Epic Social Share Button for WordPress & Add Ons for Elementor & WPBakery Page Builder — is a premium WordPress plugin designed to elevate your social sharing strategy. It provides a robust set of tools to add stylish, responsive, and highly customizable social media sharing buttons to your website. With dedicated widgets for both Elementor and WPBakery Page Builder, it offers unparalleled integration, allowing you to place share buttons exactly where you need them to maximize visibility and user interaction.
This plugin goes beyond simple sharing by offering advanced features like share counters, multiple display positions (including floating sidebars and inline content), and a wide range of social networks. Whether you're a blogger, marketer, or business owner, Epic Social Share helps turn your readers into brand advocates by making it effortless for them to share your valuable content across their networks. Its lightweight code ensures that your site's performance is not compromised, providing a smooth user experience for your visitors.
Why Is This Important?
In today's digital landscape, creating great content is only half the battle. If no one sees it, your efforts are wasted. You might be struggling with low traffic, poor user engagement, and a lack of brand visibility. This is where social sharing becomes critical.
- The Pain of Invisibility: Without effective social sharing, your content is stuck in a silo. You miss out on referral traffic, which can be a huge driver of new visitors.
- Statistical Proof: According to Shareaholic, social media is the #1 driver of all website referral traffic. Furthermore, content that gets shared has a significantly longer lifespan and reaches audiences you could never target directly. Websites that implement social sharing buttons can see an increase in shares by up to 700%.
- The Solution: Epic Social Share Button directly addresses this pain point by making sharing intuitive and attractive for your visitors. By integrating seamlessly with popular page builders, it empowers you to strategically place these powerful tools, encouraging shares and transforming your website into a traffic-generating machine.
Features
- Seamless Page Builder Integration: Dedicated widgets and elements for Elementor and WPBakery Page Builder.
- Multiple Display Positions: Choose from inline, floating sidebar, above/below content, and on-image sharing buttons.
- Extensive Social Network Support: Includes over 40 popular social networks like Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp, and more.
- Customizable Button Styles: Control the shape, size, color, and layout of your share buttons to match your brand identity.
- Accurate Share Counters: Display social proof with total and individual share counts to encourage more sharing.
- Mobile-First Responsive Design: Buttons look and work perfectly on all devices, from desktops to smartphones.
- Click-to-Tweet Functionality: Easily create pre-defined, shareable quotes for Twitter within your content.
- Lightweight and Performance-Focused: Optimized code ensures minimal impact on your website's loading speed.
- Analytics Integration: Track your sharing performance with support for UTM parameters and Google Analytics.
- Post-Share Actions: Configure custom messages or pop-ups that appear after a user shares your content.
Integration Power: Elementor vs. WPBakery
| Feature | Elementor Addon | WPBakery Page Builder Addon |
|---|---|---|
| Implementation | Drag-and-drop widget | Dedicated content element |
| Styling Control | Uses Elementor's native style controls (colors, typography, spacing) | Uses a custom settings panel within the element |
| Dynamic Content | Supports Elementor Pro's dynamic tags for custom placements | Standard placement within WPBakery rows/columns |
| Live Preview | Real-time, "what you see is what you get" preview | Preview available after saving and viewing the page |
| Ease of Use | Highly intuitive for Elementor users | Straightforward for WPBakery users |
How to install the plugin?
- Download the plugin archive using the button above.
- Navigate to Plugins > Add New in your WordPress dashboard.
- Click "Upload Plugin" at the top and select the downloaded ZIP file.
- Install, activate the plugin, and follow the quick setup wizard instructions.
FAQ
How can I add social share buttons to my Elementor-built pages?
Once the plugin is activated, you can easily add share buttons in the Elementor editor. Simply search for the "Epic Social Share" widget in the Elementor widgets panel. Then, drag and drop it into any section, column, or template on your page. You can customize its position, networks, and styling directly from the Elementor interface.
Will this plugin slow down my website?
The Epic Social Share Button plugin is built with performance in mind. It uses clean, optimized code and loads scripts asynchronously to minimize any impact on your site's loading speed. The assets are loaded conditionally, meaning they only load on pages where the share buttons are actually used, ensuring your website remains fast and responsive.
Can I choose which social networks to display?
Absolutely. The plugin's settings panel provides a comprehensive list of all supported social networks. You can easily select which networks you want to enable, disable, and even reorder them using a simple drag-and-drop interface to prioritize the platforms that are most relevant to your audience.
Does the plugin support share counts for all networks?
The plugin supports share counts for most major social networks that still provide public APIs for this data, such as Facebook and Pinterest. However, some networks, like X (formerly Twitter), have discontinued public share count APIs. The plugin will display counts where available and allows you to show a total share count across all supported platforms.
