Flare

Flare allows site owners to enable various ways of sharing their articles on social media profiles.

It can enable a sidebar widget or a social sharing buttons toolbar in their posts, pages and multimedia files.

Visitors can simply click on one of the buttons and have the article shared on that respective social network with ease.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

Features:

• Customize which buttons to show and which not
• Set button position (top, bottom, side)
• Enable sidebar follow widget
• Configure button styles (rounded corners, circle shaped, square)
• Configure buttons background
• Configure individual button colors
• Supported social services:
• Twitter
• Pinterest
• Facebook
• Google+
• StumbleUpon
• Reddit
• LinkedIn
• Buffer
• Email
• RSS

What is new in this release:

• Updated compatible-up-to version number.

What is new in version 1.2.6:

• Added a fix for Pinterest count.

What is new in version 1.2.5:

• Added option to disable Filament icon
• Increased width of horizontal bubbles to account for a sizing bug with the LinkedIn share button
• Added Github and Soundcloud follow icons

What is new in version 1.2.4:

• Added option to disable Filament icon.
• Updated messaging to better describe the future of Flare (Pro).

What is new in version 1.2.3:

• Load all social code via JavaScript instead of on-page code to improve load time
• Updated some admin links
• Added Powered by Filament badge
• Updated total Flares to only show totals of current sharing button types
• Added check in the_content() filter to restrict output if get_the_excerpt() is being called

What is new in version 1.2.2:

• Fixed for handling display issue with Pinterest iFrame causing spacing issues below footer.

What is new in version 1.2.1:

• Hotfix for placement of Pinterest share button in horizontal view.
• Removed the is_front_page() conditional from the valid Flare display check so Flare can still be displayed on static page front pages.

What is new in version 1.2.0a:

• Hotfix for placement of Pinterest share button in horizontal view.

What is new in version 1.2.0:

• Added additional check for valid display to make sure Flare doesn't appear on archive pages with only one post.
• Added Buffer to the button options.

Requirements:

• WordPress 3 or higher