Suggested Plugin: ShareThis

June 29, 2010 – 7:34 pm |

Plugin Home Page: http://sharethis.com/

WordPress Plugin Page: http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/share-this/

What is it?

This plugin will put a link andimage at the end of the each article you post which will allow anyone to share your site on tons of social media and link sharing sites throughout the internet.

Install Directions
In order to set this plugin up correctly, you will need to go to the ShareThis homepage and click the “Get the Button” button.
 Suggested Plugin: ShareThis
The options on the ShareThis site may change, but the process will be essentially the same. Choose the button type that you want for your site, choose the “WordPress” option (or WordPress image), and then click the “Get Share This” button at the bottom of the page.
 Suggested Plugin: ShareThis

Once you have clicked the button, you will see a box with what will look like a bunch of random characters in it. Select all of this text and copy this content.

 Suggested Plugin: ShareThis

Now, go back to your WordPress site, and then go to the plugin page by clicking the “Share This” link in the settings menu section.  Once you are there, you will see a page similar to the following image. You can paste in the content you got from the ShareThis page here and click the “Update ShareThis Options” button.

 Suggested Plugin: ShareThis
If you followed the directions correctly and then go to the public side of your website, you should see the ShareThis icon and link at the bottom of your posts.
 Suggested Plugin: ShareThis

Your users can click the link to find all kinds of sharing options, which will let them send your post URL to as many people as they please.

 Suggested Plugin: ShareThis
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