https://github.com/greenpeace/gpes-socialmedia-buttons-wp-shortcodes

Wordpress shortcode that creates 3 click to share buttons
https://github.com/greenpeace/gpes-socialmedia-buttons-wp-shortcodes

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Wordpress shortcode that creates 3 click to share buttons

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/greenpeace/gpes-socialmedia-buttons-wp-shortcodes
• Owner: greenpeace
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2018-11-25T20:14:46.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-10-01T07:24:42.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T19:09:15.284Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: wordpress-plugin, wordpress-shortcode
• Language: PHP
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Social media buttons

This shortcode creates 3 buttons to share a URL in social networks:

* Facebook

* Twitter

* Whatsapp

**Features:**

* It's a multilingual shortcode. See bellow on how to translate it.

* It creates links with [utm paramaters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTM_parameters) that can be tracked with Google Analytics and other software. 

* It triggers a [Google Analytics event](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033068) when the user clicks in a button.

## How to use

Copy-paste the example code bellow to your posts and pages.

```

[simple_socialmedia_buttons url='https://es.greenpeace.org/es/' tweet='This is my tweet' msg='This is my Whatsapp message' event_category='MyAnalyticsEventCategory']

```

## Graphic user interface

This shortcode includes a block to use with the plugin [Shortcake (Shortcode UI)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-ui/). Install it if you prefer a graphic user interface to using shortcodes.

## How to install

1. Upload the **simple-socialmedia-buttons** folder to **wp-content/plugins/**.

2. Activate the **Simple socialmedia buttons** plugin.

If you use the plugin [Shortcake (Shortcode UI)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-ui/) you can **install a GUI for this shortcode**.

1. Upload the **simple-socialmedia-buttons-ui** folder to **wp-content/plugins/**.

2. Activate the **Simple socialmedia buttons UI** plugin.

3. Add the code in `your-theme/editor-style.css` to your `editor-style.css` file inside your theme.

## How to translate to a new language

1. Open the files `languages/simple-socialmedia-buttons.pot` and `languages/simple-socialmedia-buttons-ui.pot` with **[Poedit](https://poedit.net/)**.

2. Create new language.

3. Translate.

4. Save the .po and .mo files as the Spanish example inside the languages folder.