Better Share Links shortcode

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A complete template for sharing links using a generated screenshot

Author:peeping4dsun (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.7
WordPress version tested:4.1
Plugin version:1.0.0
Added to WordPress repository:20-12-2014
Last updated:10-02-2015
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://www.prometod.eu/en/convenient-way-shar...
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Better Share Links shortcode plugin:

  • The better way of sharing important links is to share them with their screenshot.
  • The plugin makes sharing links(URLs) more user friendly.
  • The plugin require API key from page2images.com(Read step 7 of the installation instructions )
  • The free account gives the user 3000 calls per month.
  • The free account works only on http URL addresses.
  • The author of this plugin is not associated in any way with the API provider.
  • The shortcode will output a standard clickable link, until a screenshot is generated.
  • Text button "Share link" within TinyMCE editor that outputs [better_share_link url="|||||" ]
  • More options coming to this plugin, as an admin page, in which the webmaster can include a custom CSS, enabling and disabling features, etc.

The current template of the shortcode is -

  • A title within H3 tag(the title is obtained via "PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser").
  • A subtitle within H6 tag containing the URL address itself
  • The image of the screenshot
  • All of the three parts are links.

The SEO optimized output of the shortcode contains -

  • Alt tag, title tag of the image are equal to the title of the shared URL.
  • The filename of the image is the sanitized title of the URL, i.e. the whitespaces are replaced with dashes(-).
  • The height and the width of image are set within the 'img' tag.
  • All the outputted links are nofollow.

  • Screenshots