=== Social Media Feather === Contributors: Synved Donate link: http://synved.com/wordpress-social-media-feather/ Tags: shortcode, shortcodes, link, links, url, permalink, permalinks, time, icons, button, buttons, free, content, plugin, Share, sharing, page, pages, widget, CSS, list, media, profile, shortlinks, social, social media, twitter, google, Facebook, Reddit, youtube, bookmark, bookmarks, bookmarking, linkedin, image, edit, manage, mail, Post, posts, Style, seo, title Requires at least: 3.1 Tested up to: 3.4.2 Stable tag: trunk License: GPLv2 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Super lightweight, simple, nice, modern looking and effective social sharing and following buttons and icons on your site without the extra burden == Description == [WordPress Social Media Feather](http://synved.com/wordpress-social-media-feather/ "WordPress Social Media Feather – lightweight social sharing and following") is a super lightweight free social media WordPress plugin that allows you to quickly and painlessly add **social sharing and following** features to all your posts, pages and custom post types. The primary goal behind the plugin is to provide very lightweight WordPress social sharing and following that doesn’t add any unnecessary burden to your site and especially on your users. What sets WordPress Social Media Feather aside from the plethora of other social sharing and following WordPress plugins is its focus on simplicity, performance and unobtrusive impact. In order to achieve this the plugin makes no use of JavaScript and as a consequence it’s **really fast** while still providing all the social media functionality you might need. By keeping load times at a minimum, you ensure that all the social sharing aspects of your site don’t interfere with those visitors who just want to access the content but are not interested in sharing on social platforms. On the other hand, given the widespread focus on WordPress social media integration, your site will still provide social bookmarks to improve visibility of your posts and content and improve your overall global reach. The WordPress social media sharing offered by the plugin includes all major social sharing providers like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, reddit, Linkedin and even e-mail. The plugin also offers widgets for sharing and following buttons that you can place in any widgetized area in your site. Widgets also expose some settings to tweak appearance. = Features = * Integrated WordPress social sharing * WordPress social sharing and following widgets * Supports all major providers of social features * Sharing with Facebook, Twitter, Google+, reddit, Linkedin and e-mail * Following on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, YouTube or RSS Feed * Each social provider can be enabled or disabled * Ability to select what services each provider will be exposed for * Full customization for titles and URLs for each provider * Super lightweight social sharing and following * Comes with a default modern icon set * For further customization more [social icons skins](http://synved.com/product/feather-extra-social-icons/ "Add 8 extra social icon skins to the Social Media Feather plugin!") are available * Available skins can be customized with cool effects like [fading and greying out](http://synved.com/product/feather-grey-fade/ "Customize any of the available social icon skins with 2 cool effects!") social icons = Example Shortcodes = This shortcode will create a list of social sharing buttons to share content on your site: `[feather_share]` This shortcode will create a list of social sharing buttons to share content on your site using the "Wheel" icons skin: `[feather_share skin="wheel"]` This shortcode will create a list of social sharing buttons to share content on your site using the "Wheel" icons skin with a size of 64 pixels: `[feather_share skin="wheel" size="64"]` The next shortcode will create a list of social following buttons that allow visitors to follow you: `[feather_follow]` The next shortcode will create a list of social following buttons that allow visitors to follow you, using the "Balloon" icons skin: `[feather_follow skin="balloon"]` The next shortcode will create a list of social following buttons that allow visitors to follow you, using the "Balloon" icons skin with a size of 64 pixels: `[feather_follow skin="balloon" size="64"]` = Related Links: = * [WordPress Social Media Feather Official Page](http://synved.com/wordpress-social-media-feather/ "WordPress Social Media Feather – lightweight social sharing and following") * [Extra Social Icons Skins](http://synved.com/product/feather-extra-social-icons/ "Add 8 extra social icon skins to the Social Media Feather plugin!") * [Grey Fade addon that can grey out and fade out any social icons set](http://synved.com/product/feather-grey-fade/ "Customize any of the available social icon skins with 2 cool effects!") * [Our own site](http://synved.com/) where you can see social sharing and following in action * [Stripefolio theme demo](http://wpdemo.synved.com/stripefolio/) where you can see some of the social sharing and following features in action * [The free Stripefolio WordPress portfolio theme](http://synved.com/stripefolio-free-wordpress-portfolio-theme/ "A free WordPress theme that serves as a readable blog and a full-screen portfolio showcase") the Official page for the theme in the above demo link == Installation == 1. Download the plugin 2. Simply go under the Plugins page, then click on Add new and select the plugin's .zip file 3. Alternatively you can extract the contents of the zip file directly to your *wp-content/plugins/* folder 4. Finally, just go under Plugins and activate the plugin == Frequently Asked Questions == = How can I see the social icons in action? = Have a look at [our site](http://synved.com/) or the [Stripefolio portfolio theme demo](http://wpdemo.synved.com/stripefolio/) where you can see the social sharing and following features in action == Screenshots == 1. An example of how the sharing or following buttons appear in the front-end at 64 pixel resolution 2. An example of how the sharing or following buttons appear in the front-end at 24 pixel resolution 3. An example of how the sharing or following buttons appear in the front-end using the [Extra Social Icons addon](http://synved.com/product/feather-extra-social-icons/ "Add 8 extra social icon skins to the Social Media Feather plugin!") 4. Showing how using the [Grey Fade addon](http://synved.com/product/feather-grey-fade/ "Customize any of the available social icon skins with 2 cool effects!") transforms the sharing or following buttons in the front-end 5. A demo of how providers can be customized in the back-end 6. An view of some of the settings that can be customized in the back-end 7. This shows the available social sharing and following widgets and their settings == Changelog == = 1.0 = * First public release.