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Social Media Feather

Lightweight social sharing and follow buttons for WordPress. Fast, flexible, and easy to use.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.3.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.9 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update9 Oct 202624d ago
Active installations10K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.6 / 5 from 506 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Social Media Feather version 2.3.1 as active, updated 24d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Social Media Feather is a lightweight WordPress plugin that helps you add social sharing and follow buttons to your site in minutes. It is built for performance, simplicity, and clean design.

You can automatically display social buttons on posts, pages, and custom post types, or insert them manually using widgets, shortcodes, or template tags.

The plugin supports both sharing and follow features across major social networks, plus share buttons for AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. It also includes Retina-ready icons for high resolution displays.

Why choose Social Media Feather?

  • Fast and lightweight with minimal impact on page load
  • Clean and modern icon styles
  • Easy setup with automatic or manual placement
  • Works with posts, pages, and custom post types
  • Optional AI assistant share buttons for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity
  • Flexible customization with shortcodes and widgets

Sharing Features

Allow visitors to share your content on:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter / X
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • Email

Or ask an AI assistant about your content:

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Copilot
  • Gemini
  • Grok
  • Perplexity

AI Assistant Sharing

The AI assistant buttons hand the visitor a prompt asking for a summary of the page, along with the post title and URL.

ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Perplexity open a new chat with the prompt already filled in. Copilot and Gemini accept no prompt in a URL, so their buttons copy the prompt to the clipboard and open a blank chat for the visitor to paste into.

All six are off by default. To turn one on, go to Settings > Social Media > Service Providers and set that provider’s Service option to Share.

Follow Features

Display links to your social profiles:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter / X
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • Flickr
  • Foursquare
  • Vimeo
  • RSS

Additional Features

  • Retina and high resolution icon support
  • Enable or disable individual social providers
  • Custom titles and URLs per provider
  • Built-in widgets for sharing and following
  • Shortcodes for full control
  • Multiple icon skins included
  • Optional effects like fade and grayscale
  • Optional add-ons for share counters

Custom Display Control

You can disable buttons on specific posts using custom fields:

  • synved_social_exclude_share = yes
  • synved_social_exclude_follow = yes
  • synved_social_exclude = yes

Enable Custom Fields in Screen Options to use this feature.

Example Shortcodes

Basic sharing buttons:

[feather_share]

Limit networks and order:

[feather_share show=”twitter, facebook” hide=”reddit, pinterest, linkedin, tumblr, mail”]

Only the AI assistant buttons (they must be enabled in settings first):

[feather_share show=”chatgpt, claude, copilot, gemini, grok, perplexity” hide=”facebook, twitter, reddit, pinterest, linkedin, tumblr, mail”]

Change icon skin:

[feather_share skin=”wheel”]

Set icon size:

[feather_share size=”64″]

Add custom class:

[feather_share class=”myclass”]

Follow buttons:

[feather_follow]

Follow buttons with skin and size:

[feather_follow skin=”balloon” size=”64″]

Custom share URL:

org”]

Template Tags

For developers:

Sharing buttons:

if (function_exists(‘synved_social_share_markup’)) echo synved_social_share_markup();

Follow buttons:

if (function_exists(‘synved_social_follow_markup’)) echo synved_social_follow_markup();

Related Links

  • Plugin homepage: https://socialmediafeather.com/

By installing this plugin you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service:

com/privacy/

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • follow buttons
  • share buttons
  • social buttons
  • social media
  • social 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 5.9 · PHP not listed
Update activity9 Oct 202624d ago

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Version2.3.02.3.1
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.3
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