Simple Social Bar
A simple, easy to use, easy to configure social share bar that follows you down the page for sharing your posts.
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·10 active installs·Updated 14 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple Social Bar is a WordPress sidebar plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Image Widget.
0/5Rating
10active installs
14K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
A simple, easy to use, easy to configure social bar that will allow a user to add social share links to their WordPress website. This plugin came from the idea implemented with the popular Share Bar plugin (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sharebar/), but offers many improvements:
- Completely new, easier to understand code base making it easier for possible community contribution and personal customization
- No additional database tables, but instead utilizes a private custom post type for social link buttons
- Better control over where the bar appears allowing for per-post type filtering
- Less obtrusive implementation for better caching and minification plugin compatibility as well as control over when the plugin is loaded
- Simpler administrative interface with drag and drop ordering capab…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.2.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.2
- Abstracted automatic URL specification for Facebook like buttons to work on both large and small code snippets
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