Overview #
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress offer flexible options for choosing which social networks to display. You can select different networks for each display position—like desktop or mobile—based on your needs.
Important to remember is that position networks will always have higher priority and be used when set.
Global Network Selection & Share Behavior Settings #
Selecting Networks #
The global share buttons are those that will always appear if you do not have a personalized settings. Those buttons you can set in Social Sharing -> Global Networks.
If you don’t make any further settings the global networks will be used on all positions and devices.
- Order share buttons’ appearance – choose how share buttons will order on your website. The use provided order (default) means the buttons appear in the order you choose. If you choose to sort by the number of shares, you should be already using the share counter on your website. Please note that sharing orders may lead to hiding networks without a counter.
- Use global networks for all display positions – enable this option in case you don’t need a detailed network setup per position. If enabled what you choose as a global network list will be always used. Option is recommended for newbie users that don’t need detailed settings.
Manage Available Social Share Networks #
The “Manage Active Networks” feature allows you to easily disable any social networks you don’t plan to use on your website. This helps keep your sharing options clean, focused, and relevant to your audience. By removing unused networks, you can improve loading performance, reduce clutter in your design, and provide a better user experience. It also makes managing your display settings easier, as only the networks you care about will appear in your configuration options.
Control Social Networks’ Visibility Across Desktop and Mobile Devices #
If you don’t need to show different social networks on different devices (like desktop vs. mobile), you can skip this section.
However, if you want certain networks to appear only on specific devices, you can use the device visibility feature.
To make this work, make sure that all the networks you plan to use—on any device—are included in either the Global Network List or the Position Network List. This ensures they are available to be assigned visibility rules based on device type.
This feature gives you more control over the user experience by tailoring the social sharing options for each type of device.
Import Additional Social Networks #
With Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress, you’re not limited to the default set of social platforms. Using the built-in network library, you can quickly add extra social networks to match your audience and content strategy. Whether you’re targeting niche platforms or newly emerging social apps, this feature gives you the flexibility to expand your sharing options and reach more users—without the need for custom coding or plugins.
Open Additional Networks Library
Customizing Social Networks for Each Display Position #
With Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress, you have the flexibility to set a custom list of social networks for each display position on your site.
To do this:
- Go to Where to Display → Position Settings.
- Choose the display position you want to personalize.
- Enable the option “Overwrite global share button styles and networks.”
Once the screen reloads, you’ll be able to select a new list of social networks specifically for that display method. This custom list will only apply to the position you’ve chosen.
If you later disable the “Overwrite global share button styles and networks” option, the position will return to using the global settings you previously configured.
Note:
If a display position uses a customized network list, you’ll see that list when configuring global settings. In this case, any changes made to the global settings won’t affect the customized position.
💡 Hint
Using customized network lists per position is a powerful and flexible option. It allows you to align your social sharing setup with your content strategy and site design.
For example, you might set up a sidebar with just 3–4 of the most important social networks, while keeping a full list of networks at the bottom of your content.
Setting Social Networks for Post Type & Plugin Integration #
The setup of social networks for post type is very rear used but it is available as option inside plugin. The setup is pretty much the same like setting up social networks for position. The only difference is that options you need are located in Advanced Settings -> Settings by Post Type.
The setup of plugin integrations is used to personalize buttons when you are using hooks from Where to Display -> Plugin Integrations. Here options work again like position settings but they are located in Advanced Settings -> Settings by Plugin Integration.
Global Network Options (Additional Network Options) #
The additional network options are available for a few networks. With those additional options you can control a specific function of the selected network. Those options are located in Social Sharing -> Global Network Options.
Below you can find a list of networks with related to them advanced options:
- More Button: you have fields to change icon, style and mode of the more button used to display extra networks. The options for more button are also available in network settings for position, post type or plugin integration
- Share Button: you have fields to change icon, style and mode of the share button used to display extra networks. The options for share button are also available in network settings for position, post type or plugin integration
- Twitter: for Twitter you can set the default username that will be included automatically in the Tweet as via, default hashtags. You can also set to convert post tags as hashtags and activate Tweet optimization if you have a long titles of posts.
- Facebook: allows to activate Facebook advanced sharing option running using application ID. That mode is not required for normal work but used for specific situations
- Facebook Messenger: if you plan to use Messenger on desktop (not only mobile devices) you need to setup Facebook Application and enter its ID inside the field here. Without that ID the Messenger button will not function on desktops
- WhatsApp: you have option to activate usage of WhatsApp web API interface which will allow usage of button on any device. Without that option set to Yes the button will work only on mobiles
- VKontakte: you have option to force send of all share details. This option should be activated only if you have a problem and the shared information to VK does not appear as expected
- Pinterest: you can change the mode of Pinterest button for here. The default mode allows to Pin any image from site. If you choose disable Pin of any image plugin will share just the featured post image or custom image you set (you will have option if option is set to Yes). You can also activate the default Pinterest save any image button (included from Pinterest site)