How to Add Social Share Buttons on WordPress website?

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4 min readApr 7, 2022

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Add Social Share Buttons to WordPress Website

We all know that WordPress is one of the famous web application software that allows user to improve the presentation of their website. It preferred more over other because of its features that help user not only to manage website presentation but also various other task related to website.

It is true that now-a-days social media platform is most preferred for digital marketing as well because social media help you to find their target audience across all the regions of the world.

So, if you are using WordPress to manage your website or just started your website with WordPress then this article is for you.

In this article I’m going to discuss the procedure with which you can improve presentation of your website by using the features of WordPress. Now, when we decide to modify content or presentation of our WordPress website, the very first thing that is considered is the Plugins. Among all the attractive features of WordPress, one of them is Plugin which is used to do any changes in your website.

So, today al;so we are going to add social share buttons in our WordPress website by using a Plugin.

There are various plugins offered by WordPress in the hosting services of REDSERVERHOST. With the plans of REDSERVERHOST, it is not required to pay for any specific plugins. You just need to install it and activate for your website presentation.

Here, we will use a plugin named Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons. I’ve chosen this plugin because of its features. You can select any other as well according to your need.

*You can check the features of a Plugin by clicking over More Details.

Now, below is the given procedure to add social share buttons to WordPress website.

  • Login to WordPress admin area and get inside Plugins section.
  • Here, click over Add New to install a new Plugin.
  • Now, in the search bar type social media and the first Plugin is the same that I’ve mentioned above.
  • You can click over More Details to know more about the Plugin and then Install Now and then Activate.
  • In the left panel list, a new option will appear as Ultimate Social Media Icons. click over it and you will be directed to the page where you can modify social share icons.
  • From here you can add icons that you want to show on your website, manage them as per your choice.

*You can add floating icons in where shall they be displayed section.

  • Design and add animated icons, add subscription pop-up, manage the number of followers on your website either entering the count manually or by auto-retrieve option.
  • Click over Save Settings once you have set your blog.

Now, visit your website and see if the changes have been done or not.

Hope, the article help you to know more about WordPress Plugins and successfully added social share buttons on WordPress website too.

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