Socialize WordPress Plugin
Provides an easy way to selectively add actionable social sharing buttons to your posts content or below the post in a 'Call To Action' box.
Socialize is an easy way to selectively add actionable social sharing buttons to your posts.
You can add sharing buttons in two places:
- Inside the content (aligned left or right)
- In a box below the content
The plugin was designed to make managing and adding actionable social sharing buttons easier and more efficient. Instead of adding new meta keys like other plugins require, there is an additional panel in your posts admin that allows you to select which sharing buttons you want to display. This is to encourage people to choose more relevant sharing buttons for their posts. By only displaying the more relevant and socially successful posts, you create a form of social proof that might encourage more shares, comments and subscriptions.
You are also provided with a box at the bottom of your posts that asks readers to subscribe and c
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AddThis
addtoany
admin
bookmark
bookmarking
buddypress
buffer
bufferapp
button
del.icio.us
Digg
dzone
Facebook
google
google plus
linkedin
meta
MU
page
pinterest
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pocket
Post
posting
posts
Reddit
saving
seo
sexysharing buttons
Share
Shareaholic
sharethis
sharing
sharing buttons menu
social
social bookmarking
socialize
Sphinn
stumbleupon
twitter
Sites running Socialize, click to open one
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Usage of Socialize over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 293 to 144 — down 149 (-50.9%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 144 | -28 |
| June 2024 | 172 | -6 |
| May 2024 | 178 | +1 |
| April 2024 | 177 | -1 |
| March 2024 | 178 | -14 |
| February 2024 | 192 | -18 |
| January 2024 | 210 | -18 |
| December 2023 | 228 | -4 |
| November 2023 | 232 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 232 | -17 |
| September 2023 | 249 | -31 |
| August 2023 | 280 | -9 |
| July 2023 | 289 | -4 |
| June 2023 | 293 | — |
Themes used with Socialize
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Divi |
| 3 | Newspaper |
| 4 | Twentytwelve |
| 5 | Avada |
| 6 | Hueman |
| 7 | Sahifa |
| 8 | Canvas |
| 9 | Twentyeleven |
| 10 | Twentyten |
| 11 | Colormag |
| 12 | Twentyfourteen |
| 13 | Enfold |
| 14 | Astra |
| 15 | Generatepress |
| 16 | Jose |
| 17 | Newsmag |
| 18 | Betheme |
| 19 | Mesocolumn |
| 20 | Twentythirteen |
Sites running Socialize
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