WP Social integrates with 14+ social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and more. Your website visitors can share the web content and it will help you to reach new customers, build brand awareness, and increase conversion rates.

To add social share buttons to WordPress, log in to your website and,

There you’ll find the following settings to configure the social share feature for your website.

Step 1: Share Settings

In this section, you can decide to Use theme default font family. If you choose “Yes”, the share button will use the default font family of the theme installed on your website.

The Social Share Shortcodes are available on this page. You can copy those shortcodes can use them to add social share buttons.

Step 2: Providers

Then move to the “Providers” tab. In this section, you can configure social media platforms (providers) and their settings for content sharing.

Enable social media platforms:

You can decide which social media platforms you want to add to your web pages for sharing content. To enable a provider, turn the toggle button to ON as shown in the image below:

Settings

Click on the Settings button to configure a provider’s settings. Once you click the settings, a popup window will appear. In that window the following features are available:

1. Default Share Count: You can set an initial value for the share count. The number you enter in this field will be displayed as a share count by default. [Note: Once the user clicks on the share button, the number will be reset and the count will start from 1.]
2. Text Below The Number: You can show a text under the number count.
3. Label Name: You can change the label name of the social media platforms.
4. Old count: This feature is like the Default Share Count but with a difference. Once you set the initial value in this field, the share count will add up to this number. For example, if you set the number to 30, once a user clicks on the share button, the share count will be 31.
5. Save Changes: Click the “Save Changes” button to finalize changes.

Step 3: Style Settings

In the Style Settings, there are two types of styles available for share buttons.

• Primary Content: The share buttons will only appear on a specific part of the page (e.g. Start of the content, end of the content, or both the start and end of the content).
• Fixed Display: The share buttons will be sticky on the screen and always visible.

You can customize both styles individually.

Primary Content

1. Show total count: Decide whether to show the total number of share counts.
2. Layout: Choose the alignment of the share buttons to be Horizontal or Vertical.

3. Primary Content Position: Select the position of the share buttons.
   • After Content: Show share buttons after the page content.
   • Before Content: Show share buttons before the page content.
   • Both: Show share buttons on both before and after the content.
   • Disable: Share buttons won’t be visible. You have to use the shortcodes to show the social share button.

4. Select Hover Effects: Choose how the tooltip will appear when users hover the mouse pointer on the button. 10 different styles are available with WPSocial.

5. Select Share Style: You can choose a button style from the 17+ styles available.

Fixed Display

Select where share buttons will appear when they are fixed on the screen.

• Left Floating: The buttons are stick to the left side of the screen.
• Right Floating: The buttons are stick to the right side of the screen.
• Top Inline: The buttons are stick on the top of the screen.
• Bottom Inline: The buttons are stick on the top of the screen.

Finally, you’ll be able to add social share buttons to WordPress and let the users share your content on social media.

WP Social Login lets you add a social login button on your website’s login page. To add a social button, you have to configure the social login settings from your WordPress dashboard. Read this documentation to learn how to configure WP Social login settings.

Step-1: Configure login setting of WP Social Login

To configure WordPress login with social media using WP Social.

1. Login to your WordPress site and go to WP Social > Social Login.
2. Under the Global Settings, you will find options that help you configure WP Social login settings.

Here are the WP Social features to configure WordPress login with social media.

1.1. Custom login redirect

Choose which page you want your visitors to see after the log in to your website. 

• Enable the Custom login redirect option. 
• Choose the page to redirect from the drop down list.

1.2. Show button to WP-login page

This feature lets you decide the login button’s position on the login page. To Show button to wp-login page:

• Switch the toggle to ON to enable the feature.
• Choose where to show the button on the login page from the given options: at the middle, header, footer, or message section.

1.3. Show button to WP-register page

You can add one-click registration with social media accounts by showing a button on the register page. To Show button to WP-register page:

• Switch the toggle to ON to enable the feature.
• Choose the position from the following options: at middle, header, or footer.

1.4. Show button in WP-comment page

You can also show a social login button in the comments. To show button in WP-comment page:

• Enable the feature by switching the toggle to ON.
• Choose where to show the login button.

1.5. Show button to WooCommerce login page

WP Social gives you the option to show login button to WooCommerce login page too. To use the feature:

• Switch the toggle to ON to enable the feature.
• Choose where to show the button from the given options: at start, middle, or end.

1.6. Show button to WooCommerce register page

You can add one-click WooCommerce registration with social media accounts by adding a button on the register page. To show button to WooCommerce register page: 

• Enable the feature by switching the toggle to ON.
• Choose to show the button on the registration page at the Start, Middle, or End. 

1.7. Show button to WooCommerce billing page

The social login button can be added to WooCommerce billing page too. To show button to WooCommerce billing page: 

• Switch the toggle to ON to enable the feature.
• Choose whether to show the button before checkout billing form or after checkout billing form.

1.8. Show button to BuddyPress

You can decide to show button to BuddyPress. For that,

• Switch the toggle to ON to enable the feature.
• Choose where to show the button from the given options: before register form, after register form, and account details fields.

1.9. Email login credentials to a newly-registered user

You can also enable email login credentials for a newly-registered user. 

1.10. Limit login attempts

WP Social allows you to limit login attempts on your site. You can decide how many failed login attempts (wrong username/ wrong password) you will allow at a time.

• Enable the feature by switching the toggle to ON.
• Set the number of Maximum attempts (failed login attempts).
• In the Time Lockout (in Minute) field, set the time to lock the login attempts after the user exceeds the maximum number of attempts with failed login.
• In the Wait for reset (in Minute) field, set how long your users have to wait for a reset after exceeding the maximum attempts.

Finally, click the Save Changes button to finalize the settings.

Step-2: Enable Social Platform for Login

After that, you get to choose which social platforms you want to add to the login options. For that,

1. Navigate to WP Social > Social Login.
2. Go to the Providers tab.
3. Turn on the providers you want to add.
4. Click on the settings to set up each app individually for login.

See the WP Social APPs documentation to learn how to configure each social app for WordPress login.

Step-3: Set styles settings for login button

WP Social comes with dozens of button styles for WordPress login with social media. To set a button style for login button:

1. Login to your WordPress site and go to WP Social > Social Login.
2. Move to Style Settings tab under WP Social Login Settings.
3. Browse through available styles to choose one.
4. Click on the Save Changes button.

Finally you will have social login buttons added. Now your website users will be able to log in to your website using their social media accounts.

To use all the advanced features of WP Social Pro, you have to activate the plugin with a license key. This documentation describes the complete procedure of WP Social Pro license activation.

Step- 1: Get the License Key

Once you complete the purchase procedure of WP Social Pro, you will receive an email with your Username, password, and login URL.

Go get the license,

1. Log in to your WPmet account.
2. Go to the Product License page.
3. Click on the Manage License action for WP Social Pro. You will get your license key there.

Now copy the license key and move ahead with the next step of WP Social Pro license activation process.

Step- 2: WP Social Pro License Activation on Website

Next step is to activate the license on your website. First login to your WordPress site and,

1. Navigate to WP Social > License from your WordPress dashboard.
2. Enter your License Key on the required field.
3. Finally Activate the license key.

If you follow the instructions above, WP Social Pro license activation is done for your site. You can now use all the advanced features from WP Social Pro.

To use all the advanced features, learn how to purchase the WP Social Pro plugin and install it to your WordPress site.

Prerequisite: Must have WP Social Lite plugin installed to use the WP Social Pro.

Step- 1: Purchase WP Social Pro WordPress Social Media Plugin

To purchase this premium WordPress social media plugin: 

1. Go to the WP Social Pricing page.
2. Choose a plan from the flexible pricing plans. Click on the purchase button (Get Started).

You’ll be redirected to the Checkout page.

On the Checkout page, 

3. On the checkout page, enter your login credentials if you already have an account.
4. Otherwise, enter your Personal Info including your Email Address, First name, and Last Name.
5. Then click on the Purchase button to continue the payment procedure.
6. If you have a discount code, enter it in the required field.

Step- 2: Get The Plugin And License Key

Once you complete the payment procedure you will receive an email with your Username, Password, and log in URL. 

To download the plugin,

1. Go to the login page and log in with your username and password.
2. Move to the WPmet download page and download the “wp-social-pro” file.

To get the license,

1. Go to the Product License page.
2. Click on the Manage License for WP Social Pro. There you will find the license key for WP Social Pro.

Download the plugin and save the license key for later use.

Step- 3: Install WP Social Pro WordPress Social Media Plugin

The final step is to install the WP Social Pro plugin on your WordPress site. To install the plugin, login to your WordPress site and:

1. Navigate to Plugin > Add New > Upload Plugin.
2. Click to Choose File and upload the file.
3. Then click Install Now and wait for the installation process to complete.

4. After that, click Activate Plugin to finalize the activation of the WP Social Pro plugin.

Finally, you will have the WP Social Pro – WordPress social media plugin installed on your WordPress site. Visit the next documentation to activate the license:

WP Social Count lets you show the numbers from your social profile. You can show the number of posts and comments on the website by configuring the WP Social Counter Settings. Learn how to configure this social media counter WordPress plugin.

Step- 1: Configure Counter Settings of WP Social Counter

To configure this social media counter WordPress plugin:

1. Login to your WordPress site and go to WP Social > Social Count.
2. Under the Counter Settings, set the Cache hours.
3. Choose to Use the Theme default font family.
4. Save the changes.

You can also use Shortcodes for WP Social Count.

Step- 2: Enable Providers for WordPress Social Media Counter

Under the Providers,

1.  Enable toggle button for individual providers.

2. In the settings, enter Page ID / Name.
3. Enter the number of Default Facebook Fans to show.
4. Set Text Below the Number to show.
5. Set the Label Name.
6. Option to Clear cache is available.
7. Save the changes.

Step- 3: Configure Style Settings of Social Media Counter WordPress Plugin

Under the style setting,

1. Select Hover Effects for post and comments count.

2. Then select Counter Style.
3. Save the changes.

Finally, you have the WP Social Count configured to use on your website. Follow further documentation to show comments and post counts with WP Social.

How to export user data

WP Social allows you to export user data within a few seconds. Not only export but also you can edit your user data with the Social User Export module. Adopt the following two steps to export your user data:

Step 1: Enable the Social User Export module.

In the first step, you need to enable the module. To enable it, click on “Module” which you will find under WP Social.

After that, Enable the social user export module like the added image, then click the “Save Changes” button.

Step 2: Export User data.

In the second step, you need to export user data. To do that, go to “User List” which is under WP Social.

From here you can edit the data of a user by clicking on the edit option that has been marked in the image. Now after editing, you can choose:

• Providers: Select the provider.
• Entries: Enter the number of user data, you want to export.
• Export user list: Through this option, you can categorize the users who are going to login through Google or Facebook. You can also choose all to export the data of all the users.

After that, click on the “Export CSV” button to finally export the user data.

How to change login URL

You can change the login URL within a few minutes by using the Login URL Customizer module of WP Social. All you need to do is follow the following two steps and you are ready to go:

Step #1: Enable Login URL Customizer module.

At first, you need to enable your Login URL Customizer module. To do that, go to modules under WP Social.

Now from here, you need to enable the marked module in the image and press the save changes button.

Step #2: Customize the login URL.

After enabling the module, you have to customize the login URL. Go to settings>> General for changing your login URL. After that, scroll down and at the end, you will find the login URL customization option. From here you can change the slug of your URL. By default 404 is added as the slug of the redirection URL.

Enter slug of another page to the marked box so that it redirects to another page after login into your website. Finally, press the save changes button to make it live.

Advantages of using login customizer

Most of the cases people use the same boring login page for their website. If you are doing that too, then the Login customizer of WP Social is the module that you need to use. It will help you to customize your login page with its awesome built-in templates.

As a result, you can change the appearance of your login page and will be able to stand out from other websites which is the main advantage of login customizer.

How to customize login page with WP Social

Easily customize your login page by adopting only two steps. Here are those steps:

Step One: Enablethe login customizer module.

First you need to enable the login customizer module. Go to your admin dashboard and click modules which you will find under WP Social.

Then enable the login customizer like the image and press the save changes button.

Step two: Customize your login page.

In the second step, you need to customize your login page. For it, click the WP Social Login customizer under Appearance.

This will redirect you to the customization page from where you can choose template for your login page. Choose a template from the left side and click the publish button. Then your customized login page will live.

Getting Started with VK

To start with VK, first, you need to create an account on this platform. If you don’t have any, create one.

How to Use VK in WP Social

First of all, go to your WordPress Dashboard > Wp Social > Providers

Now from the list of different social media platforms, choose VKontakte.

Turn the settings on and click on the Settings button and go to settings.

Now you will see the option to add App ID and App Secret. To generate the App ID and App Secret, you need to log in to your VK account.

Visit http://new.vk.com/dev and click on the Create an Application button. It will ask for some essential information about your website. Give a suitable title, and enter the site category, site address, and base domain.

Now choose ‘connect site’. Enter the phone number and click on ‘Get Code’. Enter the code and you will get the App ID and the App Security.

Now go to the WP Social interface and enter the App ID and App Security. After giving the details, save changes.

If you have done everything properly, site users can now log in to the targeted page with their VKontakte account.

Read this documentation to learn the process of LINE App integration with WordPress using the WP Social plugin.

Getting Started

To allow your visitors to log in with their LINE App account, first, you must create a LINE App. After creating the APP, head over to the plugin on your WordPress dashboard and open the setting to configure Line login for your website. The following guide will help you through the Line App creation and login integration process.

Create LINE App

To start the LINE app creation process:

• Go to the LINE Developers Console.
• Log into your LINE account if not logged in.
• Now create a developer account on LINE.
• Enter Developer name (your name) and your email.
• Read and agree to the LINE Developers Agreement.
• Click the “Create my account”.

Now you have created your LINE developer account. The next step of WordPress LINE App integration is to create a provider for the LINE app.

Create a provider

After creating the account, you will be headed over to the LINE Developers Console. There click on the “Create a new provider” button.

After that, a pop-up will appear to Create a new provider. There,

• Enter a Provider name.
• Click on Create to create the provider.

Create a LINE App Login Channel

Then, create a LINE app login channel to connect to the LINE Platform. To do that, click “Create a New Channel” on the Channels tab as shown in the screenshot below.

Fill up the Required Fields and Click “Create”

Immediately after that, a page will pop up with all the relevant fields related to LINE app channel like channel name, channel description, etc. All you have to do is fill up the fields and create a channel.

After creating the channel, all the relevant information related to your channel will show up including Channel ID and Channel Secret under the Basic Settings tab.

Get Callback URL from WP Social Plugin

At this point, you have to go to the WP Social plugin on your WordPress dashboard and get the Callback URL for LINE App integration with WordPress. For that,

• Navigate to WP Social > Social Login > Providers from your WordPress dashboard.
• Open the LINE App settings.
• Click the Getting Started button on LinkedIn login.
• Copy the “Valid OAuth redirect URL“.

Now go back to the LINE Login channel from the developer console and move to the LINE Login tab. Then,

Find the Callback URL field and click on the Edit button.

Once click a field will appear where you can paste the Callback URL you copied earlier.

Verify the App with the Channel ID and Channel Secret

Right after that, copy both Channel ID and Channel Secret from the channel details as shown above and paste them into the designated fields in the WP Social plugin. For that,

• Switch to the Basic Settings tab.
• Copy the Channel ID.
• Copy the Channel secret.

Here, you need to click ‘Apply’ for email address permission, or you will face issues login with your LINE account.

So, click Apply and then check out the other options accordingly.

Set up WP Social for LINE App integration with WordPress

After the successful LINE app creation, the next step of LINE App integration with WordPress is to add LINE with the Client ID and Secret on the WP Social plugin on your WordPress dashboard. For that, first log in to your WordPress site, then,

• Navigate to WP Social > Social Login from your dashboard.
• Switch to the Providers tab.
• Click to Settings under LINE.
• In the popup, move to the Settings tab.
• Enter the App ID in the required field.
• Enter the App Secret in the required field.
• Then click Save Changes button.

Add Login Button Label

You can customize the button label for the LINE login button. To add/change the button label,

• Move to the Buttons tab.
• Enter Login Label Text.
• Enter Logout Label Text.
• Then Save Changes.

Find Shortcodes and Simple Link

You can use Shortcodes to add LINE Login on any page. You can find the shortcodes in the Usage tab. Read the WP Social Shortcodes Usage documentation to learn how to use those shortcodes.

You also find a Simple Link for LINE App integration with WordPress.

Log in with your LINE App Account from the Login Page

Now, you can log in with your LINE account right from your website login page. If you visit the login page, you can notice the LINE app login button. Just click it and you can easily log in with your LINE app account.