Crafty Social Buttons
Adds social sharing and link buttons, including Ravelry, Etsy, Craftsy and Pinterest.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.7★ from 40
- Active installs
- 900+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- Nov 2013
- Requires WP
- 3.5
- Tested up to
- WP 4.7.35
- Downloads
- 115,654
Our analysis
AI-assistedCrafty Social Buttons is a WordPress plugin that adds social sharing buttons to your website, focusing on craft-related platforms alongside major social networks. You can configure the buttons to either share posts directly or link to your social media profiles. The plugin supports various positioning options, including automatic placement at the top or bottom of posts, widgets, shortcodes, or template hooks.
The plugin includes support for a range of social services such as Facebook, Pinterest, Etsy, and WhatsApp, among others. Users can select which services to display for each mode, allowing for tailored social sharing experiences. It is suitable for anyone looking to enhance their website's social media integration, particularly those in the crafting community.
Best for: This plugin is best for craft-related websites and users wanting to enhance social media sharing.
What it does well
- ✓Supports a variety of craft-related and major social networks
- ✓Offers both share and link button modes
- ✓Allows customisation of button styles and positioning
- ✓Mobile support for sharing via WhatsApp
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in November 2017
- •Limited information on future updates
Verdict
Crafty Social Buttons provides a useful solution for adding social sharing features, particularly for craft enthusiasts. However, its last update was in 2017, which may raise concerns about ongoing support.
From the developer
Sarah's own description of Crafty Social Buttons, lightly tidied.
This plugin adds a set of social buttons to your website, and includes craft-related social sites like Ravelry, Etsy, Craftsy and Pinterest as well as other major social networks, including WhatsApp. Support for sharing to WhatsApp is also provided on mobile devices. You can choose from nine different button styles to match your theme. You can have the share buttons automatically added to the top or bottom of each post, and can position the link buttons using either a widget, a shortcode or a template action hook.
You can use the share button and link button functions either separately, or together:
Share Button mode allows you to put a set of buttons at the top or bottom of each post. Each button will share that post with that particular service. I.e., clicking the facebook icon will open a window for the user to share your post on their Facebook page. Not all services support sharing, for instance, you can’t share via Etsy or Craftsy.
Link Button mode lets you configure the buttons to link directly you your profiles on the social networks. I.e. clicking the facebook icon will take the user to your facebook page, clicking the Etsy icon will take them to your Etsy shop. These are designed to be included in either your header, sidebars or footer, as they are not specific to a post. These can be easily included by adding the Social Link Button widget to the area where you want the buttons to appear.
Supported social services include:
- Craftinoo (link only)
- Craftsy (link only)
- Dawanda (link only)
- Digg
- Ebay (link only)
- Email (share only)
- Etsy (link only)
- Flickr (link only)
- Google+
- Instagram (link only)
- Ravelry
- Specific Feeds (link only)
- Stumble Upon
- Tumblr
- Vimeo
- VK
- YouTube
- WhatApp (share only, only on mobile)
You can also choose exactly which services you want separately for each mode, so you can can have Share Buttons for Ravelry, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and Email, but have Link Buttons for Google+, Craftsy, Pinterest and your Etsy shop.
For more information, see the plugin website at http://sarahhenderson.github.io/Crafty-Social-Buttons/
Future Editions
These are the things currently in the pipeline:
- Adding the ability to share/link to Flipboard, Goodreads and 500px
- Additional options for layout and style of the buttons
- Shortcode options for more manual control of the buttons
- (Anything else? You tell me!)