=== Plugin Name ===
Contributors: WordPress Plugin
Plugin Name: Social Plugin
Author: WordPress Plugin
Author URI: http://linksku.com/
Requires at least: 2.1
Tested up to: 3.2.1
Stable tag: 1.0
Version: 1.0
Tags: wordpress, plugin, share, sharing, post, posts, seo, social, social bookmarking, button, bookmark, bookmarking, email, twitter, tweet, like, facebook, digg, reddit, linkedin, stumbleupon, link, google, plus one, +1, delicious, del.icio.us, sharethis, addthis
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Social Plugin allows your users to easily share your posts with one click!

== Description ==

Social Plugin allows your users to easily share your posts with one click!
With Social Plugin, you can easily add the most popular social bookmarking buttons to your WordPress blog. 

Many unique coding techniques were implemented in Social Plugin for maximum speed and usability. Give Social Plugin a try to see why it's much better than the other sharing plugins!

<strong>Increase traffic</strong>
Social Plugin allows thousands of people find your website on social sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Digg.

<strong>Click counts</strong>
Each social bookmarking button keeps track of the number of times it has been clicksed. Each time someone clicks the social bookmarking button, the count goes up.

<strong>Speed</strong>
Social Plugin reduces the number of HTTP requests by embeding the social bookmarking buttons directly on your blog.

<strong>All the popular buttons</strong>
Social Plugin comes with all of the most popular social bookmarking buttons including Like, Tweet, Digg, +1, Delicious, Reddit, LinkedIn, Follow, and much more!


<ul>
<li>Cross-browser compatible (including Internet Explorer)</li>
<li>HTML validated</li>
<li>Does not require Javascript</li>
<li>Includes a real-time count of clicks for each button</li>
<li>Fully customizable</li>
<li>Social buttons can be display anywhere (even outside the Loop)</li>
<li>Loads buttons after everything else loads</li>
<li>Hides buttons from search engines (search engines use speed as a ranking factor)</li>
<li>Dynamically generates different codes for different browsers and operating systems</li> 
</ul>


== Installation ==

1. Upload `social-plugin` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Enjoy :)

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What are social bookmarking buttons? =

Social bookmarking refers to sharing links on social sites like Facebook. It's another term for sharing buttons. Facebook's Like button, Twitter's Tweet buttons, etc are all examples of social bookmarking buttons.

= What makes this plugin better than the other similar social bookmarking plugins? =

Social Plugin is the only plugin of its type that uses the official buttons developed by the social websites. This enables Social Plugin to retreive the click counts (Likes, Tweets, etc) directly from the websites' server.
In addition, Social Plugin uses advanced PHP techniques to dynamically generate different codes for maximum compatibilty with different browsers and operating systems.

= What are the counters? =

The counters included with every social button is a real-time (live) count of the number of clicks each button has. Examples are the number of Likes, Tweets, or Diggs.

= How can I customize this plugin? =

This plugin can be easily customized using the many customization settings in `WordPress Admin > Settings > Social Plugin`. You can choose which buttons to display, and in which order are they displayed in.

= How do I display the social buttons outside the loop? =

You can put `<?php socialplugin_buttons($post_id); ?>` anywhere in your template to display social bookmarking buttons for the provided post ID.

= Will more buttons be added? =

Definitely! Just tell me the ones you want and I'll add it in the next version.

== Screenshots ==

1. This is the settings page of the plugin. You get to choose which social bookmarking buttons to display, as well as where to display them!

2. The Digg, Tweet, Link, and Like buttons on a WordPress blog.

== Changelog ==

1.0

* Initial version