Really simple Facebook Twitter share buttons is a free WordPress plugin, developed by the Whiletrue.it staff in order to simplify post sharing on the best social network.
This plugin inserts two buttons above or below the post, enabling you to share it on Facebook and Twitter.
Download the plugin from the official WordPress website, clicking on the button:
Description
This plugin shows Facebook, Twitter and other share buttons above or below your posts. Easy customization of active buttons and position in the Settings menu.
Facebook Like and Twitter Share buttons are loaded by default. Other buttons, including Digg, LinkedIn, Google Buzz, Stumbleupon, Hyves (and the deprecated Facebook Share button), can be added through the Settings->Really simple share menu.
Please be careful when selecting the Show buttons in these pages options : it can interact badly with other slide/fade/carousel/sidebar active plugins.
If you want to place the active buttons only in selected posts, use the “really_simple_share” shortcode.
If you want to hide the share buttons inside selected posts, set the “really_simple_share_disable” custom field with value “yes”.
Faq
What’s the difference between Facebook Like and Share buttons?
Facebook Like’s behaviour is similar to Facebook Share: it is a counter and if you click it a story is published inside your Wall on Facebook. We suggest you to use Facebook Like because it works better identifying title and text for the story to be published and it’s the only one currently developed by Facebook.
Why users can’t choose which image to share when using Facebook Like button?
This is an automated Facebook behaviour: clicking Facebook Like the user can’t choose each time which image to share, but you can set the right image inside the code using the Open Graph Tag og:image.
When I activate the plugin it messes up with other plugins showing post excerpts in different ways (fade, carousel, sidebar). What can I do?
Uncheck all the “Show buttons in these pages” options in the Settings->Really simple sharemenu, except for “Single posts”. This way all the share buttons should disappear, except the one displayed beside the post in every Single post page.
Is it possible to modify the style/css of the buttons?
Yes, every button has its own div class (e.g. “really_simple_share_twitter”) for easy customization inside the theme css files. Plus, the div surrounding all buttons has its own class “really_simple_share”.
New in the 2.6 release
- Pinzout button
- Comments RSS Feed button
- Improved CSS style
- New default options Code cleaning
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Is there a way to select the image Facebook will display once the content is published on the timeline? When I click any post, it always displays the same image…
Thanks for the great work, I tried not less than 20 plugins, and yours was, by far, the best.
Hi untipofeliz! As stated in the FAQ in this page, you can set the right image for Facebook shares for every post, using an Open Graph plugin.
Hi,
Your Really Simple Share for WordPress is a great plug-in. But my only question is if it is possible to see who has “liked” a page?
Is there a way of going to each “llker’s” Facebook page?
Thanks,
Robert
Hi Robert,
The Facebook APIs does not tell you the users who have liked a particular URL, for privacy reasons. If the given URL is linked to a Facebook Page (e.g. the site home page), you can see the likers directly on Facebook or by adding a Facebook Like Box to your site.
WhileTrue,
Thank you so much for your feedback. I would like to clarify what you said. You mentioned that the only way to see who liked a page on the site is to link the site to Facebook. So I have a couple of questions:
1) How would I link the site to a Facebook page?
2) If the site is linked to a Facebook page, then how would I know who liked a page on the site? Where would it show up on the Facebook page?
Thank you very much for all your help.
Robert
1) You can add the following metadata to your website’s header:
<meta property="fb:app_id" content="[FB App ID]" />2) In the Insights section of the Facebook page.
Thank you again for your response.
For some reason, the metadata you mentioned did not show up when you posted.
Might you please be able to post it again?
Thanks!!
Robert
<meta property="fb:app_id" content="[FB App ID]" />Hi,
I was able to get the App ID, but I am not sure where to put it.
You say I should put it “in the Web site’s header.”
Can you tell me which file this is? Is it header.php?
If so, I tried it and it did not work.
Thank you!
Robert
Hi Robert, we decided to implemented it natively. If you update the plugin now (version 2.8 was released yesterday), the AppID can be put in the plugin settings page, in the new field next to the Facebook Like button.
Hi,
Thank you for the reply. Also great update, I added the App ID.
However….I cannot see still who “liked” my page. (I did some test “likes”.)
I went to http://www.facebook.com/insights in hopes that I would see it, but I didn’t. The page is blank.
Perhaps I did not get the proper App ID?
Can you tell me what may be going wrong?
Thank you again,
Robert
Not a huge deal but did the counter option on the Pinterest button get taken out or is mine just acting up? I loved that feature but lost it after one of the updates…
The Pinterest counter shows up only if there is at least one share, after some time. Sometimes it’s not loaded correctly, maybe it’s due to some cache issues on the Pinterest’s servers.
For some reason the plugin on our website reads twice on each article. Is there a way to fix that? Here is an example. Any help you could give would be great!
http://www.theclause.org/2013/01/remembering-roe-v-wade/
It seems related to the Author field incorporating the buttons. While we work on this, you can try to go to the plugin Settings page and set the Position option to “only below the posts” so that the button rows won’t be coupled together.
thank you for this plugin
is there a way I can display it in my footer on all pages?
maybe a bit of php to put into the template?
fx
Yes. For example, use this code to create buttons linking to the website home page:
echo really_simple_share_publish(get_bloginfo('url'), get_bloginfo('name'));Hi this plugin is great however , the pinterest Icon isnt working.
Any suggestions. I’ve selected every other icon/button and they all work except for pinterest.
Thanks
J
The Pinterest icon shows up only if the post thumbnail is set or if there is at least one picture in the post. Are you using images in your posts?
Actually yes and I’m setting the featured image as well.
http://ronitshapow.com/blog/
In fact the “Pin It” is shown, while the button fails to load; this could be caused by your template. You can try to change some plugin settings, including “Load scripts at the bottom of the body” under Advanced Options, and “Use multiple image selector” and “Use old button code” under Pinterest Options.
Hello, starting from this morning I think, on the Facebook Like button is written “share” in english/ “partager” in french. Is there a way I can change this in the code?
Thanks,
Allyce
It’s okay now, thanks
Hello, I have to do to get the app id?
Thanks!
To do that you have to create a Facebook App representing your website. More info here and here.
Thanks!
Plugin works without putting the app id?
Absolutely yes, it’s optional.
Is there a way to have multiple instances of the buttons on a single page, each sharing a different URL?
Yes, you can call the
really_simple_share_publish('http://www.website.com', 'Website Name')PHP function multiple times from your template, passing it different links and titles.Hi,
I see you posted my comment from Feb 7 but did not yet reply.
Might you have any ideas as to what might be wrong?
Also, is it possible to contact you over email?
Thank you,
Robert
Hi, first of all, I’d like to thank you guys for sharing this great wp plugin. Been using this for quite a while now.
Actually, I have problem with the latest update. My twitter share button stop counting. BUT! it did successfully syndicated my tweet on my twitter account. Any fix on this?
Thank you!
I forgot to add my link quickseorankings(dot)com/blog/ choose wtv topic then try to click the tw share button, in my end it stop counting, while before it was working great.
hi
today, i just update the plugin, Really simple Facebook Twitter share buttons
Then, the count of pinerest was gone on all my website posts: http://www.parentinginformer.com/photo-tips-for-parents.html#disqus_thread
It was fine before i update the plugin today.
Please kindly advise this issue.
Thanks,
elle
Hi Elle,
the count should come back in some way, I’m trying to understand why. Unfortunately the Pinterest button had to be updated in order to work from now on.
Hello.
After the latest update of of the plugin, when i click on PIN IT button, the sharer opens in the same window. It was opening in a new box a few days back. Can you look into the matter?
Another problem is with Twitter : Add author to follow list: In this option there’s only 1 check box, can’t we write our name in that place so that real Author Account will be followed by our users? At the moment its only following same useraccount of twitter as mentioned in wordpress, so its a bit hard to get maximum benefit from this feature.
Thanks
Hi Shahid, we’re still working on the PinIt button, in some sites the sharer opens in the same window, in other opens in a popup.
As for Twitter, you can enter the Author Account in the “Add user to follow list” setting field; the checkbox options is more useful when you manage a multi-author blog.
Dear sir,
I started a website (www.danioros.com) 2 weeks ago and installed your plugin. I have already lost twice all the Facebook likes and Twitter shares? Is there a problem with the plugin?
Thank you for your answer
There’s no problem with the plugin. Have you changed the site permalink structure recently? Please note that this kind of changes would modify the posts url and reset the button counters.
Thanks a lot for the answer. Do you happen to know if I can modify the permalink and still keep the likes and shares, or at least modify the permalink just for the future posts (and keep the already posted the same)?
If you manage to keep the old permalink for already posted items, the counters should be fine. For future posts, there’s no problem at all.
I have discovered the problem. It seems like I have changed the Permalink settings from “Default” to “Post name” (in WordPress). Is there a way to change it in “Post name” and still keep the likes? Thank you in advance.
Could you enable lazyload for this plugin, in that case I am sure that this plugin will be purely amazing..
Hi King, we’re thinking about doing it without breaking support for shortcodes and direct php functions calls. Do you have suggestions?
A few questions. I’m sure I’m missing something simple. When I first installed and activated your plugin, it automatically showed 25 likes for my page. Any ideas why?
The next question is, why do some of my pages and posts seem to be linked to my “home page” likes?
Thanks!
Hi Karl, the likes are stored by Facebook and count past and future shares. The Like conters are different for each page.
Thank you so much for this great app. It works almost like a charm, just one question though: when I click on the Facebook button to like my page (had to try it out, of course), the page doesn’t appear on my Facebook timeline to tell Facebook friends I liked it. Did I do something wrong and what’s the solution to this? Thanks in advance.
Hi Ann, if you enable the “Use Html5 code instead of iFrame” Facebook Like button option, the user clicking “Like” is prompted to post the link on the Timeline.
Having an issue with Pinterest. It no longer shows the count and has a weird grey box around it. on another site I have, I have version 2.59. I updated it to the new version 2.9.1 and the same thing happened. When I uploaded the old version from a back up the counter worked again…
Site with the problem http://www.mommahealth.com. Site where I went back and forth http://www.wdwcafe.com.
Any ideas on how to fix it? Thanks Rich
I uploaded and old version of the plugin and the counter works again
Hi there,
Firstly, thank you for the really simple share plugin, I’ve been using it on my site…
I have a slight problem though… It doesn’t seem to count any tweets, the tweet counter always reads 0. Can you help?
The site is http://www.Inspiredprimate.co.uk
If you can help me sort it I’ll happily make a donation!
Thanks,
Alex
Hi Alex, the first post on your site counts (to me) 3 tweets; your second post had 0 tweets, I tweeted it, now it shows 1 tweet so I guess everything is fine.
Please consider that the counter are cached, so you’ll continue to see 0 tweets for some hours if you already loaded the website before; to see the actual counters wait some time or load your site with another browser.
Hello.
I am still waiting for the update in which you’ll fix Pinterest Bug. Pinterest button isn’t showing counts and if we click on pinterest button, same page goes to pinterest sharing page, means on every click on pinterest button, i am loosing my reader. Can you please look into the matter. Here is the urls with problem: http://fashioninstep.com/women-hairstyles-2013-trends/ and http://style.pk/fashion/heath-and-beauty-tips/ . Kindly look into it
Thanks
I don’t know what I may be doing wrong but my fb like button when clicked does not show the share window.
Am I missing a setting?
Thank you,
Chris
Hi Chris, if you enable the “Use Html5 code instead of iFrame” Facebook Like button option, the user clicking “Like” is prompted to post the link on the Timeline.
Hi,
Thanks for a great plugin.
How do I align CENTER for the buttons of Really simple Facebook and Twitter share?
Currently the buttons are left aligned.
Tried searching the web but can’t find.. Guess the creator may be able to help?
thanks!
Hi, you can center with CSS, them giving their surrounding
.really_simple_share { width: 300px; margin: 0 auto; }Find the best width (approx 100px for every button) and put the code in your theme “style.css” file.
Hi,
thank you for this great plugin.
Could you help me, please?
I’m using it on several blogs, but on my company website I have a problem. I activated Twitter, Facebook and Google+, but only the facebook button shows up. I thought something is wrong in the CSS, but there is no mistake. When I look at the website with firebug I can see the line in the code, but there is nothing on the site. I’m lost
Here is a post with the problem: http://www.macheete.com/2013/03/19/rapper-karate-andi-unterschreibt-vertrag-bei-macheete-management/
Thanks!
How do i fix the problem where liking a post to facebook the wrong image comes up? Wierd part about it is that it only happens on some of the posts, where it has pick one of the side bar widgets image for the rest.
Hi Kym, as stated in the FAQ, you can set the right image inside for each post using an Open Graph plugin.
Hi there, Greta plugin thanks. I have them displaying at the top of posts.
I have had to disable the G Plus and Twitter buttons though as I am finding a Huge slow down while waiting for them.
The G Plus button waits for “Google Plus” or similar. The Twitter button is contacting get “r.twiimg” which I believe is tracking cookie of some kind. I know I can block this here but I don’t want to ask all my users to do that – Plus it is really slowing down the draw of the rest of the page.
I have tried HTML 5 and normal version – Same. Big delay before page draws.
Any ideas? Thank you.
Hey there, WhileTrue. I absolutely love this plugin you’ve Authored.
Is there a way to add a Print button within the Plugin?
For example, I have LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ and Email showing, and I would love to have Print right after the Email option.
Please let me know.
Thank you.
I use this plug-in on my personal blog (address above) and today, all of our previous Facebook ‘likes’ disappeared from the posts. Any ideas on why this happened or how to correct?
Thank you.
How can I have all the share links point to the home page and not the individual post/page? I’m a php novice so any help would be greatly appreciated! Love the plug in!
jamie
I am trying to add a horizontal rule under the buttons, just to give it some visual separation from the article text.
I tried adding to the bottom of “really-simple-share/style.css” but it makes no difference (That page is marked inactive – even though “Disable default styles:” in the settings in unchecked).
Any suggestions greatly appreciated
Hi, you can try to add to your template style.css file a rule like that:
.really_simple_share { border-bottom: 1px solid gray; padding-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; }Can I please get you to clarify the correct format.
For centering post above you had underscores…
.really_simple_share { width: 300px; margin: 0 auto; }
For this answer you have dashes…
.really-simple-share { border-bottom: 1px solid gray;…
Im having troubles getting it to work and figured this a good starting point.
THANKS for your help
Oops … sorry, the correct syntax is with underscores; I’ve corrected my previous statement. Thanks for noticing it!
I am thank you for sharing this simple and beautiful plugin. I will be use this on my site Pakistani Models
Hi!
Thanks for a great plugin – which I have been using a lot.
I updated the plugin today – and after that it started to make a lot of space after the share butttons. You can see them if you go to my site http://casinobonussen.dk
I tried a few things, that I could read about in the support threads – but haven’t got any luck for fix it.
Please can you help me – removing the “empty” space after ?
Regards
Lars M.
Hi Lars, the Facebook button is causing it. You can solve enabling the “html5″ mode for it in the plugin settings or putting the following code in your template style.css file:
.really_simple_share iframe { height: 25px; }There you go – probably the only thing I didn’t try, lol
Thank you!
Lars
Awesome plugin! Thanks. I’m having trouble locating the “Use Html5 code instead of iFrame” option so that a user clicking “Like” is prompted to post the link on their Timeline. Is it in the plugin settings?
Using version 2.6.1
nevermind. updated my version and there it is.
Hello. I just upgraded to version 2.9.3, on WordPress 3.5.1 and all of the Facebook Like counters have completely disappeared, leaving just a blank spot between the “Like” and “Tweet” buttons. The Tweet counter is still working. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks much.
Mike
Hi Mike, I can’t guess the issue without giving a look at the website. Anyway, you can try solve enabling the Facebook “html5″ mode in the plugin settings.
I switched the config over to “Use Html5 code instead of iFrame:” which brought back the Like Counter, but now when the Like button is clicked, the “add a comment” dialog is only 30 or so px high–with no submit visible. Any suggestions?
Thanks muc.
website?
This should be here. The site is live.ift.org – click any category in the menu bar.
My apologies.
Hi Mike, you could solve by commenting the following rule on your template style.css file (line 537):
#category-page .really_simple_share .really_simple_share_facebook_like iframe {height: 23px !important;
width: 80px !important;
}
Much appreciated! Thank you.
Hello, Thank you for this really useful plugin.
One small question – is it possible to disable overall for custom post types without using the custom field?
Many thanks for your thoughts
Christian
Hi Christian, it’s not possible at the moment, but we’ll consider this feature for the next plugin major updates.
Hi, please,
i use this plugin, bat i need use shortcode of this plugin to my side . Can you help me? Write me plese the shortcode of this best plugin. Thank you. Tom
Hi – Is there a way to control the priority – where this appears on the post page? For example, I want it to appear just below the author box on my posts, so it would be the second item that would appear after the post content on each post page.
Hi Tracey, at the moment you have only a few choices: before or after the content, or in both positions; you can try it in the plugin settings page. We’ll consider adding more options in future releases.
I downloaded your plugin and all the buttons work except the pin button.
When I click on it to post a pin from the site the picture cannot be found.
To give you some more information I use the chrome browser and it has a pin extension
installed on it so when I go to a website I can pin from that website.
When I use that extension on chrome and press pin the pictures are found.
Can you help me out.
Thanks
Jeffrey
Hi there,
Thanks for the plugin. It works fine below all of the posts on the home page, however it does not show up when you go into the actual post. I’ve selected the option to show widget on all pages.
What else do I need to do?
Hi Sabrina, it’s a strange and probably theme related issue. Tell me your website url and I’ll try to help
do you plan to add app.net to your plugin? Would be nice
Hi Charly, how do you expect it to be applied to the plugin?
share buttons are not published on all posts except the posts which i publish through admin panel ?
plz help………
i want to put social share buttons below my all posts if i use really_simple_share_publish(get_bloginfo(‘url’), get_bloginfo(‘name’)); so where should i use this function and what url should be passed…………???????
I am running WP 3.5.1 and a child theme of 2012. When I am signed in to facebook, clicking like makes the pop-up div appear behind another div in Chrome and Firefox.
Please fix!
Hi Josh, the issue seems related to your actual theme. Can you tell me your site url to have a closer look?
i’ve got this installed but a friend clicked like and nothing turned up on her wall? any thoughts?
thanks
mark
just to say about this issue that it appears to be happening only in chrome
Hi Mark, if (and only if) you enable the “Use Html5 code instead of iFrame” Facebook Like button option, the user clicking “Like” should be prompted to post the link on the Timeline; in each case there’s no automatic publishing.