{"id":23802,"date":"2017-05-23T09:55:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T07:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpjournalist.wpmudev.host\/?p=22398"},"modified":"2021-09-19T09:35:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T09:35:54","slug":"sharing-content-on-social-media-with-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpjournalist.nl\/en\/sharing-content-on-social-media-with-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing content on social media with WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharing content on social media with WordPress<\/strong>, is this something you do on occasion?<\/p>\n

Recently I published an article on my blog<\/a> and after 10 minutes it had been read more than 40 times!<\/p>\n

Do you know why it was so much?<\/p>\n

After I had just published it, I had directly shared it on Facebook with others.<\/p>\n

Sharing content on social media with WordPress is not something to underestimate.<\/p>\n

It is not enough to write great and valuable articles for your readers. You need to put in just as much energy in sharing them with others.<\/p>\n

When you do this, you will see that your articles are picked up by others. And they will be shared, pinned, tweeted and liked.<\/p>\n

And this way you can attract a lot more visitors.<\/p>\n

But how can you optimize your website with social media?<\/p>\n

There are great tools and plugins to do this.<\/p>\n

In this article I will go over a couple of these tool which help you to share your messages in an easier way.<\/p>\n

Sharing content on social media with WordPress<\/h2>\n

The first step to make your messages suitable for social media is installing the social media buttons, with which you can easily share articles.<\/p>\n

I myself use my themes standard buttons.<\/p>\n

\"social-media-buttons\"<\/p>\n

But you could also download a plugin from the plugin catalogue<\/a> or purchase a plugin.<\/p>\n

It is quite hard to choose the right plugin. I will give you a few options of good and proven plugins.<\/p>\n

\"shareoholic-plugin-socila-media-buttons\"<\/p>\n

Shareaholic<\/h2>\n

A free plugin to start with is Shareaholic, which has been downloaded more than 100.000 times.<\/p>\n

So a good choice. With a lot of options to change the buttons, colours and appearances.<\/p>\n

Go to Shareoholic<\/a><\/p>\n

\"easy-social-share-buttons-for-WordPress\"<\/p>\n

Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress<\/h2>\n

One of my favourite plugins to share social media on the website is Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress.<\/p>\n

I also use this one for some of my customers. It is a paid plugin, but for a relatively small amount you get a lot of options. This plugin is the most diverse of all the ones I have seen.<\/p>\n

You can for example place the buttons in many different locations, at the bottom or at the top of the article (or both\u2026), in the sidelines, etc.<\/p>\n

You can share articles with more than 40 social media channels.<\/p>\n

At 27+ different positions.<\/p>\n

More than 30 different layouts and animations.<\/p>\n

Go to Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"simple-social-buttons-adder\"<\/p>\n

Simple Share Buttons Adder<\/h2>\n

Do you want a free and easy to install plugin, than the Simple Share Buttons Adder is a good option.<\/p>\n

No frills and easy to work with.<\/p>\n

Sumo<\/h2>\n

This is a plugin where besides sharing articles, you can do a lot more. I have written an article about it with all of the options, because Sumo is a complete marketing tool.<\/p>\n

SumoMe will grow your website<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n