Async Social Sharing WordPress Plugin
Simple social plugin that loads popular social sharing widgets asynchronously
after the page loads for optimal site performance.
Simple social sharing plugin that loads the third-party scripts asynchronously and after the page loads to improve site performance.
The plugin provides settings to load any of the following sharing widgets:
- Google+
- Hacker News
Available display options include ability to display the sharing widgets on above or below content on pages, specific custom post types or blog and archive pages.
Why is Asynchronous script loading better? Asynchronous loading allows multiple files to load parallel to each other. Instead of having to wait for Twitter to respond with their script, the browser moves on and starts fetching the next request.
Dependencies
- WordPress 3.5+
- Content worth sharing
Contributors Welcome
Sites running Async Social Sharing, click to open one
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Usage of Async Social Sharing over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 628 to 377 — down 251 (-40%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 377 | -22 |
| June 2024 | 399 | -5 |
| May 2024 | 404 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 404 | -4 |
| March 2024 | 408 | -49 |
| February 2024 | 457 | -18 |
| January 2024 | 475 | -62 |
| December 2023 | 537 | -32 |
| November 2023 | 569 | -1 |
| October 2023 | 570 | -18 |
| September 2023 | 588 | -26 |
| August 2023 | 614 | -9 |
| July 2023 | 623 | -5 |
| June 2023 | 628 | — |
Themes used with Async Social Sharing
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Twentytwelve |
| 3 | Twentyeleven |
| 4 | Responsive |
| 5 | Twentyten |
| 6 | Divi |
| 7 | Arras |
| 8 | Twentyfourteen |
| 9 | Instanblog |
| 10 | Weaver-ii |
| 11 | Ultimatum |
| 12 | Blaskan |
| 13 | Canvas |
| 14 | X |
| 15 | Jarida |
| 16 | Enfold |
| 17 | Business-lite |
| 18 | Atahualpa |
| 19 | Parallax |
| 20 | Trim |
Sites running Async Social Sharing
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