Description

ShareThis Follow Buttons helps you grow your audience by making it easy for visitors to connect with your social profiles across the web.

Display clean, responsive follow buttons anywhere on your WordPress site with a simple setup process and flexible customization options. The plugin is mobile friendly, lightweight, and designed to work seamlessly with modern WordPress themes.

With just a few clicks, you can add social follow buttons that encourage visitors to engage with your brand across popular social platforms.

Features

Fast and simple installation
Mobile responsive design
Easy configuration inside WordPress
Connect to existing ShareThis properties
Lightweight and optimized for performance
Compatible with modern WordPress themes
Gutenberg block support
Supports a growing list of social networks

Supported Social Networks

Facebook
Twitter / X
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Instagram
YouTube
TikTok
Bluesky
Mastodon
Truth Social
Gettr
Parler
Strava
ResearchGate
Google Scholar
And more

Better Together with Share Buttons

Increase engagement even further with the ShareThis Share Buttons plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/sharethis-share-buttons

Share Buttons and Follow Buttons work seamlessly together and provide a complete social engagement solution for your website.

Existing ShareThis User?

If you previously installed ShareThis manually using embedded JavaScript, remember to remove any hardcoded ShareThis scripts and follow button containers after activating the plugin.

Privacy

By creating an account with ShareThis, you agree to our Terms of Use:
https://sharethis.com/publisher-terms-of-use/

ShareThis may collect interaction data related to button usage and engagement.

Read our Privacy Policy here:
https://sharethis.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Set up your Follow Buttons
Configure Follow Button settings
Mobile responsive Follow Buttons

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

Inline Follow Buttons

Installation

Download and install the plugin from the WordPress Plugin Directory or upload the plugin zip file manually.
Activate the plugin through the WordPress Plugins menu.
Open the ShareThis Follow Buttons settings page.
Configure your social networks and button preferences.
Save your settings and your Follow Buttons will appear on your site.

FAQ

Do Follow Buttons work on mobile devices?: Yes. ShareThis Follow Buttons are fully responsive and optimized for mobile devices, tablets, and desktops.
Do I need the Share Buttons plugin for this plugin to work?: No. ShareThis Follow Buttons works as a standalone plugin.
Can I connect an existing ShareThis account?: Yes. During setup you can connect to an existing ShareThis property and automatically sync your settings.
Does the plugin support Gutenberg?: Yes. The plugin includes Gutenberg block support for adding Follow Buttons directly inside posts and pages.
What should I do if I previously installed ShareThis manually?: Remove any manually embedded ShareThis JavaScript snippets and hardcoded Follow Button containers after activating the plugin to avoid duplicate buttons.

Reviews

Orbem Order® Ammajii 19, 2021 1 reply

I’m surprised there are more reviews of this plugin, but if you’re looking for a quick, beautiful and simple follow button plugin this is the one to use! It had all the networks I needed and integrated into my footer easily with the provided template code. I use the white color theme to work best with my site. I’ve used a few plugins from ShareThis now and this is definitely on par with their high quality work. Great job!

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Contributors & Developers

“ShareThis Follow Buttons” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.4.8

Test wp ver 7.

1.4.7

Add truthsocial, gettr, parler, strava, google scholar, mastodon, research gate
Remove skype.
Refresh readme.

1.4.6

Test wp ver 6.9.
Sanitize settings.
Fix text domain.

1.4.5

Fix text domain error.
Test with wp ver 6.8.2

1.4.4

Add bluesky network

1.4.3

test wp ver 6.7.1.

1.4.2

Fix deprecation errors.
test wp ver 6.5.2.

1.4.1

Fix admin enqueue

1.4.0

Add new social networks
Fix menu loading issue.

1.3.2

Fix style enqueue.

1.3.1

Test with WordPress 6.1.1.

1.3.0

Remove registration.

1.2.4

Add source.

1.2.3

Tested with WordPress 6.0.2.

1.2.2

Tested with WordPress 5.9.1.
Sanitize inputs/outputs and make sure code is up to standard.

1.2.1

Tested with WordPress 5.8.

1.2.0

Fix config functionality in register and admin.

1.1.4

endpoint update fix.

1.1.3

Replace api endpoint.

1.1.2

Fix is_plugin_active error

1.1.1

Add: Brand new gutenberg block to insert follow buttons in a post.
Test: Tested functionality in new WordPress 5+.

1.0.1

Add: Added Flipboard and Google+ buttons to network list.

1.0.0

Brand new plugin submission.