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Smart Social Media Buttons

A flexible widget for adding customizable social media icon buttons with options for custom URLs, SVG uploads, and more.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.7
Current version1.0.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.7
Minimum stackWP 6.1 · PHP 7.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update15 Nov 20241y ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Smart Social Media Buttons version 1.0.1 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.7.

Overview

About this plugin

Smart Social Media Buttons – The easiest way to add customizable, responsive social media buttons to WordPress.

Key Features:

– Flexible Integration: Add customizable social media buttons as blocks or widgets to pages, sidebars, and footers.

– Built-in Icon Picker: Use the integrated FontAwesome icons or upload custom SVGs with ease.

– Customizable Designs: Adjust button size, color, alignment, and hover effects using the user-friendly interface.

– Custom Links: Add unique links to each button, with options to open links in a new tab and add link attributes like nofollow for SEO optimization.

– One-Click Style Copying: Seamlessly copy and paste button styles across different blocks to maintain design consistency.

– Responsive & Mobile-Friendly: Optimized for desktops, tablets, and mobile devices to ensure a seamless user experience across all screens.

– No Coding Required: Effortlessly customize layout, styles, icons, and more with easy-to-use settings.

– Performance-Optimized: Efficiently loads resources to keep your WordPress site running smoothly, without impacting performance.

– Flexible Hover Effects: Add animations such as scale, lift, darken, blink, rotate, and more to create engaging interactions.

– Enhanced User Experience: Manage button settings through an intuitive right-sidebar panel or toolbar, offering a streamlined editing process.

Usage Instructions

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Adding the Widget:

  • Open the Block Editor or navigate to the Widgets section in the WordPress Customizer.
  • Search for “Smart Social Media Buttons” and insert it into the desired location (page, post, sidebar, or footer).
  • Configure the widget using the settings panel, adjusting layouts, styles, and alignments as needed.

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Uploading Custom SVGs:

  • In the widget’s settings panel, click the Upload SVG button.
  • Choose an SVG file from your computer and customize its size, color, and other attributes.

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Adding Links to Icons:

  • Enter the desired URL in the settings panel for each social media button.
  • Choose options such as opening links in a new tab and specifying rel attributes for better SEO control.

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Using the Icon Picker:

  • Search for any icon in the Icon Picker and select it from the list.
  • You can add or change icons directly from the toolbar panel.

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Adding Links in the Toolbar:

  • Use the Add Link button in the toolbar panel to add or edit links for your icons.
  • Adjust link attributes like opening in a new tab and adding rel values directly from the panel.

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Setting up Responsive Controls:

  • Customize settings for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices to ensure optimal display across all screen sizes.

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Using Different Backgrounds:

  • Choose between solid, gradient, or image backgrounds in the settings sidebar, making it easy to match your website’s style.

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Copy and Paste Styles:

  • Use the Copy Styles button in the toolbar to copy CSS styles of a button.
  • Use the Paste Styles button to apply the copied styles to another button.
  • Note: Only CSS styles are copied; icons and links are not transferred.

Development Instructions

For developers looking to make modifications or rebuild the plugin from source, follow the steps below:

Setup

  • Install Dependencies: Ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine.
  • Run the following command in the plugin’s root directory to install dependencies:

npm install

  • Build the Plugin for Production:

npm run build – this command will generate the minified files in the build folder

  • Start Development Mode (Optional):

npm run start – this command will watch for changes in your source files and recompile them automatically

  • Update Packages (Optional):

npm run packages-update – update WordPress packages to the latest versions

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Compatibility

  • WordPress Version: Tested with 6.1, compatible with newer versions.
  • PHP Version: 7.0 and above recommended.
  • Browsers: Compatible with major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).
  • Themes: Designed to work with most WordPress themes; minor adjustments may be required for styling.

Support and Documentation

com. We aim to respond within 24-48 hours during business days.

For more information on how to use the plugin, refer to the included user documentation (PDF) in the plugin package.

Support includes:

– Assistance with installation and setup.

– Help with configuring plugin features.

– Guidance on troubleshooting common issues.

Support does not include:

– Custom development or major modifications.

– Troubleshooting third-party conflicts.

FontAwesome Attribution

0, and MIT licenses. Proper attribution is provided in the plugin code. Learn more about the FontAwesome Free license here.

Credits

  • This plugin uses FontAwesome Free, licensed under SIL OFL 1.1, CC BY 4.0, and MIT licenses.
  • WordPress contributors for inspiration and guidance.

Privacy and Data Collection

This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any user data to external servers. It only uses cookies for necessary functionality and does not track users.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • social media
  • block
  • buttons
  • icons
  • widget
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.7

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.7.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.7
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.1 · PHP 7.0
Update activity15 Nov 20241y ago

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