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DP Easy Social Share

A lightweight, customizable social sharing plugin for WordPress that adds social icons to your posts, pages and custom post types.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.0.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.0 · PHP 7.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update18 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations30Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records DP Easy Social Share version 2.0.0 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

DP Easy Social Share is a simple and lightweight social sharing plugin for WordPress. With an easy-to-use interface and customizable options, you can add social sharing buttons to your posts, pages and custom post types effortlessly. Enhance your content’s reach by enabling your visitors to share your posts on their favorite social networks.

Features

  • Easy-to-Use Interface: Configure your social sharing settings through an intuitive admin settings page.
  • Customizable Icons: Choose from a selection of icons via checkboxes including Facebook, X, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Reddit, Pinterest, and Email.
  • Inline Icons: Set the social icons to appear above or below your content.
  • Floating Sidebar: Show a floating share sidebar fixed to the left or right edge of the screen, independent of your inline icons.
  • Multi-Post Type Support: Specify which post types display the social share icons, with separate settings for inline and floating placement.
  • Lightweight & Fast: Designed to add social sharing functionality without slowing down your site.
  • Responsive Design: Social icons adjust seamlessly for mobile and desktop viewing.

External Services

This plugin uses Font Awesome to provide social media icons for sharing posts and pages. Font Awesome is a third-party icon library that is included to enhance the visual presentation of social icons.

** Font Awesome **

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What the service is and what it is used for:

The plugin uses Font Awesome to display SVG icons for various social media platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Reddit, Pinterest, Email and more.

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What data is sent and when:

No personal data is sent from the user’s website to Font Awesome. The icons are embedded locally in the plugin, and no external calls to Font Awesome servers are made.

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Terms of Use and Privacy Policy:

  • Font Awesome Terms of Use
  • Font Awesome Privacy Policy

License

DP Easy Social Share is released under the GPLv3 license. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software as long as you comply with the license terms. txt for more details.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • social icons
  • social media
  • social share
  • sharing
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.0
Update activity18 Sept 20261mo ago

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Recent tracked changes

Version1.1.32.0.0
WordPress compatibility7.0.47.1.1
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