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    20 Awesome WordPress Social Media Plugins—For Social Sharing

    1. August 2016
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    Looking for some WordPress social media plugins for social sharing?

    I am always on the lookout for something new for my next project. Sometimes it's about looking good in a particular theme, other times it about the features, and sometimes you just need a little extra something to maximize social sharing.

    Here are 20 awesome WordPress social media plugins for social sharing on Envato Market that I've gathered. I've included full-featured sharers, simple sharers, content lockers, and more.

    1. WP Ultimate Social

    WP Ultimate Social really is the ultimate WordPress social media plugin.

    It does much more than just offer social sharing.

    WP Ultimate Social

    Some of the many features include:

    • PNG icon sets, Font Awesome icons, and SVG icons
    • social counter with 18 different social profiles available
    • multiple social share placements and designs
    • easy to use drag-and-drop admin
    • and much, much more!

    You can also embed Twitter feeds, add Pinterest Pin-it buttons to images, and even enable social media login to WordPress.

    Want to auto-post? It does that, too.

    WP Ultimate Social combines into one plugin what would normally require four or five plugins to accomplish.

    2. AccessPress Social Pro

    This WordPress social media plugin is very well balanced in its focus and approach to social sharing.

    AccessPress Social Pro is brimming with style options and themes.

    AccessPress Social Pro

    Here's a peek at its beautiful feature set:

    • 5 animation types—or keep things static
    • easy widget and shortcode setup
    • 25 themes for the social counter
    • 24 themes for the social sharer
    • and more!

    Throw in some auto update APIs, cache settings, and WooCommerce and BuddyPress compatibility, and you've got yourself a solid social media sharing plugin.

    Connect your WordPress site to 27 different social media networks with AccessPress Social Pro.

    3. Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress

    Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress is the best value for the number of features included.

    And if you're not really interested in the sheer number of features alone, there is one particular feature that really stands out.

    Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress

    The detailed analytics included is one of the best I've seen.

    Some of the other notable features include:

    • over 40 popular social networks
    • 14 different premium modules
    • multiple automatic triggers
    • 22  display positions
    • and much more!

    You'll also find share counter recovery included with the share counter, email subscription forms, and even after share actions.

    Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress is an easy choice.

    4. Ultimate Social Deux

    Ultimate Social Deux takes a straightforward approach that anyone can appreciate.

    Adding social sharing and fan counters is super easy with this WordPress social sharing plugin, and they look great, too.

    Ultimate Social Deux

    As you dig into this WordPress plugin, you'll find:

    • more than 22 fan counters
    • over 20 display locations
    • 25 plus social buttons
    • over 8 different skins
    • and more

    You can also use shortcodes, and there's a wide array of integrations it supports.

    Ultimate Social Deux is a wonderful WordPress plugin for social sharing.

    5. Fixed WordPress Social Share Buttons

    If speed, fewer features, and customization are your preference, Fixed WordPress Social Share Buttons is the social media plugin you're looking for.

    It has more privacy than some other social sharing plugins, is language ready, and supports schema.org syntax.

    Fixed WordPress Social Share Buttons

    Features include:

    • meets European privacy guidelines
    • custom icon size and colors
    • Retina icons
    • custom CSS
    • and more

    Fixed WordPress Social Share Buttons is fast, lean, and can be customized to fit your website's style.

    6. WordPress Social Sidebar

    WordPress Social Sidebar is specifically designed for placing a well-designed social sharing sidebar on the edge of the browser window.

    WordPress Social Sidebar

    You'll have:

    • 4 color schemes and label styles
    • custom color and image options
    • Font Awesome Icon support
    • 3 link shapes, 2 sizes
    • and more

    Place the sidebar automatically or manually, define mobile options, and you can even add multiple link types within the sidebar, giving you the ability to use it as a website menu.

    WordPress Social Sidebar focuses on one thing and does it the best of any other WordPress social media plugin for social sharing.

    7. Born For Share

    There are a lot of social sharing plugins for WordPress and even more that have not been updated for a long time. While I've only included plugins that have been updated more recently, I also wanted to highlight a more recent release from a smaller developer.

    Consider Born For Share:

    Born For Share
    • place in four different positions or opt for a pop-up window
    • includes share counter and text-to-tweet
    • supports 32 social media networks
    • touch friendly and fully responsive
    • and more

    While you're on the hunt for a WordPress social media plugin for social sharing, why not consider Born For Share?

    8. ShareIt - Shareable Content Snippets for WordPress

    Now we begin to transition away from the catch-all social media plugins for social media sharing.

    With ShareIt - Shareable Content Snippets for WordPress, for instance, the focus is on sharing specific content within WordPress as outlined by the admin or author.

    ShareIt - Shareable Content Snippets for WordPress

    Easily create content blocks—like images, text, links, or all three, depending on the social network—and affix a social media share button to this content within your page.

    • Pinterest supports a description, image, and link
    • Facebook supports the most robust options
    • Tumblr uses the text and source
    • Twitter can share text and a link
    • etc...

    ShareIt - Shareable Content Snippets for WordPress isn't your typical social sharing plugin. It's a WordPress social media plugin to augment your typical social media share button bar.

    9. Social Network Tabs For WordPress

    Now you can include social media feeds within your website without having to place social network favorites.

    Include up to 16 different social network feeds in one place with the plugin Social Network Tabs For WordPress.

    Social Network Tabs For WordPress

    Features include:

    • 69 different feed options
    • AJAX for loading feeds
    • slide out or static tabs
    • drag and drop UI
    • and much more

    Easily customize and place Social Network Tabs For WordPress via plugin settings, shortcodes, or custom fields.

    10. Share This Image - Image Sharing Plugin

    Share This Image - Image Sharing Plugin is perfect for increasing image social media shares, especially for websites that are image driven.

    Share This Image - Image Sharing Plugin

    Some of the features include:

    • customize the title and description for social sharing
    • supports 11 different popular social networks
    • includes 3 styles or customize your own
    • visitors auto-scroll to the image shared
    • and more

    You'll be hard pressed to find a better image sharing plugin than Share This Image - Image Sharing Plugin for WordPress.

    11. Viral Popup Share

    Add some social media "pop" to your website with Viral Popup Share.

    Pick a trigger, configure your action, and increase your social media action.

    Viral Popup Share
    • add a social popup after a YouTube video plays or by the user scrolling
    • enable cookies to avoid visitor spamming
    • choose between three different popup boxes
    • easy to use
    • and more

    If you're looking for more Facebook likes and shares or want to include another layer of action following YouTube videos, Viral Popup Share is the WordPress social sharing plugin for you.

    12. Exit Through Social Share

    Ask your visitors to share your page before they leave using Exit Through Social Share.

    Whenever a user clicks on an outgoing link, a pop-up gives users the chance to share the page before being redirected away.

    Exit Through Social Share

    Features you'll find include:

    • shortcodes supported within popups
    • edit content with WYSIWYG editor
    • adjust delay period before redirect
    • uses cookies for returning users
    • and more

    Exit Through Social Share provides just the right options for configuration—and increases social sharing from new visitors leaving your site.

    13. Social Locker for WordPress

    Just because your content is free, doesn't mean it shouldn't come with a price.

    With a WordPress plugin like Social Locker for WordPress, you can place any content behind a "share to unlock" button.

    Social Locker for WordPress

    Features include:

    • ask users to sign-in instead of sharing
    • blur or hide blocked content
    • connect to Google Analytics
    • 4 types of locks
    • and more

    Social Locker for WordPress should be your first consideration when considering unlockable content via social sharing.

    14. Super Social Content Locker

    Super Social Content Locker is super and offers a little different feature set than the aforementioned WordPress content locker plugin.

    Place it anywhere within your website using a shortcode or as a standalone sidebar widget.

    Super Social Content Locker

    Unlock content by:

    • voting a preset number of times
    • following on social media
    • filling out and submitting a form
    • sharing on social media
    • becoming a member
    • playing a video ad
    • using the "rate us" option

    Super Social Content Locker is more than just a way to get some social media shares. It's a full-featured content locker.

    15. ARSocial - Social Share & Social Locker

    The previous two WordPress plugins focused on locked content, ARSocial - Social Share & Social Locker also adds general social sharing into the mix.

    ARSocial - Social Share Social Locker

    In addition to the social content locker, you can also configure and set up:

    • social sharers
    • fan counters
    • social likes

    Choose and customize the 40 social networks supported all the while enjoying the built-in analytics.

    ARSocial - Social Share & Social Locker offers a curious blend of social sharing and social locker features.

    16. Social Share & Locker Pro WordPress Plugin

    Social Share & Locker Pro WordPress Plugin is another fine option for setting up a "social share to pay" for content and general use share buttons.

    Social Share Locker Pro WordPress Plugin

    Setup share options for 44 different social media networks and:

    • 10 social media sharer themes
    • share and follower counter
    • 8 content locker themes
    • 2 overlock themes
    • smart targeting
    • and much more

    Easily add this to your WordPress theme using the shortcode generator and admin settings.

    Social Share & Locker Pro WordPress Plugin is brimming with options and good looks.

    17. TweetDis - Make Any Phrase Tweetable

    A little birdie told me that TweetDis - Make Any Phrase Tweetable is a great way to increase your Twitter shares.

    This plugin really does sing.

    TweetDis - Make Any Phrase Tweetable

    You can:

    • use the provided templates or customize your own
    • configure tweet boxes and tweet pop-ups
    • enjoy the HMTL5 and CSS3 styling
    • set up custom links
    • and much more

    TweetDis - Make Any Phrase Tweetable is one of the more advanced Twitter social sharing plugins you can find.

    18. Pinterest Automatic Pin WordPress Plugin

    All the plugins I've outlined to this point focus on the website visitor sharing content. This plugin, however, is solely designed for the website admin to automatically share content—specifically on Pinterest.

    Pinterest Automatic Pin WordPress Plugin is a plugin designed for you to wire it up, configure it, and then let it do its thing.

    Pinterest Automatic Pin WordPress Plugin

    A few of the features include:

    • automatically detects the correct boards
    • automatically detects images
    • automatically links to posts

    It also has:

    • custom field image support
    • custom post type support
    • WooCommerce support
    • tag support

    And a whole lot more.

    This has to be one of the most robust WordPress social media plugins for Pinterest.

    Pinterest Automatic Pin WordPress Plugin is impressive.

    19. DW Reactions Pro - WordPress Plugin

    Here's a plugin that adds social media features to your website.

    Using DW Reactions Pro - WordPress Plugin, blog readers can react to your content with far more than just a thumbs-up or star.

    DW Reactions Pro - WordPress Plugin

    The reactions are very similar to those now found on Facebook. But this plugin has more than just pretty faces:

    • includes most reactions widget
    • reaction statistics
    • reaction counters
    • multiple styles
    • and more

    This is by far the funnest plugin of these 20 awesome WordPress social media plugins.

    DW Reactions Pro - WordPress Plugin is :D

    20. WP Social Analytics

    This last plugin in the roundup is complementary to any WordPress social media plugins for social sharing.

    Quickly and easily track your social shares with WP Social Analytics.

    WP Social Analytics

    Track the major five networks: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+.

    Review your stats in the WordPress admin, receive weekly email reports, or add the share stats as a column on your WordPress Posts screen.

    If you're serious about social media shares, you'll start using WP Social Analytics.

    Conclusion

    As you can see from this roundup, social media sharing is a lot more than a colorful bar filled with icons. Not only from a plugin feature set perspective but from an online marketing approach as well.

    You can learn more about how to generate social media activity with social locker plugins, how to systematize your online marketing or many other social media tutorials offered by Envato Tuts+.

    Find more awesome WordPress social media plugins for social sharing on Envato Market.

    What are some of your favorite social media sharing plugins?

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