In my blog (WordPress), I had installed a plugin to share my blog posts with social media. This plugin was Share This . Since I installed a plugin to display my lastest pictures from Instagram on my blog, I was wondering how I could do to have icons so that people could share my content and subscribe on my social networks.

After doing a Google search to know the best rated WordPress plugins, I discovered Ultimate Social Media Icons .

I just installed it and it’s really cool. Here is how it’s on my blog :

 

I installed this plugin with the « zip » file and I just discovered that they had added the function to install the plugin automatically in your blog. Well, I’ll show you how I did. If you installed the plugin automatically, go to the configuration phase.

Note : For the plugin works, it’s necessary that CURL is installed and activated on your server and a PHP version of 5.4 or above. If you don’t know, ask to your hosting provider or server admin.

Installation

• I downloaded the « zip » file (compressed files) from WordPress website.

 

• Once I uncompressed the « zip » file, I have the directory « ultimate-social-media-icons »:

 

I use FileZilla  (it’s free) to transfer files to my server.

• I copy « ultimate-social-media-icons » in the « wp-content/plugins » directory of my server:

 

• Once it’s installed on your server, active the plugin in your WordPress plugins (extensions in french) page

 

Configuration

• Now that you have activated the plugin, you should have the menu « Utimate Social Media Icons » in WordPress:

 

• This is how it’s :

 

• Select icons you want to show on your blog

 

• When a user click on a icon, what’s happening

 

• Select a icons design

 

• A little animation with icons

 

• Show counts with icons

 

• Customize icons order and others options

 

• Icons at the end of each post

 

• Add a pop-up

 

• Add a subscribe form

 

Test

• In WordPress, click on the menu « Appearence => Widgets » :

 

• Place the widget on the sidebar to make it appear on your blog

 

Click on icons, adjust and let’s go.

-Steph

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