sandywp / plugins / social-media-feather

Social Media Feather

4.6 out of 5 stars. 4.6 506 reviews

Lightweight social sharing and follow buttons for WordPress. Fast, flexible, and easy to use.

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What you get inside

5 screens
  • Social provider settings

  • Plugin configuration panel

  • Widget settings

  • Sharing buttons example

  • Follow buttons example

About this plugin

Social Media Feather is a lightweight WordPress plugin that helps you add social sharing and follow buttons to your site in minutes. It is built for performance, simplicity, and clean design.

You can automatically display social buttons on posts, pages, and custom post types, or insert them manually using widgets, shortcodes, or template tags.

The plugin supports both sharing and follow features across major social networks, plus share buttons for AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity. It also includes Retina-ready icons for high resolution displays.

Why choose Social Media Feather?

  • Fast and lightweight with minimal impact on page load
  • Clean and modern icon styles
  • Easy setup with automatic or manual placement
  • Works with posts, pages, and custom post types
  • Optional AI assistant share buttons for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity
  • Flexible customization with shortcodes and widgets

Sharing Features

Allow visitors to share your content on:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter / X
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • Email

Or ask an AI assistant about your content:

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Copilot
  • Gemini
  • Grok
  • Perplexity

AI Assistant Sharing

The AI assistant buttons hand the visitor a prompt asking for a summary of the page, along with the post title and URL.

ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Perplexity open a new chat with the prompt already filled in. Copilot and Gemini accept no prompt in a URL, so their buttons copy the prompt to the clipboard and open a blank chat for the visitor to paste into.

All six are off by default. To turn one on, go to Settings > Social Media > Service Providers and set that provider’s Service option to Share.

Follow Features

Display links to your social profiles:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter / X
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • Flickr
  • Foursquare
  • Vimeo
  • RSS

Additional Features

  • Retina and high resolution icon support
  • Enable or disable individual social providers
  • Custom titles and URLs per provider
  • Built-in widgets for sharing and following
  • Shortcodes for full control
  • Multiple icon skins included
  • Optional effects like fade and grayscale
  • Optional add-ons for share counters

Custom Display Control

You can disable buttons on specific posts using custom fields:

  • synved_social_exclude_share = yes
  • synved_social_exclude_follow = yes
  • synved_social_exclude = yes

Enable Custom Fields in Screen Options to use this feature.

Example Shortcodes

Basic sharing buttons:
[feather_share]

Limit networks and order:
[feather_share show=”twitter, facebook” hide=”reddit, pinterest, linkedin, tumblr, mail”]

Only the AI assistant buttons (they must be enabled in settings first):
[feather_share show=”chatgpt, claude, copilot, gemini, grok, perplexity” hide=”facebook, twitter, reddit, pinterest, linkedin, tumblr, mail”]

Change icon skin:
[feather_share skin=”wheel”]

Set icon size:
[feather_share size=”64″]

Add custom class:
[feather_share class=”myclass”]

Follow buttons:
[feather_follow]

Follow buttons with skin and size:
[feather_follow skin=”balloon” size=”64″]

Custom share URL:
[feather_share url=”http://www.example.org”]

Template Tags

For developers:

Sharing buttons:
if (function_exists(‘synved_social_share_markup’)) echo synved_social_share_markup();

Follow buttons:
if (function_exists(‘synved_social_follow_markup’)) echo synved_social_follow_markup();

Related Links

  • Plugin homepage: https://socialmediafeather.com/

By installing this plugin you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service:
https://sharethis.com/privacy/

Questions

How do I disable buttons on a specific post?

Use custom fields:

  • Disable sharing: synved_social_exclude_share = yes
  • Disable follow: synved_social_exclude_follow = yes
  • Disable both: synved_social_exclude = yes

How do I turn on the AI assistant buttons?

They are off by default. Go to Settings > Social Media > Service Providers and set the Service option to Share for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok, or Perplexity.

Why does the Copilot or Gemini button not fill in the prompt?

Neither accepts a prompt in a URL, so those buttons copy the prompt to the clipboard and open a blank chat instead. The visitor pastes it into the chat box.

How do I show buttons only in a sidebar?

Disable automatic display in Settings > Social Media, then use widgets under Appearance > Widgets.

How do I customize Twitter share text?

Edit the Twitter Share URL:

From:
http://twitter.com/share?url=%%url%%&text=%%message%%

To:
http://twitter.com/share?url=%%url%%&text=%%title%%

Facebook shows incorrect preview data

Use a proper OpenGraph plugin such as Yoast SEO. Then clear cache using:
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

Some icons are missing

Check browser extensions like ad blockers. They may block social icons.

Share popup shows an error

This is usually caused by a lightbox plugin. Update or replace the conflicting plugin.

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