AddToAny Share Buttons vs Grow for WordPress

The AddToAny Share Buttons plugin for WordPress increases traffic & engagement by helping people share your posts and pages to any service. Services include Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, Pinterest, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Threads, Tumblr, Reddit, X, WeChat, and many more sharing and social media sites & apps. AddToAny is the home of universal sharing, and the AddToAny plugin is the most popular share plugin for WordPress, making sites social media ready since 2006. Share Buttons Standard share buttons — share each piece of content Floating share buttons — responsive & customizable, vertical & horizontal Counters — fast & official share counts in the same style Follow buttons — social media links to your Instagram, YouTube, Discord, Snapchat Image sharing buttons – share buttons for sharing images Vector share buttons & follow buttons — custom color SVG icons Custom share icons — use your own if you prefer Official buttons including the Facebook Like Button, Pinterest Save Button, and LinkedIn Share Button Universal email sharing makes it easy to share via Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook.com (Hotmail), AOL Mail, and any other web or native apps Custom Placement & Appearance Before content, after content, or before & after content Vertical Floating Share Bar, and Horizontal Floating Share Bar As a shortcode, or a widget within a theme’s layout Programmatically with template tags Analytics Integration Google Analytics integration (access guide) for sharing analytics Track shared links with Bitly and custom URL shorteners Display share counts on posts and pages WordPress Optimized Loads asynchronously so your content always loads before or in parallel with AddToAny Supports theme features such as HTML5, widgets, infinite scroll, post formats Supports WooCommerce, multilingual sites, multisite networks, and accessibility standards AddToAny is free — no signup, no login, no accounts to manage Mobile Optimized & Retina Ready AddToAny gives users the choice in sharing from a service’s native app or from a web app Responsive Floating Share Buttons are mobile ready by default, and configurable breakpoints make floating buttons work with any theme AddToAny’s SVG icons are super-lightweight and pixel-perfect at any size, and AddToAny’s responsive share menu fits on all displays Automatic AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) support for social share buttons on AMP pages Customizable & Extensible Choose exactly where you want AddToAny to appear Easily customize sharing on your WordPress site Highly extensible for developers and designers Custom icons let you use any icons from any location (media uploads directory, CDN, etc.) Many more publisher and user features Wide Support Over 10 years of development Over 18 million downloads Translated into dozens of languages Ongoing support from the community This plugin always strives to be the best WordPress plugin for sharing. Development is fueled by your kind words and feedback. Share this plugin See also: The share buttons for all platforms The share buttons for WordPress.com AddToAny Blog | Privacy Policy

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Spotlight Subscribe: When a user scrolls into view, it darkens the rest of the page, highlighting—or casting a spotlight—on the signup form. In-content calls-to-action encourage readers to sign up for Grow as well. Spotlight Subscribe also provides multiple ways to customize the plugin for your needs. Update images and text, and even use different widgets across different pages using the Category Targeting settings or the Manual Placement option. Recommended Content: Sit back and leave the content curation to Grow! When users log in, they’ll receive personalized recommendations based on things they’ve read, shared, or marked as favorites on your website. Meanwhile, logged-out users receive recommendations based on their browsing content and what other users like them have clicked on. Subscribe: Say goodbye to complicated form building and hello to turbocharged list growth and direct referral traffic from your newsletter with Subscribe. Subscribe allows publishers like you to simultaneously build an email list and encourage readers to sign up for Grow and consent to personalized ads. As a publisher, you get to nurture, connect, and develop growing relationships with your readers all while maximizing your earning potential from digital ads running on your website. ENGAGE YOUR AUDIENCE Customize your feature setup in the Grow Publisher Portal to crush your engagement goals as readers Favorite and Save your top posts. Enhanced Search: Designed with your readers in mind, Grow’s all-new search experience beautifully displays your most popular, latest and recommended content to maximize engagement. Grow’s all-new search beautifully displays your most popular, latest and recommended content to maximize engagement. Exclusive Content: You’re in the driver’s seat with the power to place full recipes, printables, digital downloads and more behind a login. All these benefits are available in one powerful plugin! FAST, EASY CONFIGURATION Activate Grow quickly and easily! Step #1: Start by installing the Grow plugin. If you’ve already installed Grow, go to Step #2. For instructions on how to install Grow on WordPress, visit our help doc Getting Started with Grow’s WordPress Plugin. Step #2: Once the plugin is installed, navigate to Grow in the WordPress sidebar. Step #3: From there, Connect or Create an Account and follow the steps to add the Grow WordPress plugin to your site. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GROW Getting Started with Grow: A Resource Guide Grow Recommended Content Grow: Introducing Subscribe and the Spotlight Widget Grow’s New and Improved Search Experience Introducing Exclusive Content with Grow 1.5.3 – 2025-04-09 Prevent duplicate script attributes from appearing on Ads Scripts Increase Priority for loading of Ads Scripts Prevent accidental dynamic properties in the Options Class leading to php notices Fix persisting issues with textdomain notice 1.5.2 – 2025-01-08 Fix issue with textdomain debugging notice appearing. 1.5.1 – 2024-12-09 Prevent plugin from being optimized in some third-party site optimization plugins. 1.5.0 – 2024-07-16 Fix issues with blank page appearing when attempting to enable Journey. Fix issues with Redirection plugin when Journey is enabled. 1.4.1 – 2024-06-24 Fix issue with duplicate Journey ad slots with newer versions of Create by Mediavine. 1.4.0 – 2024-06-04 Add Journey ad slot integrations with Create By Mediavine and Trellis. 1.3.0 – 2024-04-18 Add ads.txt troubleshooting for Journey by Mediavine. Update domain for ads.txt. Add CSS class to post articles. 1.2.0 – 2024-03-29 Add support for Journey by Mediavine. 1.1.0 – 2024-03-11 Automatically redirect to Grow login page on activation. 1.0.0 – 2023-10-18 Plugin Released Update plugin assets for parsing Fix type and link for Main Menu and feature link (#83) Add support for validity and connectedness in status api (#82) Update readme and add banner (#81) Pass site path to Grow Auth (#80) fix: WordPress dev container always restarts (#79) Escape the values output in the grow script initializer (#78) fix: feature descriptions URL-escaped (#77) feature: add WP_Mock (#74) feature: add dev container support (#73) fix: non-compliant escaping and file access (#72) move screenshots to correct directory (#71) add screenshots to readme (#70) chore: update readme (#69) feat: Add settings link to Plugins Page and Update Plugin URI feat: Add Support for wp build testing workflow with alternate wp builds feat: Use Custom Lighthouse Orb fix: Update docker image Update docker image Update docker image Update docker image Fix Frontent Test 0.1.7 – 2023-08-11 fix: Adjust Typography on Settings Page fix: Bigger Images for Settings Page 0.1.6 – 2023-07-26 fix: Window Size for site authentication now larger fix: Open Help Doc Links in New Tab 0.1.5 – 2023-07-10 fix: Open Authenticated Link in new tab chore: Add Test for Authenticated View 0.1.4 – 2023-06-26 chore: Remove Author URI 0.1.3 – 2023-06-23 chore: Name changed to Grow for WP 0.1.2 – 2023-06-22 fix: Don’t Stretch Images in Settings page 0.1.1 – 2023-06-20 feat: Add changelog Generation fix: Direct Users to correct Grow Site