Social Media Wordpress Plugins Review
Over the past couple of days I have been playing around with Social Media Wordpres Plugins. Some may call it Social News WP Plugins. These Wordpress Plug-ins allow readers to instantly share your posts or articles on your Blog to the masses through social media outlets such as Digg, Yahoo Buzz, Facebook, etc…
Through your blog software such as Wordpress these plugins can be easily configured. The two I have stumped upon are the Sharethis plugin and the Digg Digg Plugin. I have previously reviewed the Digg Digg Plugin, you can read it here.
Most WP themes are compatible with these social media plugins. As you will see in my review of Digg Digg it can cause your Wordpress blog to load slower than usual. Hence the Sharethis plugin comes into play. The Sharethis plugin is pretty easy to configure. It is a three to four step process to install. Its pretty basic steps setup and install. Register for an account on the Sharethis site , then configure your Sharethis code, download and install the plugin (FTP and Activate), and then copy the code into the configuration field for the plugin.
The Sharethis Social Media Wordpress plugin has the same functionality as the Digg Digg Wordpress Plugin but more. Digg Digg limits your blog search engine submission to only four social media and news outlets, while Sharethis allows for 20+. The plugin shows the twenty most popular social media outlets but if you click on the more link it will allow for more. The plugin also allows functionality to link to your blog or another blog or email the post or article to another person all from one single location.
I would definitely recommend the Sharethis plugin. I am keeping both the Sharethis plugin and the Digg Digg plugin for now for testing purposes. If you like this article Shareit, Digg it, Stumble it, etc… Give me a Digg !
Signup for the Sharethis Plugin and check it out for yourself.
-Happy Blogging
