How To Add Social Followers To Your Website

Article sections

How to add the followers’ counter?

There are several methods that you can use to add followers’ counter on your site.

Automatic as a floating sidebar – read instructions here.
Automatic as a content bar – read instructions here.
Using widgets
Using shortcode
Elementor widget or WPBakery Page Builder element
Block element

Adding Followers Counter With Widget

To be able to use the standard WordPress widgets for followers counter you don’t need to enable the option to disable widgets from the module settings.

In the plugin, there are two different widgets available. The first widget is the one you are able to choose columns and additional layout designs. The other widget is called Social Followers Counter (Layout Builder). This widget will use the design you have made in the layout builder settings of the plugin.

Adding Followers Counter With Shortcode

Shortcode for showing total followers

[ easy-total-followers ]

Shortcode does not have any additional parameters

Shortcode for showing the followers counter

[ easy-followers-layout ]

Shortcode Arguments

Argument	Description
title	TitleDisplay title over the widget
hide_title	Hide widget titleActivate this option if you wish to hide widget titlePossible values `no` `yes`
new_window	Open links in new window(recommended) Activate this option to open links to social profiles in new windowPossible values `no` `yes`
nofollow	Add nofollow to links(recommended) Activate this option to add nofollow state of outgoing linksPossible values `no` `yes`
template	TemplateChoose template for this widgetPossible values `color` – Color icons `roundcolor` – Round Color Icons `outlinecolor` – Outline Color Icons `grey` – Grey icons `roundgrey` – Round Grey Icons `outlinegrey` – Outline Grey Icons `light` – Light Icons `roundlight` – Round Light Icons `outlinelight` – Outline Light Icons `metro` – Metro `flat` – Flat `dark` – Dark `tinycolor` – Tiny Color `tinygrey` – Tiny Grey `tinylight` – Tiny Light `modern` – Modern `modernlight` – Modern Light `metro essbfc-template-fancy` – Metro Fancy `metro essbfc-template-bold` – Metro Bold
animation	AnimationAnimate buttons on hoverPossible values – Without animation `pulse` – Pulse `down` – Down `up` – Up `pulse-grow` – Pulse Grow `pop` – Pop `wobble-horizontal` – Wobble Horizontal `wobble-vertical` – Wobble Vertical `buzz-out` – Buzz Out
nospace	Without space between buttonsActivate this option if you wish to remove space between single buttonsPossible values `no` `yes`
bgcolor	Custom background colorProvide custom background color for followers counter area
hide_value	Hide number of followersActivate this option if you wish to hide number of followers valuePossible values `no` `yes`
hide_text	Hide text followers textActivate this option if you wish to hide text for followers below valuePossible values `no` `yes`

Adding Followers Counter With Elementor Widget

The widget for generating social followers in Elementor is located in the group Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress.

Block Editor

Was this article helpful?

YesNo

Last Updated: 2 years ago in Social Followers Counter