Top WordPress Social Media Plugins 2013
WordPress is one of the fastest growing open source blogging platforms. The entire framework is enhanced by certain functionalities that are collectively called plugins. Plugins are of different types- each type catering to different demands on the internet. If you are to develop your own WordPress blog or website, it is imperative to know what plugins would best suit your requirements. A very interesting type of WordPress plugins are social media plugins.
These plugins have played a tremendous role in taking the world of social media forward. The highly customizable features and characteristics of social media plugins have helped redefine the world of social networking, taking the concept to newer horizons. The WordPress platform consists of innumerable plugins-both paid and free. Paid plugins are usually more functional and are associated with higher features and characteristics. If you are looking for highly functional Social media plugins to develop your website or blog, here is a list of top WordPress Social media plugins.
Digg Digg
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An amazing social media plugin that is extremely easy to use. The plugin is helpful when social sharing is required. The plugin gives you numerous sharing options and allows sharing buttons to be placed both above and below content. The plugin also comes with enhanced customizable options.
Sharethis
![\"Sharethis\"](\"http://www.wptemplate.com/wp-content/plugins/php-image-cache/image.php?path=/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Sharethis.jpg\" "\\"Sharethis\\"")
An easy to use plugin that helps you attract good amount of network traffic. The plugin allows you to share content on WordPress blogs and also allows other users to share relevant information on your WordPress website or blog.
Pinterest Pro
![\"Pinterest](\"http://www.wptemplate.com/wp-content/plugins/php-image-cache/image.php?path=/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Pinterest-Pro.jpg\" "\\"Pinterest")
The Pinterest pro is one of the most sought after plugins. It provides you with a wide range of options to customize your WordPress blog. The buttons that are provided are supported by short code and template tags. The plugin comes with the customizable ‘Follow me’ and ‘Pin It’ buttons.
Advanced Social widget
![\"Advanced](\"http://www.wptemplate.com/wp-content/plugins/php-image-cache/image.php?path=/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Advanced-Social-widget.jpg\" "\\"Advanced")
The advanced social widget plugin gives you the opportunity to build links to your WordPress blog or website and further helps you to link your blog or website to any social networking website. The plugin comes with other exciting functionalities like customizable widgets and themes.
Social Plus
![\"Social](\"http://www.wptemplate.com/wp-content/plugins/php-image-cache/image.php?path=/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Social-Plus.png\" "\\"Social")
A perfect plugin that effectively helps in managing links and icons. The plugin comes with a configurable sidebar widget that helps in managing related information. The menu, page header and the page footer can be customized.
LinkedIn Publisher
![\"LinkedIn](\"http://www.wptemplate.com/wp-content/plugins/php-image-cache/image.php?path=/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/LinkedIn-Publisher.png\" "\\"LinkedIn")
This popular plugin helps in publishing job listings and openings on your WordPress blog or website by displaying search results from the LinkedIn engine. The plugin also helps in managing contacts and other forms of information sharing.
Obox Social commerce
![\"Obox](\"http://www.wptemplate.com/wp-content/plugins/php-image-cache/image.php?path=/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Obox-Social-commerce.jpg\" "\\"Obox")
An amazing plugin that helps in creating your own social network on your ecommerce website. It allows you to customize page layouts and themes to make your WordPress blog an exciting interactive destination.
WP Video Gallery
![\"WP](\"http://www.wptemplate.com/wp-content/plugins/php-image-cache/image.php?path=/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/WP-Video-Gallery.jpg\" "\\"WP")
While building your website, it becomes vital to integrate website content with video capabilities. The WordPress Video gallery does just that. It allows you to augment your website’s capabilities and consequently helps to improve the appearance of your website or blog.
SEOPressor
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The SEOPressor is a highly effective plugin for those in the internet marketing business. Though not directly related to social media, the plugin is extremely useful if you want your social media blog or website to be recognized and rank high on the search engine’s results. The plugin helps in analysis of content, comparison of content and also helps in keeping a tab on relevant information in order to achieve Search Engine Optimization. The plugin basically analyzes keyword densities, links and other relevant tags to improve search engine results. If you want to effectively share links of your website or blog, this is just the right plugin.
