Title: Plain Social Sharing Buttons Author: cleanCode Published: 18 Furar 2019 Last modified: 1 Meɣres 2019 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/plain-social-sharing-buttons/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev= 2033332) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/plain-social-sharing-buttons/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2033332) # Plain Social Sharing Buttons By [cleanCode](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cleancodegr/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/plain-social-sharing-buttons.0.6.0.zip) * [Details](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/plain-social-sharing-buttons/#description) * [Reviews](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/plain-social-sharing-buttons/#reviews) * [Installation](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/plain-social-sharing-buttons/#installation) * [Development](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/plain-social-sharing-buttons/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plain-social-sharing-buttons/) ## 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. ## Screenshots [⌊Floating Sidebar Settings: You can perform a number of adjustments in the admin panel section⌉⌊Floating Sidebar Settings: You can perform a number of adjustments in the admin panel section⌉[ **Floating Sidebar Settings:** You can perform a number of adjustments in the admin panel section [⌊Plugin General Settings: You can also set general social media and plugin appearance options⌉⌊Plugin General Settings: You can also set general social media and plugin appearance options⌉[ **Plugin General Settings:** You can also set general social media and plugin appearance options [⌊Social Counter Settings: Adjust the way the social counter will work⌉⌊Social Counter Settings: Adjust the way the social counter will work⌉[ **Social Counter Settings:** Adjust the way the social counter will work [⌊Uninstallation Options: Choose which settings and data to keep in case of uninstallation⌉⌊ Uninstallation Options: Choose which settings and data to keep in case of uninstallation⌉[ **Uninstallation Options:** Choose which settings and data to keep in case of uninstallation [⌊Outcome The outcome of the plugin with default settings, on a freshly installed wordpress site⌉⌊Outcome The outcome of the plugin with default settings, on a freshly installed wordpress site⌉[ **Outcome** The outcome of the plugin with default settings, on a freshly installed wordpress site ## 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 ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Plain Social Sharing Buttons” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ cleanCode ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cleancodegr/) [Translate “Plain Social Sharing Buttons” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/plain-social-sharing-buttons) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/plain-social-sharing-buttons/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/plain-social-sharing-buttons/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/plain-social-sharing-buttons/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/plain-social-sharing-buttons/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## 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 ## Meta * Version **0.6.0** * Last updated **8 n iseggasen ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.1.26** * PHP version ** 5.3 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/plain-social-sharing-buttons/) * Tags * [floating-share-buttons](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/floating-share-buttons/) [sharing buttons](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sharing-buttons/)[social media share](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-media-share/) [Social Share Buttons](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-share-buttons/) * [Advanced View](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/plain-social-sharing-buttons/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plain-social-sharing-buttons/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plain-social-sharing-buttons/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ cleanCode ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cleancodegr/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plain-social-sharing-buttons/)