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The best social sharing plugin for your WordPress website and the only social sharing plugin you will ever need.

Author:NerdPress (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:5.3
WordPress version tested:6.5.2
Plugin version:1.33.2
Added to WordPress repository:07-01-2016
Last updated:27-03-2024
Rating, %:94
Rated by:169
Plugin URI:https://morehubbub.com/
Total downloads:1 685 529
Active installs:50 000+
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New: NerdPress has acquired Grow Social from Mediavine. Read our blog post

What can Hubbub Lite do for you?

Hubbub Lite, formerly Grow Social by Mediavine, is one of the easiest to use social sharing button plugins available that adds personalized sharing buttons to your website for a wide variety of social networking platforms. It is simple to add sharing buttons to multiple locations on your webpages using Hubbub Lite’s Floating Sidebar and Inline Content Bar tools. Hubbub Lite comes with four of the biggest social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter / X, Pinterest and LinkedIn. Hubbub Pro adds an additional 17+ social networks and many additional features including additional toolbars, a ton of options for sharing to Pinterest, and more.

Lite Features

  • Share Buttons Above or Below Your Content – Place the share buttons above or below your content (or both!)
  • Floating Sidebar Share Buttons – Place the share buttons on the left or right and have them follow the user as they scroll up and down your webpage
  • Social Share Counts and Total Share Counts – Display share counts for all four included social media networks
  • Editable Button Labels – Edit the labels that appear in the share buttons to maximize your engagement
  • Retina Ready Share Icons – Hubbub uses SVGs to display the sharpest social media icons on any screen size

Pro Features

  • 17+ Additional Social Media Networks (including Threads) – Reach more people by adding any of the following social share networks Flipboard, Threads, Reddit, Yummly, VK, Tumblr, WhatsApp, Buffer, Telegram, Pocket, and Email
  • Social Media Open Graph Tags – Customize the social media preview title, description and images that your users share on social media using industry standard Open Graph tags which work across all social networks and chat services.
  • Social Share Counts – Display the posts social share count ( including Twitter ) to provide social media proof and increase your website’s credibility.
  • Mobile Sticky Footer Share Buttons – Place the share buttons in a sticky bar that stays at the bottom of a user’s mobile device
  • Pop-Up Share Buttons – Trigger a pop-up with the sharing buttons when a user triggers an action
  • Custom Button Colors and Hover Colors – Personalize the color of your share buttons to match your website’s design
  • Shortcode for Share Buttons – Place the buttons anywhere in your template files or the body of your content with the [hubbub_share] shortcode
  • Link Shortening through Bitly – Hide long URL’s behind their shorter version with Bitly integration
  • Google Analytics UTM tracking – Track the source of your incoming traffic with the help of the Google Analytics UTM parameters
  • Follow Buttons Widget – Place follow buttons anywhere on your website to allow users to follow your social media profiles on: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Flipboard, Threads, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Twitch, Yummly and Behance. Use the [hubbub_follow] shortcode
  • Sharable Quotes ( Click to Tweet ) Feature – Let your readers easily share a custom tweet with just one click
  • Top Shared Posts Widget – Want to showcase your most social shared articles? No problem. You can use this widget in any widget area to add your top shared posts
  • Import / Export Settings – Move all the settings from one website to another with just a few clicks

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