WPSSO Social Sharing Buttons (SSB)

Social Sharing Buttons (SSB) extension for the WordPress Social Sharing Optimization (WPSSO) plugin.

Author:JS Morisset (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:4.2
WordPress version tested:5.4
Plugin version:4.7.0
Added to WordPress repository:29-07-2014
Last updated:17-10-2019
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.
Rating, %:90
Rated by:11
Plugin URI:https://wpsso.com/extend/plugins/wpsso-ssb/
Total downloads:538 524
Active installs:1 000+
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Provides traditional social sharing buttons for:

The content, excerpt, widget, CSS sidebar, shortcodes, templates, and admin editor page — so you can share directly from the admin editor page!

Includes support for hashtags, short URLs, bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, and much more.

Uses non-blocking, asynchronous JavaScript:

Includes JavaScript provided by social websites asynchronously and — using WPSSO Core as its framework — offers accurate and customized information to each social website.

Do you use bbPress, BuddyPress, or WooCommerce?

The WPSSO Social Sharing Buttons (aka WPSSO SSB) Premium add-on includes special integration modules to add social sharing buttons to even more locations!

Users Love the WPSSO SSB Add-on

★★★★★ — “Love it – It lets me get my social media shares looking like and saying exactly what I want. It’s great.” – sharonlipinski

★★★★★ — “Completely configurable for user needs, like insert sdk code or not, and where (head, footer), etc. It stays very light and without any conflict with other plugins or themes.” – felizubi

★★★★★ — “Excellent plugin, excellent support – Premium add-on works well with BuddyPress activity stream!” – tbuys

WPSSO SSB Free / Standard Features

  • Extends the features of the WPSSO Core plugin.

  • Allows you to include a selection of traditional social sharing buttons in multiple locations:

    • Above or below your Post / Page content or excerpt text.
    • In admin editing pages – including media, product pages, and custom post types.
    • In a CSS / javascript sidebar.
    • In a WordPress sharing widget.
    • A shortcode in your content or excerpt.
    • A function in your theme’s template(s).

  • Configure and add any combination of traditional sharing buttons:

    • Buffer
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Google+
    • LinkedIn
    • ManageWP
    • Pinterest
    • Reddit
    • StumbleUpon
    • Tumblr
    • Twitter
    • WhatsApp (for mobile devices)

  • Include or exclude individual social sharing buttons based on the viewing device (desktop and/or mobile).

  • Automatically exclude buttons from Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) plugin pages.

  • A built-in stylesheets editor for each social sharing button location (content, excerpt, shortcode, widget, etc.).

WPSSO SSB Premium Features

  • Dynamic button language switching based on the current WordPress locale.

  • Caching of sharing button images and JavaScript to maximizing performance on VPS and dedicated hardware hosting platforms.

  • A selection of preset button options by location in the webpage (content, excerpt, shortcode, widget, etc.).

  • Ability to include / exclude social sharing buttons by post type.

  • Additional sharing button locations and stylesheets for:

WPSSO Core Plugin Required

WPSSO Social Sharing Buttons (aka WPSSO SSB) is an add-on for the WPSSO Core plugin.