There are plenty of roundup posts about social bookmark plugins for WordPress. However, I have to ask: have you really tried them out before settling on the best, or did you pick the first one you found?
I am a real stickler when it comes to using plugins, especially social bookmark plugins. Why?
For several reasons:
- Design – It looks good.
- Convenience – Cuts my time down from hard coding social networking and social bookmarking icons into a layout.
- It works. There are plugins that I have had to hard code around to get it to look right.
So, here is my list of social bookmarking plugins for WordPress sites.
Sociable
http://blogplay.com/
I use this plugin and regularly include it on all of my clients’ websites. It is easy to implement and includes a lot of selections to display. It also leaves room in case I want to customize my plugin later on without having to alter the plugin files directly.
Digg Digg
http://www.mkyong.com/blog/digg-digg-wordpress-plugin
I use the manual code for Digg Digg in my own websites. However, Digg Digg applies a floating Ajax powered plugin that kind of works like a fixed background- when you scroll down, the social bookmark area travels down. This is something that a lot of people saw first on Mashable.
Share This
http://sharethis.com/
Share This allows users to social bookmark to over 40+ websites.
Sexy Bookmarks
http://www.shareaholic.com/
This little social bookmark has some very cute icons that have a peek-a-boo effect when you hover over.
I Love Social Bookmarking plugin
http://www.milienzo.com/wordpress-plugins/i-love-social-bookmarking/
Provides a little drop down menu . Very simple plugin.
AddtoAny
http://www.addtoany.com/
This social bookmark plugin display a drop down menu that is clean and has many services to choose from. For some, it might be overwhelming. Others… well, they might just select them all.
Because of services like Add to Any and Share This, be aware that they could go down. You might want to avoid that. On the other hand, those services have been around for a while and are quite popular.
Another caution is Digg Digg. This plugin is update often and it is not unusual for the next update to be incomplete – does not display properly. It is a great plugin, but with this one, hold off a week. Typically the developer is pretty good at updating after people point out the bugs.
In using these types of plugins, select the services that are most relevant to your site. Some of the social bookmarking sites are focused on certain niches, so it would be pointless to include every single site.
What social bookmarking plugins do you use for your website?
I use Add To Any on my website and think it is awesome. It is all the social bookmarking plugins you need in one.
What about AddThis? This is one of the most used in the world.
AddThis is fine. I suggested a few ones. I am not one for extremely long lists. Thanks!
I don’t like having a bunch of social bookmarks cluttering up my site so I only stick to the big four; Facebook, Twitter, Stumbleupon and Google +, which I just hand code into most of my sites. One less plugin to worry about. I sometimes use sharedaddy which is included with jetpack, but I’m trying to get away from that.
I’m with Tory. Pick the best of the bunch and that’s all. There’s a usability best practice that seems to support this idea — limit the number of options otherwise users won’t pick any of them. I’ve gone with Digg Digg myself for the added benefit of a floating window outside of the main content area.
I would agree that wordpress has many great plugins, and right now we have a wordpress blog, where we have to contain the comments to nofollow, with those using software programs to come flying in to make a comment, it is hour after hour, I realize that you can moderate the comments, but does anyone know of plugin that can detect software for wordpress like Google can? I would be interested to hear about it.
I am also with Tory on this one. Fewer choices makes users to click through at least one of them…
hi..can this social bookmark work in blogspot? thanks for the info.
Hi Nile,
thanks for the great review on these plugins.
I haven’t heard of the Sociable one before.
Personally I like the Digg Digg, since you can choose what size buttons you want and where and how you want them to appear.
Much appreciated!
Thank you for your sharing, I use the Digg Digg in my own website. I think it is convenient to me also to the readers. It is simple and useful, I like it.
Digg is the new way of social media business, its allow to convenient your spaces.
Great list of social bookmarking plugins
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Thanks for sharing such a great list of social bookmarking plugins. Among all these social bookmarking plugins digg digg is the best one. digg digg is top most social sharing tool which is easy to configure. digg digg offers lots of choices. Your article is very helpful for all persons especially those who have WordPress sites.
Sassy Social Share plugin is my favourite one
It’s merged also in Super Socializer plugin.
Both plugins are from the team ‘Heateor”. Regularly updated. Have never been on the Vulnerabilities digest unlike AddToAny.