017-11-13 = * Bug Fix: Social media Counter * Enhancement: Compatible with 4.9 = 2.0.2 - 2017-11-02 = * Bug Fix: Migration issue with old users. = 2.0.1 - 2017-11-01 = * Bug Fix: Compatibility issues with older PHP versions. = 2.0.0 - 2017-10-31 = * New Feature: Refactored i.e. rewritten the whole plugin with lots of new features. * New Feature: Inline social share buttons with animations and custom colors in Pro version. * New Feature: Sidebar social share buttons with animations and custom colors in Pro version. * New Feature: Social share Popups with events triggers on exit/intent and on scroll. * New Feature: Social Share buttons on images in posts or pages or custom post types. Helps in drive more engagement with site visitors. * New Feature: Fly-in the social popups. Style it with your WordPress theme and win the use engagement. * New Feature: Choose Social media buttons from more than 5 different social button styles. * New Feature: Show Social media buttons on 5 different locations or positions. * New Feature: Choose Social Networks with Drag and Drop feature. * New Feature: Introducing WhatsApp, Viber, Reddit and linked in. * Bug Fix: Improved the loading speed of social media buttons. = 1.9.0 = * Enhancement: Social Share Buttons Drag and Drop Feature. * Enhancement: Introducing New Social Buttons: Facebook Share, LinkedIn. * Enhancement: Responsive Social Share Buttons styling. * Enhancement: Move Menu out from Settings. * Bug Fix: Code Cleanup and Improvement. = 1.8.2 = * Bug Fix: share button position issue with 2016 theme. * Enhancement: move menu out from settings. * Enhancement: Add Review Notice. * Enhancement: Add deactivate popup feedback form. = 1.8.1 = * Bug Fix: Horizontal issue. = 1.8.0 = * Styling and Code improvement. = 1.0 = * First stable release. = 1.1 = * Added French translation * Added language support in Facebook and Google+ JavaScript = 1.2.1 = * Optimized settings storage = 1.3 = * Converted plugin to class (requires PHP 5, because it is using the constructor auto-method) * Added sorting options * Added uninstall hook * Fixed plugin settings slot not being highlighted in the admin navigation / general settings * Added "disable regular CSS" option to let advanced users use their own CSS code * Lots of fine-tuning = 1.4 = * Added custom meta to disable SSB plugin on single page/post (managed in admin menu) * Function get_ssb() to directly use in template to show Simple Social Buttons in specified order * Widget manage page in wp-admin available only for Administrator * Added German and Spanish translation * Fine-tuning = 1.5 = * New asynchronous JS code * Minor bug fixed = 1.5.1 = * Added Lithuanian translation = 1.5.2 = * Bug fix from 1.5.1 = 1.5.4 = * Facebook "Like it" fix (added id="fb-root" instead of class="fb-like") = 1.5.5 = * Added Danish translation = 1.5.6 = * Added Thai translation * fixed Facebook language detection = 1.6.0 = * Added Twitter via @username option * Added Pinterest button * Some bug fixes = 1.6.2 = * Added Slovak translation = 1.6.3 = * Fixed CSS class names ("buttom" to "button") * Fixed Facebook Like box cut off = 1.6.4 = * Used "Roles and Capabilities" in admin access = 1.6.5 = * Added Dutch translation * Added Serbo-Croatian translation = 1.6.6 = * Update for WordPress 3.8 = 1.7.0 = * Fixed margin-right for buttons * Pinterest button code update = 1.7.2 = * New screenshots of plugin = 1.7.3 = * New description and donation link * New polish and English translation = 1.7.4 = * Fixed position of Facebook "Like" button = 1.7.5 = * Added Ukrainian translation = 1.7.7 = * Added Swedish translation = 1.7.8 = * Fixed PHP warning = 1.7.9 = * Fixed users permission