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Widget

How to use Simple Share Buttons Plus as a widget.

Simple Share Buttons Plus comes with built-in Widget functionality.

Add a Share Buttons Widget

Navigate to Appearance -> Widgets.

appearance_widgets

Locate the Share Buttons widget item from the list of available widgets.

share_buttons_widget_item

 

Drag and drop the Share Buttons widget item into the widget area that you wish to add share buttons to.

drop_widget

 

The widget will expand to display the options that are available to you.

share_buttons_widget

Widget Title

The widget Title defaults to Share Buttons, you can set this to whatever you like, or set it blank if desired. You can also make use of the widget share text option.

widget_title

Note that not all themes will make use of the Title you set here.

Widget URL

By default Simple Share Buttons Plus will set the URL to be shared to whatever the current URL being viewed is. You may wish for the same URL to be shared no matter where the user is at the time, enter the URL here if that is the case.

widget_url

Widget Page Title

Simple Share Buttons Plus will detect the current page title for you, if you want to override this then enter in your desired title into this field.

widget_page_title

Note your theme must support a widget area(s) to make use of this feature.